Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-25
emblem DISCHARGED.
NO EVIDENCE 10 SHOW THAT HE ROBBED
TIE TEA STORE
Interesting Details Of Peculiar Robbery, Adducsd
Before Justice Gillsspy, Yesterday
Afternoon.

The preliminary examination in the
case of State '. George D. Emblem,
charged with the robbing of c. D. Ken
ney's tea store, on the night of March
Sd, took place before Judge Gillespy, 81
three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Pros
ecutiRg Attorney Howard appeared fol-
the State, and Capt b. B. Dovener fol-
the defense.
c. L. larry, manager Of the store,
was the first witness. He said the store
was entered on the night Of March Sd,
the safe opened. S91.s5 taken, and the
gas pipe in the cellar cut. Witness had
counted the money himself and placed
it In a cigar box, In the bottom OF the
safe, about IL D. m. Geo. d. Emblem
| and French Walton were in the store
at the time. He also placed the ledgers
and cash book in the safe, and examined
1t later, for George Emblem had
told him he had left it open
one night before, and the night
in question, after he went to the store
door to go out, be went back to the safe
and found it was certainly locked. The
others had left, but before finally leav-
| ing witness went down in the cellar to
see if the cellar door was fastened.
Emblem was not In the store when wit
ness left. The outside doors were
locked when he left, aud were
still locked Sunday morning. His
| first knowledge OF the robbery was
Sunday morning about 10 o'clock, when
he went in to turn out the lights. He
! attempted TO enter the Eleventh street
door, but the lock would not work, and
he entered at the Market street side.
He smelled gas very strong, and took a
match and tried the gas burners, but
could find no leak. he then went
away, and about twelve o'clock he came
back, and going 10 the cellar, being ac-
companied by two friends. he could
hear the gas escaping. Witness and
Geo. Steger.wrapped the pipe, and later
they got plumb Der, and then locked up
again. He was worried about the mat
ter, thinking some one had been in the
store, and went back and examined
the cut, and found the Ratchet kept In
the store fit the cuts. The Ratchet was
kept in corner behind sugar barrel,
and he found it near the cellar door,
between two barrels. The Ratchet had
been used to cut hard sugar In the bar
rels, aud when he looked at it, he found
the sugar had been scraped off the
blade, where it had hit the pipe. About
seven o'clock he began an examination
OF the store, and going TO the safe,
found 1t was unlocked, and the ledger
and cash taken, The ledger had never
been found. George Emblem was out
side salesman and collector, and his &C.
counts were In the ledger. A new led
ger had been made up by taking &C.
counts from day book, running back
to February LIST, and before that time
from a list Of credits sent on to
headquarters at Baltimore. On cross
examination, witness said he came
here from Chattanooga, February 9th.
He was asked. if he was under sus-
picion as Emblem was, 1t might be
TO his interest to have possession
OF the ledger, and said yes. I'M
der certain conditions. He thought
Emblem was still In the store when he
went.back TO see IL the safe was locked.
About noon, when he was at the store
the second time, he looked at the safe,
but saw il was apparently all right. He
pulled at the handle, but ibid not think
to turn it," 1t was about 7:30 when he
found it was unlocked. No one was
there at the time. He was responsible
for the money, and it was still charged
against him.
Q.-And if you got that money, you're
not short, are you? Aft l got it, no,
sir. should say motif got it.
OFF you got it; yes? A.-Yes, IL l
got it; but that's something l don't
think you have any right to say to me,
Give got just the same right to
say it, my friend, that you have to say
that this young man Is guilty. A.-But
don't say so. l didn't swear out this
warrant, and 1 haven't accused any
one. I'm only telling what l know about
the situation;
Q.-And I'm going to try to fix this
thing just where it belongs. A.-And
1 hope you'll succeed.
Witness said, in reply to questions,
that different gas jet was lighted that
night from the usual one; that he had
gone to the cellar alone to look at the
cellar doors. and that be had visited the
store alone Sunday morning. lie did
not swear out a search warrant when
Emblem was arrested. Witness didn't
know that the safe had been left open
more than once before the robbery, and
he didn't recollect that French w alton
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