Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-21
QUITE IN EPISODE
At Pittsburg, in Which a Wellsburg
Lady Figured.
Mrs. S. George and Her Brother
Caused tho Arrest Of a Private
Detective, Saturday-The FITS
oner Was Arraigned Yesterday
and Discharged.

er's manufacturing establishment VI
Penn avenue, in the city named anu
a brother of Mrs. S. George, VIE Oh
the Wellsburg banker, caused the al
rest Of C. H. Hall, a private detectiFe,
connected with the Pittsbufg PERKINS
Agency. on the charge Of being a sus-
picious person. Yesterday morning
the prisoner was given hearing be-
fore Judge McKenna, and was very
Dromptly discharged from custody, no |
apparent effort being made to secure !
conviction.
II appears, from the extensive pub !
LEGATIONS in the Pittsburg papers, Sun |
day and yesterday, Mrs. George &C
COMMANDED by Mrs. M. Arden FLOOD,
of Meadville, Pa, went TO Pittseurs
last Friday to do some Christmas
shopping, and engaged rooms at the
Hotel Lincoln. No event occurred tnat
day, and Saturday, wishing TO con-
tinue her purchases, Mrs. George was
accompanied to a number OF stores DV
Mr. Jacobs, her brother. during the
day both noticed that they We're pc
ing closely followed and carefully oD-
served by a stranger, and hnally ME-.
Georges brother caused MS arrest.
Constable Sweeney, who made the ar
rest. the prisoner, and the complain
ants entered a carriage ana were
driven to he Public Safety bulldlng'
where the Drisonerb who gave MS
name as C. H. Hall, was locked UP On
a charge of being suspicious person.
Later he was released on $500 bail 1or
a hearing Monday morning, Thomas
NJ Marshall, Jr., going on the bond.
Yesterday morning the hearing took
place. neither Mrs. George nor her
brother appearing to prosecute. Last
evenings Pittsburg Leader gave the
following account Of this hearing and
the subsequent events
There was but one witness exam
ined, Police Inspector Bradley. In
spector Bradley said that Hall was ar
rested Saturday afternoon after 1t mad
been reported that he was following
woman about town and that charge
of being a. suspicious character was
lodged against him.
He would not tell me his b"sl-
ness, nor anything at all about himself
or his occupation,' said Mr.. Bradley,
but later admitted that he had been
engaged to keep lookout for MIS-.
George
"'What have you to say for your
self?' said the magistrate to Mr.. Hall.
Nothing at all, sir
What said the judge, you don't
mean to tell me that you haven't any
thing to say regarding charge thai
| YOU are a suspicious character.
Where do you live and what is your
business? Remember, you don't have
| y, hot SC of Y,Tiyyo -
ture but we want to know why you
were following this woman
"'My name is Hall and I live with
and on since se 1927 1884, Fifth avenue and
May l explain chimeu Ill -,
King, but the magistrate ordered the
prisoner to proceed.
L am engaged in business that
caused me to follow this woman.
Now, Mr.. Hail. said the magis-
trate, usually we sentence men to the
Workhouse for acting suspiciously and
following women. Most of these char
acters follow women for wrong pur-
! poses. In your case, however, circum-
stances are different. Squire, have you
anything to say?'
| Yes, said Squire King, to whom
the magistrates last sentence was ad-
| dressed. This Mr. Hail. continued the
squire, is an honest, law abiding citi-
zen of Pittsburg, and his integrity can
not be questioned. l have already told
you who he is and / feel that you ap-
preciate the circumstances.
After this little talk on the part of
the Thirtieth ward alderman, Magis-
trate Mckenna, in lieu of any evidence
that the prisoner had offended the wo-
| man, together with the absence Of
those who sought to have him arrested.
said, You are discharged whereupon
Mr.. Hall, Squire King and young Per-
| klnS left the Office Inspector Bradley
had no comment to make at the close Of
the hearing.
The Leader, in following up the
case this morning, learned from most
authoritative sources that Mr. Hall is
a brother-in-law of Superintendent
Perkins, and that his interests were be-
ing looked after by the detective
ageney'*ss made plain in the presence
of young Mr.. Perkins and Squire King,
who is closely associated with Superin-
tendent Perkins.
Mrs. George, whose husband is one
of the wealthiest men in Wellsburg.
w. a., iSlul ASu w ICI uOIlc CdIuI-
day evening, and to-day it was learn
ed that her brother James K, who fig
ured in the arrest Of Hall, had proba-
ably gone to her home to further in
vestigate. At all events, when a Lea
Ger reporter called at Oppenheimer's
establishment this morning it was
stated that Mr.. Jacobs was out of the
city and that he would not be home
before this evening or tomorrow.
Frank Jacobs, of the well-known
furniture firm Of Jacobs & McGilvroy,
OF Federal street, Allegheny, also q
brother OF Mrs. George, was next seen.
Mr.. Jacobs said that he had talked to
his brother James about the arrest of
Hall and that the story Of the circum-
stances leading up to the arrest were
practically the same as had been print
ed. My sister, said Mr. Jacobs, 'ac-
eosted this man at every place she
went and finally she informed my
brother James, who, as you know. af-
ter having been convinced that he was
shadowing Mrs. George, had him ar
rested. No. We are not prepared to
say just why this shadowing was done.
but We think We know. OF course.
there was nothing to hold Hall. for the
reason that he had not intercepted or
insulted her. l believe my brother has
gone to Wellsburg. I might add that I
think there will be more Developments