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

After the lapse of a good many
months, the thieves who repeatedly en-
tered and robbed the Maxwell resi-
dence, on South Market street, have
been arrested and committed to Jail,
and large quantity of the stolen goods,
found in the home of the accused, have
been recovered and identified.
Much more is still missing, and has
either been destroyed, sold, given away,
secreted, or is still at the house OF the
thieves, but in such shape that the own
ers do not care to remove ii.
The prisoners are James Jaenck and
Mrs. C. J. Jaenck, his wife. of No. rs
Twenty-fifth street, and the arrests
we're made by Detective Robert T. Nc
Nichol and his men Of the West Vir-
ginia Detective Agency. The story Of
the crime, of the police efforts at its
detection, their arrest of the right par
" and his peculiar escape, the failure
of the officers 10 again identify the man,
their search of his home, where large
amount of the goods was stored, with
out finding any of it, the discovery by
the police of large amount of stolen
goods in a frame building in the West
wood brick yard, and the final arrest Of
the man and wife yesterday by Nc
Nichol and Lukens, forms as compli-
Gated and peculiar a story OF crime as
often comes 10 light in this portion Of
the country.
During last fall and winter the Max
we'll residence, which had been locked
up pending the return OF Miss Max
well from abroad, was entered repeat
edly by thieves and large amounts Of
personal property were carried away.
The facts of the robberies were brought
to the attention of the police, and Mr..
Eckhart. the agent of Miss Maxwell in
certain matters, wanted TO nail up the
house, but the police authorities pro-
tested that if the residence was allow
ed TO remain as it was, they would be
able to capture the robbers and recover
the goods. The thefts continued, how
ever. and no one was caught. until last
January, when a particularly big
haul was made. the residence being lit
orally looted of costly wearing apparel,
old clothing. valuable mostly for its as
sociations, bric-a-brac, fine Japanese,
Chinese, and other foreign pottery,
iewelry. curios. silk and other hang
ings. fine cutlery. china, bed clothing,
many dozen napkins and towels, table
linen. many miscellaneous articles,
many intrinsically valuable and others
esteemed more as heirlooms than any
thing else, and even rugs, oil cloth and
mating off the floors was carried away.
The value of the goods was variously
estimated a from one TO two or three
thousand dollars. and twenty men could
not have carried all the plumber. The
fact is. a wagon was loaded with the
stuff. on the occasion of one visit, and
was openly hauled through the streets.
piled with the stolen goods.
After the last big haul, on January
10th. while the police denied to news
paper men that any large amount of
property had been taken-a statement
known 10 be untrue-there was another
consultation with Mr.. Eckhart and 9TH
er friends of the Maxwell family,
and as result printed list OF the
principal items of stolen property, en-
bracing fifty or sixty descriptions in
all. was struck off and mailed to the
police authorities in other cities. What
was supposed TO be close watch was
kent on the premises. but the thieves
again visited it, and on second visit
about one o'clock on the morning OF
February goth, it happened that while
the thief was in the house Officers
Snupp and Wolf. who had key to the
front door. tried TO enter and found the
door fastened with prop on the inside
so il could not be opened. The officers
AZ once went around to the rear and
caught a man at a window. the glass
OF which had been cut out. He was ar
rested. and Officer Snupp started to
the CITY Hall with him. A citizen who
was on his way home at the time pass
cd the two at the south end of the Mar
ket street bridge. and says the prisoner
was quite a distance in front OF the
officer. At the south end OF the bridge
the prisoner jumped over the bridge
railing. ran down the steep bank OF the
creek 10 the ice. and made his escape
nv running east over the frozen sur
face of the creek TO the vicinity OF the
Terminal railway bridge near the Cres-
cent mill The officer fired several
shots after the fugitive from the bridge,
hut none OF them took effect.
Nothing more transpired until Feb
ruarv oath, when the police were noti-
fed by workmen OF the presence Of q