The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-03
Constitute the Capture Made
As Result Of Clever
ness of Brooks.
sLAvIsH MINER BEATEN
And Robbed at Night and They
Are Believed to Be Ones
Who Did 1t.

AS a result of the cleverness of po-
liceman Harry Brooks, three tough
looking alleged highway robbers,
doubtless attracted here by the pros
poets of a good haul during the fair,
are behind the bars charged with
holdnigup-a Slavish miner and beat
ting and robbing him.
At O'Clock Sunday morning Of
licer Brooks was informed that u
Siav, giving his name as Aleck Kulik.
was in q. Glen Elk restaurant in a
wounded condition from being beaten
up by robbers. The rest of the story
is told by Officer Brooks as follows:
81 went over to the restaurant"
said he, and found the man in a
pretty bad condition. He was bare
footed. his ankle all swelled up. and
he had two or three cuts on his head
He said he went into a saloon on
Pike street about s o'clock Saturday
evening to buy some brandy. and five
fellows, two negroes and three white
men. saw him take out his money to
pay for the brandy. Then one of
them went up to him and told him n
man wanted to see him at the inter-
urban station. but the Slav decided
they We're fooling him and wouldn't
go. They asked him where he was
going and he said Me go to Pitcairn
mine. Then they said they would go
with him and started. This Slav was
a nice looking foreigner, and seemed
to be one of the refined class of for
foreigners.
tI. Il f.,l,n NJ f,, u.
field they jumped on him. and one
held his head and another his feet.
while the others searched his pock-
cts and took SIS away from him.
The fellow that was holding his feet
twisted his ankle out of place, and the
men also beat the Slav on the head.
They took his shoes away from him,
too. and left him.
"Kulik then crawled back to town
the best he could and told the res
taurant keeper. who sent me word
about the affair This was at 3
o'clock in the morning.
Il went up to the depot about 4
O'clock and as / passed the Capitol
hotel saw a suspicious looking char
acter come out of the restaurant,
looking like he had been in scuffle.
I asked him where he was going and
he said to Grafton. He acted rather
sneaking and contemplate like, and
says There's man down here in
the restaurant that wants to sec
YOU He says. TO h with the man
in the restaurant, he don't want to
see me- Then took him down, and
the Slav said when he saw him, What
for you take my shoes and hurt my
leg" And sure enough the man had
the foreigners shoes on.
II put him in Jail and went back
up to the depot withDodo,t hepolice
dog.
I'VE were walking along b va box
car when Dodo jumped in one that
was open and when / got in the car
he had one fellow by the coat and
shaking linn up fierce. There We're
four buns in the car and took them
all down to the restaurant where the
Slav identified two of them. He look
ed at one and says What make you
pull my head and ear?" HULK also
said the tall one threatened to kill
hi milf he said word about robbinS
him.
II then put the fellows in Jail and
had the foreigner taken to the hos
pital."
1t is believed that these are q few
of number of notorious characters
who have come to the city to ply
their vicious trade during the fair.
and the police are on the lookout for
any other movements they may make,
with n view of arresting them and
holding them until after the fair is
over.
At the police station the men gave
their names as Joe Kanc. alias Du-
gan. William Flaherty and Ed Ban