Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-22
OUTBREAK FEARED.
me PASSIONS ct the Citizens of osyood
a." Versailles fannrd Into a Furious
| fisiue.

H"d Versailles tanned Into a Furious
ti,ue.
VS"""r, Ind. sept IS.--Thc volcano
oi public excitement in thi, county i
"h ''r -" "t another terrible crup-
ton MuttcringS of an impcnd.
my storm are heard ON every
SIDE. and what i most horrible
m IN" threatening outlook - that
women are involved in the DANCER OF
the lowering clouds ~ the portrntous
storm and human life may again bc
submerged beneath the hillo,,> that
arr ready To- break over In, barriers
established bY law to protect person
and property
Early Friday morning il was uppar.
'ht that the mysterious hnr,cmen and
signal rockets that famed through
the darkness or the preceding
night were pregnant with some
strange meaning The determined rf-
forts "t the Judge. prosecuting nttor.
ncN and Sheriff Buschiny t. ferret out
Nlc actors IN the lyuchiug caused conSid.
cradle uuca>inc>S. scores of witnesses
ir"m every part Of the county v,r,
>uhp"Uacd before the grand Jury.
Mrs Jenkins. the widow and niece
"' '"" ct th" victims. appeared before
the grand jury hvarthroLvn over her
terrible affection and bcwailinr. in nit.
r"uN language and Sobbing voice her
douh!v bereavement
Warrants have been sworn ont for
the arrest cot Mrs Jenkins and her
aunt MIS- Missouri Rittcnhou>c.
charging them with receiving stolen
E"'dN Friends OF the women are
forming and swear they shall not he,
arrested, aud the outlook is GROWING
more serious
In" location ~ thousands OF dollars
worth of Nccrctcd stolen goods has been
discovered. and the officers are prcpar-
ing for an astonishing coup. Greens
burg. Shvlbvvillc, North Vernon. Mad
lSou and other towns will bc called
upon To contribute their part i'm prov
ing that an extensive and strong ,ranu
of thieves had been operating i'm and
about all These places Nine hundred
dollars worth OF goods are known To-
Toe Sccrctrd i'm one place. and parties
nave madc nvcrturcS TO the officers FOR
their surrender and the proof who
stole them. and each day the evidence
Is accumlatiug against the guilty par
tics
psGoop. Ind, Sept Is Early Friday
afternoon ShcriH Busching decided To
search the houses Of Jenkins and Eit.
tcnhou>r for stolen chattcIs and a
search warrant was sworn out and ten
deputies sworn TO execute them
At Jenkins house the only thing,
found here were two packages OF sill
vcrwarc, which were seized. The of
hccrS then marched 10 the home of the
world-rcnowcd Missouri Rittcnhousc.
farther mp ON the street and surround
ed IT,. Missouri was also at Versailles.
along with her son Sam and door was
forced open.
The officers lost no time. but went
right To work. On every side were evil
denccs of prosperity aud abundance.
After finding a narrow stairway be
tween the dining and bed rooms Officer
wills went upstairs. The sight that
met him there caused his eyes To look
like sauccr~. Ranged about the low
room, which embraced all the space bc-
meath the raftcrs, were IL beds. enough
To accommodate at least % men. ns a
"a few of them are single beds.
No evidence existed below stairs that
at once struck the eye rs suggestive of
such singular hostclry Here il is
believed that the clans have been gath
cring and conspiring for years. After
going literally all through the house
three rolls Of new rag carpet. several
bolts of cloth OF ladies dress goods and
"a new trunk heavy and locked. were
seized and taken To Ncrsai les i'm liv-
cry rig. -Four new cooking stoves
were also found