Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-14

Yesterday as Entirely Innocent.
Additional details Of the Hotel Wind
scr bunco job Of Thursday came to light
yesterday and while fully confirming
the Registers diagnosis Of the case,
presented yesterday morning, went
farther and showed an original plot to
blk Wheeling people out of a round
sum of cash, which fortunately failed
to work, and the gang robbed one Of
their own number The whole outfit,
excepting, as a matter Of course, Mr.
Cocter. the P.tcsburg business man, is
crooked from the ground up, and there
is q good deal Of satisfaction in know
Ing that the original deal set on foot
for Wheeling, failed 10 work.
In addition 20 the four men men
toned in yesterdays Reg. ster-Beeler,
the victim, SI0lsnyder, Frazier and
BOyd-,wO others of the gang came in
To- view yesterday, I'm the persons Of TWO
men named Barryh.ll and Thompson.
IL is though. there Is still another, max
ing seven t4 al The whole crowd be-
long 10 the class who live by their wits,
and make a very good living too. They
have been travelling and working to-
ge.her for about four years and none
Of the panty can show call0used hands
as q result They showed up in Flor
ida together al the time of the Mitch
el-C0rbet prize fight. and made nota-
Bile killing at ST. Augustine, where they
did an United States army officer out
of four thousand dollars, with ne8tness
and despatch, at the same old foOt-race
game they so successfully worked on
Beeler. in this city. Thursday. Since
then they have had variety of exper-
fences. always az somebody's expense,
and during the present week Beeler was
arrested In this city for working a num-
Der of dollars ont of a Wheeling man
on a B. & o. train into this city. This
matter was fixed up quietly, however.
That the gang came mere 10 work a
scheme for big money is beyond doubt,
and it IS also pretty certain that the job
was mapped out by local talent in adj
vance and the gang put on 20 the snap.
T- IS known that some -elegraphinS was
done by local parties the last week, and
IS result S-rohsnyder, Boyd and Fra
z.e~ came here last Monday night, and
me. certain parties almost as soon as
they got Off the train. They looked
over The ground and thought the
graft" q good one. and wired for Bee
ler Barryhtl and Thompson, and they
came on the following day. One of the
D9r-.es intended 10 be worked here was
Martins Ferry man. but for some re9-
son or O-her the scheme set up in ad-
vance d.d not work. and Stronsnyder,
the bosom friend of Beeler, Frazier,
Thomson. BerryhiI and Boyd, made
lD q scheme TO rob Beeler, who was
known TO have from two to three thou
sand dollars I'm his clothes. AS an Incl
dental when they ran across Mr.. Cot
ter they thought they might as well
edo" him TOO. while they were about
f. and IF they couldn't get any money
ont of him. al least leave him to hold
t1s bag and explain matters TO the au-
-borities while the rest of the crowd
fed
Beeler knew S-rohSnyder very well
and Thompson t0ler7bly we'll and when
The f7o--race fake had progressed far
enough for Beeler 20 produce ms thou-
sand dollars. ne handed IL 20 Thomp-
son The latter passed 70 no Strohsny-
dor un0bserved by Beeler. and the lat
tor with the money, left the room at
The hotel. took a cab and drove 10
p~i7 ~sDort where ne caught a train
for cleveland As soon as Beeler began
m make q kick about the money, II
,,,s 4x01qfne1 that S'r0hsny1er had