The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-01
NINE HUNDRED CENTS
Secured by Daring Robbers In tho
Panhandle OMce,
TOOK PLACE EARLY YESTERDAY
Morning, aud Considerable other
Booty sccured-Thc Thieves Sup
posed to DO n Gang who Operated
up tho River, and Robbed Farmer
Smith OH Decoration Day.

WhcnTickot ACen. Edward c. Schoon
opened tho ticket Office OF the Pan.
Handle ut the foot Of Eleventh street
yesterday morning, a sceno Of disorder
and chaos broke upon his Wow. The
floor was covered with various articles
and every drawer In tho office was open
and the contents strewn around. 1t at
once became evident TO him that q thiei
or thieves had been In tho Office the
night before and got In their work.
schocn made n hurried investigation,
first finding that the safe containing con.
siderable money and valuable papers
had not boon tamperod with. Tho ticket
cabinets. too, were u%ndisturbed, and 60
far as known no railway tickets were
taken. On tho floor was Eds Knights
Templar satchol, with his uniform lying
on tho floor, tho gaudy plumos having
been tratnped out Of shape. A package
Of feminine apparel left at the olico by
a lady had been opened and tho con-
tents added to the picturcsquencss OF
the scene.
1t was found that nino packages OF
pennies, each containing one hundrnd,
had been taken. together with a satchel
%beloncin: 10 Miss Lizzie Hedge, which
had been left there on Wednesday. Ex.
cepting q cake Of soap, and a hammer
which had 81. G. Tomlinson" engraved
on it, this was all that was taken from
the office. In front OF tho building at
the time Of the robbery, probably 2 or
5 o'clock yesterday morning, were
standing three newsboys' trunks, be-
longing TO the Union News Company.
These were opened and considerable
stuff takon, including about $50 worth
OF cigars.
The entrance to the office was obtain
ed by way OF the west door into tho la
dies waiting room and then through
the. regular entrance to the ticket office.
A jimmy was used. and this littlo tool
was left behind. by the robbers. The
Wheeling police were notified early yes.
terdny morning OF the affair and were
working on the case throughout the
day. The identity OF the gang ia un-
known, but they are supposed to be the
Same people who robbed ex-Sherltf
Smith near Brilliant on Decoration Day,
and the night before robbed the railway
station at Mingo.
The steubeuviIle Ga:dte, speaking OF
the Mingo robbery, says:
Monday night an attempt was
made to blow open tho safe at
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh station at
Mlingo. A hole had been drilled ints
the combination and the cracksmen
would have finished the job had they
not been frightened away in n queer
manner, the man who alarmed Them
being entirely innocent OF the fact that
he was spelling n burglars game. It
seems that Panhandle No. l going west
that night put of at Mingo q Steuben-
vile passenger who had neglected to
get of here. lie was q very iraacible
individual and swore around the station
and tramped up and down hurting in.
vectives at the company over his luck,
making so much noise that he not only
aroused lea BY residents but scared
the burglars oil.
Ex.Shoriii Smith, whose house was
robbed Wednesday, was in Wheeling
yesterday. and gave the police n descriu.
ton of the four men who robbed him,
and who crossed the river in O skill ut
Beach Bottom. No sign OF them has
been found here, however.