Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-15
THREE CAPTURED.
THE OFFICERS MAKE A RAID ON THE GARY
GANG OF THIEVES
James Gary, the Father, His Son George, and ION
Potts, His Grandson, Arrested = Two others
Escape-How the Capture Was Made.

! The REGISTERS story OF yesSolu@'
morning, regarding the Gary gang o.
thieves, and the preparations made ioi
their arrest, was read with much inter
est, not only in this city and out along
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, where
the gang was pretty we'll known and
generally suspected by their immediate
| neighbors. but also at points along the
river which have suffered from the dep
relations of the thieves.
The raid outlined in this paper as ar
ranged to come of, was successfully
carried out, three OF the crowd being
captured, and an immense amount OF
stolen property recovered, while two
others of the Garys had narrow escapes
Old man Gary-James is his first name
was bent on making fight OF IL, ana
came within scratch Of Draining Jonn
| Burley, one Of the Greene county posse.
| He was only compelled to throw no his
hands at the muzzle Of arevolver In the
hands of his intended victim. Inc
three prisoners were safely landed In
the Waynesburg jail.
Much OF the credit for this successful
raid on the Gary gang is due TO MIR.
and Mrs. John Auber, OF this city,
whose house was robbed by them
last spring. Mr.. Auber has never
let up on the case, and about
six weeks ago he received pretty
conclusive information that the GaryS
were the people he was after. The hrst
| clue came from Mrs. Brost, OF this city,
who was visiting at Cameron, and who
was asked by Mrs. Gary to bring In TO
Mrs. Auber certain pieces OF Jewelry.
| Mrs. Brost recognized the jewelry as
| some which had been stolen at the time
of the robbery of Mr.. Auber's house,
and refused. but told Mrs. Auber about
! il. Mrs. Gary said she had found the
| iewelry-earrings- the pocket OF
some garments belonging TO one OF the
! boys, and they were recognized by the
| Archibald girl. Mrs. Auber went
out to Littleton last Saturday
rnd secured additional evidence that
! the Gary boys had stolen the iewelry
| from her home, and also got cIew as
! 10 who perpetrated the Crawford rob-
berry at Cameron. 1t was also learned
that there had been quarrel when
| Mrs. Gary found the jewelry in the
pocket of the clothing and refused to
! give IL up, and that one OF the Gary
! BOYS had struck her with poker. Mrs.
| Auber also saw the Archibald girl, ard
! she protested she had not given the
| - g.
residence in this city. II this Is true,
! the supposition is that the boys in
/ duced the girl TO talk about the Auoers,
| and gradually drew out Of her what In =
| formation they desired. Mrs. Gary
also informed Mrs. Auber that the boys
| had several times threatened to rob Mr..
| Auber, and that On one occasion the
boys had Quarreled over game Of
cards, and one of them threatened to
! whip the other, when he retOrted:
"Yes; you're brave man, but you
| nearly allowed yourself TO be caught at
| Crawtord's when you had two guns"
At the time OF the Crawford robbery
one of the robbers was traced as far
as GAINESVILLE, o., when the pursu-
ers gave up the chase. 1t is now sup
posed the roOber-one OF the boys-was
or his way to his sisters at Colu nbus.
! Mrs. Gary seems to have been violently
opposed TO the robbery business, and
| also set up the claim that her husband
had refused to receive stolen goods, and
that he had warned the boys to stop or
! they would be caught.
On Tuesday, Sheriff Moore, of Greene
county, with James /. Carpenter, and
William Carpenter, special deputies,
got to the vicinity of Alleppo about five
o'clock that evening, and were joined
! by Thomas Marshall, John Burley, and
| Clel Nichols, of Cameron, Marshall
county. All were we'll armed. They
surrounded the rendezvous OF the
! Garys', and little after five o'clock
they made rush for the house. 'Lige
and Jonathan Gary, the latter known as
JOINT" made break for liberty, and
succeeded in getting away into the
woods Burley called TO Nichols TO
shoot the fleeing men, and turned him
/ self inst in time to prevent old man
Gary dashing his brains out with an
/ axe. Burley drew his revolver and
commanded Gary to throw up his
hands IL he wanted to live, and the old
man reluctantly complied. He was
promptly handcuffed. Young George
Gary and Tom Potts, a grandson Of the
old man, saw that further resistance
was useless, and surrendered.
The house was then looked over, and
q couple OF wagon loads Of stolen prop
erty of various sorts was discovered,
much OF it belonging to the Messrs.
/ Crawford. The house is situated at the
mouth OF three narrow valleys, and
commands a view of all the approaches,
making it difficult to get close to it
without being seen by the inmates.
Nothing has yet been heard from Co.
lumbus, although the police Of that
city had abundant time TO act in concert
with the officers at Cameron. 1t is
thought the two women out there will
be arrested, however. Two OF the Gary
/ boys, Thomas and Grant, are now doing
time in the Ohio penitentiary for rob
bing q store at Plain City, in the Hook.
ing Valley. They will be out in few
weeks. 'Lige and JOINT" are the two
who did the Auber robbery, and per.
hapS that at McMechen, also.
All concerned In the capture are to be
congratulated on the good work done,