Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-17

There arrived in the city yesterday
over the b. * o., part Of a gang o5
thieves which has been operating ex-
tensively in the vicinity of Littletou.
The names of the four desperadoes
brought TO this city were Frank Gump,
a former inmate of the Momdsyille
peuitsntiary and his three brothers-in-
law, VIM. Youst, Larry Youst and John
Noust.
These men were arrested by Detec-
tive N. Roradon. OF the B. & o.. Con-
stable Mccullough, of Hundred, and
Officer Charles Miller. They have
been robbiug stores and postodices IN
that vicinity for some time. and their
arrest is considered very important
one Gump. one of the men arrested,
has served two terms i'm the peuiten-
Jiary at LouuosviIe, one for horse
stealing and the other term for rob
berry. The rest of those arrested are
not much better than he, although they
have never been I'm the pcn.
There are yet three more Of the gang
at liberty. but it viii not likely be
great while until their capture is re-
ported, as the officers are on their trail
and expect Jo have them i'm q few days.
one of the three still at large is wo-
man, who is supposed to be Gump's
wife
The men arrested were taken before
Squire Connolly, aJ Litueton, Monday
afternoon. and given a hearing, and he
sent them % Jail 20 await the action of
the grand jury.
The prisoners. as stated above, were
brought TO this city yesterday morn
ing and i'm the afternoon were taken
over the Ohio River road to- New Mar
tinsville and placed i'm Jail.
For several months past there have
been numerous cases of ear robberies
and other kinds of Jhieying done along
the b. 81 o. railroad near LiJueJOn.
and for q long time no definite clue
could be obtained 10 the perpetrators
until III was 2scertained that Frank
Gump. OF Marion county. was i'm fire.
Quent communication with suspicious
parties residing in the vicinity of Lit
Teton they frequently travelling on
freight trains between that place and
FairmOnt With this slight clue Nj. NJ.
ROradOn. assisted ly some other b. &
o. railway detectives and the disric,
officers Of that end of WetZel county.
after o still but vigorous hunt, traced
one of the ear rC5bsries TO Frank
Gump who recently retired from
Marion county to near Littlet0n, aud
his three br0tlors-in-law. Monday
morning the officers and detectives
were at the houses OF GUmp and Youst
before the occupants were I'D. On
searching the houses quantity Of
goods that had been taken from car
40 Burton some time ago was found.
also variety of other g00dS A part
of them were Identified by WoiDeg
Bros. merchants OF LittlaJOn. as some
OF the goods Jhat were taken from their
sJor, when it was broken into and rob-
bed last fall. There was also a guam
tityOt dressed chickens anGagO0d sup
ply of country cured hams and q fair
outfit VI burglars tools aJ GUmD's
house The parties We're brought be-
fore Justice j. A. Connolly. who. after
giving them g hearing, committed
them 90 Jail.
These parties evidently belong to q
gang that has been keeping up a regu-
lar system o., stealing and burglary be-
tween LittIet9n and FairmOut. the
goods taken at the LittItJ0u end OF
their line of operations being peddlej
out through Marion county by con
tcderates, and vice versa. their opera
d0us extending 90 an branches of steal
ins from Iurglariziug stores, houses
and cars down 90 r0bhiDg hcn-r0osts
and smOkc-houSes. From the nature
of the evidence ON the hearing before
the Justice, it looks likely that these
four parties win get q good term i'm tha
penitenuary, and it is very probable
that more arrests win De made soon.