Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
.DEPRAV[D DARK|ES Do
DARK DEEDS ON DARK
NIGHT kBsTRACrfNc QUANTITIES
OF THE ROOF or ALL EVIL
FROM
CHAs. GoETzE's CASH DRAWER
The DusLy Juveniles Now Lausuish
Ia the County Limbo Awatttns
the Anti-roSin for stealing s0..as.

" SOA 'oo VI pVttN iNontftts, OF aAtenpNS ]
at robberies. OF various stores, shops |
and one bowling alley in this city. Il |
began to be suspected that there was an
organized gang OF thieves In Wheeling
and as the places robbed we're nearly
always entered through some small
back window or over door through a
convenient transom. It was thought that
these burglarles were the acts OF iuven-
lie thieves. directed by one older and
more experienced leader.
Charlie Goethe, at the corner of
Twelfth and Market. is the latest victim
OF these thieves. and after patient walt
ing has, with the aid of the pol &c.
succeeded in capturing one of them In
the act aud this one, under the qnes
tionlng of the police, gave information
which led TO the arrest OF three con
federates.
1T is usual for u.s." said Mr. Gootze
to the representative of the Register,
to leave sufficient funds In each OF our
two cash registers to meet the demand
for change before banking hours in the
morning. The amount varies from 81
or 81 to $50. We also often leave
checks In the drawer that have been
received after banking hours. On Au-
gust Z | discovered that there was
shortage OF si2, but did not suspect
ma Al linn do In
changing bills. On August Is there wss
, another shortage of $40. | now suspect
ed that thieves were tapping the till
and consulted the police in reference to
the matter, as knew II must be some
outside party, all OF my employees being
above suspicion of such thing.
asked the police to look Into Il. Mean
while carefully noted the cash lett o
hand, and on August Is discovered in
the morning that SIS had been taken. |
telephoned the police, informing TEN
of the THEFT. and asked them to send
GONE one up to see about It, But |
saw nothing of them until called upon
them the next day. On August "a |
/ discovered another shortage OF $3.50,
and again consulted the police. who said
| they would attend to it. and they put
some one In the store to watch at night.
| Nothing further occurred until on
| Thursday morning. found that $40
had been taken from the register during
the night. The police officials say that
this must have been done between the
time that the store closed and the of
/ fieer entered. or after he left the store
/ in the early morning. This is verified
by the fact that the entry on Friday
night, when the capture was made, was
very quickly after the store closed.
mo watch was kept on Thursday
night, as IL was not thought the thieves
would visit the place on successive
night But on Friday morning there
had been s6.05 taken from the cash reg
+, lister drawer. There is a transom Off
/ the Market street stairway in the rear
of the store, and sawdust had been scat
tered about 1t carefully the night be-
! fore. Tracks were visible here, showing
that entrance had been effected at that
| point.
| Friday night Officer Sorde was again
on watch In the area In the center of
| the store, in front OF the prescription
case. The store had been closed but
very few minutes when the officer
heard whispering near the transom, and
soon, remaining quiet, heard the noise
OF some one being lifted over it. The
| intruder passed along behind the pre-
scription case as If familiar with the
route, and up the aisle where he had
to pass the officer, and was captured"
THE burglar proved to be George
Davis, a negro boy about IA years Of
age. Mr.. Goethe was called from the
opposite side Of the street, where he
had been Yachting results, and the Of
ficer took the culprit to- the police sta
tion. When questioned there he re-
vealed the name of his confederates,
and Ben Ottie, Cash Brown and Nelson
= BoDlnson, all negro boys OF ABOUT IA
years of age. were arrested.
They were yesterday sent to Jail by
| Justice Phillips. and will have a hearing
before him on Monday afternoon at 2
| o'clock.
There are circumstances in the case
which seem to indicate that an old and
|
these juvenile thieves For example,
care was always taken to steal nothing
that could be identified. Checks LETT
over night in the cash register showed
evidences of having been carefully
| looked over by persons with dirty En-
gers, but were never taken. Shortly
after the boys were arrested the mother
of one OF them called to see them and