Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-27

.zf I'VE O'Clock yesterday after
sarI. came to police headquarters
81 telephone that a thick set
n the vicinity Of Fourteenth
h street collecting funds from
houses for the waiIs and news
ne" and was thought to be a
49, An officer was at once sent out
.... nto the matter. 4 few minutes
lg. mother message was received
=. mat n said Philantrropio col
cash had Just stepped into the
:. aries Hetel. An officer In plain
was dispatched to that point at
49, bur after refreshing himself and
-. his tired nerves at the bar, the
nh atAropist had vanished. and
,H-4. zh all outlets were al once placed
NJ surveillance his Whereabouts
@5. lot at that time be discovered.
M Electives, however. will gather
- arc their net and land him with
81 5u5t.
nan vas first suspected by a
F.a IS gentleman connected with the
s4 u TIE Suburban Brick Co, who
saar giving 50 cents to the fund had
MS saspieions aroused by the appear
sr5e OF the paper the chap carried for
eHrTrng the amount received. He
mon II from the man and discovering
tie fraudulent form of it, demanded the
reara Of his fifty cents. and the fel-
las threw il toward him, and asked
for lbs paper. The citizen who was
thoroughly convinced that it was a
fraudulent transaction, retained the pa
per and told him to stay right where
lie was. and then rang UP the police
station Tie suspect moved away,
however, and as he was a bigger
man. the citizen did not attempt to
use force. but kept track of the chap
and saw him enter the hotel named.
Ramor flies swiftly, and a crowd
gathered quickly, asking, Where is
he" What's it all about?" and
scores of other questions But, though
the officers were hurriedly on hand, the
bifd had flown.
The paper on which the subscribers
TO tie Waits and newsboys" entered
tbe.r names bore the following, evident
" Impressed by a rubber stamp. sigma
the Included
August &c. 1901.
fhe bearer, James Lyman, is duly
authorized to collect fer the waits and
lepsboys. g. K. JOHNSON ,supt.
The list bore the stamp Newsboys'
hens and showed that the following
subscriptions had been gathered in by
James Lyman, philanthropist:
J. b Brown, $100; MeDermott Tool
Wagas. s1e0; Beaumont Glass Com
psag, s10o; VIM. Mann. $100; G. r.
Hypains, 80 cents; Fred Zimmerman,
ZOO. j. c. Donavon. s1.0O; Belmont
Brewing Company, $1.oO; Cash 25
ceata Spears & Riddle, SO cents; Cash,
= cents; Cash, % cents; Cash, 80
cents; Cash, SO cents; G. X. McMechen,
S1od; Warwood Tool Company, $foo;
Cash $10O; schmulbach, sI00; ". ".
Cornell, so cents; Redman & Company,
% cents; ]. w. Bellinger & Company,
SI00; Cash, $1.0O; Cash, Is cents; FLAG
Gus Bros, so cents; Cash, 800; w. T.
Company, $500; Cash, % cents; Subur-
ban Brick Company, SO cents. making
d tota, of s2l00 leaving $20.50 after
dedueting the half dollar he was forced
to return by the last subscriber. A
fair days work and illustrative of the
kindly feeling the business men have
for the waits and newsboys.
The gentlemen who contributed to
t8is fund viii naturally feel chagrined
al having been deceived. but their will
iugness to aid so worthy an object as
this appeared TO be is certainly highly
commeadable.
i is desirable that the fellow be
caught and propery punished as such
as he not only defraud the good
hearted people who subscribe. but al
so deeply injure the cause OF genuine
charity.