Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-06-23

Sailor Jack, and Cumberland Charley.
Porter went to Belle Vernon with me.
We
PUT UP A JOB
and robbed store across the river from
Belle Vernon, on the night Of the 18th.
! was taken over the river by two men;
one was named ROley and l have a
statement from him. 1t was a general
| country store. l left my overcoat and
undercoat there. That same night
went around several of the stores in
| Belle Vernon with my sore arm in a
sling, begging. The arm had been burn
ed at Bellaire before l was arrested at
Bridgeport. That was on Saturday. The
next morning Sunday got my
breakfast from a woman, who lived in .
little one-stOry house on a hill. l have
not secured her statement yet, but | I'M
derstand that she remembers me. l
went to Dr. Nickles, who dressed my sore
arm, and / stayed around there all that
day, and Monday, too. On Tuesday
was stiB there, but don't recall anyone
who saw me that day, except DR.. Stan
ton a druggist. | think the name was
Stanton-it was something like that, at
any rate. J. r. Roley was Mayor at
that time, but | think he is dead now,
for can hear nothing of him lately, al
though | have tried. Mrs. Naoma ROley
was his mother, think. l saw her and
she remembers me and l have a state
ment from her.
4 left Belle Vernon on the 18th of
To, m n OIL
and went to Monongahela City, twelve
miles. James Porter, or Scranton
Slim as he was always called, was with
me. We got to MOnongehela Cts in the
afternoon some time, and went to
CONLIN'S BRICK-YARD.
I was there from the 18th to the next
Monday. the 10th, as the testimo0v of
Mr.. Conlin. at the trial, showed. is
confident of that, and there is no doubt
about it. 1 helped him at different times
TO dig clay out of the bank, and haul it
in. Mr.. C0nlin remembers this in his
affidavit, which I have, and l also got a.
statement from Porter, two years ago.
I'VE left the brick-yard on Monday
morning. January 18th, and went to
Uniontown. Scranton Slim was still
with me. We went on a freight train,
and got to UniontOwn in the evening. l
met Old Hale there the next morning
after l got there, and we started down
the road towards the coke ovens. This
was on Tuesday evening. On the way
we met s. w. Carter. butcher. His
wagon was upset in an old well along
side the road. We helped him get 1t
out and straighten things up, and he
gave us fifty cents and some meat. We
stayed around UniOntown until the 25th.
I have Carriers
SWORN STATEMENT
of what I say, regarding meeting him
on the road.
Il left for McKeesport on the 25th.
There l met a man called Rochester
Paddy and we went to brick-yard
and STAYED there that night. The next
morning We met a man named Henry
w. Dow d. a coal digger, who lived on d
shanty-boat. on the bank The boat had
been propped up. and a wall built under
il. making q regular house. He took ua
TO his boat and we stayed with him IN
til February 18th. While we were there
he introduced us to Thomas Slater and
his daughter. Slater was a puddler, and
lived close by. I have the statements
of these folks, including that OF Mrs.
Slater.
"On February 10Th I left there alone
and went to Pittsburg, and stayed there
t,ro DAYS Then l went to New Brigh-
ron pa. and stayed there one day.
met Scranton Slim there again, and
we went together to Alliance, o. From
tberewe W emit 10 a town between Mans
field and Alliance I don't remember
the name of the town, but 1t was about
half wav between the two places. We
oo+ there on the 10Th of February. Wa
Saved there only one night From there