Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-10-03
NEW SERIES--V0L. IS, NO. 80

/. feet from Perkins raised his revolver
, and pointing it directly in Perkins face
. said, "Damn you, take that, will you,
and fired, the ball whizzing close past
| the detectives head. He recockcd hii
J pistol and tried TO fire again, but the
cartridge snapped, and similar result
followed the third attempt. Perkins
, who had been rctreating until he had
! reached the door Of the room, now
, fired in his own defense with, as il
afterwards proved, fatal result. At that
moment, just as OMara was coming
, to the assistance of Perkins, Ware
! turned and fed, After he had passed
J the corner of the stairs the detective
, fired again, probably to induce the
, fugitive to stop. He then rushed after
him. As soon as Ware reached the
street he turned up past the hotel,
holding his pistol pointed so that every
, body he met turned out of his way,
although Perkins, who was in pursuit,
shouted loudly TO stop him. A large
crowd had gathered, attracted by the
shouting and the unusual spectacle Of
flight and pursuit upon the streets of
that quiet country town. Presently
number started after the man, who
turned up an alley, ran lew yards
and fell dead in his tracks Ho had
been shot directly through the left lung
His remains were brought to this city
on the Way Passenger train Sunday
afternoon, and inferred in Fairview
Cemetery four o'clock Monday alter
noon.
The people of Tyrone were great
ly excited over the shooting, and
being ignorant Of the circumstan.
ces under which it took place, caus.
ed the arrest of detective Perkins.
In fact, the feeling was strong
against the officers, and there
was talk Of lynching. In the mean
time, Detective O'Mara took the satchel
containing the bogus coin to the bank
for safety. An inquest was determined
upon, and Samuel Jones acting as
Coroner, impanneled the following jury;
Rev. ]. l.. Holmes, !. p. Walton, d. Il.
Caldwell, John Kegel. Samuel Temple.
ton and P. Flynn. The officers having
shown the authorities under which
they acted, and reproduced the satchel
before the jury containing the spurious
coin, the sympathy turned in favor of
the officers. The jury at once returned
verdict that Ware died from pistol
shot, which they believed TO have been
fired by G.. b. Perkins, but that the
action was in the line of his duty and
in selfdeiense He was thereupon dis
charged. The officers left on the
Pittsburgh Express at $50 Sunday
morning, taking Funk with them to
tina, city, where he was lodged in Jail,
TO await the action of the U. S. Court
bail being demanded in $4,000.
John Bishop Cozzens Ware was born
IN Philadelphia in the year 1916. His
parents were John and Emily Cozzens.
His father was a sea captain, whose
vessel was lost in 1s47, and no one on
board was left to tell the tale. His
mothers aunt, Mrs. Amelia Ware,
adopted the child. In 1852 his adopted
mother married Jacob Kinsel. In 1855
they moved to Altoona and brought
the hoy with them, and have remained
here since. The young man married
in 1864 Miss Burkholder. The win
ter of lS64.5 the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company was losing goods from cars
in transit. lie became suspected and
warrant was issued for bis arrest.
Through that the whole Burkholder
family, with the exception of Wares
wife and an older brother, were arrest
cd. Large quantities Of goods were
found in their possession. This was
accomplished largely by his turning
States evidence. He afterwards was
arrested and convicted on information
of Matthew Dill and sent to the penn.
tentiary for two years; came out, but
did little, and during local option en-
gagged in company with others in the
whisky business, was apprehended,
convicted and sent to prison. Since
then he has spent his time in Phiadel-
phia, here and elsewhere. His Phila-
delphia "hotel' is said TO be no other
than house of prostitution. While in
the pcnitentiary he required considera-
bic watching, and once made despcr-
ate effort to escape. He was regarded
there as an adroit scamp, and his cap |
ture by the detectives feat TO be com.
mended though it eliminated in his
death. lie is said to have been kind |
TO his foster parents. Before 1864 he
was known to be Industrious and hon
est; but falling into evil ways he soon
developed into a hardened criminal,
but not the desperate that some of our
contemporaries would pant, yet desper |
ate enough for any purpose as
proved by his death. His loss, there
fore, TO the community at large is
rather n blessing than otherwise.
James p Funk was born near this
city and is about 80 years of age. His
father, Henry Funk, resides near Cole.
mans Mill, and is a very respectable
man. James is a brother-in-law of |
Ware, he having married into the |
Burkholder family, and until this last
act Of his life has borne good charac- |
ter. His relations with the elder Burk.
holders have not been of the most
pleasant character, they regarding bis
marriage with their daughter with i'll. 1
favor Last summer while Funk was
absent from home, the elder Burk
holders made q descent upon his ranch |
and bore tho wife off to their home |
This led to law suit between them,
which resulted in the Alderman dis
missing the case with the costs upon |
the parties. Up to within few days |
Funk has bocn working for Mr.. John |
c. Mccartney, Of Logantown. His
downfall dates from his association
with the Burkholdcrs and Ware, and,
as he declares, if the latter had been
shot four months ago, be would not be
in his present trouble.
The captured "queer" consists OF
l,ls6 quarters and S0i halves in Amer
ican coin, and 1856 halves and 2T9
quarters in Canadian coin. The metal
used is black tin and brass prepared in
some manner with antimony, the coin
being thinly silver-platcd. The work |
is iirst.class, the only deficiency being
in the weight.
HAMPTON',S SPEECH