The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-26
BOSTON FAXED BEING ROBBED To
SQUARE HIMSELF WITH HIS GIRL
RAYB NE PROMISED HER AN AUTO
MOBILE AND NEEDED An E4-
ouHE FoR NOT MAKING GOOD.
WIN Be Up Before Police Judge Bits
This Morning on Charge OF DIS
orderly Conduct

Frank J. Boston. alias Frank Bostonic'
will be arraigncd IN police court lH'k
morning for his sensational cScapade OF
early Wednesday morning. when he sent
police and city detectives securing the
city. IN quest OF three stick-up men VINO
were supposed to have waylaid and ROB-
bed him OF the sum OF 1910. Tho Specihc
charge against the man appearing on
the police record Is disorderly conduct.
The sensation created by the supposed
robbery OF Boston at 1880 on = dark
street near the Sixteenth street play
grounds wednesday morning blew up
yesterday afternoon when Boston con-
fessed 10 Chief OF Police Fred Frazier
that his story Of being attacked. bound.
gagged and robbed OF nearly one thou
sand dollars was faxed. Boston. after
making the confession. signed \ written
statement to the effect that he had
framed up the AFFAIR and that it was all
a falsehood
In his confession Boston states that
he has been very friendly with young
woman who lives near tho Fairgrounds.
He had made certain promises 10 her. he
said. about buying an automobile. The
time set for buying the car had arrived.
and he was without money and had moth
ing due him with which to make good
his promise TO his girl friend. who was
impatient for him 10 buy an automobile.
To make himself square with the girl.
Boston confessed. he framed up the in
cident which terminated in his being
found lying bound and gagged on the
sidewalk near the Central glass plant.
Boston admits that he wrote letter
purporting to be from two gamblers at
Cleveland. Ohio. making it appear that
on Tuesday night the Cleveland gam
blers would come to Wheeling and pay
him the sum Of 1910, in return for
which ne was to deliver to them a mort
gage held by himself against property
owned by the Cleveland men. whose
names he signed to the letter and gave
to the police as Frank Lailback and
Nick Milovck. Then, Boston confessed.
he gagged himself. bound his own
wrists and rolled ont onto the sidewalk
near the Central glass works, where he
was found by the Waterman at the glass
house. who cut the rope and called the
police.
Several unusual features caused Police
Lieutenant Bion Miller and Desk Ser
geant Henry F'rohme to suspect that the
case was not quito straight stirH-up
before Boston had been in police head
quarters more than 4 few minutes. One
was the fact that the man did not seem
to be in any great pain from being kicked
in the stomach. even though he did pull
the injury stall TO such an extent that
ne was hauled home in the patrol. Bos-
ton did not appear TO be worried about
the loss Of 1910. as a workingman o-di-
narily would be Neither could the or
ficerS understand why he would accept
a mortgage from foreigners on property
in Europe. as he said he had done. Then.
too. in spite Of the fact that ne pretend
ed one minute to be too sick from blow
In the stomach 10 go with Captain
Frohme 10 the spot where he said he
had exchanged his mortgage for the
money. five minutes later ne wanted to
go home FOR couple OF hours sleep so
that he could work Yesterday. However.
he was allowed to go,
Detectives Minard and Richards were
called in on the case. and the officers
were soon convinced that the case was
a fake AT $50 o'clock Yesterday morn
ing Lieutenant Miller sent Officer Custer
to BoSton's home and had tho man plac-
ed under arrest. Under a Stiff eNauina-
ton at police headquarters later in the
day Boston came clean and exposed his
own frame-up TO the police.
Quite bit of sympathy is expressed
for the young woman who had become
Bostons fast friend. She met Boston.
it is said. at the Union mission. where
she has been quite active in the good
work carried on by that institution.