Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-10
A GANG OF THIEVES.

Who Have Eeon Operating On Both sides
oItho1siyor, Above ParkersOurs, Caught
Up by she Omcer5.
SUs-ial -...orrn, 70 ;ss Rsgiwr-.
PARKEEsRURG, w. VA, November o.
Deputy Marshal Fetty and Sheriff D. w.
Reynolds, OF Peasants county, have
been doing 4 wholesale business in the
way of arrestiDg gang of men who
are charged with rObberieS of all sorts
i'm Peasants county, and 10 many other
places above and below on both sides Of
the Ohio. a good portion of the
alleged gang were suspected TO be
certain parties who resided or
met at certain place
near St. Nary's. Last night the officers
made a raid on the place and arrested
-- Pyles and -- Bailey. John Bray,
the alleged leader of the gang, made his
escape Ca the darkness and has not been
captured On the opposite side Of the
river is a nOrtorious joint or headquar-
ters for t0ughS, thieves and outlaws
The place is known from Pittsburg to
Cincinnati as Fort Sidney, and no river
man or traveller has cared to participate
iu the Inequalities of Fort Sidney for
FEAR OF BEING ROBBED
or done away with, for many years.
BY Shrewd management the officers soon
got enough evidence to convince them
that there were at least two of the
robbers who burgiariZed the o. Il. +.
offices, POStOllice and u store in 81.
Mary'S, hidden away somewhere at
Fort Sidney, and last night they raided
the Fort aud It's contiguous shanties,
above aud underground. The result
was the capture and ar
rest Of Charles Reynolds and
Jane Willis, both Of whom were brought
90 this side of the river, and thence to
this city to-day for preliminary trial be-
fore United States Commissioner Tay-
enuer Alex. Brewer, of st. Mary's,
who has been assisting in running
down the gang, was himself arrested
and also brought TO this city. Hon.
Gus Campbell, of st. Mary's, came down
with Brewer 10 defend him.
The escape of BRAY, the alleged
leader, is a great disappointment. The
officers believe that big gang mas its
head0uarters near st. Mary'S, and that
small number OF the crowd,
Charles Reynolds and Jane Willis
were used as witnesses for the govern
ment in the trial this afternoon. Alex
Brewer was discharged. Jim PyleS and
Frank Bailey were held to answer in
dictmentS before
THE UNITED STATES COURT
for robbiug the poStOiice at st. Mary's.
Oae of the witnesses gave reluctant tes-
timOuy as it appears that some OF the
gang had threatened 10 blow them and
their house up with dynamite if they
should betray them. However, the
names of half dozen Of the gang were
given, together with the locality in
which they were hidden. Sacks filed
with goods stolen at SistersviIle,
Friendly, and s.. Mary's, w. Va,
aud 40 several places in Ohio
had been seen In the possession of the
gang by one or more witnesses. jew
elry, shoes, clothing, etc, had been
given away aud sold to different par
ties at different times, by some one or
other OF the crowd, and the place Of
couccalment OF the stolen goods was
also given.
Some of the goods stolen from the
postOhice and store at st. Mary'S were
found To- the possession Of the prison
ers, one of whom, it is reported, has
confessed. Sheriff ID. w. Reynolds, of
Peasants, who brought the prisoners
down, has the names of the entire gang
and will doubtless soon have them all
under lock and kew.