The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-07

the inspector Ford was convicted, In
spector Holmes says Ford and his pals
got many thousands OF dollars In Ohio,
Pennsylvania. Indiana and Illinois on
the stolen orders.
John Lavllle is in the lookup with
charge of rape against him and-evidence
| enough to send him over the road. John
CeRroy Is also In jail rs his pal, and
there Is still another party TO the crime
who has not been apprehended. Layllle
served one term In the penitentlary, but
II does not seem to have cured him or
| any OF his bad habits and he, with 9th
| ers Of his kind, are constant source or
| annoyance to the police The girl iden-
titles Layllle positively and there Is evil
| dence 70 corroborate her, The story OF
| the rape is about as follows: Annie
| Weber, German Bohemian girl,
works for Lichtlg. Her folks live west
of town and she spent Sunday with
| them and was returning to the city in
the evening to be ready for her duties
early yesterday morning. John Laville
was out at the west end OF the Baltimore
| & Ohio railroad yards with two other
chaps and seeing her coming along
alone, Laville tackled her, She made
cutlery and a young Bohemian and
man coming along the road attracted
| by the girls screams hurried to the res
cue, but Lavllled rove them OFF He ac-
| complished his design and the girl came
on to town. She filed n complaint be-
| fore Squire Mason, a warrant was is-
| sued and Constable Jack Baugh, with
officers James S. Johnston and William
Ernst went after Laville and locked him
up. He was arraigned yesterday morn
| ing and pleaded not guilty and will have
| hearing to-day, Conroy was caught
yesterday afternoon and he is also in
Jail, charged with being an accomplish.
The water works trustees held a meet
| ing last night and decided to hereafter
place all delinquent water rents upon
the tax duplicate to be collected as other
| taxes are. Superintendent Kirkpatrick
had submitted the matter to City So
Hector Armstrong some days ago and at
a meeting OF the trustees and solicitor
last night 1t was decided upon. The law
| is plain on the subject and the water
works officials will be able to make
closer collections by following the plan
provided by law It viii bring in more
revenue and there will be less annoy
ance in making collections.
william Henderson, a prominent
farmer in Washington township, was
killed last Saturday by falling from his
wagon in front and the wheels passing
over his head. He was dead when
picked up, his head being crushed in. He
was quite an old man and was hauling q
| load OF fertilizer from the railroad sta
ton to his farm when a jolt Of the
wagon threw him or with the result
given. He was public spirited and en-
terprslng and highly esteemed by all
his neighbors. lie leaves a wife and
family.
The new steel works will start up next
week. IT is expected they will start on
| Monday and Il VIII not be later than
| Wednesday ut the farthest. The plant
| is practically new one and difficulty
may be encountered not now known
But II Is glorious news that the plant Is
| ready 10 start and will continue TO run
all the balance OF the year.
Mrs. w. ]. McClaln. of Chicago, has
been in the city for two or three days
arranging some business matters. MIR.
| McClain and son will hereafter operate
the stone quarry at McClninvllle and
have started In on the work now.
]. c. TsllmaR, the lawyer, Is the crack
| squirrel hunter from this city, He
bl'hkNlA ANNll NlANN 1.-Two WI AAAn AllEA 'uh-
Ing, two or three times as many as any
OF the other hunters from here so FAR.
Bob Hansc, the travelling passenger
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio, spent
Sunday evening here. He enjoys sit
ting beneath the dropplngs of the sane
tuary" in Beiiaire.
The miners In this section nre divided
on the compromise made by their OIL
GERS, but win send unnstruCted dele
| gates to Columbus,
George Il. Koplln operator at the
Western Union has resigned to take
similar place In slagle & CO.. stock eX-
change here.
The woman's Missionary Society of
the First Presbyterian church will meet
this evening at the home Of Mrs. NJ. II.
Murray.
Mr.. w. c. BcrFundthal and family re.
turned yesterday from Powhatan,
whore they spent the summer with rel
atlyCs
The w. c. +. e. viii meet Mt the home
or Mrs. n a, ROdofcr tomorrow after
noon.
The bottle works resumed operations
yesterday mornIng with q full force of
men,
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