The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-31
10 SEE TANNER.
Detective ..wallve Lakehs Left
Last Nisht for Springfield
TosEE GOVERNOR
relative to IIonorlng the Reputation Pa
p,rs fsr lviiiiam Estos, Whe was AF-
rested III chisaEo, charged with Gem,
pllslty Ia me starting % the Flrs In tiAo
Turnsr Bulidtng- ne Erpests @ Have
MS Man Hers Before Saturday,

Yesterday afternoon. the redutsttton
papers for the bringing back % Wheel
Ing from Chicago Of William Baton,
wctc returned from Charleston, having
been favorablY acted upon by Governor
Atkinson. Last night at llA0 O'Clock,
Detective aWaliy'' Lukens departed
via tho baltimore q Ohio, for Spring.
tleld, Illinois. where he will present the
papers in the case to Governor Tanner.
Il Il not thought the Illinois executive
willftake any but favorable action, and
LuRens expects to be in Chicago Thurs
day and to return to Wheeling With
his man on Saturday, perhaps sooner,
The certainty that William Eaton
will be brought back to face the very
serious charges Of attempted arson ana
conspiracy 20 defraud, revives the M
terest in d case that has already been
pronounced the boIdeSt attempt 10 de-
fraud Insurance companies IN the an
nails OF American insurance.
The frst step VIII be action Dy the
criminal court grand jury, which VIII
probably bring IN an indictment agaihss
Eaton. Then will come the trial, and
TO say TINT It will be watched with IN
terest goes without saying.
The Ohio Underwater. in reviewing
tho Turner building firein this city, has
the following, which gives the array OF
facts that tend 70 lmpllcale certain per-
sons, OF course. though, there are later
deVclonments and evidence that have
not been dlvulged:
what win undoubtedly prove 70 pc
one OF the most sensational ana deep.
laid attempts to defraud insurance COM
M niles. By perpetrntInE arson. IN the
annals OF the west. has been, or IS be-
inV developed at Wheeling, The case Is
one Involving so many people known 90
the insurance fraternity, and bears tlS
earmarkS Of being only one OF several
attempts 20 swtndiG companies 3y ~
organized gang Of IncendtaFies, tnAt .
synopsis OF the developments 20 L1
made q not out OF place. Among those
WHO are being mentioned IN connection
with the case arc Sieg. Timberg, IT,:
the notorious broker and Lloyd5 man o.
New York; F. a. Swift, or F. ~. smith.
OF Chicago, who has received NOTICE
ieretofore; F. q, COWie, Of Chlcago VINO
up TO a year ago was special uetec-
tive for the companies in arson cases
mi WHO then fell from favor: g. w.
Shippey & Company, which Is believed
to be an alias for members OF the gang
and ]. W. WYulan,
The whole train Of discoveries We We
started when a. ~. Evans, speciat
agent OF the Rhode Island Underwrli-
eTa. on his arrival In Wheeling, Weo-
ncsday evening, February q. was cons
suited for advice by Agent Rice about
a risk he had written few days pre-
ViOusly in the Weatchester for q stran-
ger who gave his name as William Ea-
Ton. The policy was on stock Of drug
gists' and groCers' Snn4rles, timers
supplies, etc, and he had grown sus-
plclouS ana wanted to cancel on, DuS
could not, as assured had left town ana
would not return for several days. ttlS
sllEnicions were aroused by Eaton mis-
representing the Insurance he had Sc
cured from the various agents, gtVing
II ont that he had less than ne really
aid. BY an accident II was discovered
that several agents had lines, making
a total Insurance OF $500, In policies OF
s.. 800 each. In the Continental, Fire As
sociation, .westchester, London Assur-
Rnce and Reading. SIR. Evans. while
moi on the risk himself, felt verv much
interested In what the agent tod hlm
~ reason OF what he knew Of almost
nm exactly similar case at &eniA, o.,
about a year ago, The Ncnla case was
also very Interesting ana may DE mem
toned.