The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-03

often IT'S a little thing that is Instri-
mental in bringing about a big casa"
in police circles. This was exenplifed
yesterday. when the wheeling police
secured evidence that warranted the
arrest of the proprietor of a tlourishiug
Fence" establishment and Of two Of his
dupes.
Joseph Green was employed in the
shoe mending and second hand estab-
lishment Of N. silverman, in the Musee
building on Market street. Becoming
involved in dispute with his employ
er. Green was discharged. and in a
spirit of revenge he told enough of Sill
verman's methods Of doing business to
Police oficer Arthur Ingram to war
rant the arrest of several OF the parties
concerned. after the officer had reported
to Chief clemans and close lnvestiga-
ton had been made,
Green's story was to the effect that
SHERMAN had in his pay dozen or
more clerks employed in as many retail
stores, who were systematically rob-
bling their employers, taking the goods
to Silverman and receiving from him a
mere pittance compared with the real
value of the goods. He also asserted
that there were other Fences" in
Wheeling, and that one man had grown
wealthy in the business.
Chief Clemans, Lieutenants Mlchaeis,
suppier and Devinney. and officers In
gram. Turner, Wells and Walker were
put on the case, and the result was the
arrest of three persons yesterday
morning, and the holding OF Green as a
witness.
The persons arrested were sllVerman,
and two Of his dupes. Henry A. Kill
meyer, twenty-five years Of age, resId-
ing in the Sixth ward, a clerk in the re.
tail store of the Locke Shoe Company
on Main street. and Alfred Poe, aged
fifteen years, Of Fourteenth street, East
End, clerk In Stone & Thomas de-
partment stores.
Upon the arrest the boys confessed,
RiIlmeyer taking this step before leav-
ing the Locke company's store with the
officer. His story was about as follows:
Being in snverman's place one day sew.
eral months ago, he was asked by the
man to bring a pair of shoes which ne
might purchase. When the shoes were
brought by the boy, sIIverman, he says,
threw down dollar and a quarter,
KIllmeyer told the man that that was
not the price of the shoes; they were
worth much more thar that amount,
"oh, never mind hat; take that money
and keep 1t yourself" responded Silver
man.
The boy wa5 tempted and fell, and
since then h. has been in the power OF
the fence" proprietor. Poe is said to
have become involved in much the
same manner.
Klllmeyer's arrest was made OIL In
formation entered against him before
Justice Rogers by Mr.. VIII Pfarr, of the
Locke Shoe Company. and young Poe
on warrant sworn out by Mr.. Lew
Stone, of the firm Of Stone & ThomaE.
Mr.. Pfarr says young Poe formerly
worked for his firm and was discharged
for theft.
silverman. Poe, Killmeyer and Green
were taken before the justice, and in
default of bond were committed to jail,
all but the latter for hearing this
morning, and Green as witness,
In the meantime the police are busIly
engaged in getting additional evidence
against silverman and other fences"
and a number Of additional arrests
may be expected shortly,
The police did excellent work in this
important case, and deserve the com
mendatlon that has been generally ex-
pressed.