Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-06-09
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June 5, 1880.
Editor Ssntiaei and Repubiicaa-Dear Sir.
AS great many persons are ANXIOUS to have
the full details of the trip that led to the
capture of my horses, harness and wagon,
with your permission, through the columns
of your paper, will endeavor to give il, as
/ know it.
In the first place, on SapbIth night, May
30, 1880, the horses, wagon and harness
were taken about ii o'clock-so says the
morning, sent David Heirick and DR.. Ar
mold to Mifflin, so that they might telegraph
over 10 the coal regious, and wherever else
they thought hest. In company with Mr..
Lyons they dispatched in all directions.
C. A. Thompson, in company with TheoPh-
illus Thompson, OF McAlisterville, struck
across to Selinsgrove and along the Sus-
auehanna river. | have been correctly in
formed that my friend, James MeCauley,
happened to be in Miffiintown on business
when informed of the theft. Like Putnam,
of Revolutionary fame, he stopped not TO
say food by" TO his family, but enlisted
in the cause TO catch the thief, and took the
first train west, TO Lewistown, notified the
community there, thence proceeded to Milf
fiinburg and to Lewisburg, where he hired
man to watch the river bridge; thence he
wen, down to Port Treverton, where he
watched the river bridge himself till two
O'Clock in the morning-Tuesday morning
when be took freight train to pauphin,
walked from that place to Rockville, and
there heard that the horses had been cap
tured. Had he not heard of them he would
have gone from Dauphin to Schuylkill
county. From Daughin he returned to
Mifiin on Way Passenger. His trip was
made without taking sleep.
Theodore Thompson struck across to the
Susquehanua river, and placed watch al
number of points along the river, at such
places where crossing is done. James
Adams and DIR. Arnold took the noon tram
TO Clark's Ferry bridge, and there learned
that pursuers were close on the thief. They
returned, being satisfied that those nearest
in the chase would make the capture cef-
tain In nv opinion the acove-named men
are the men to follow a horse thief.
Ii was about O'Clock on Monday even
ing when John Thompson and myself start
ed from my place on track of buggy ana
horses. We heard nothing of them until
we we're one mile this side of Clark's Ferry
bridge; there man saw them pass. We
crossed the bridge. The toil-keeper first
said that a one horse buggy, OF the descrip-
ton we gave, passed over at O'Clock that
morning. l contended that two horses
were in the buggy, for We had tracked them
into the bridge at the other end. HIS wi'e
came in and asked him, /" How mach toll
did you getg' By thinking a moment he
recollecred that he had received 50 cents
toll. and therefore there must have been
TWO horses. We fed our horse and took
dinner at the bridge. While making the
stop. Milton Devices came along on freight
train, having been sent by Wilson Cramer,
with the understanding that ii he get any
trail, to follow il until he reached the thiei
or recovered the stolen norses. Mr.. Devices
was armed to the teeth, and had he como
scross the thief, be would have been Sc
cured, and be awaiting trial in jail at Mill
hintown. After dinner we drove to Dau-
phin. There the thief had shoe driven on
one of the horses. They said he went to
Harrisburg. At the first toll-gate he paid
toll to Harrisburg. We FASTENED on, and
at4 O'Clock in the afternoon reached that
city, and traced him to SlOan's hotel, lin
and Market streets, or rather at the foot oi
Allison,s Hill. There the thief "ied.
He left that place 20 minutes to O'Clock
in the morning. Detectives Anderson anu
Roat had dispatch from Mr.. Lyons giving
description of team and wagon. 1hey go'
team and started in pursuit one hour ai'er
he left the hotel; followed to within TWO
miles of HummelstowH, where the uhie'
left the Pike and drove directly south, one
mile, then west half mile, then south ope
mile. then struck road leading east, WHICH
Ee Travelled tlll IL luttfscOicN "a,N
low Hummelstown. Detectives Anderson
and Roat lost trail of him when they drove
to Hummelstown. They told Cons'aoie
Buser they would give $50 reward II ne so'
the team. Buser told them where the thie'
most likely turned off, but they gave up the
chase and returned TO Harrisburg Aoou'
o'clock-just the time we reacheo HATES
burg-Constable Buser and another man
got team to drive down the Pike. WIN
in an hour they got the track of the thiei
They drove hard, and overlook MIN near
SpringvilIe, Lancaster county, where tney
captured the thief and the team. Ines
searched him, but found no firearms on hi'
person. Having no hand-cuffs with 'neni'
they proposed tying him with ni'chins
straps; but he pleaded so hard tna' 'n''
should not so humiliate him before the Peo'
pie of Elizabethtown, many OF whom he