Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-08-13

/ ter I1aruWare store ana asked 10 look
at some revolvers. They were shown
some, but did not buy. About a
half hour afterwards they returned
and said they had concluded to take
them. asking for cartridges; the car
tridges were furnished and the pistols
loaded, One of the negroes got out
his pOcket-book as if to pay for the
pistols and Mr.. Foster noticed that
the bills in it were bogus, or some
advertisement bills printed like green
backs; his suspicious were aroused,
and he started around the counter to
get near the men but they ran out the
door with the pistols and it being
dark were soon out of sight.
Suspicion being aroused that they
were lurking in the woods around
town, the Mayor swOre in some extra
policemen on Sunday, and they I'M
der the direction of Marshall Mitchell
went on a scout. On Sunday after
noon they caught two boys named
Joe Houston and Sam Harden; Mr..
Sinsel and Mr.. Brammer searched
them and found both of Mr.. Fosters
pistols on them, one of the pistols
was in the condition in which it was
taken, and the other had been rub
bed with sand paper or a soft rock, to
take the blueing off, giving it the APP
pearance of an old pistol. In the
meantime, several places in town had
been searched and 4 quantity of
goods of various kinds found that
these boys had left there, most of
them at Henry Richardson's.
A large crowd gathered at the
Mayors office on Monday morning to
witness the examination of the boys,
and to see if they could identify any
of the goods found, of which there
were shirts, sheets, skirts, q pink
dress, aprons, sun-bonnets, table
cloths, vests, quilts, plates, dishes, a
covered dish, butter dish, a plated
butter dish, gallon pitcher, one plain
goblet, one nodded goblet, two fluted
tumblers, knives. forks, spoons, a
cream pitcher, bowl, looking glass,
a lady's new hat, a long clothes line,
a tea canister, molasses pitcher, &c.
Mr.. Foster and his clerk testified
that the defendants were the men
who were in his store and stole the
pistols. He identified the pistols
positively and the men; his clerk
Icorroborated his testimony.
Me. srs Brammer and Smsel testi-
fed to the arrest and finding the PTS
tolls on them. Persons present who
had lost goods we're then invited to
come forward and see if they identi-
fed any of the goods.
Mr.. Maddox was sworn; testified
that his house was entered last Fri
lay night or Saturday morning and
Il number of articles stolen. lie found
several articles of his among the
goods present.
Mr.. Il. T.. Mcintosh, that his house
was entered on Sunday night, August
2ud, / lcntifed vest, molasses pitch
err, table cloth &c, rs his.
Mr.. Chapman testified that his
house was entered last Tuesday
night; identified two quilts, shirt,
&c.
Mrs. Kline testified that her house
was entered one night last week /;
identified 4 glass covered dish, a
waist, an apron, 4 skirt, shirt &c.
Mr.. Vandiver testified that his
house was entered, and identified the
plated butter dish, and 4 cream
pitcher.
Mrs. KneG testified that one even
ing last week, two negroes came into
her store and asked to look at some
hats they looked at several and one
OF them picked one up and said, "this
viii DO, put it under his coat, and
both ran, thinks 10. was TIE one. She
identified the hat present as the one
taken from her.
\ very respectable looking colorcd
woman, named Mrs Morgan, testified
that one evening last week, about
Il o'clock, while they were at tea,
some one came into their yard and
took some clothes off the line. Hel
husband pursued them, and they
dropped bundle, but had basket
which they kept. She found amongst
the goods at the office three shirt,
! which were stolen ut that time.
Esquire Enslow committed 10. an(
Sam to Jail, to await trial, and bound
over the witnesses in their own rccog
nizance to appear at that time.