THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER WEST VIRGINIA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1881

PADDY RYAN ARRESTED IN ALBANY, NEW YORK Assisted by a New York Detective - Paddy Again Proves Too Much for His Captors and Gives Them The Slip, and is Once More at Large

ALBANY, N.Y., February 16. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.   Paddy Ryan, the prize fighter, was ar- rested last evening on a requisition from the Governor of West Virginia, for par- ticipation in the fight with Goss in that State last summer. This morning Ryan requested permission to visit his saloon to arrange business matters and was accom- panied there by on of the officers. After entering the saloon a crowd collected and he walked out, the crowd holing the door shut in the face of the officer pre- venting pursuit.   Ryan was taken into custody Tuesday night, at a place of amusement, by Ex-Chief of Police Sweeny, of Wheeling, and Detec- tive Ryland, of New York, on a requisi- tion. He was taken to the station house and while awaiting the train for New York, Chief Sweeny was served with a writ of habeas corpus, issued by Recorder Gould, returnable this morning. The officers and Ryan spent the night at the Globe Hotel. This morning, on  pretext of business, Ryan, in company with the officers, visited Ryan's saloon, on State Street, and from thence made his escape, assisted by friends. No trace of the fugi- tive.

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