The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-12
,|FsaF LANES COULD LEARN FROM
7NDyOUTH5L LODGED IN LOCAL JAIL
CONFESS TO TWICE ROBBING THE
COUNTRY CLUE AND BEING
WOUNDED IN THRILLING
PISTOL DUEL.
VISIT TO OHIO VALLEY GENERAL
HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
PROVES THEIR UNDOING-
WOUNDS CAUSE SUSPICION.
STOLE AUTOMOBILE TO MAKE
THEIR ESCAPE AND SOLD Pts
Tolls TO PROCURE MONEY FOR
Eoon AND GASOLINE,

Tho story related by Paul Martin
Rrr.cSton, aged 1S and Henry oscar
Rcrgstcn. aged &c. following their arrest
Monday evening ut tho Ohio Valley Cen
cr;ll Hospital where they had sought
treatment for wounds received IN Il
pistol duel. roads like page from the
most highly colored fiction pcrportinG
IL narratc the thrilling deeds Of such
bandits as tho James or younger proth-
crS.
In Tho short space OF one week they
twice robbed the Country Club at Wor-
c,,strr Mass. their home town, the Sec
ond time being wounded in 4 thrilling
nisol duel with the night watchman; cS-
capped in q stolen Fod Tlnabout. which
tbnv abandoned when II broke down Mt
I.uinutown. Pa. walked from tniontoWn
ln Wheeling. where their wounds were
treated for the first time at the nos
pitai
Tho visit to the hospital proved their
undoins. Superintendent C1ark's suSpl-
rjons wcrc aroused by the character OF
their wounds and hr promptly noti1ied
the police department. Tho boys were
arrested ut the hospital by 0iTlcr VIII
West and taken to police heHdQuartcfS'
Fly making the youthful dcSperadoeS ne
Ii,vr that he had tho goods on them.
confession.
Tho hovs stated that the first time
they robbed the Worcester country ciuh
thcy secured S1%5 and left no trace
Erholdrncd by their success. they at
tempted n second robbery or the clnh Il
week later Unknown to thom. however
n Waterman was on duty upon inc "'
casion IF their second visit. they hhd
looted certain lockers Of clothing ana
other yauallns and wcr" in I'll" act al
lnavin; with their loot when tn" Walrh-
man appeared on tho scene and oFfh'o
fire. E-in. armed with thlrtY-tWo call
bro automatic pistols themselves, theE
promptly gave battle. rctrratins all the
time rs best thoy could.
Martin. tho older Of Tho two brothers.
WIS shot in tho right hand. tho ha
taking an upward course through IN"
rInch and corning out Mt tho elbow. Thr
vnunt-rr brother received flesh wound
lust below tho heart. Had the nall
taken an inward course he would have
ben instantly killed.
Tho bows seemed confident that their
shots all wont wild from tn" facl 'hat
the Waterman. after cmptying ms plSt"l
once reloaded It and was still firing ~
thom when they rrtrcatcd INTO mo
woods
They said that they stole tho au'onlo-
bile tho Samn night and headed west.
Thcv sold their pistols on tho way ana
used tho ronyc to purchase food ana
vasuIine. When their machine broke
down ut ITniontown. they feared To seek
hid there through fear of being plckeu
I'm rs suspects and their identity being
established later through tho hummer on
.bo sto1on chr. They said they l"ft
l-nionlrvn Sunday and walked all tn"
way TO Wheeling.
Thfor Henderson In telephone COM
! muniration stcrday morning with the
nnlicn DEPARTMENTS or Worcester and
! I-niontnwn verified practically every
! THING, the boys had told him. An officer
from Worcester is expected I" arrive
here today TO take Charg" "i IN" h'Sp"-
rad0"s
The Bcrnsetn brothers mr." at SW'"'Sn
descent and cI"an-cut appearing lHaS'
: rho Older IF the two is an especially
handsome md Intelligent appearing
lad