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SENSATIONAL ARRESTS.ie | The Mysterious Disappearance of Copper Wire Explained*CtuurlM Sptm, HtrsUt W«M ii Jams CUUI A»pMhcwl«d by inAttNHUFor some time pest the Fort Wayne Electric Light company has been puizled over the mysterious disappear* ance of large quantities of valuable copper wire. Although a night watchman was employed the thief or thieves could not be caught and last week Deputy United States Marshal Tom Wilkinson was employed to work up the case. Saturday 200 more pounds of wire was missing and a search resulted in finding the wire hidden in a Wabash freight car. A watch was kept on the car and about 9 o'clock Sunday morning Charlie Spencer was seen to enter and throw out the sacks, which ne hid in a eul vert. He was approached by the man set to watch the car and held until Officer Limeoooley arrived and placed him under arrest He was taken to the police station and spent the day there. When questioned young Spencer denied having stolen the wire end said he had found it in the car and was watching it on his owu account. Further investigation resulted in fateo-in* the guilt upon Horatio Weist, a married man, and an employe of the oont* pany. Weist was employed as furnace tender in the foundry. It was his business to go to the works very early in the morning, and while at work, when no one else was around, it is supposed temptation got the better of him. A young man named James Cahill was also taken into custody and all three of the culprits were locked up at the station house. Next afternoon, before ’Squire Ryan, they were placed on trial.After listening to the evidence the 'squire bound all three prisoners over to the circuit court. Weist and Cahill's bond was placed at $500 each and thatof Spencer at $100.
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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 14, 1894
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