The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28
NEARLY $4,000

Said TO Have Been Dropped Ia Wheat spec.
uiation at Deilaire--1he I,yos Rneisot.
aiops there have Ciostd-lI,n-yA iIeged
to BIG Due Spectators. q 81
The last OF the bucket shops at Bel!
lairc has closed. The slagle exchange
closed the first OF last week on account
OF a lack of business. About that time
trouble began at the other exchange.
which was known as that of t. o.. NJ.
Davis & Co. Several OF the larger
spectators got In wrong on wheat, SUI
gar and other stocks, but they dropped
some Of them and keptsputtlng on 9TH
ers to save part of their money.
On Monday or Tuesday the furry
brought stocks down so that there was
considerable money coming TO the Bel,
latre parties, and they closed their deals.
The money due them was not forth
coming, and the excuse made was that
the cash would have TO come from CIn-
clnnati. In this way, the matter was
kept very quiet until Friday afternoon
word came from Odell & Co.. at Gin
cinnati, that the deals We're not closed
at the time the Bellaire exchange show
ed them to be, nor until twoSdays later,
when the market had changed and there
was less than half as much money due
as the Bcllaire board showed. This
caused a rumpuS, but II was quieted
until evening. when those who had
money due them began to feel very un-
easy, and when 1t was learned there
was 81 800 III the Dollar bank, attach-
ments were sworn out on that sum by
Charles Rosser. He had four attach
ments issued for $500 each, with about
s25 costs In each case.
There Is something like $4,000 claimed
by Bellaire parties. and nothing more
In sight than the 1880 noted. To add
to the con fusion, Davis was in Bellaire
Friday evening, and when some OF
those who had won part OF their money
back. but could not get it, visited the,
exchange to get copy OF the board
showing their deals, they found the pa;
Ders had been removed, and Davis was
the man fixed upon as having done the
job. This was kept quiet, as Davis was
at the hotel, but late that night and
Just before he took the midnight train
west Mr.. Davis was making the air
blue and was going to send somebody to
the penitentlary IL he could find out who
broke into his trunk In his room and
stole all the papers he had Pertaining
10 the Bellaire business. But he didn't
walt TO find out who got the papers; he
isltNO on tne tram, anu the EbeilalrcZ boys
are still endeaYoring to find something
they can get at to recover the money
coming to them.
Saturday afternoon The case OF Rob-
.ert Lawrence against the 7. o. NJ. Da-
wis e, Co. exchange tc recover $3.50 he
had put up and claimed he did not get
II square deal on, resulted in q Judgment
in his favor for the full amount and
costs. This suit had been postponed
from Tuesday at the request of the .ex-
change people. and was to have been
tried on its merits Saturday but no
exchange man appeared to make o de-
tense.
The people of Beilasre are heartily
glad the shops are closed out, and any
new. effort to start will meet with vigor-
Gus opposition from the beginning. II
is difficult TO get at the facts In the mt
ter. butit Is definitely known that from
$4,000 TO $4,000 has been lost through
the presence In Bellaire of the bucket
shops. andathe loss OF credit by gotli
people who played the game makes quite
an additional loss, though this will be
recovered shortly.