Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-23

A careful examination of the facts
connected with the operations of w. c.
Carlow, the check artist, yesterday. by
Chief Of Police Bennett and others in
terested in the matter, makes it petty
certain that lie has Il confederate, who
has evaded arrest, AMI who has rob
ably by this time put a good mary
miles between himself and DANCE:
The indications are that Carlow. Or
Roy, or whatever his name may be,
confined his operations rs a rule 20 tbs
city and small towns close at bard,
while his partner in crime conducted
business in towns of twenty-five 10 fifty
miles away.
The total amount of the losses con-
seQuent upon the operations OF this
precious pair OF rascals, in this petition
of the country cannot be set down with
any eXact1eSS, owing to the reference
of many OF the victims. AMI the lack CT
a complete list of the frauds, but, al
though the sums obtained were sinai! az
a rule, their Aggregate Enst be quite
large, enabling the two to live
very comfortably without physical eX-
ertion.
One of the first things showing the
existence of a second man in the opera
tions was the following note, prrport-
ing to be a telegram, captured on the
person of Carlow. 1t was written on
Western Union telegraph blank, and
read as follows:
Wheeling, May II, 1896.
wv. c. Carlow, care Pattsey Gavin's
cafe
"Sir:-Go to Woodsfeld to-day, and
drop everything else. You will have
competition. and will have to do the
best you can.
"a. B. w. & Co."
This probably was the first of the
scheme to do" the Woodsfield bank out
of considerable sum, which worked as
far as S4S was concerned, and came
pretty near working to the extent of
5000 more On Thursday at noon, just
as Cashier Will C. Mooney was leaving
the bank to come to this city, stranger
entered and presented a check signed by
Ali Bros, on the Commercial Bank. Of
this city, payable to S. L. Rhodes. The
man who presented the check was only
casually noticed by Mr. Mooney, who
thinks the man arrested lere Thursday
night is the same party, but Others 90
not agree with him. The fellow said lie
wanted forty-eight dollars in cash and
a certificate of deposit for $500, and
things we're fixed for him that way
He is thought to have left Woodsfeld
on the same train with Mr. Mooney, but
to have gotten off at place called Jer-
usalem Station. II he is the same man
arrested here he may have driven across
the country to the Ohio Valley railroad.
at Powhatan. or the other way to the
B. & O., at some point west of Bellaire
and so have come to this city in time
to get arrested. or. if he is a different
man. as appears likely, he mailed the
certificate to Carlow. and has gotten
safely away by this time. Mr.. Mooney
did not know of the crookedness at his
bank until yesterday morning. when he
promptly wired the bank. The certi-
ficate of deposit for 5000 was found on
the prisoner. but it was in a letter.
which had evidently reached this city
Thursday night. while the bogus check
for s24S reached the German Bank
among the exchanges yesterday morn
ing. The net result is that the Woods
field Bank is out the s4S of cash handed
out with the certificate. 1t must have
been the game of the crooks to get the
certificate cashed by some one, before
the German Bank could send back no.
tiee to Woodsfield that the SPAS check
on the Commercial Bank was no good,
in which case the Woodsfeld Bank
would have been soaked for the full
amount. but the arrest nipped the oper-
alton in the bud. AS stated. Mr.. Moon
ey said at police headquarters yester-
day he thought the man under arrest