Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-07

goods were taken to the City Hall.
There it was inspected by Mr.. Eckhart
and others familiar to some extent with
the stolen Maxwell property, and also
by the Hares. whose residence had been
raided not long before and large
amount of property carried off. About
all the goods was identified as belong
ing to one or the other of these owners.
Suspicion has been turned towards
James Jaenck as being the man who
had been caught at the Maxwell resi-
dence, sand who escaped from Officer
Snupp, and he was arrested. At the
City Hall the officers failed to identity
him, but he was held until search war
rant could be issued and the Jaenck
home searched. This was done by
Lieut.. Ingram and others, but they re-
ported that although there was a big
lot Of personal property there, they
could not identify any of it, and it even
did not look suspicious, while Mrs.
Jaenck had claimed it had been brought
from Trenton. The truth is that much
of the property then and there exam
ined did belong to the Maxwell resi-
dence, and that night, it is now claim
ed. after Jaenck had been released, he
and his wife sat up all night destroying
and burning stuff which might get them
into trouble They made so much noise
about it that the family upstairs COM
planned they could not sleep, and neigh
bors were out shifting around for fire,
the odor from burning goods being per-
ceptible about the neighborhood In a
day or two Mrs. Bennett, of Weston,
sister of Miss Maxwell, came on and
identified such of the property as had
been taken from the Maxwell residence:
and there the matter appears to have
been dropped by the police. as there is
no evidence of any subsequent EFFORT
to catch the thief or recover any more
of the goods.
After the lapse Of a month or six
weeks the matter was placed in the
hands of Detective McNicholl and he
and his men went to work on it. They
early came to the conclusion that Jaenck
vas the right man, but 1t TOOK a
great deal of work to fasten it on him.
Careful search. however, resulted in
XdludDlt
ter was clinched when a woman, VINO
obtained ~entrance to the house upon
some pretext saw homemade rug,
which had been made by Miss Maxwell
and her mother. lying on the floor OF
one of the rooms occupied by the
Jaencks. This and few more pointers
decided Captain McNicholl TO act at
once. and Tuesday Mrs. Bennett, OF
Weton. was sent for, and arrived in
the city Yesterday morning. On her ar
ival warrant was issued and Jaenck
and his wife were taken into Gus
tody and lodged in Jail. TO await an eX-
animation. A search warrant from
Justice Gillespy's Court was then Is
sued and the residence was searched.
The result was surprising in the guam
tity Of stuff found, and the evidences OF
much which had been cut up, sold. or
DESTROYED. The officers found silk
dresses, velvet garments and other ar
ticles OF that material. sheets. under
wear. big carving knife, ladies' night
dresses. a valuable Chinese silk shawl,
bought by Miss Maxwell in Canton. a
pair of earrings belonging to Miss
MaXwell's mother, a military coat,
which had belonged to Miss Maxwell S
brother. but from which the stripes on
the sleeves and the brass buttons had
been removed. Jaenck having worn the
garment himself. dozens Of towels and
napkins. a pair of gold spectacles,
which had belonged to Miss Maxwelfs
father. the late James H. Maxwell, blan-
kets and quilts. large rug. referred to
above as having been seen by the wo-
man. silk handkerchiefs. tool box be-
longing to Miss MaXwells brother. and
many other articles practically intact,
while there were abundant evidences
that many articles Of wearing apparel
had been cut up or made over, as scraps
of them were found, as we'll as the
heavy silk cords and tassels off fine
pair of lambrequins. The lambrequlns
themselves. however. had been de-
stroyed. sold or given away. Many OF
the napkins and towels had been en-
broidered with the initials &c. }. IN
red. since they we're stolen. by Mrs.
Jaenck. who claimed they belonged TO
her. and these were not claimed by Mrs.
Bennett. although she said she was GER
tain they had been taken from the
house along with the other goods. All
the stolen property was gathered up and
taken to the Office of Justice Gillespy.
Capt. McNichol said yesterday he
had evidence that the woman had ped
died or sold a lot of the property in the
lower part of the city and in Benwood,
and that some had been given away, a
Chinese figure which mods its head be-
ing in the possession of well-known
South Side saloonist. while a pair Of
white wooden mitts, of fancy design, had
been given to a physician and were by
the latter turned over to the officers.
One article not found. but which is very
much desired, is the late MIR. MaXwelrs
gold-headed cane. with his initials on
the top. A gold watch was found,which
did not belong to the Maxwells, and
also a considerable amount OF money,
in gold and paper.
Both Jaeack and his wife strenuously
DENY the charge of robbery, Mrs Jaenck
saving the goods were brought here by
her from Trenton. and that some Of
them came from store kept by her
brother in Bohemia. of which country
they are natives. Jaenck is a potter,
and has been working in South Wheel
ing. The family formerly resided at
No. 1924 Jacob street. and were proba-
bly, living in that house when the bulk
of the property was stolen. removing
10 Twenty-fifth street afterwards. 1t
was while they lived en- Jacob stree
that Jaenck was seen driving a covered
wagon, drawn by a gray horse. to his
house late at night. the vehicle being
supposed to have been loaded with the
results of one of his raids.
Jaenck is of small stature. and so
is his wife. and the latter presented