Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-25
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The Clenfuoiu AePe~s"
th. morning of the 29th of June, Judge
Clyds was short of set Of harness,
and Samuel Irwin, . neighbor, tboth
residing in Laxrsncs township, about
three and q half miles north of this
borough) was minus a horse aud buggy.
Hence it was pretty well settled that
there was q case of horse stealing on
hand, and Mr.. Irwin and two other gen.
tlemen soon bitched up team and set
out TO overhaul the thief or thieves.
By the tracks Of the horse and buggy,
i, was pretty plain tha, the thieves
we're moving down through Frenchv'ile'
and pursuit was made as rapidly as
pos,ible. But Sir. Irwin, fnding that
he could not overtaIe the runasays.
,elesraphed to Westport, upon reaching
the railroad at the mouth Of the S'nre-
mahoning. In this way the thieves
we're headed of between Westport and
Remove, and when ordered to halt, one
man jumped from the buggy ara start
ed for the woods, and on refusing to
halt, one of the pursuers discharged q
pistol at him, the bail taking eject IN
the arm, which caused the fellow to
twirl around three or four times like
top, and then be begged for quarters.
While this was gong on, the other fei-
low leeped from the buggy, too, and
plunged into the river, aud while max
ing for the "other shore," the captors
fred several shots at the swimmer, one
ball ball passing through his hat, peel
ing the haIr OF his scalp The hiring
aud the noise attracted the attention OF
parties on the opposite side OF the nv
er, who, upon learning that the fellow
in the water was horse thief, COM
menced stoning him, pelting him right
smartly. MIR. Thief, discovering that
his reception would evidently be rather
warm "over there" turned and COM
nenced swimming down down stream.
The captors then also commenced Hing
ing stones at him, aud when he found
the pebbles lighting on him from both
shores, and tie water getting deeper,
and supposiug that there would be no
"let up" in the fingiug of stones, be
begged for quarters and ,urued for the
shore from which he started. Aud
after reaching the dry land again, be
made an attempt to escape by running
into thicket of bushes, into which the
capturing party hurled the stones BY the
handful. This soon extricated the yell
Of "murder" out of the fellow in the
bush, and upon surreudering, he was
secured and handcufed to his confeder
ate, and the next day lodged in our
prison. The thieves made q very mar
row escape with their lives,
The thieves claim to hail from Colum-
bus, Ohio. and gives their names Fred
Smith and Frank Long, the former
aged 25 and the latter lS years Of age
rather young for that kind of calling.
Mr. Irwin found bis horse very much
run down, and the buggy almost ruin
ed The thieves had missed the road
short distance below the mouth of
the Sinnemahoning, and horse, buggy
and all went down $50 feet and landed
on the rsilrosd track all "right side up"
except the buggy, which was consider
ably damaged. The escape from death
of both men and horse was miraculous.
This time the news comes by dis
patch from Curwensville, Clear6eld
county, under dat. of the 17th inst,
and says: On the night of July 5,
Stewart Walker, a horse-thief, en-
tered a stable owned by Senator S. r.
Peale, Lock Haven, Pa, and stole
therefrom 51r Psale's saddle mare,
valued at $500. He was followed by
Deputy Sheriff Westbrook and Con-
stable Harvey from Lock Haven,
through Centre county, to Clearfeld,
and at a poitt named Stoneville, in
Clearfield county, was surrounded by
citizens but made his escape, and
headed for Brookville, where he ex-
pected horse-race on Saturday, the
14th. On Friday night Nestbrook
telegraphed ahead and had the road
guarded, and at two o'clock A. NJ,
Walker made his appearance in Cur
wensville, where two men made an
to arrest him. In an instant
Walker turned the horse and crossed
the bridge on the south side of the
river and followed the road leading
to Cherry Tree for about four miles,
when he was followed by two men
Enos and Alfred Bloom, who
routed Walker from q thicket near
Bloomington. Walker starting to
run, the Blooms fired three rife shots,
the last of which took effect in the
left side, cutting the left lung Walk
er then surrendered and told the
party where the mare was, and at
eight o'clock Saturday evening the
Blooms arrived at Curwensville with
the mare and thief, who are now in
charge of the officers who followed
them from Lock Haven.
In Livery.
Postmaster james, of New York, has
decided upon uniformipg the clerks and