Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-17

LIFE IN WAPAK0NErrA-OOurt 10 now
kept in wapakonetta. It opened last week,
Judge Metcalf presiding and business is
brisk. Stealing horses has been carried on
very extensively and successfully in that
region, for several monshs past The busi-
ness become so prosperous that one Of the
leaders, l.. Fisher, become quite bold, and
invited every one he suspected ITO make
haste to get rich, , to engage in it He would
observe, whenever good horse passed in
the street, that such horse would bring
hundred dollars, and II would be very easy
to convey him to market. If he fourd
his man ready to engage in he enterprise,
the horse was tracked to his owners stable
and disappeared that night One of his
dupes was aided by him in taking horse
as far as Sidney, whom Fisher sent him 10
Ripley with the stolen booty, and returned
home. This assistant being engaged in his
first venture, was quite green IN the busi-
ness. He put the horse up at auction, and
as he was going at S45, the Prosecuting
Attorney asked him where he stole that
horse from. This gentle hint was sufficient
to induce him to change his plans. He
bought in the horse himself LEFT him in
charge of lanlord, and returned home to
Wapak.
A reward having been offered by the own
or of the horse, the Cincinnati police gener'
ously informed him that il he would send
three of them ten dollars each, they would
then tell him where his horse was. This
request being complied with, he obtained his
horse, and learned that the thiefs name was
Sohn, and lived in Wapak On his return
be had him arrested. Sohn tusned State
evidence and gave the name of his leader
Lawrence Fisher, as the real thief He also
implicated others.
Fisher was arrested, and gave bail, in the
sum Of $400 He was also arrested, together
with one Sam MELVILLE for breaking oper
the bureau drawer of landlord, nine mileI
from Wapak, and stealing therefrom $500
He gave bail for his appearance in another
sum Of $40O. This bail was thought to be
insufficient by many, and while we were lis
tening to its discussion, the cry was raised
that prisoner by the name Of Mcdonald
convicted of rape, had just escaped shrougt
the roof of the Jail IL being but nins
o'clock, the whole town was in commotion
but Notwithstanding the Sheriff offered $50
reward for Macs apprehension, he was no
arrested that night
He is described as man five feet six In
ches in hight, of florid complexion, ham
dog countenance, dressed in black frocl
coat, and is represented to be q worthless
incorporate fellow, whose family and ths
community would be glad to find he ha'
emigrated to Salt Lake.
After this little excitement, the leadinl
question-horse thieving-was again dis
oussed. Eleven horses had disappeared, an
but one had been recovered. Now, that Oh
of the thieves had turned States evidence,
was hoped that the whole gang would b
arrested. II was thought by many personi
that as soon as arrested, vigilance com
mittee would dispose of them more certain
ly, summarily, and at less expense than ou
Courts; and such committee was talke
Of. Three or four indictments had bee
found by the Grand Jury against the thieve
and this week as well as last will find tn
Court fully employed.
The town we were glad to find, is improy
ing rapidly, Boyle keeps good food an
+ good beds at Ayres' old Hotel The d. !
/ NJ. Railroad is doing an increased an in
creasing business. Twenty-one cars lOade
, with freight, left Wapak for the South, o
on Saturday morning last