Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-03-26
ded for him with Wellington Smith.

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Wellington Smith Ga nephew of defendant)
testified that he had traded for the horse with
Rutter, in good faith, and sold him the same
in good faith to his uncle, the defendant.
The accused waived further examination,
and gave bail for his appearance at the next
term of the Court of Sessions, in the sum of
$4,000
At halfpast one, on Saturday afternoon,
Bradford Warner (also of Schuyler county,
was brought before Justice Foster for exani-
nation, on charge of receiving stolen horses.
On his appearance in the Justices Office. he
was arrested on charge of larceny. in steal
ing log chain, valued at six dollars and fifty
cents, from Robert Beckwith, in August
1883 and as the counsel for the prosecution
was not ready for an examination on the first
charge, the prisoner was examined on the new
one. ct the conclusion Of the examination
he was held to bail to answer. His examina-
ton on the charge of receiving stolen horses
will probably take place to-day.
DEPARTURE oF RUTrER, BROWN AND HARPER
Sunday evening, Sheriff Welsh, Colonel
Coulter and Mr. Gamble, left at j o'clock
for. Philadelphia, on their way home. taking
with them the three most distinguished men,
bers of the horse thief gang, viz: John Rut-
ter, John brown and John Il. Harper-the,
latter was brought to this place late Saturday
night. from Buffalo Harper and Rutter
roomed together Saturday night. at the Brai-
nard. and are as sociable in each others COM
pany as ever they were. Harper admits, in
/ the main. all of Rutter's statements concern
ing his transactions here and elsewhere. l
saw blm in his room, Sunday He is man
about Rutters size, of light complexion, has
lively, pleasant, countenance, and sports an
| unpretending iight-colored goatee His coun-
tenance betrays the cunning so necessary to
make a complete rogue, but apart from that
| there is nothing suspicious about him
/ During Rutters stay here, he has been
waited upon daily by huHdreds Of persons,
/ and he is glad to get away, as he has been
| kept upon the rack almost constantly, in APP
pearing against all the members of the gang
/ that have been arrested here within the last
| ten or twelve days, and also in answering the
| hundreds of questions put to him by the nu
merous persons who have had horses, cattle
and other property stolen from them in this
/ vicinity. Much valuable property, thro' his
/ information, has already been obtained by the
/ rightful owners, and much more will yet be
secured | think he is sincerely honest in his
! endeavors to expose his late confederates in
crime. He does it, seemingly, without NAL
] ice, and Gas he says) for the good of the COM
munity He certainly has a remarkable mem
| ory, and never asserts anything as true unless
! he is g sure he's right" lie is a very hard
witness TO make anything against on cross
| examination. The lawyers here have cross
examined him closely, but have ceased their
abuse of him for several days past, as they
made nothing by itpreviously.
| Seven of the gang, who have been arrested
and had their examinations here. are in jail,
in default of bail. -Four others obta ined bail,
and are at large Two of the gang are also
| in jail in Bradford county, Pa. The whole
number arrested here and in Bradford county,
on Rutters information, so far. is thirteen.
Add Brown and Harper to the list. and the
number that he has already informed against
is swelled to fifteen. Other parties would be
arrested in this vicinity but as Sheriff Welsh
had to leave for home, with Rutter, the officers
will be compelled to let the remaining men,
bers of the gang hereabouts have their free
dom for a short time to come.
JOHN r. HARPER, one of the Luzerne
Gang, recently arrested in Buffalo, and now
in Indiana jail, in this State is thus described
by the Elmira (New York; AdrerttSer, of
March 10Th:
:. On Sunday we visited this notorious char
actcr in his room, at the Brainard House, and
conversed with him most freely for more than
an hour He is a larger man than Rutter
and although but twenty-three years of age,
is without doubt the most accomplished, reck-
less and daring member of the gang He is
little above the medium stature, firmly and
compactly built, has large and remarkably
active BRAIN vigorous constitution, .' cold
stony eye" of a blush gray color, bold de-
fant manner, and every visible indication of a
shrewd, deep, smart, unscrupulous and deter
mined villain.
We would do the fellow no injustice but
after testing him by what little knowledge of
human nature we have picked up in the world
we cannot resist the conclusion that the COM
mission of crime is as natural with him as the
drawing of his vital breath and that nothing
but a lack of opportunity can keep him from
it. lie has been connected with the gang for
about five years, and has, without doubt, done
more service OF daring and dangerous ma
ture than any one of the band. Instead, how
ever, of showing any remorse or shame, while
detailing some of his exploits and narrow es-
capes, he seemed rather to glory in his deeds
When the officers told hims that he was a
goner" at last, he made bold to tell them
not to be too sure of their game as he had
been through many tight place before, and
would give them fair warning that they might
yet, in the case of the Paddy's flea, go to
put their hand on him and find him not there.
Among other things, he stated that when,
through the assistance of Rutter, Brown and
Green, hebroke Jail, in Indiana Pennsylvania,
he was taken out through hole between bars
of iron but eight and "a half inches acide, and
ten Tong He had to be drawn through feet