The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-18
PUT BEHIND THE BARS.
Elk Chief Of Police efbrdsselotked
up last'cSight.
FOUND IN MAY VlllfFMSS HOUSE
And all tho Inmntcs!bn Ono Lodged
In Cells ut tho Observation-Disclosures
Taken from his Homo by tho Woman
In the Early Morning In tho Presence
OF his Abused Wifc...iieis Helcnsed
after Several Hours C%onnncmcnt
and Goes Homo with a;Frlcnd.

Ex.Chicf Of Police Louis D~clbruggo
spent about fvc dours behind tho bars
ut the city lookup last night, and the
story OF his being there is an exceed.
lngly sad one.
Yesterday morning about l o'clock
May Williams went to his house on tho
South Side and called him out. Sho
was in n hack with another WON M, and
tho hack driver first went to tho back
door and knocked.
Delbrugge had been on n spree for
several days, and was asleep. Mrs.
Delbrugge heard tho knock, and slip.
ping on q wrapper, went to tho door.
She told tho young mar no could not
SEQ Dclbruggc, and hewent away.
In Il few minutes May Williams cemc
into the back yard, and Mrs. Delbrusge
again opened the door. May Galled:G
Louis, you come here, --youl
I.want you to. come whom call you'll"
Louis had slipped out tho side door,
and he responded: ~,
"You bet your life I'm comiug!'
Yesterday ait0rnoon Mrs. Delbrugge
called on Chief OF Police McNichol, and
between tears and sobs told this story.
She added,that the night boforO thiayoc
Cured she was awakened IN. tho dead OF
night by her husband, screaming and
moaning and threatening to kill, some
body. '2.5h sssr929
She went to his side and asked what
was wrong, and drawing a revolver, he
pointed it at her and exclaimed:
you MO- black: Dutch - will
kill YOU'RE. rse 'h |,
Mrs. Defbrugge said he! had. several
times threatened het,'and Il ttimes sho
had expected to be shot II would not
care to live on" she said, IF it were
not for the little children; LIDO want to
bring them up right"
capt. McNichol was much moved by
her, recital. and oiteredfto do anything
in his power to right herwrongs.
Raid that house now" she said che
is in it at this minute!"
McNichol asked her. how she knew
this, and she said hcrhusband had gone
with the woman in his nightshirt, and
must be in the house yet.
On this infol nation the chief sworo
out q warrant, and Officers Carney,
Daum, Wilkie, Buch and Desmond
served it. In the house they found
May, five girls and Delbrugge. One
woman was left to look after the house,
while the others were taken tothe lock-
up in the patrol wagon, D%clbtugge being
allowed to walk up. All were locked
up. Delbrucge was released Mt II.
o'clock, five hours after his arrest. A
friend put up money enough to cover
his fine and took him AWAY with him.
The chief declared that May ahouldjire-
main in the cell until police court, and
then be a%rraigned.
The case >caused a good deal Of en-
citement and indignation. It is urged
in palliation Of D~clbrugge,s beastly con-
duct that, he is insane, and his personal
appearance is enough to bear out this
theory. The woman seems to have
some strange hold upon him. and is
base enough and shrewd enough to, use
it to prevent his redeeming himself
even if he desired to, OF which he has
never given any evidence.
Friends Of his better days recall the
happy home Delbrugge used to have,
and pity for his wife and little ones is
generally expressed. while;it is the gem
eral expression that the woman should
be run out of town and he confined.