Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-16
mo BROTHERS
Arrested on the Ohio Side Of the River,
Ye-terday,
CHARGED WITH RCBBINE THE
STORE OF ROGERS & CO., AT
BRILLIANT, LAST SEPTEMBER.
THE INTERESTING D E 7 A L S
WHICH LED TO THE CAPTURE.

James and John Seeley were taken
to Steubenville yesterday underecustody
of Marshal Seeler, of that place, to an
swer to the charge of robbing w. H
Rogers & Co.'s general store at Bril-
liant, on September Oath.
just about that time there were
countless robberies in that section, and
James Seeley was suspected of the
thefts. He has been living in boat
house moored in the Back" river, at
a point just above the C. & P. passen-
ger station, in Bridgeport. Lately
Seeley's brother, John, has moored his
boat house just above the point already
occupied by his brother. The Bridge
port police for a long time back have
been keeping the two boat houses and
their owners under close surveillance.
On one occasion the house boat be-
longing to Jim Seeley was searched,
there, nothing connecting Seeley with
The robbery at Brilliant was found.
Lately the police at Bridgeport and De-
tective Schiller, in the employ of the
C. & P. road, have been hard at work
looking for the goods which they were
sure the Seeleys had hidden somewhere
nearby. On Tuesday they were sue
cessful and discovered some of the
goods stolen from Rogers & Co. War
rants were Immediately gotten out, and
while Marshal Thompson and Schiller
went after the goods, Officer Melster
and Edward Kellar arrested the two
Seeleys. There was a stranger arrest
ed at the same time who is now in GUS
tody of the Martins Ferry authori-
ties. The mans name and the charge
on which he has been arrested are
withheld, but will soon be divulged.
The officers got their first clue
through a prisoner who is now con-
fined in the county Jail at st. Glars
vile. Although all the goods stolen
from Rogers & Co. were not recovered,
the police have clues by which they
hope to capture all the stuff taken from
Rogers & Co. and also a great deal OF
other goods stolen back in September
and October. About month and a
half ago, it was reported to Marshal
Thompson that man was peddling
groceries and dress goods in Martins
Ferry and that the peddler was living
in a house boat Marshal Thompson,
acting with the Martins Ferry police,
went to the place where the house boat
was reported to be, but it had mysteri-
ously disappeared. A week or so later
a house boat answering the description
of the boat in question was found
moored in the "Back" river in charge
of Jim Seeley. This led to the close
surveillance and subsequent arrest Of
John and Jim Seeley. Following is
list of all the goods recovered by the
Bridgeport authorities:
One silk dress and waist already
made up; II yards of red and green
silk; 2S1a yards of green brocaded silk;
111s yards of green and blue silk; Is
yards silk warp nuns yelling; u yards
silk warp dress goods; pairs shoes.
Yesterday Marshal Seeler, of Steu-
benville, accompanied by Mr. Clark, of
W. H. Rogers &, Co, came to Bridge
port Mr.. Clark readily identified the
goods as part of those missing from
their store and Marshal Seeler took the
prisoners to Steubenville, where they
will have to stand trial.