The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-27
AUTO LICENSE USED
BY HOPEDALE THUGS
OBTAINED BY FRAUD
BRIDGEPORT MARSHAL
RESIDENCE ADDRESS ON Ar
PLIcATIoN IS VACANT LUZ
rrssh Load Indicates Possibility OF ho-
cal Men Being Implicated In Raid

! The discovery late yesterday that the
license plates found on the automoo'I'
used by the bandits who tempt -
loo, the First National Bank or Hope
dale Monday were obtained pE ira"'
tended TO support the theory or MAI
shall M~cConnaughy OF Bridgeport th"t
at least one local man was lmpicalen
in the frustrated holdup, according 10
Investigating officers.
The address of Guilio Ceica OF NO
"s2s Main street Bridgeport" signed to
the application for the IL
cense was found TO be a vacant lot.
Marshal M~cConnaughy pointed TO this
discovery as additional evidence that
Ceica NAV be able 10 throw some Nsht
on the operations Of The gang. Search
FOR him was made throughout the day
and late last night M~cConnaughY con-
tinued to direct his officers in the hope
of arrcsting him.
Car Returned Here
O.. c. Darwin. accompanied thief OF
Police Frazier to Cadiz yesterday where
he identified the automobile abandoned
by the gunner as his.
The bumper and shield-shadc hau
been removed, the tenders bent. and the
transmission lock broken, but Mr.. Fra
! zler said little effort had been made to
change the engine numbers and there
was no question about the machine be-
ing the one stolen here Saturday night.
Compiled with the fact that the cap
found in the car was purchased at a
Wheeling store the authorities last
niIt here were keeping a sharp look
oi1 for the member OF the gang part
of whose index finger was severed by
the slde-door OF the car.
Amateurs, Deputy Says
p w, Moore. prosecutor OF Harrison
, county. Ohio with Country Sheriff and
several deputies followed every avail
able clue yesterday in an effort to run
( down the robbers.
Late last night one Of the deputies en-
pressed the opinion that the attempted
robbery was the work Of amateurs who
became frightened and shot the cashier
through fear.
On the strength Of this opinion the
: Harrison county authorities are con-
Quoting n search of the Partlett and
Pine Forks area where II is believed the
! robbers may be hiding.
That the men knew the nciEhhorhood
was another statement made by tn"
! Harrison county deputy who declared
! that he was satisfied that the robbers
abandoned the car deliberately and es-
capped into the hills.
Coming Toward Wheeling
! Other officers now searching for the
gunmcn AXE issue with the views OF
the Harrison county deputy and the re-
port was generally broadcast yesterday
that the bandits were headed toward
Wheeling.
Several Of the Ohio officers working
on the investigation declared last night
that the gang consists Of Wheeling men.
! They say the fact OF the car being
, stolen here and the cap found In the
machine bought at a local store gives
their belief Il 'scmhlancc of fact.
Police heads here are inclined to DIS
count the belief that = Wheeling gam
attempted to loot the bank. aud hold 10
the theory that the stealing of the ma
chine here and leaving Il cap in 1t are
! part Of n we'll thought out plan" to
! throw officers off the trail.
Ii was reported last night 1t TIA" St'n-
/ h~cnvillc hospital, where Mr.. Whitaker
was taken shot through the neck by
one Of the bandits that he would r"-
cover. His condition Is still regarded
as dangerous. hut hospital attendants
say unles complications 81 in he Has
better than an even chance TO get we'll