The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-27
AN EXCITING BATTLE.

4 Band Of Thieves Met with a DeterTiued
Pie From waiting GnRrds-A Night-
watehman's Discovery aud It's Result.
Manor. Ism. Oct. pa band OF
men organized in civilized community
Tor piunder and destruction, an at
tempted raid on mercantile establish
ment, u desperate battle between two
determined and armed men facing each
other ut a distance OF less than Is leet,
with three others contributing bullets
every second, aud the accompanying.
details, has occupied the attention OF
tile citizens OF summiiville since 2
o'clock yesterday. Summitville is q
town OF ], 200 inhabitants on the Cincln..
matt, Wabash & Michigan division oil
the Big Four. IL miles south OF here.
To that place ak weeks ago George
Stroud went from neighboriug town
and secured position as night watch
man. Ten days ago he notified the
merchants OF that place that's an attempt
was to be made at wholesale burglary
by an organized band OF thieves, inciud-
ing dozen or more among its mem.
bers. One date had been fixed and
Abandoned. Last night an attempt
would surely be made to plumber and
then to burn several establishments.
The first was to be the wilkins dry
goods store. In this place deputy sher-
III Coburn, Pat Hannah and Andrew
FeunImOre were stationed. Coburn
was armed with two reVolvers and the
others with similar weapons.
DESPERATE BATTLE.
Ate o'clock Dick Goodman, one OF
the members OF the gang, appeared at
a side window near the rear OF the
building. lie raised tho window and
went in. At the order to throw up his
hands he began to shoot. Coburn re-
snOnded, and Hannah and Fennimore
also Joined in the fusilade. Tom May,
another member Of the gang, appeared
at the window and took part in the
atIray.
Goodman, directly facing Coburn, in
a room eighteen feet wide, emplied his
revolver, and Coburn emptied both OF
his. Goodman received shot in the
abdomen, from which he cannot re.
cover, but succeeded in backing out OF
the window and running several squares
from the building, when ne fell, TO be
captured and taken to Jail at Anderson.
Coburn received tritling wound in the
eide. Just back Of where he stood, in a
space OF six feet, are nine bullet holes.
Over twenty shots were fired in the
room, most Of them at distance OF less
than the width Of the room.
May, the companion OF Goodman,
was captured by members oil the sum
mitville Horse Thief Detective Associa-
ton, who had been patrolling the streets.
Before his capture, however, over seven
ty shots were fired, all OF which wero
harmless. The other members OF the
gang escaped. The organization oil
plunderers is supposed to include not
less than n dozen men. But four OF
them are known to have been con-
nected with the attempt last night.
Officers arc in pursuit OF the two es-
capped, and others will be arrested.
"REpUrAnLE" OUTLAWS.
The gang includes members OF reputa-
bic families south OF summitville, and
is credited with having recently burned
a saloon ana dry goods store at Dundee,
u village a few miles from Summitville.
after having carried away n quantity oil
goods. A part Of the dry goods we're
afterwards found in straw stack on
the Goodman farm. Innumerable other
depredatious within a radius Of 20
miles from summitville are attributed
to it. Stroud, the night wRtchman, has
been admitted to the inner councils for
some time. There are different theories
as to why Stroud sought the position OF
night Waterman and then diyulged the
schemes Of the gang. The latter is sup
posed to have been in existence several
wears.