Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-11-19
The Progress of a Thief to Muir
derer.

and coaNed-Wise and Brandt-and nov
they have me in the prison for murder, and
guess there is no help for me. Wise
wanted me and Elijah Stichler, my uncle,
and Dave Kreiser IL swear falsely about
Felty's chickens, so that he would get clear,
and | swore false, but | think God will for
give me. One night | and Brandt were
sitting in his bar-roOm. Then Brandt saId
TO ne | should wait awhile yet, then he VIII
give me things to put man out of the way.
Then he give me a note in the bank for
500 and give me a good bail on it, but ne
never did mention no name. That day that
| drown Raber got my supper at BranGts
and the rest of the time | was at Drews'
house, and Drews said if 1t comes out he
saves me, but now they have me ready for
the gallows. Last winter, after Raber was
drowned, John Trout and Israel Brandt said
if this will do good we will insure another
man. John Trout said if William Dutter
and Daniel Fitting, if they don't be still We
Will burn his barns. | and John Miller were
out one night bounding, and then John Mil
Ter went in Peter Rhoad's barn and find
some wheat, and some time after that We
went up and stole between three and four
bushels and then We went home and put it
in the b q, between the ropes and the straw
bag. We lriiit-' - until sunday evening,
and then We took it to John Trout and he
took ii to the mill foI the half of it. Ny
self, John Miller, Israel Brandt, Frank
kreiser, Abraham Strohm, Emanuel Wise
and Isaac Sturt stole william Dutter's eggs.
As to Feliy'S chicken, and Israel Brand f;
and John Miller went out to Emanuel Wise's.
Then Emanuel Wise said; let 90 TO Henry
Wise's, then from there down TO William
keitys ana steal, and We got thirty chick
ems and four gooses. and my uncle, Eli
jih Stichier, and Israel Brandt steel sheep
from Peter Rupp, and then when We come
home to Brandts house he got Charles
Drews to butcher them and then we made il
into four shares. Elijah Stichler took his
share and Charles Dre~s took his sha,e and
Israel Brandt kept two shares, one for ne.
and John Miller went Oft one night and
hunted in Peter Rupp'S field for a sheep,
hut We catch none, and then We ind one in
the stable and carried up 10 the Coldspring
road, ana there We met John Trout and he
carried it piece, and when We come 10
Brand,'s We took in the cellar and Charles
Drews butchered It. | and Israel Brandt
and Miles Brandt, bis htt!e son, catch one
of Peter Rupp's steers in the forenoon and
took it to the mountain till night, and then
We took il to Brandt's house, and Charles
Drews, John A. Miller. Frank krciser and
Israel Brandt killed it in Brandt's shed and
skinned it. | watched above and Miles
Brandt watched below, so that no one
catches them. | and Frank Kreiser and
Henry Wise went over the mountain To-
Henry Supp and stole a sheep, and then
We went back to Brandt'S house and Charles
Drews butchered i, and we shared it.
carried Henry Wise's share home. When
We came home with the sheep at b -andt's
house they were frying sausage. Henry
Yurty, the constable Who arrested us for
day. linen we went to steal speck (bacon).
Then Brandt aid JOSIAH llumInel and Henry
Yorty steals sausage. Then on Sunday
forty came over and helps to eat it. Henry
Wise and John 4. Miller steals john TrOut's
sweet potatoes and We takes them 70 Brandt
and cooks them on Sunday. and then John
Trout comes there when We were eating,
and Brandt said s'John, if you want some
of your potatoes, come and eat" Then
| and Elijah StIchler and William Green
started from Brandt's house to Harrison
Speenler TO steal some chickens, but don't
ksOw whether We got any, and from there
We went to Edward Wise and stole half a
Dushel of corn, and from there we went to
Aives Wyeth and there We take hay, and
from there We went to Alives Rhoads and
Brandt's house and then Brandt said let us
go up to Jacob Kreiser and to Peter Eupp
for some chickens Then we went up, but
We couldn't get none, for the dogs chased
us of. Charles Drews was in the noun
tain one day and said he saw a nice lot of
Young cattle, and then and Brandt and
Elijah Stichler and Charles Drews went up
on the mountain at dark and caught one OF
them and took it TO Brandt's and killed il
and shared it. and Charles Dgews and
Israel Brandt steal Weidman's chickens.
/ guess it was fourteen or fifteen. One
Drews, Charles Drews' youngest son, went
or from Brandt's house and went to Henry
kreiser's and steal his chickens, pretty near
all that there were. We shared them at
Brandt's house. Penrose Drews got i've TO
take home and Brandt keep the rest, and
eat one or two times OF them. | and David
kreiser were at Brandt's house one night
and ne would not let US go until we go for
some chickens, and so We went to Josiah
nv OuN tiS N.iANhSA.-houoC hbNI Nd
locked, and so then We went to John Moon
Shines b-ru and there We got lot of chick
ems and look them TO Brandt's house, and
We went up several times to eat them. One
day las; fall was at Brandt's house and he
said must stay at home for one day, as he
had no more meat, and after that we went
up in the woods 20 hunt some cattle and We
find some Of John Moonshine's, and we
catch a steer and take it up on the noun
tain and Charles Drews killed it there and
hung it between two trees and We hid the
head and the legs in a hole. | AMI David
Kreiser and Charles Drcws and Israei P-andt
steals Philip Hreiser's chickens. l stole
from my father something like sixty dollars
one night from the bed, and then / went
from home about II O'Clock at night and
went TO David Stichler's, and then in the
morning took the train for Brookside, and
then 4 Travelled all about, and | went down
to the Centennial for three or four lays |
came then to Reading, aud got drunk in
Lsuer's place, and then l came to Lebanon