The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-17
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one Sr1an and fnture tho other. p number
OF such fuses, stiIl uncxplodcd. were
found scattered about in tn" wr"ckagc.
Ono Of tho automobiles. a Peerless car
bears Ohio license No. 1914. This
number is held by a Bclla!rc foreigner
who "a at present away from HON" on
n fishing trip. II IS said. The other car
bore Ohio license No. 37136. Bucyrus
polHoo had been unable TO learn whcro
this license IS held.
Bcllaire. Ohio. police are making nm
investigate TO determine whether the
tires found in the shed ut BuCyruS are
tho tires stolen several nights ago from
a garage at Fairvicw. Belmont county.
Ohio. Twcrty-ciGht tires werc stolen in
that raid
James Mahood OF Bcnwood. an unclc
Of Frank Ma2ood. stated last night that
no will 80 TO Bucyrus 10 claim Franks
body.
The Bucyrus police said last night
that Gpnglcin. when found, had large
sum Of money in his clothes, in addition
age. No money was found on Mahood's
body.
A lot OF Che $4,000 found IN the
wreckagp was found concealed in tho
automobile tires which were stored in
tho shed
Goeg1etn Owned Car.
II was reported early this morning
that the automobile bearing n license
number held ty B"llaro foreigner is
owned by Leonard Go"glcin. but that
Goeglein took out the license under the
name Of the Bcllairc man
Created Sensation
News Of the tragic death OF FRANK
Mahood. Of BcnwoOd and the serious
injury of his companion. Leonard Gcog-
lein at Bucyrus yesterday. created
sensation in Bcnwood and Wheeling.
last evening.
Mahood and Goeslctn had been alb.
sent from Bcnwood for about three
weeks Tho announcement Of their ac-
cidcnt was the first intimatlon that II
might have been they who staged the
bank rpbbcricS in three Ohio cities with
in the past two weeks.
According To telephone adviccS re-
ceiycd by Chief OF Police herman
Spccht Of Bcnwood. the chief Of police
at Bucyrus holds to the opinion tina:
explosives Of q character used in blow
ing bank safes exploded in tho building
where a stolen automobile and tn"
stolen hank loot had bcan stored was
dCClucHIdliy 81 piA' oOS '4io ''NN0 avs
been confirmed.
Tho tragic climax TO tho tour or
crime, II such the affair proves 10 h".
recalls the first big crime with which
the government and state officials con-
nc-tcd GocElcin and Maho"d. In n RAD
in the Smith building at Bcnwood three
years ago. Prohibition Officer Bert Phil
lips, a Pennsylvania railroad effective.
end Marshall county officers un"arth"d
Soup" Groves burglar don together
with gold and platinum stolen from the
McLain Dental Supply depot in ms
lily. and n quantity Of freight stolen
from Pennsylvania railroad interstate
shipments.
Judge Aston q. Dayton sent Groves
to the federal prison 1T Atlanta tor t"n
years Gocglcin and Maho"d wor" not
connected directly with Groves robbery
exploits. but both were sent To tn" ohio
county Jail on minor charges. Groves
den was found in IN urstair room a.
rcCtly over the cigar store and C"nrc"-
tionrry conducted by MahO"d and
GocElcin.
Were Popular "Trnsties."'
While prisoners in In" jail here. h"'n
Mahood. who is moro Familiarity known
as Dada" and G"rgICin w"r" model
prisoners. No inmat" If IN" INSTITUTE
on was ever trusted farther than wSr'
these mon by Sheriff Howard hastings
and Jailnrs Pert Mcdonnell ana 10!
Rice. For months, GocG"lcin was head
cook in tho Jail and Manhood was the
head turnkey. II was with tho md or
these men that tho sheriff and his Jarl-
crs instituted the cic"n-up wn'rh has
made the Ohio county tail IN" rl"anrst