Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-23
WHITECAPS
TOOK A CASE IN HAND, OUT IN The COUN-
TRY, LAST NIGHT.
The Dssp,;lsr Of Homs Escorted to the Late
Moor BY Fifty Masked Men and Sent 10
Town-Tar ard Feathers
Arranged For.

There were exciting times out in the
vicinity of Greggsville, Woodsdale and
the Altenheim Station on the Elm
Grove road, last night.
Fifty masked men, citizens Of Greggs-
vile and vicinity and from along Longs
run, marched to the Altenheim Station,
near the mouth of Woods run, about
ten o'clock, escortiug an Objectionable
character, and the fellow was put on
the motor and sent in to this city, with
the solemn warning that il he ever
showed front again in the vicinity OF
Greggsville il would go hard with him.
The fellow thus summarily elected
from the locality named is named Davis,
and for about year or more he has
been working as miner in Bowman's
coal bank, on Long run. Charles Gleavis
is another miner in the same bank.
Gleavis is a good citizen, respec ted by all
who know him, and his wife is native
OF the Second ward OF this city. Soon
after Davis advent in the COM
munity he evidenced a remarkable
fondness for Mrs. Gleavis' society, and
before long the conduct OF the two be-
came a matter Of universal comment in
the neighborhood. Mrs. Gleavis seems
to have made no sscret of her prefer
ence for Davis, and lately their amour
has gone TO such extremes that the
couple would lock the injured husband
out OF his home. and make merry with
his belongings.
Several days ago the people in the
eighborhood determined 10 put sum-
mary stop to the proceedings, and after
conference it was decided TO give
Davis q forcible demonstration OF their
displeasure last night. A couple OF men
came into town yesterday afternoon and
took out bucket OF tar, and good sup
ply OF feathers were arranged for, while
a committee kept tab on Davis, that
there might be no trouble in locating
him after dark. About nine o'clock
about fifty men gathered near Davis
haunts, all being masked by tying
handkerchiefs around their faces, leav-
ing only the eyes exposed. In a
short time Davis was in their hands, and
then preparations for tar and feather
ing MIN was set on foot. A number OF
the cooler heads in the party were OPP
posed to going TO this length, however,
and after conference, it was deter
mined to put the culprit on the motor
and send him in to Wheeling, with an
emphatic intimaton that IL he ever
came back he would not be treated so
eniently.
The crowd accordingly set out for the
Altenheim station with their prisoner,
and about a quarter after ten they lined
I'D along the track with Davis under
close guard.
The conductor and engineer Of the
train which left Elm Grove at 1910,
and is due in this city at 10:45, saw the
crowd OF masked men soon after they
| left the Echo Point station, and vision:
| of train robbers, etc, began TO Ill
! through the brains of both passengers
and crew. These feelings Of uneasines'
were not allayed when the train pulled
up in the midst Of the mob, but the sit
uation was quickly explained, and Da
Wis was soon hustled on board car and
the train bore him TO this city. he
skipped out as soon as the city terminu:
OF the road was reached, and his present
whereabouts are unknown.