The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-07-31
ARRESTED on SUSPICION.
"A M a N . Ho OF
a STRANGE AFFAIR.

town on Saturday afternoon. occa-
stoned by the Constable of Palmyra
bringing in young man arrested on
charge of horse-steaHng. The cir
cumstance connected with the arrest,
so far as we were able to learn them,
were as follows:
About noon ON Friday the young
man rode up to the hotel in Palmyra
on large four year old bay gelding,
and ordered dinner. While waiting
for the meal to be prepared, a number
of persons gathered around, and there
was some talk about selling the horse
for which the prisoner offered to take
two hundred dollars. About this
time gentleman came up and claimed
that the prisoner had offered to sell
the horse TO him at Deerfield that
morning for one hundred and fifty
dollars, and suspicious were pretty
freely expressed that the animal had
been stolen. Two men from the
crowd went to Justice Stevens for a
warrant, and the young man, 5ecom-
ing alarmed, without stopping to eat
the dinner which he had ordered,
mounted the horse and put out in the
direction of Paris, followed by sew
eral citizens. On the road he dropped
a small pocket-book, map and other
papers, which were secured by the
constable. OLher persons Joined in
the chase at Paris. aud the party, OF
some of them, overlook the fugitive
near the residence of DR.. Shaw, near
the east line of Paris. But before
this he had abandoned the horse and
taken TO his heels through the woods.
Just as one of the party was about to
reach for him, he turned upon his-pur-
suers, and, with revolver in hand,
threatened to shoot them if they did
not desist from the pursuit. The par
ty being unarmed, kept at safe dis
tance, and the fugitive Increased the
distance between himself and them,
and reaching the Mahoning river, he
plunged boldly in and swan across,
placing the stream between himself
and his pursuers. But just as he was
crawling up the bank out of the wa
ter, young man named Samuel Car
Isle, who, after the display of the pis-
tol, had provided himself with a
loaded shotgun, drew bead on him
and discharged the contents into his
left hip, side and leg. After he was
shotAe ransome distance and secreted
himself among the logs and bushes,
where he was discovered some two
hours afterward and taken in charge
by the constable. Upon an examine
ton of his person there were found
five or six silver cased watches, some
$50 in money, a small pocket COM
pass, two small vials of liquid coloring
matter and other trinkets. When he
first arrived at Palmyra he gave his
name as William Hopkina, and said
he lived in Freedom. After his ar
rest he said his name was William H.
Loyeridge, and that he belonged in
Say brook, Ashtabula county, which
latter account proved to be the truth.
He claimed to have obtained the horse
by trading for it a sorrel
horse and a watch somewhere in Bel
mont county, but where or with
whom the trade was made he was
unable to tell. There is something
strange and unaccountabIe in his con-
duct on thesupsition of his inno-
eence, but as yet there is nothing
besides to prove his guilt.
2 Upon being brought to town he was
taken to the Exchange Hotel, when
physicians were called in and made an
examination, finding that ninety-fve |
shot had penetrated his person, and
they succeeded IN extracting from
thirty to forty of them. Many of
them had penetrated so deep as to |
render it unadvisable to probe for
them. They were small sized (No. s. |
bird shot,
In the evening the prisoner was re-
moved to the Jail for safe keeping,
where he remained till nine O'Clock
Tuesday morning, when his exhnina-
lion was fixed to take place before |
Justice jackson. During Sunday
afternoon the prisoner, finding-that
the evidence necessary for his conyic
ton was accumulating, and that the
Jig was probably up with him, made
1 clean breast of it, telling where and
how he came by the horse, when
Sheriff Risden telegraphed to the
owner. and on Tuesday morning VIM.
the owner, and John G. |
Jammison, his brother, who live in
the vicinity of Cadiz, Harrison county,
by S. L. Hammill, the
Sheriff of that county, arrived in our
village and identified the horse as ono
which had been stolen near Cadiz on
Thursday last.
At about ten O'Clock tie Justice
went into the jail, the prisoner being
in too critical a condition to warrant |
his removal, when he waived an ex-
animation, plead guilty, and was re-
quired to give bail for his appearance
at the next term of our Court of Com
mon Pleas, in the sum of $500, and !
in default of bail was ordered to stand I
committed for trial.
PETTY BURGLARIEs. On Friday
night some half-starved cuss made a
raid, on the cellar of Justice jackson. |
on Meridian street, and helped HIM
self to a full baking of bread and n |
quantity of Butter. The same night |
the cellar of Mr.. Conrad Rudy, on
Cleveland avenue, was entered and a
a quantity of provender carried off,