The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-06-17
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LOCAL LgORRESR0NDENGE
LETTER FROM ALTooNA-ALL ABOUT THE LATE
ExoITEMENr CONCERNING 1NcEND1AR1sM-
ARRREsT OF THE SUPPOSED 1NcENp1AR1Es-
THEIR NAMES, &C., &C.
@ ALTOONA June IA, 1869.
To The Editors. Ct The Aueghanian
On Saturday night, 9th inst, this city
was again alarmed by the cry of ''ire p
The flames were found to proceed from the
lumber yard of Messrs. D. &. G. Moore,
on Virginia street. The fire spread rap
idly, but was ultimately subdued by the
united exertions of our steam engines.
The Messrs. Moore's loss was about ST.
200. L
Sunday morning following, Detective
Kelley, of Pinkerton's Detective Agency,
Philadelphia, arrived here. He at once
proceeded to ingratiate himself into the
| confidence of certain. members Of the
"Good VIII Fire Company" Very soon,
he came into possession of the knowledge
that certain gang belonging to this Com
pany were uniformly first at the engine
house and at the scene of the fire on the
occasion of an alarm. He worked up this
vein, along with others, unit, ION Monday,
he found himself in possession of enough
evidence to warrant the arrest of three
| young men belonging to the Good VIII.
Their names are John Campbell, james
| Mcconnell, and Thomas A. Beales, alias
''Farmer' Beales. These parties were
locked up in the Logan House, each in a
separate room. They were closely watched,
and were not allowed to communicate with
each other. On "Wednesday, Campbell
| and Mcconnell turned States evidence
and made clean breast of it, diyulging
information which led to the arrest of
four other young men on the same charge,
namely, Howard Mcguire, James Pressell,
Thomas Duke, Jr., and Harry F. Stewart.
Subsequently, Beaies acknowledged to
having set several stables on fire lately.
Campbell, Stewart and Mcconnell are out
on bail for their appearance at Court
Beales, Mcguire, PresselL and Duke, in
default of bail, were committed to jail
Other parties are implicated who have not
yet been arrested t2aaP-J
There is story afoat, since these devel-
opments, that not long ago couple of fire.
men from Lancaster visited this city
In order to SHOW these strangers how our
:. firemen ''run with the masheen,o stable
was fred by the fremen incendiaries
named 1t was burned to the ground.
But what difference 1t afforded the
scoundrelly fremen an opportunity to put
in an appearance for the benefit of the
strangers.
4 The Altoona Indicator is wrong in
giving all the credit of ferreting out this
gang of incendiaries to II. b. Thayer.-
Kelley is the man to whom the praise is
due. Thayer was merely an assistant
1t is reported that Kelley was here for a
considerable length of time, and that he
''ran" with the Good Will crowd, drank
with them, &c, in order to get the desired
information. But this is doubted
1t appears that there is secret organ.
lzation among these members of the Good
VIII Company for the destruction Of prop
erty, and that the members are bound by
terrible oath never to peach con one an
other, This organization has been in ex
istence for several years, and has been the
cause of the destruction of an incalculable
amount of valuable. property Thank Coo
that it has at last been broken up, an.
that the fends composing it are in a fail
way Of having meted out to them theil
just deserts. I7L
Additional Information is being received
day by day, aud mere criminals may bt
picked up soon. Just now, we breathe
freer than we have done for months
S. s. S.
LETTER FROM JoHNsrowN-PIcNIcs-U
HALL-NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE
AN ExAGGERArIoN-AMUsEM &c.
JoHNsTowN, June IA, 1869.
To the Editors Of The AHeghanian:
Locals are very scarce, but will try ant
scrape up something for your columns.
Picnics, believe, will soon be the or
der of the day. The ST. Josephs Bene
fetal Society (German) intend holding
one on Saturday, June 25th, at Woodval,
grove, wher gala day is anticipated
The society, Joined by the St. Peters Ben