The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-08-09
Capture of a Refugee.

| Chr readers viii rrrolcvt that several boys
hvuE lin = Ia ti:. band a.! The !iptS" of Refuge,
N Baltimore city, escaped from the custody
al IL person WHO had them in charge ON
til .th of .I#Iy, W,:;l.. playing for Il steam
boat excursion, and HAT three of them were
arrested Il few days afterwards by Sheriff
I'@.f!:!"m. Ncr some time after the arrest of
tho three, M:. HoiSt and some of the other
officer; pf Tia" House of Refuge made some
or - wears Of ny, who was formerly resi-
tir!it oi this town, and had been in the in
%titi:tiun about ten months and who was
i,uoWI I" have clud"d the officers at the
t!,!c OF the capture of the others and Sc
rrrjed himself in New Castle county. But
til" latl and his relatives We're more than Il
fAHtrh Tor Mr.. l'uiat and the others, and
jhny placed the matter iii he hands OF Sheriff
Houli"n, who Investigated the case, and
from information received, came to the con-
riusi.,i; hat voting Eoreacre was concealed
in ;hc house of his uncle, who resides
n" summit ui what is known as Polly
Drrmmomd'S or Meeting House Hill, about
4 mile north of White Clay Creek PreSby
terrain ChUrrh. Tie top of this hill is said
10 h@ The highest point in the state Of Della
ware. SO high is it that ;tn observatory was
led there last summer by the persons
engaged in verifying some of the distances
'"t N*eH certain l'"ih'" Ter the purpose OF
>i:A'Hn% i map 81 Inc state "i fFnhSylva-
MI f"!h@ !" ne i''c!!i'!''N ior observing
tic approach Of strangers, and the watch
iHln">N Of For"acre's relatives, the Sheriff
Thought Il useless to attempt his arrest in
daytime, ana Ii" trlo-ra phcd the officers of
IN" iiouse OF Refuge Ia com" 10 E.,ilton on
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nf1h Ind toward \ 1a,n,. dense ,rnaJ Win
he b..,i,,-,l he woyIII nv IN rc,,b md in.
si.i.., f which h, ,yl,,IL I,yn hnc,, hnrl +,
fuI 'rnr nrnsr,,r,rn wa. corriaJ ort -
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,ln.. mad. innninr from = srronI-Stnrv
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I,s. v-fi,I, Lrjr, ilL and rirl,rtv Lrol,,
dow, and ,'rr.i.,j;a1nI him ;ntn th,. cnll,r
<o,lip" ,iauu1r,I, however, he rot ONT
quickly and was 1art by one of tic men
Min, or, Ll,,I nj hi,n hnt missed him and
fell H. III, orr,Ird. I,orr,rrr thon st,rtnd
.,,r H.. wool as fast as hi, les cnuld c,rrv
him. ANA no doubt would have made his
,,<,.,r. Lad he NOT been jrterrrptpd Inv the
S,.-iT Isnro,,.ra's r.i,.;,,. made som.
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r.,i,,. ,,1tnr rI. arrest wa. ,n.,.ln i,,t t,'nv
nail I,n .,t+,.,tiar "a linn and r.,,.I,aL Ell
;,., sll,. 'y;.a o,:;,..rs :t;Irr,d IN p,IrirInrr
with I,nr,acrr ON th,. 40 =, " tram On
Monday. Ills p!inciral cause Of comnla;,If
.;,yrg, TO h. thai tie Studio, assigned 10 the
,.Ifs, in which he WIS placed v,rr,. fpo h,rd