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Admits the Robbery of the Rail
road Company.
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AN ORGANIZED GANG
Is Now a Certainty and the
Police are After Thcm.
From Wednesday's Daily
In the Review on Monday, there
was an article in regard to the men
arrested on Sunday at St. Marys,
bv Captain Jim Mehen ot the Ohio
River Railroad detective force. It
was believed at the time and the
matter was mentioned that the men
arrested, McKnight, Davis and
Gear were a part of an organ 'zed
gang which has been pillaging
along the river for some time and
have been making a mark of Sis
tersville. The outlook now is that
the gang is a very large one and is
organized as a sort of a stock com
pany. Thev pillage the different
towns aloDg the river, hide the
stolen goods in the willows along
the shore and then send word back
to the rest of the gang telling where
they are. The goods are then
shipped to some of the cities where
they are disposed of. There are
still some robberies occurring along
the river, notably the robbery of the
Glenville postoffice.
The hearing of the three men
arrested by Captain Meighen, who
were taken to New Martinsville,
was set for yesterday.
McKnight and Gear waived an
examination, and will be held for
court. John Davis, who is of Mar
tin's Ferry, made a written confes
sion, in which he detailed the rob
beries at Proctor and Baersville,
on the night of September 13th,
giving valuable information as to
the methods pursued.
At Proctor four sacks of flour,
two cases of shoes shipped by the
McCoy Shoe company, of Wheeling
and other property was taken and
then the gang went to Barnesville
by skiff and raided the wharfboat
there, obtaining a large amount. of
goods. The trio will be held and
meanwhile the most energetic
measures will be taken to round
up more of the crowd. Their
stealing has become so general and
so many people along the river
have suffered that the matter is uo
longer to be tolerated.
In this section engines have been
raided and disabled lor the sake of
the brass bearings, railroad brasses
have been stolen, much property
of that nature is missing from this
city and vicinity and stores, post
fices railroad stations, wTharf boats
and private houses have been looted
until there is a general demand
that an end be made of the gang.
The Ohio side has suffered equally
with the towns and stations in
West Virginia, and even the tradi
tional red hot stove was not safe.
That the gang is an extensive
one is very apparent. It is also
apparent that the fence for the dis
posal of the stolen goods is in
Wheeling or Bellaire, perhaps in
both places. As a matter of fact
stolen goods are known to be in
Wheeling at this moment and some
of them will be unearthed today.
That goods have been disposed of
in Bellaire is also known. The op
erations of the gang have extended
over about one hundred miles
along the river and the members
have become so bold that they do
not hesitate to operate right under
the noses of the authorities.
Large amounts of stolen property
have been hidden on islands along
the river, and buried in the banks
of small creeks, while other goods
have been disposed of through reli
able agents in the larger towns.
Several of the gang are known to
have done time, both in this State
and Ohio, and when they are final
ly rounded up some salty doses will
be meted out. The active mem
bers of the gang are pretty well
known, but there are a number of
4 'quiet people" who set up the jobs
and dispose of the goods, who are
wanted, and these folks are liable
$ . r .y,
to hear something drop in pretty
short order.
The work lately done by Captain
Meighen, in this case, reads like a
chapter out of a dime novel. His
Middle Island arrests were particu
larly creditable, as he tackled a
gang of four men, practically single
handed, grabbed two of them,
and then went after and secured a
third, while a fourth escaped. All
of the prisoners were armed, and
all threw their revolvers into the
river or creek, two of them after
they had been shackled. Meighen
has secured a large amount of sto
len property, but very much more
remains to be recovered. There is
good reason to believe, however,
that another twenty -four hours will
bring some of the booty to light.
PIPE LIKE OFFICE
Will be Moved Into the Sew Quarters
in the Wells Bnilding Soon.
In a week or ten days the Eureka
Pipe Line Co.'s offices, the office
of the Joseph Seep Purchasing
Agency, and ot the Mountain State
Gas. Co., will be moved from
where they have been ^n the rear
of 712 Wells street, for about a year
to their new home in the recently
completed Wells block, No. 710
Wells street. The new offices are
now ready for occupancy but on
account of the new furniture which
has been ordered from Marietta,
not having arrived, the removal
will be delayed for a short time.
The new offices of these com
panies which will be combined will
be very fine ones. There is a suit
of five or six rooms, the front ones
of which will be [occupied by dis
trict Foreman McVey, of the Pipe
Line company, and the telegraph
department as well, perhaps as the
Seep Purchasing Agency. In the
next room there will be the Moun
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general office.
In the extreme rear the Moun
tain State Gas company's work
room and shop will be located. The
new offices are magnificantly ar
ranged and th^ pipe line people
will have the swelled place in the
city when they have had the new
quarters finished and are occupying:
them.
Just In Time.
A butcher's lad went to deliver some
meat at a certain house in Newcastle
where a fierce dog is kept. Tho lad en
tered tho back yard, and as soon as the
dog saw him he pinned him against the
wall. In a short time the mistress of
the house ran out and drove the animal
awav. "Has he bitten you?" she asked.
"Noa," said the lad, ";ia kept him
off by giving him your suet, an ye just
oam' in time to save the beef." ? Lon
don Fun.
"In Hoc" Defined.
Mr. de Amor (exhibiting his Knight
Templar charm) ? I-n h-o-c. Can you
tell me, Ethel, what that means
Ethel (his love's little sister) ? Yeth,
thir. Ith where your watch ith. ?
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DESCENT OF LOVE.
Hath man e'er had experience like this
(For poets sing a love which children mock, .
And bliss of love therein is laughing stock.
Their silly words make creed for comrnoa
men ) ?
Our life had long been dreamy holiday
Till when one even on the bleak highway,
I told her that I loved her, and sh? letu
Her soul upon my lips, and thus v'e ptnid
Bereft of earth, and then? oh, stricige!? we
fled
Down the bleak highway till the place's fear
Hail closed his wings and left from following.
So herfc, within sound of her sweet singing,
This summer's day I fathom that dread time
And liken it? how up some desert peak
Sublime went ancient men and heard God speak
And won his law. But once they went, no more!
Yea. though God's dreams ran burning in their
brnin,
They hurried to the ways of humble men,
Nor prayed of him to visit them again!
?A. Boyd Scott in Black and Whit?.
A Legless Pitcher.
Herbert Van Cleef, a young man who,
from early childhood has been interest
ed in sports, on May 22 pitched a game
of baseball at Trenton that has aroused
considerable interest. The interest at
tached to this particular game is be
cause Van Cleef is legless and sits on
his stumps in a small wagon He sits in
this little vehicle when he twirls the
hall. He can pitch a strong game and
can curve a ball in good style. The
game that he pitched was for the Tren
ton club against the Camden team and
the latter was defeated. Van Cleef does
not attempt to run his bases; he secures
a substitute to do his running. He is
captain of the Trenton team.
Van Cleef lost hia legs a couple of
years ago by being run over by a rail
road train, but his strong constitution
enabled him to survive the shock of am
putation of liis two limbs at the trunk.
He is 22 years old and was, prior to tba
ttccidcnt, an all around athleta
91 r. Miller'* Diary.
Continued from 2nd i>?ice.
the Spaniards by taking the less
frequented road, and advancing in
spite of fire. Our loss in the regi
ment was 9 killed and 31 wounded.
Total loss. 17 killed and 60 wound
ed. Our Rapid Fire gun was ren
dered useless by the escape of a
packer with a mule that carried the
ammunition. Captain Capron shot
two Spaniards just before he was
killed. Hamilton Fish was shot
through the heart and died instant
ly. Old Doc Doherty was shot in
the head, and I think died very
soon. I saw Ham the night before
at Juragua, and had quite a talk
with him.
Pitched camp about five o'clock
and turned in early. I slept in a
tent cover and was quite comforta
ble; but about two o'clock Russell
came along without anything, not
even a coat. I built a fire and he
found two coats and slept rest of
night. We were liabie to be at
tacked, so were somewhat excited
all night. I was detailed to carry
in dead, and brought Dawson from
P troop. Fish and seven others
were brought right to camp and laid
near the hospital.
BRINGING "TEDDY" BACK.
Sunday, June 26. Teddy (who
had rejoined the regiment) seemed
pretty bad this morning, so he went
?0 the hospital and Lamont said he
had a very high fever and could
not come any further. He laid in
the hospital under their care. I
went up to see him and had a talk,
and then saw Dr. Lamont, who said
he had a severe case of typhoid
fever, aud must go back immedi
ately. We decided that I should
keep his rubber blanket. I thought
I could help him in town, and, got
permission from the captain, after
a lot of red tape. I fixed up every
thing in my^pack and put it with
hospital stuff. The regiment
started off and we stayed behind, I
saw them off. Poor Teddy was
broken-hearted and cried two or
three times. Soon the mules came
and we mounted. I took my gun
and cartridge belt. I told Davis
and Whitney about Teddy, and
Whitney came over to see him be
fore we left. Got in town all right
by the side road and over the
ground we came oi. Teddy simply
went through on his sand. Arrived
in town about noon and found the
hospital O. K. Captain or Ser
geant Winter took care or Teddy, of
whom Remington had spoken to
him the ni^ht before. He was a
fine mail and let me help Teddy all
I could. I cooked a most delicious
meal out of bacon, hard tack fried
and sugar on it, and coffee. I bad
some beans, too, which the cook
gave me. The port wine which I
mentioned above as being at this
place, was stored in barrels in the
hospital; and while I was there
Rhodes tried to rustle some for me
but I was disappointed for he
could not get any out. * * *
Started back to camp alone about
3:15. After some difficulty we
found our camp, and I at once re
ported to Col. Wood, and delivered
the note I had for him. Then re
ported to Dr. Lamont the message
from Captain Winter; and while
there at headquarters, Dr. Lamont
spoke to Col, Roosevelt of my vol
untary trip to town, and the Colo
nel turned and thanked me for it.
calling me by name. Casper Whit
ney was there and we talked about
Teddy quite a good deal. The camp
I found very comfortable at first,
with a fine stream running just be
hind it, and furnishing splendid
water. The ground was level and
well grassed, so everything looked
lavorable; but when it rains it is
too low to the shed the water; will
be damp continually, I am afraid.
Tuesday, June 28th. This day
was passed on guard duty, with the
same routine. The passing of
troops along the road varied tki
montony somewhat. Between one
and three I was on duty again, and
it began to rain early. It was a
shower at first, and I thought it
was over, so did not stop to get any
protection. Soon it came down
again and simply poured. I never
saw it rain harder for two hours
consecutively. Perhaps that is ex
aggerated, considering our Chatau
qua rains. I soon was wet, then
became careless, and consequently
wetter, then absolutely drenched.
When my time was up I went to
the guard house and stripped, put
on a dry coat and blanket, and built
a fire with great difficulty, on ac
count of dampness. Soon we had
guard mount and I was dismissed.
Went to my tent and cooked a lit
tle supper, fixed my gun up and
turned in early.
PLENTY OF WORK.
Wednesday, June 29th. Bill j
Lamed came around this morning
to get me to go for a tramp toward
the city of Santiago. I asked the
Captain and he threw me down
hard; so we tried to get permission
to go back to Juragua, since Teddy
bad written me a note asking me
to come and see him. We found
we could not go in, for the very un
pleasant announcement of old guard
fatigue duty met our ears, and we
were told to report to headquarters.
I was put on a detail, under Lieut.
Goodrich, to repair the road. We
looked up picks, shovels, etc., and
started out reminding me very
much of the street cleaning gang at
home as they used to file out of the
station house. We first marched
down the road a quarter of a mile
and there met a regular officer who
ordered us back again. The road
was a simple stream of mud with a
spattering of huge rocks. We
found our place and began picking
out the big stones and broadening
the road.
This is the main road from
Juragua and Santiago, but having
been used for mules and carrying
only, was not fit for wagons; so we
have to fix it up for the army wag
ons continually passing. We are
improving the country to that ex
tent anyway. Later we went up
the road and with a detail from 2nd
Infantry, colored troops, built a
turn off for empty wagons con
tinually passing. Had dinner later
and was just about tuckered out
with the work on the road in the
hot sun when orders came to report
at i o'clock at headquarters for
further orders. We found waiting
for us here a jot* that had been at
tempted by Bill Larned and his
squad in the morning, and consisted
of building benches for the officers'
mess.
At noon the officers were thor
oughly enjoying their meal, sitting
on their benches. R. H. Davis came
along with his plate and cup and
sat down with a comfortable relax
ation, when it suddenly crashed un
der his weight. It became our duty
and I suppose privilege, to build
another stronger one in place of
this broken one. It was threaten
ing rain when we came so I brought
a poncho with me, and, sure
enough, as we started work, it be
gan to pour. We took shelter un
der officers' headquarters, and waited
for rain to stop; then finished our
work. We thought this would cer
tainly end our day's work, but de
cided differently when they ordered
us over to help unload the commis
sary's stuff. Hard tack, bacon,
tents, etc., by the wagon-load. Bill
Larned and I got aboard one wagon
to load up some stuff to take down
to another regiment. It was quite
a ride and we had a terrible shak
ing up, but did not report back at
the squad, thus escaping, perhaps,
a lot more of work. We had cer
tainlv done our legitimate share, as
some days the fatigue duty is left
out altogether. I felt pretty well
done up that night, and had
first bad feelings, a pain in my stom
ach, which I think came from eat
ing so much green, and perhaps
from my wetting. I had felt great
the last few days, in fact, never
better in my life; but our food has
been bacon, hard tack and coffee.
Our bacon we fried, then took the
green and fried hard tack, some
times having soaked it in water be
fore frying, Out generally without.
But such is army life, aud one must
take it as it is. I am satisfied.
Things today looked as though
we were going to stay here for
weeks to come. There was a ru
mor of an armistice, but not veri
fied. We are only a few miles from
the city, which can be seen from the
top of the hills near by. They say
it is strongly fortified and a formid
able antagonist. We hope we may
capture it as a Fourth of July cele
bratipn. I turned in early tonight.
I end this here and mail it home.
THE LAST DAY.
Thursday, June 30th. This
morning my surprise was complete
at the arrival of mail. A letter
from mother, Mame, Grace, Judd,
telegram from father. Teddy had
a big batch. Sent by them to him.
About two o'clock, after we had
spent morning in fixing up our
camp, orders came to break camp;
so we packed up and got under way
about four o'clock. Marched about
two miles, and arrived by moonlight
on an eminence about two miles
and a half from the city. We passed
several Cuban regiments. The
camp was an old building, mostly
in ruins, occupied bv Cubans.
Probably a monastery. We had a
cold supper and turned in soon.
Friday, July 1st. A week ago
we had a battle. I went up the
hill in advance and got a glimpse
of an outpost; small village occu
pied by Spaniards. Bombarding
begun about twenty minutes after
six and was centered on a small
village in the rear. About an hour
later, after constant bombardment,
a skirmish took place. Must stop.
New in line. Goodbye, will send
this. Please excuse mistakes, for I
have written in a hurry.
It was not long after these words
were written that Miller received
his fatal wound.
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