Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-04
GREAT EXCITEMENT
Caused at Terra Ats and Vicinity by the
Prospects Of Further Arrest~
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Prospects Of Further Arrest.
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TERRA ALTA, w. VA, January a
The excitement which began hore about
thr first OF November and afterwards
Quteted down was resumed one day last
week by the appearance OF a represent
atlNe OF the Secret Service department
az the Government stationed AZ Chicago.
Some time ia October two OF the urotni-
neat citizens OF this town were arrested
10 Chicago charged With couuterfeiting,
aud since that time agents OK the Secret
service have been ia this locality almost
constantly, Nud 10 is believed by the
people here thai some arrests will fol-
low. IAI> bedefon the part oi residents
or the town aud neighDurhood keeps up
the excitement. and every day some now
report lis started a. TO proposed arrests.
u goes without saying that there has
been some sNillfui crooked work done
here and 70 is quite certain that two OF
the partlos are iu custody, and that
others were connected with them thore
is uo doubt
The couple, who wore arrested iu Chi
cagu, and who ara now In Jail In that
cay, are Jordan FreciRud and L. Bella
Free.and, his wife. ThcV wore Consid-
cred re>pectahio people, and both be
longed 10 good families OF considerable
means.
Mr. Freeland was carpenter and
had constant work AT good wages. His
WIFE had q millinery store which She
had conducted for about five years.
Iney were making money, aud had ac-
Cumulated considerable real estate.
from which they received good sum
mouthIy as rent. Early lu October
they disposed or their property, and on
the l2th of October started on a trip To
the Worlds Fair, saying their stay
West would be- indefinite. They had "A
large amount OF money, and iu addition
60 what they secured from the sale OF
their property they purchased several
large bills Of goods on credit ia Balti-
more, FOR the store, which they turned
into money. On their way West tho
Freolauds >pent one day iD Wheeling,
whore they UUgRn their crooked work.
They had been in Chicago only few
days when they were arrested for pass
ing Gfty dollar bills which had been
raised from ten dollar bills After a
prelimiuHry hearing they were com
w.ttcd 90 jail lu default or two thousand
dollars bau, each 20 await trial no the
March Court TWoutv-thrce OF tine
raised h!tv dollar bills were passed.
twentY-two iu Chicago aud one n
w u""liug. he trcciauds have been
Identified positively as the people VINO
passed The crooked bills They did not
deny passing the oils, but stated that
they got them from q man who, thry
said, lived iu the northern part of thi,
county. The detectives find that no
such man ever lived here They also
claim that they got the money 10 the
settlement OF law suit al point in
tAis state. But DO such law suit ap-
pears uu Jhe records. The secret service
ohtrrs have discovered that She
| bills were raised In Freelaud'
house, hero iu Terra Al'a. A girl
/ oy tue name of Lula Whetsell was
found who was in the employ OF
the Frc"l1ud- for some time before
they left here. Shes saws Mr.. and Mrs.
FrceIand would 90 intu a room al night
aud remain there engaged ia some Kind
OF work. aud would require her to pro-
vide cold coffee aud hot iron. which
they used every night while they were
engaged iu the bu>llcss. She further
says THAT every morning, after the work
wt- dpnc az night, she would lind nu-
urruu- H.cp- 81 Cigar stumu-. which
had been cut into fragment, for some
purpose. Tho work was so -kIIfuIIy
oFeegt,d that 10 took an expert OF tho
Government Secret Service - detect It.
The I.eeauds ARE funny people. and
the parents OF either are able % fur
nisu naiL Ngt Mr. Frecland's friends
say II he wa. released on bail az chi
cngo, lr would be arrested for the
Wheeling oTeusc. Mrs. Freeiaud's fam
iiy arc making arrangements to- on
/ ter bau for her, and IL is said she
VIII set up the defense that her husband
c1erccd her, and leave him 10 suffer the
punishment alone. Mr.. Freeland f. a
/ prominent OId Fellow, and has an
p"alsd tO the lodge here for bail. but
alter iuvestiEntlou the order declined
| declined o. Interfere in the matter. lie
has Away born good name. and IL is
the General sentiment that he has been
drawn into the matter through the I'm.
1ucuCe or others
10 is believed here that others arc an
The bottom OF the businc,.. and that
thero VIII he some further develop
mcnt aud additional arrests ln few
days.
The Freeland family s. large one.
and the disagrecable affair which has
stirred up so much talk Us not consid.
cred reflection upon them.