Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-14
TOUCHED FOR THE Pay ROLL.
MANAGER OF "THE EVIL EYE''
COMPANY CLAIMS TO HAVE
BEEN ROBBED
IN A ROOM AT sTAMM HOTEL

IN a kUUM al oIAMM dO1EL
A wallet Containing $..1 Was Left
on a Chnir-Whcn Occupants of
the Room AwOixe the Money Was
Gone. end the Inside Bolt on the
Door Was UnIocked-HoteI People
sDiscredit the story.
The ghost didn't walk with one
bunch of actors last night. Somebody
cast THE Evil Eye on the wallet of
the manager and it mysteriously dis
appeared. Yesterday was pay day,
and the manager is said to have had
STU in a roll ready for distribution
among the members of the company,
but the money vanished some time be-
tween Wednesday and Thursday.
This, in effect, is the tale related by
the custodian of the wallet and his bed
fellow, but it is discredited by the
hotel people and the police.
1.-THE Evil Eye" company gave a
performance at the Opera House We'd
nesday night. Some time after mid
night Manager Cannon and P. c. Arm
strong, who appears on the programme
as "Alkah Abe" and is also the inven-
tor OF the electric dance, went into
the Stamm House, where the company
stopped, and went to their room, No.
"a, on the second floor. The room
contains two beds. Neither gentle
man had key, but Mr.. Armstrong is
positive that the door was bolted on
the inside.
About nine o'clock yesterday morn
ing, the night clerk of the hotel was
summoned to No. "a, where it was
stated that the room had been entered,
and wallet containing $771 was car
ried off. A message to police head
quarters brought officer Ingram to the
scene, and he made an investigation,
but failed to discover any clue to the
identity of the thief. The investiga
ton made by the hStel people was also
unproductive of results.
According to the story told by Mr..
Cannon and Mr.. Armstrong. the for
mer had this amount of money with
him because yesterday was pay day
with the company. Mr.. Cannon says
he took the wallet out of his pocket,
and spread it out on chair. A pile
of silver money was placed on the
mantel, and covered over with hat.
The robbery was first discovered by
Mr.. Cannon, who uttered an eXclama
ton of surprise and Immediately
called the clerk. The occupants of
the room say that the silver money
was overlooked, and that the clothing
of both men was rifed, but no articles
of jewelry were taken. A window in
the room overlooks a hallway, and
the occupants of the room are inclined
to think that the thief either entered
through the window or was concealed
under one of the beds when they en-
tered the room.
A Register reporter examined the
room last night. The window was
raised without much difficulty, but
made noise which would have awak
ened the occupants of the room unless
they slept very soundly. The transom
was open, but all parties agree that
:, it was undisturbed, and the thief
could not have entered the room in
that manner. All the finger marks on
the window frame are on the inside of
the room. The occupants claim that
the bolt was drawn on the inside when
they retired, showing that the money
was taken out through the door.
The company came up from Bellaire
last night, and a Register reporter
talked with Mr.. Armstrong. THE
thief evidently knew that Mr.. Cannon
was the treasurer" he said, "and
guessed that he had considerable
money with him. l am inclined to
think that the thief was concealed
under one of the two beds in the
room"
The hotel people say that they ex-
amined their register carefully, and
are convinced that no guest of the
hotel committed the robbery. The
night clerk is certain that no outsider
entered the hotel. He says he did not
see Mr.. Cannon enter. Attaches of
the hotel do not credit the story of
the robbery, but do not attempt to ex-
plain what the motive for originating
1t may have been. The police are also
dubious about robbery having been
committed. 1t is said that one mem
Der of "The Evil Eye" company ex-
pressed the same opinion.