The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-04-20

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one side, oul a rel scar eviy tho icit
teyc." 1 market 4 ipstlally d the face
oi a-raseal How ! coulll DO. that l
rcant explain; oar business leat1ls III
10 read iaurs as most men real b6sks
and tho tlucc had NJ that lawlcss
feil,w, and his actions c1uiirnel the
oruion Sleepy as he hooked and
laclrd. 40 sooner dad he see DC pauslDp
than he drove back through the door
baud Slammed It to.
| instantly understood him. eA
scamp on some lay or other, aud dsn'I
want to tc seen. was NY thougbt.
And / walked Jh with his photograph
tn my mind, but ceased to think ol
him or Of the circumstance, before |
reached the hotel.
The day passed; aud bright and
early Monday morning went down
to the depot. But it was to No pnr-
pose the Office was closed, aud u
/ pluycard on the wall Informed the
public that the road would not be
opened teforc Tuesday,
went hack to the hotel, too much
out of sorts to enjoy my breakfast. |
aid not understand, till the dag wa,
Sumo hours older, that was needed
more here at Carlisle than anywhere
clse, jnst then
| went from the breakfast table into
the ieaiin.-room, aud after hld read
an hour, / beard Que man say to
auother: ,.
| Lets 20 over to the Cur; House (;
they re- trying Joe Slfcr,' They went
out and remembering my little talk
w,tu the District Attorney, my cui
p,ily was excited, aui followed them.
When | cnt rgd',hu Court room, the
victim Of he robbery was Oh the stand
lie was plain simple old man, AID
gave his evidence wit apparent truth
iulnuss. lie testified that he was
stopped about sunset, some months
before, wh,,o passing IRON CarIlsie TO
his home with one thousand dollars
that bo had drawn that Afternoon
from the bauk. IL wa lonely spot,
aud there was no house within u half
a mIlc oft, He was gu-gIng leisure
y along, when light wagon drawn
by Two horses dashed up beside his
buggy, aud three Of tho four men 10
IT Jumped out, while the fourth held
the reIns They were all mashed.
OHe OF them seized hi, hJr>o by the
J,t auu stopped Inn aud the second
,natchcI tue lines from his han Is, aud
the third climbing half lnto the bug
~ aud taking him by the arm, do
nauded his money. lie said lha, he
Instantly shouted as loud as he could,
when The ruilian dealt HIM heavy
blow with sIung shot which knock
ed him srsaless ; AMI when he came
TO himself asaun both robbers aud
money were gouc
lie recognized only one OF the
fourj the man that struck him AS
he drew bac k TO give the blow his
mask fell AMI revealed the face Of
Joe Sliiler, the prisoner at tho bar,
lie knew it-he was positive Of it
land oil the ingenuity. OF the cross
could not weaken orl
shake his evidence ou this point No
other witness was called ior the pr9s-
ecutiVn mono seemed necessary.
Tho prisoners lawyer got up aud
made a plausible statement to the ia.
~ the complainant was mistaken a.
bout recognizing Joe Slifyr1 on the
occasion referred to that Sitter was
iot thorc at all, but that he was at
Norcotr, fifty miles North OF Carlisle,
It the veiy hour Of thor, robbery, nd
hat no couli prove 1t by at least two \,
good witnesses. Ho sat down and
'alled out Caleb Wye" and every
'ody leaned forward expectiuLly, 4
The witness came forward with a
low lmping ga,t, leaning On a cane.
ie was apparently miu OF middle ,
ge, AMI vas dressed IN u sober suit
1 black, with white ehoker abou
lls neck III, hur vas. SILVER graz +,
nd rs hs m)ilte the stand lui !
eaninS ON his cane, turnei his eyes q
lacIdly t. the prisoner coaasoi, he !
rrsentei all app iarance Which wod Il E
aract attention aud respect any-
1here. ~
| saw him and though did no, .
elray any slrpsiso, snss- tbit M /
cart gave a tisn,nlt,is tnllnp II
or saw th! oilllolS, thlU face the n
rO X al nnsa and tha searred fnrsi N