The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-06

There is evidently great deal more
in the case OF T. l. Nicholson, spoken
Of in yesterdays ISTgLLIdEScER, than
has yet been even limited at There
was long conversation by telephone
between Wheeling and Chicago
parties yesterday, uH q result oil
which l. i. stIlel, Of the Wheel
ing Title and Trust Company, final
ly signed Mr.. NichoIson'S bail bond
for $500, and the prisoner was re-
leased. lie took tho Panhandle train
shortly after o'clock, having bought a
ticket for steubenvIllo, At G:25 last
night he was brought back by Town
Sergeant Brown. OF Wellsburg, who had
intercepted him on the tTaiu on an or
der sent from Wheeling by telephone.
The rearrest was made an the result Of
aaecond warrautswO outby Ferdinand
Brown before Squire GIllespy.. Mr..
Brown IL an oil operator. tie charged
Nicholson with stealing papers OF the
value Of $4,000. While all the parties
Interested are very reticent about the
case, 1t is understood that tho alleged
theft was committed at the same time
as the one charged by William Carr
against Mr.. Nicholson, on which the
first arrest was made on Thursday. The
story IL that last Tuesday Nicholson en-.
tered room In the BrRst house, at New
Martinsvlle, opened a vaIise belonging
to one OF the Carr Brothers, and took
from Il the papers concerned In tho two
charges against him, A man named
Thompson also enters into tho trans
action, as he 10 said to have been seen
with the papers under his arm, He is
described as the brother OF the presi-
don't OF an alcohol manufacturing com.
pany OF Chicago, to which company the
Cars and Brown arc also understood to
belong, and story Ia Shoat that Mich.
olson Ia detective employed by Ihomp.
aon aud others interested on his side OF
controversy about oil property. This
Is as near rs tho truth can be gotten at,
80 far, from Wheeling standpoint.
When tho second warrant was Issued
yesterday it was put into the hands OF
ox.Chiei X I. McNichoI, who received
1t too late to catch Nicholson here, but
ut onco telephoned tp Chief Brown, OF
Wellsburg. who boarded the train on its
arrival there BY tho timo he had
found his man tho train was again in
motion. He told Nicholson he WAS un.
der arrest, but the latter rather em.
phatically said no, and rather seemed to
DO OF tho opinion that ho would not get
of the train, but When the officer pulled
the bell rope and drew a gun, Nicholson
smilingly ncc0ded TO tho invitation to
come along" He was turned over to
hcNichol on his arrival here, and
Squire Gillespy formally gave him into
the custody oil the officer TO DO taken to
New Martinsvills this morning. For
safe keeping, he was lodged In jail over
night This morning Capt. McNichol
and W. b. Lukins will take him down
TO Now MGrtinsville, where thore is un.
derstood to be n warrant waiting.
Word was received yesterday that the
bundle OF papers which is tho bone Of
contention had been hold in the hands
OF tho Adams Express Company at Obi.
cago by William N. Carr, who arrived
there Just in time. There are signs oil
"big money" behind both parties to the
controversy. Nicholson had check for
large sum cnshed before he LETT the
city, and 1t was said last night that no
would be able to give bond In any sum
when finally arruigned.