The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-16

! House. THIEF ARRESTED Saturday
last. Sheriff Boulder received a dispatch
/ from Randolph Peters, OF Wilmington,
stating that a sorIel mare, with ger
mantown wagon and buffalo robe, had been
stolen. Another horse, with a buggy, were
stolen on November 18th, from the stable of
I II. II. Chandler in Iiamortou, Chester coun.
/ ty, Pa. This was q dark brown mare.
| Mr. Chandler and brother followed the
thief TO Chester, where they lost all trace
of him. The property being insured, notices
were sent all over the country. offering
/ $3.50 reward for the apprehension of the
thief, and one was sent to Belair Hartford
county. \ man made his appearance at
that place, having two mules, one horse
aud wagon, where he stated he had traded
| a horse and wagon with S. r. Cummings,
who is proprietor Of a hotel at Castleton,
one mile from Couowingo bridge, in llar-
! ford county. AMI the description he gave of
the horse he hal traded, corresponding So
nearly with the stolen animal of Chan
dler's, e1-Sherif Forwood, of Belair, at
once telegraphed TO Chandler that it had
been traded to Cummings Chandler pro.
ceeded to Cummings, on Tuesday, to see
the animal, which proved to be sorrel,
but he was informed by Mr.. Cummings
that the stranger said he had traded
horse, corresponding to the description OF
| Chambers, 10 J. b. Price, Jr., of Elkton.
Chandler and Cummings then went to Bel.
air to trace the thief when they learned
that he was last seen near Baltimore, and
they tclegraphed to the police to have him
arrested there, which was done on Tues
day night. Mr.. Chandler came to Elkten,
on Tuesday night, aud sought the aid of
Sheriff Boulden. He gave description of
the horse Cummings got from the man,
which led the Sheriff to believe that it was
Peters property. After finding that no
such team had been in Elkton, they started
to Perryville, thence TO Port Deposit, where
they found Peters mare in the possession
OF DIR. Loag, who had traded another horse
to Cummings, and was just in the act Of
/
ton, when they arrived there. The Sheriff
took possession of the animal and then
proceeded to Cummings, where they found
a wagon answering the description exactly
and a robe. on which Peters name was
stamped IN four places. Cummings, Chan
dler and the Sheriff went To Baltimore,
early Thursday morning, and found the
prisoner in the station house, whom Cum
mings recognized the horse trader
Having been arrested for the theft of Chan.
dler's horse, and there being no positive
evidence against him, the Sheriff charged
him with stealing Peters property. He
was then delivered into the custody of the
Sheriff, who brought him to Elkton ON the
) o'clock train, Thursday evening, and
lodged him in Jail to await the action of
the Delaware authorities. lie was very
ret!cent about his history, but the Sheriff
name was Patrick Ryan, and not James
Roach, as he claimed; that Patrick was
convicted in Baltimore, in 1870, for steal.
ing two mules, and sent to the penitentiary
for forteen years; that he vas pardoncd in
1877, with the understanding that he was
to leave the country; that he was retained
few days longer, until foreign ship left;
that his fare was paid, and that he had not
been seen or heard of in that city since, until
this week.