Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15

Captured for the McNamee, Helm
er and Williams Robberies-The
Stolen Goods Found Buried on
the G. w. Nichols Farm, Beyond
Mt Wood-The Property Fully
Identifed-Bmblen Suspected OF
the Dinger, Kenney and Etzler
Robberies "A Colored Man, I'M
plicated in the McNamee Rob
berry, Still at Large.
The police did a good job, yesterday
and they are entitled to great deal OF
credit for the work.
They solved the problem of the Nc
Nance. Williams and Heiner robberles'
and have good cause to suspect that
thew have also got to the bottom Oh the
robberies of Kenney's tea store, the
theft of $50 from Dinger's hat store,
and the stealing of DR.. Etzlers Dlcycle'
Two of the guilty parties, William
O'Neal and George Emblem, are IN Gus
todv. and most of the stolen property
has been recovered and is at police
headquarters.
Ever since the robbery Of McNamee's
iewelry store, which occurred shortly
after 8 o'clock on the evening OF Au-
gust 6. the police have been working
Faithfully on the case, and from several
facts coming to their attention, and al
ter a careful piecing of the evidence
together, George Emblem, who lives at
Chapline and Twenty-third streets, was
suspected of the job. Several things
lead to the suspicion that stolen goods
might have been secreted on the Mich
OILS farm. With this idea in view
Lieutenant Supler paid three visits to
the farm the past week, going twice IN
one day, but little came of the investi-
cations, though no fault Of the officer S.
A quantity of stolen goods were secret
ed on the farm, all right enough, but
they were not goods stolen from Me-
Namees, and this slight hitch threw
the officer off. The McNamee goods,
in reality, were kept at Emblem S
home until yesterday morning, when
they were taken to the Nichols farm,
and planted with other stuff already
there.
Matters were in this indefinite state
when the police got hold Of facts which
confirmed their previous suspicious.
Last Tuesday, in burst Of confidence,
Emblem told his wife that he had done
one of the finest jobs ever known IN
the city, but that if she would tell any
one he would kill her. Mrs. Emblem
has long been familiar with her hus-
bands worthlessness and criminal in
s;incts and practices, and determined
to put an end 10 the life he had been
leading at once. She accordingly told
Mrs. Rogers, a neighbor and friend, OF
what happened, and when Emblem
gave his wife four diamonds, part or
the proceeds of the McNamee robbery,
she handed them over to young Rogers,
who took them to McNamee for identi-
fication. The stones were recognized
as a part of the property stolen from
the jewelry store, the police were noti-
fed. and then four imitation diamonds,
of similar size and appearance, were re-
turned to Rogers to give back TO Emb-
len. The four real stones were valu-
ed at about $3.50. Emblem detected the
fraud, and as a result whipped his wife
Friday night, and yesterday morning
determined to remove the stolen pro-
perty from his house and hide it on the
farm, where other stolen goods was
already planted.
Yesterday morning, the police, realiZ-
ing that matters were reaching a crisis,
went to work harder than ever, and
Emblem was closely Swallowed. Lieu
tenant Dan Ingram promptly learned
that the suspect had gone to the coun-
try in a buggy, with two baskets which
appeared to contain something, but the
contents were concealed from view.
Lieutenant Ingram promptly hitched
up a buggy and got on the trail, and
he arrived at the Nichols farm soon af-
tenn Emblem. Emblem had emptied his
baskets and filed them with apples, and
was lettering around generally when
the officer arrived. Ingram questioned
him closely, but Emblem was shy yet
knew that the officer was out for bust
ness. and with a view of learning whe-
Their he was suspected or not, asked
Ingram if anything had been stolen,
and whether or not the missing pro-
perty was chickens. The officer at
tempted to draw Emblem out on the
McNamee robbery, but with very indif-
feFent success, and falling to secure
damaging admissions told him he
would have to come to town. Still
Emblem dissembled, and asked several
times whether he was to be locked up
or not, and what he was wanted for.
He was brought into the city, and taken
to police headquarters, where he soon
made damaging admissions, and finally
confessed to the McNsmee robbery. He
was then turned over TO Chief Bennett,
and at o'clock that officer took Emb-
len in a buggy and went back TO the
Nichols farm. He returned at o'clock
with his prisoner, and the following
list of stolen goods:
Belonging TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
watches, one pair Of diamond earrings,
five rings with combination sets of dia-
monds. pearls. rubies, emeralds, etc,
one solitaire diamond ring. and three
brooches. with fancy settings, contain
ing stones.
Belonging to Lou Heiner-One tea
and coffee set, solid silver, four solid
silver. gold lined bOn-bOn dishes, six
plated forks. one Reed & Barton quad
ripple soup ladle, two fancy solid silver,
gold lined and enameled spoons, one
solid silver, gold plated and enameled
sugar tongs. one dozen solid silver,
ID ,Fs Inn or