Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-18
MAYS GREATEST ACT.
spv GOES TO LOUIS DELBRUGsES HOUSE At
MIDNIGHT,
-, n,n,pis That He 60 10 Her PlscS Which He
Promptly Doss-HT House Raidsd By the
Police and All The Parties Locked
10 Until Court Meets.

last evening at about five minutes
.,,er six o'clock, Officers Carney, Daum,
prcb and Wikie suddenly appeared at
,ns house of in fame kept by May Will
r,ns nm Eof street, and entering the
80 mt all the inmates under arrest.
The oatrol wagon was summoned, and
81 four girls and a man were pat
80 tbe vehicle and taken 20 the City
gsI, where they were assigned TO cells,
--5ers being issued that none or the
.Fsn8ers should be released until they
u -rs,t before the Mayor at nine o'clock
this morning. - -, -.
ropis Delbrugge, ex-Chief OF Polce,
- tbe warrant upon which the raid
Tss based was sworn out by Mrs. Del
R5bind an this, as may be imagined,
.ssts a story quite in keeping with the
,1.sodes which, during eight months
49, have associated the names here
gwen together. .,.,..,.
Yesterday morning about one o'clock
Mrs Delbrugge was aroused by S0me
,,s knocking on her front door. She
,5rew on a wrapper and went down,
80 fonrd mlu who said he wanted
-. see Mr. DeIbrugCe on important bust
-sss qt ,be store. and had buggy ready
IN drive him down. Mrs. Delorugge
bs5 received such calls before, and
SseriDed 20 inform her husband.
She went into the mousse
when 10 occurred to her 70 see
where the buggy was. She could not
800 one in front OF the house, but on
going 10 the back window she saw a
blcl, FIN the rear OF the house, and saw
Nav Williams entering the yard. Mrs.
Ds.brgcre went down and met her, ana
her anger being by this time well
o-onsed. she ordered the Williams
woman, in no very gentle or compliment
tary terms. 90 leave. There was another
woman I'm the hack, and as May VIII
Ifams ran out Of the yard, fearing some
violence 40 the hands OK Mrs. Delbrugge,
this second woman cried:
"Oh, hear her swear.
While this was going on, Delbrugge,
who had been aroused by the talking,
came down stairs. May Williams caught
sight OF him, and cried
Come here. Lou; / want you"
eyes. 20 % her, you -" said
Mrs. Delbrugge; $50 20 her il you think
more Of her than you do Of your vile
and family
"You bet I'm coming said Del
brugge, and suiting the action to the
word. be ran and got into the hack,
which Immediately drove OIL, leaving
Mrs. Delbrugge crying In the yard.
The hack was at once driven 20 May
Williams house, on Eof street, where
the party alighted and entered, and
there Delbrugge remained all day yes
terday.
During the afternoon Mrs. Delbrugge
came up TO the City Hall, after consul
tat.on with some OF her friends, and az
ter relating the story Of her wrongs TO
Chief Notwithstanding an attempt
on the part OF her husband TO shoot her,
one day last week, when he pulled re-
vo'ver on her, while she was in bed, and
called her vile nameS-She asked the
Chief for protection. As she wanted
her husband taken away from the
house, she signed a warrant for the
place, and the raid resulted, as
stated. The "pull' attracted a large
number OF people, and by the time Del
brugge had attired himself, he being
rather scantily dressed when the ON
GERS arrived, there were four or five
hundred people in Eotf street, most Of
whom followed the wagon 20 the City
Hall, and saw the outfit taken down
stairs. The news OF the raid spread
throughout the city In a short time, and
was the universal topic Of conversation
las, night.
After they had been placed in the
lookup Del0rugge and the girls indulg-
ed themselves in singing various songs,
keeping this up until half-paSt eight or
later, bat the sounds OF melody grad
ua.ly died away, and comparative quiet
ness reigned during the bulk Of the
night Quite a number Of people called
at headquarters during the evening and
expressed the hope that the occupants
OF the cells would be allowed 70 remain
there until Court met. Two persons
called with tenders OF bail, but Chief
McN.ch0. refused to consider the mat
ter saying he had made 10 a
rule that when women of the
town called 40 the houses of
reputable citizens and raised the neigh
oorhood by their impudent demands,
they would remain 10 a cell when ar
rested He had done that with Carrie
Palmer, and he intended to do 10 in this
case.
by this same token, Carrie Palmer
was out 10 a hack but two or three days
ago and called, ia the dead of night, at
'oe home of very prominent citizen,
pulling the door bell and raised more or
less OF row. To would not be amiss If
me hack drivers who lend themselves
70 expeditions OF this sort were brought
lPW,h round turn.
BARNUM & BAILEY'S SHOW.