The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-15
ANOTHER SWINDLER
Captured by tho Police and Lock-
Cd Up Yesterday.
ANOTHER OPERATOR is ARRESTED
Whilc Trying to Pass Bogus Check
at Bcllairc--It Looks rs II Thcro
Wcro an organizrd Gang Of Swim.
dlcrs Operating In This Vicinity.
"Ansclus" 10 Held.

Yesterday forenoon tho man arrcascd
on Wednesday, charged with obtaining
money under false pretcnses from A.
Roymann and S. s. Bloch. aud who gave
his namo at tho tinO rs AngeluB, was
arraigucd before Squire .. z. Phillips.
Papers found OH him indicated that HE
namc was J. Dunn, and his homo In
Allegheny. Ito had n receipt for taxes
paid In tho name OF Catherine Dunn.
lilo finally admitted that Dunn was his
name, and Offered no dclcnso q, to tho
two charges against him. 10 was re-
manded to Jail In default Of bail, in tho
sum OF $500 in each case.
Another swindlor was captured yes.
to-day by Officer Michaels. lie gavo
his name as Horny Wilson. and said he
was from Denver. Col. le camo here
Wednesday evening and put up ut Mrs.
Kliovcs'H boarding house, on Wntcr
street. Ho gavo her check for small
sum, ana yestordayh o offered to 90 with
lier to tho bank to got tho cash on tho
check. When they passed Goodwin's
drug store he made an excuse 10 90 In,
and went on out tho back way, climbed
a high fcnco and Disappeared. Pieces
OF tho check wore found. showing that
no had torn it up and thrown it AWAY.
Ol!icOrs Ingram and Michacls were put
on tho case aud Mlchacls soon brought
In tho mau. Squire Phillips sent him
to jail for q hearing to-day.
Still another swlndler was caught up
at Bellairc yesterday, aud taking MI the
circumstances together 1t looks as II
there might DO an organized gang OF
thcm working hersabouts, especially as
when Wilson was taken 10 jail BIO and
Dunn recognized each other aud shook
hands cordially.
Officer Michaels went 10 Bellaire last
evening tosee II the man In Jail there was
the partner OF the man Dunn, arrested
tho day before in this city. Iin found
he was not the ono who escaped here.
Yesterdays Bellaire Tribune says Of the
arrest there:
This morning stranger came to town
on the electric railway from Bridgeport,
and called at the First National Bank
and secured four blank checks, telling
Mr.. Kelly they were for J. X. Jolly. the
president Of the electric road. 1le was
suspected, md Marshal Bahra was no.
titled. and upon calling up the street
car office at Bridgeport no learned that
Mr.. jolly had sent nobody here for the
checks. In tho meantime tho fellow
had fllod out two OF the blanks, one, No.
A. payable to Daniel Bailey and signed
flames Hourly" tho other, No. 4l42.
payable to Jamos Roberts aud signed
also James Hourly. Both checks called
for 50 each. Tho fellow, who was being
"shadowod" all the time by our efficient
Marshal Bahru, was calling on the NOR
chants trying TO cash tho checks, and
was soon caught in the act at the whole
salo liquor s,orc OF Rumback & VIM
mer und arrested. When searched at
the marshal's Office all the checks were
recovered. Tho fellow told reporter
that his name was Daniel Bailey, and
said he he'd vito aud family at Il.
wood, Pa. lie said ho had been on i
drunk and didn't know what no did it
for. He also said he was blacksmith,
and used to work for James Hourly"
in Wheeling. when ho was supcrintcnd-
ent Of the Wheeling street railway. He
says II he could only SEQ Mr.. Hourly he
thinks he could fix things up. lie will
DO given hearing Friday. Ho admits
that no attempted forgery. end says 1t
was whisky that did it all.
It seems strange coincidence, to say
tho least, that all OF these swindlcrs
should turn up in tho vicinity at tho
Same time. Last night u telegram was
received from Parkersburg, saying that
Wilron was wanted there on charge OF
passing bogus checks on n hotel, and it
is thought not at all unlikely that he ia
ono OF tho men who have boon passing
forged checks on hotels in various cities
down tho river. from Charleston to
PNrkersburG. Ito is n man OF medium
size, apparently tii,y years Old, and has
sandy chin whiskers somewhat .inged
with gray.