The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-17
ROUNDING UP
GANG OF ROBBERS
Their Successful naids
Seems to Have Come
to An End.

For sometime, a series of robber-
les have been successfully pulled off
in Fairmont and vicinity, the climax
to which developed yesterday with
the arrest Of Earle Carpenter, %, and
Clarence Drake, II. Both these boys
confessed in jail that they were par
ties to the thefs with one or two
others implicated and today Deputy
Howard Adams is busy rounding up
the demaining theft or thieves as the
case may be. Robberies have occur
ed the last week at four locations
the last happening last night when
a large quantity Of goods were :
en- from the restaurant at Tenth
consisting Of seven pounds of i..-t
pork, five Of sausage, five Of steak,
a brick of cheese, Three-fourths Of
a boiled ham, two smoked hams and
an amount of tobacco Of various
sorts. The hounds were placed on
the trail early this morning but SO
far nothing has been learned re-
garding the thieves, the hounds fol-
lowing the scent alright as far as
the bridge going across the ast ide
where they stopped, unable to pro-
ceed further. This robbery was pull
ed off after Carpenter and Drake
were jailed and the boys say they
weren't aware that this was planned
At Thoborn, however, on Sunday
night, large amount Of dry goods
were stolen consisting mainly of
shoes. The articles were stolen from
Harry Martins ctore. Another store
was robbed near Thoborn the same
night though here the amount No]en
was much less, Just botroe the
Thoborn robbery the Mining Ma
chinery Company last by theft about
500 pounds of rass. The brass was
sol dto Dave Rellis, who was ar
rested a few days ago and who is
now out on ond, to have a hearing
soon. Rellis claims he didn't know
the goods he bought was stolen
good though county authorities say
they believe differently.
Six bags OF shoes were found yes
,terday in a field about a mile from
Thoburn hidden in the brush and the
credit for finding and arresting both
Carpenter and Drake belongs to Dep
uties Jim Barrett and Howard Adams
Adams is ut today on the hunt for
still others who can materially con-
tribute to the gradually increasing
fund. of information piling up, re-
garding robberies in these parts. Yes
terday Adams and Barrett were on
the way to Brakes house to mako
the arrests when they met Carpenter
who was on the way to the bags In
the field. Carpenter was after a good
pair of shoes which he intended wear
ing to nsw job in Clarksburg. To-
day he has an uninteresting job N
iail. The boys have decided that the
world is pretty untrustworthy after
all; since they learned that'they were
found out through one OF the guests
at the Buckley hotel who was employ
ed to pump" information out OF Ken
moth wilt who was arrested by Po-
liceman Boggess on Monday on the
charge Of carrying a gun. Wilt was
suspected of knowing thing or two
about tho robberies and after he was
Jailed, this unknown guest got busy
doing the friendly act and soon Wilt
unburdened himself and now finds
himself in jail for being vitally con-
cerned in both the shoe and. brass rob
pbeiy in. addition to the gun totlng
charge. All three en- now in jail
have confessed.
During September three stores on
Main street, Shurtleff's, Ice and Har-
desty's, and Leopold's were robbed,
the robber going through the open
transom directly on the street high
up almost under bright arc light
in the face OF bot hthe police patrol
and the patrol OF a night watchman
employed by merchants on this street.
Mr.. Leopold went to see the shoes
found yesterday in the field at Tho
burn but found none belonging to
him. The Thoburn store proprietor
claimed them and took them imme-
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