The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-22

John Williams has brought himselfintO pub
lie notice by taking horses, without the
knowledge or consent of their owners, and
riding and driving them, at his own wll and
pleasure. On Friday night, the 9Th inst,
at the Mountain Christian Church. where
protracted meeting is in progress, Williams
took horse belonging to Mr.. Isaac Temple,
while its owner was in church. After riding
the horse about the country all night, he
turned it loose the next morning, near the
spot where he took it. Last Thursday night
the 18th inst, encouraged by his previous
success, he took Mr.. Nicholas Meters horse
and buggy from the same place. and drove
the team over into Baltimore county, leaving
them at Mr.. Chatterton's gate. On Monday
night last he went to the stable of Mr.. Henry
Bruins, at Jerusalem Mills, and taking out a
horse and bride, rode to the Mountain
Church. Here he traded horses without the
consent of the owners, tying Mr. Brunss
horse to the fence and taking John Terry's
horse instead, started off with it. Wiliamss
career was cut short at this point, however,
by Constable John B. Price, who arrested
ard took him before Justice Legoe The
magistrate committed him to Jail, to answer
to the charge of stealing horses from Henry
Bruins and John Terry.
PAT. RYAN, THE HORSE THIEF.-Patrick
Ryan, the notorious horse thief, short &C
count of whose exploits and arrest in Balti-
more we gave last week, was taken to Elk
ton, last Thursday, where he was held for
the action of the Delaware authorities. 1t
appears that after stealing mare from II. H.
| Chandler, of E1amorton, Chester county, Pa,
and disposing of her in Philadelphia or else
where, he stole mare, wagon and buffalo
robe from Randolph Peters, near Whining
ton, Del, and upon this charge he is held
He traded the entire team with Mr.. S. r.
Cummings, of Castleton, near the Susoue-
hanna river, in this county, receiving in lieu
| thereof, two mules, horse and wagon. In
passing through Bel Air, he stopped at the
Changers Hotel. His conversation led Mr.
W. s. Forwood, the proprietor, to suspect
that he might be the thief who had stolen
Mr. Chander's mare. In response to tele-
gram from Mr.. Forwood, Mr. Chandler came
on at once, but the animal in possession of
Mr. Cummings was not the one that had
| been stolen from him. Mr.. Cummings had
already traded Mr.. Peters's mare with DR..
Loag, of Port Deposit, and thiher went Mr.
Chandler, only to be disappointed again.
His search however, led to the discovery
that the mare Ryan had traded with Mr.
Cummings had been stolen from Mr.. Peters
In the meantime Ryan had been arrested in
Baltimore through the instrumentality of
Mr.. Forwood, after having sold Mr.. Cum
mings's property to q livery stable keeper
MIR, Cummings received small sum of mon
ey in lieu Of his team and Mr. Peters rccov-
cred his horse, wagon, &c. Mr. Chandler,
however, has not yet come up with his prop
erty, and there is consequently no positive
proof that Ryan stole It,. A man answering
to his description was seen, however, passing
through Chester, Pa, with Mr.. Chandlcr's
team, the day after it was stolen, Ryan is
an old offender. In 1870 he was convicted
in Washington county, Nd, of stealing
mules and sentenced to the penitentiary for
fourteen years. He was pardoned, last
year, in consideration of his good con-
duct in prison, and received $193, which he
had earned while in the penitenliary. The
condition of his pardon was that he should
leave the country His ticket was bought
and he was seen safe on board vessel. 1t
is supposed that he left the vessel before she
sailed, and has been operating at his old
trade of horse stealing ever since.