The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-09-10
STARTLING DsvaLoPAGnNTs.
FERRET's WORK.
-Four Persons Arrested Charged with
Three Grimes.
From the Urbana Citizen


Our citizens were startled on Sunday, by
the sudden disclosure Of the arrest of four
young men at different places, charged with
Incendiarism and Malicious Destruction Of
Property. The work OF ferrsting out the
parties had been going on quietly for three
months, and the pubic we're none the wiser.
The particulars, as near as We can learn, are
about as follows: 30 a
In the latter part Of April last stable Be.
longing to Mr.. Edward Jennings, and ad-
joining Mr.. S. W. Hits stable. was Get on
FIRE and burned to the ground. The sGms
night two largs ana costly window glass,
each 6xIO feet, in front Of Mr.. Hirrs store,
we're broken by bOulders. AssociatiBg the
proximity of the Jennings stable 70 Mr..
Hits with the destruction Of the glass, the
people naturally concluded that The same
/ person or persons performed the whole work
Of destruction l----
| A few nights thereafter the stable Of Mr..
/ s. P. CASTLE was fired. These sVeuts- oe-
CURED during the excitement among the
/ Whiskey ring about The Rev. s. ID. Shafsr
[" L.
ance Lectures here. Messrs. Castle and Hitt
we're known adherents to the Tempsrauce
cause. and Mr.. Hint, 3 'halborer,' a(ss The
ring called) Of r.iShafer. So, many Of our
citizens charged the destruction Of the prom.
erty at the door Of the whisky ring. 'a'-I
And yet murder viii OUT No clue 70
the perpetrators was discovered until de-
teetIve from Detroit, acting under Il orders
of E. II. RaymOur, Esq, Of that City, came
to UTbana, and became acquainted with
I Frank Collins. They were together night
and day, eating, drinking and carousiue.-
4 The detective finally pursnaded Collins To
/ go to Dayton with him, and while there thev
/ we're both arrested and thrown into iail on
some petty charge. Failing to obtain snT
information Of any value at Dayton, he de-
tectiVe effected their release, and CHANGED
their quarters to Detroit, Michigan, gbers
they were again placed in con6Esmsnt
Here Collins made a confession Of his guiIt
/ and charged Joseph Iustiue, joseph Low
and J i. A. Lacey with being aecomplicos IN
| The burning Of the Jennings Stabls
and the breaking Of the windows se Hitt's
store. He vas detained in custody gt De.
trOit until Saturday last, when be was
brought to Urbana and lodged ia jail.
Lacey had left Urbans sO0n after the dead
mentioned above, and all attempts to dis
cover his whereabouts proved futiis until 4
/ circular from Mr.. Rayulour reached The
| Sheriff of Union county, lad, who a once
Informed Mr.. r. thai Lacey Was there. Ar.
irving at Liberty, Ind, Mr.. RsymOur made
the arrest snd transferred Lacey to the jail
at Hamilton, Ohio. Hsr8 be made certain
statements, which though not criminating
himself made it certain that be knows al
Il -. IL u -
| promised a complete revelation before a
court. But upon his arrival here be re-
sumo his silence upon the subject and
/ pleads his own innocence.
Low was arrested at Columbus, altbouVb
he had not been absent from Urbans fp5T1
the night Of the fire until the day Of -bGs a.
rest. BE is also in the Jail ders, and Sto1,,
/ ly protests his innOcenee. We hone Il IL ~
and feel assured that if Joe is guilty If -
crime whisky is at the bottom Of it.
Instine vas arrested at his father. buusa
on Saturday msrning, and will turn state'o
evidence. He has already made an sf5davis
substantiating the tale told By COlliDa. "a
was held to bail In the sum of 81, 600.
Collins was aIraigned before ustie Rboda-
on Wednesday msrning. he plead mot
/ guilty, and the court proceeded Nth tbe
preliminary examination. Joseph Instips
was called for the s ate and testified tbat
the four, whose names ars mentioned sboVs-
were at Alice Armstrong; house the,piRht
Of the fire and talked the matter over there,
They then proceeded up town, stopping On
the South Main Street Bridge ana had a
further talk about the deed they were con-
templating. They finally vent to the stable.
and while two Of the men watched the other
two fred the building.
Collins was held for trial Al tbs tar-s If
the Common Pleas Court, 81 the suu Of
5000. In default of bail be was commit-
ted. ~ a2F5 ~
The other cases were continued until the
next day. A eng i1 s5.l ~
There IS now disposition amoug thesDeo-
pie, sileut as yet but deep rooted in their
minds, 80 60 to tho bottom Of this Bffair, and
see where 1t viii terminate. We hope % see
the strings now pulling drawn SO tight that
not guilty man shall escape the punish
ment ordered for such miscreants. Follow
ell up, the chain Of evidence. which hauriust
been struck viii lead to sinks oi ihiausty,
and expose TO view. deeds Of infamy shat
will fTIghten even bad men. s-f
Onr officers Eill be gratefully rewat1ed
by the public for pushing this eassl 70 the
bitter end, We have 10 idea that either Of
the young men now under arrest did the
deed out Of spite OF malice. Hence il ia
important for all TO know tohO mas IA
iRStigdtOr2" "