The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-18
ARREST OF DAVID .. ArcKIM.

| On last Thursday morning our town wa,
excited by the information which few from
mouih to mouth that McKim, the alleges
murderer Of DR.. Norcross, was arrested and
lodged in Our jsiI. During that day and Tho
two which followed hundreds of persons vis.
tied the jail to see the man, and quite mum.
bsr Of these came fom distance 10 CRAFTY
her curiosity. Most of the time he laid
upon the bed un M back, wfrh his hands
above his heads bu. conversed freely with
visiters. He seemed fully conscious of the
enormity of the charge against him, bu,
made no confession except 10 say, soon after
bis arrest, that he was the man who travelled
with DR.. Norcross. His features and ap.
peafance correspond in every respect With
the description circulated by the Philadelphia
police, aud he is apparently one of the most
powerful men in muscle tha, could be found
10 the whole county.
The circumstances Of bis arrest were as
follows:-On Wednesday Aaron Wolf and
F. A. B. Koons travelled over the North
Mountain upon business, ane on The way
had some conversation upon the subject of
McKim. Al the Long Pond Hotel man
came out as hostler whose appearance an
swered every point in the description of the
supposed murderer; and after some consul
ta.ion together the two travellers determined
to arrest the man though neither of them
had warrant or weapon for the purpose. A
rife was borrowed Of the landlord, aud with
this Wolf walked carelsssIy Into the bar.
room where McKim was. Suddenly raising
bis weapon at McKim, he said boldly: =
"Friend, you are wanted" McKim quailed
and asked--"are you an officer" Wolf
said-"yes, and my orders are 10 take you
dead or alive" Rooms meanwhile took bold
Of the prisoner, and examined him. The
marks on bis person answered the printed
description; and, without making any re.
sistance, his arms were tied and he was on
"Wednesday evening brought 10 Bloomsburg
and lodged in jail.
Here he laid, The object Of curious gaze
from hundreds putl, from motives oi pru.
dence and proprisly, Sheriff Miller on Saiur-
Gay r0s~--sSn1 49, -~iS1--4:-- o. Ax---
day morning Shssiff Miller started with the
prisoner for Harrisburg, where The Sheriff o.
Blair county had ielegraphed ke would meet
him. The prisoner will be tried in the Court
Of Blair county which will commence on the
9th of April. VIM. A. Stokes, Esq, of
Westmoreland, has been engaged to assist
District AuorneT Hammond in the prosecu-
ton.
Mr.. Samuel Mann, OF Potlsville, visited
the prisoner in Jail here, and identifies him
as the person who rented the house Of Mr.
Womelsdorf in>Poltsville some weeks ago.
When McKim left Poitsville he passed
through Catawissa, and remained over night
in Bioomsburg. He says he was in our of
fics, and we remember his visit. He came
in the evening 10 ge. a paper and was in.
formed that il would not be published until
morning. In tie morning he came again
and got pspestsnd we only remember that
such was the impression his countensnce
and especially his eye made upon us, that
we remarked 10 those present the ins.sn, he
had left The ofiice-'',hat man has very
villainous look.n a4 I'll.