The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-11
THE SWEENEY
MURDERER is
UNDER ARREST.
The Man was Captured Off the Pack
ct queen City Late yesterday
Afternoon.
"BILL" TRUAyS GOOD WORK
In spOtting Kelly Aided the Police
in Making Brilliant Record
On This Case.

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who is claimed to be the man who shot
and killed Patrick Sweeney in this city
about 1880 o'clock Monday morning,
April 30. near the foot Of Fifth street,
along the PewIky tracks. was arrested
on the wharfboat late yesterday after
noon, and now occupies cell in tile
county jail, awaiting either prellni-
nary hearing or action by the grand
jury as may be determined by Prose-
cutting Attorney Meyer. The authori-
ties are greatly elated over the capture,
and well they may be, for Chief Glenn
ans has spent his own money in unra-
hitting efforts to effect this capture,
knowing that he would not be recon-
pensed If he failed to secure his man.
It was about o'clock when the
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet
Queen City swung in at the wharfboat
yesterday afternoon, having been de-
1ayed above this port several hours by
the low water. Soon a never ending
stream OF roustabouts were passing on
and Off the wharfboat dIscharging and
taking on freight,
The keen eyes of Assistant Wharf
master "Bln" Truax were fastened
upon each "rouster" as he passed. and
in a minute or two his watchfulness
was rewarded, when he saw dark.
.complexloned, SHINY built young man
of about twenty-five years come on
the steamboat, struggling under heavy
package of freight Saying nothing,
Truax sprinted up the stairway to the
wharfboat office and rang the hurry eall
for police headquarters. Lieutenant
pevinney responded, and Truax lost no
time in stating that Bert Kelly, who
has been Implicated by others as the
man who killed Sweeney, was on the
Queen City.
Needless to remark, this announce
ment created CONSERVATION at police
headquarters, largely because Chief of
Police clemans had gone to Cincinnati,
where 1t was supposed Kelly had gone,
and only an hour or two Lefore had tel
egraphed a request that Squire Rogers
issue a warrant for Kelly, this to be
sent Mt once to the chief at Cincinnati.
Nevertheless the boys at headquarters
got n forked-lightnIng move on them
selves and Lleutenants MIchaels ana
Devlnney and officer Michigan start
ed on a run for the wharfboat. Leav-
ing Michigan ON the landing stage to
prevent any possible attempt to escape,
DevInney ond MIchaels boarded the
wharfboat. and Truax at once pointed
out Kelly as he came off the steamer.
MichaeIs walked IN ana clappad his
hand ON the shoulders of the alleged
murderer. and said:
..Bert / want YOU"
Kelly turned pale. but said nothInE,
and willingly enough accompanied the
officers OF the boat H. was taken to
nolIce beadouarters without delay, and
his only remark was:
.Tbere are two sides to everything"
On arrival Mt headquarters Kelly was
searched and placed in a cell in the city
lock.up TEMPORARILY SQUIRE Rogers
was summoned and issued thu nec.s-
sarv warrant which was formally
sprvaA and then knuy was taken over
N the county fail squire Rogcrs SAID
q would rest with Prosecuting Attorney
Never wbatbIr tbare would be a pre-
uminarv hearing or not. in IN, latter
event Ke,lv viii he held for action by
the grand iprv
Chief Clemans was Mt once informed
bv te,oor,nb that Kelly had ba,n ar
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