Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-23
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hen the first arrests were made In
ection with the Metropolitan In
nce Company frauds, the REGISTER
d it was almost certainty that
rs would follow.
bis prediction came true yesterday
noon, when William Groves, a res
Of the Seventh ward, and the
bral superintendent Of the Company
Wheeling and contiguous territory,
arrested on a warrant issued by
lice Ankle.
be prisoner was held in $500 bonds
! hearing Monday afternoon at two
pck, az the Jail Office. Up to ten
bck last evening he had not o.
ed a bondSman.
he warrant Of arrest sets forth
Groves, on February nth. last,
BED the names Of Harry Wood
as principal and Joseph r. Petit
surety, 70 q bond for the sum OF
b. conditioned for the faithful re-
|, OF money in W0OdfOr's hands In
conrse OF business. The additional
: alleged open up another chapter
he -Sery peculiar manner In which
afaDs Of the Company were run In
civ and vicinity by the local
Harry Woodiord IS an agent
Company, and should have been
ed one. II seems he was unable
a bond. but had an arrange
with Groves by which portion OF
5 salary was TO be kept out by
Is weekly until sufficient cash had
nulated 20 answer the purpose OF
While this was going on, Groves,
income else, filled out and signed up
bond. which forms the basis
his charge. WOOdfOTd's name is at
he'd 70 it, but Wo0dford says he
err signed il. This bond was sent on
e New York Office OF tho Company,
a letter from Groves, saying the
was all right, and that Petit,
q name was attached as surety,
responsible party, g farmer, own
ealty 10 the value Of $1,000, and a
q of Bridgeport, o. As TO this
bh r. Petit, careful inquiry in
Ieport fails 70 reveal the existence
" such person, and il is believed
lose engaged in the prosecution OF
ases that, like the man Brown, re-
d 10 i'm this paper when the first ar
were made, aud who figured as a
Hing agent, he does not exist IN the
Woodford and Pettitt bond is
bne OF about a dozen, all Of which
to be under suspicion, most Of
we're probably forged, and in
rous cases the names signed to
are believed 20 be those OF hcti-
persons. Whether Whitson or
IN or some third party as yet not
arrest, filled out and signed up
b documents is at present a prob
not entirely solved, and will be a
ar for investigation at the hearing
brow, or at the trial, should the
ing be waived.
SC what there could nave Oeen IN
forgeries Of bonds by Brown or
be else does not appear-at least 1t
,asy to see how they could have
aything like enough money out
hy for the grave nature OF the
the risk Of detection they
WoodfOrd's case, il might be
intended TO appropriate the
oodford was putting up from
week, as a cash security, while
upon the Company with a
nd which cost nothing, and in
10 that there may have been
cement to promptly send in the
nd that Woodford was a good
"a Grove wanted to keep up the
of commissions to it's full head
ng him at work, bet the gain
hs made seems comparatively
ID not to warrant the powder
is fine looking man, OF large
good talker, and seemed last
he sat in the Sheriffs Office
friend was hunting up bonds
not be the sort OF man who
b mixed up ia this sort OF thing.
resident Of South York street,
has a family.