Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-09-29
[Re-published by Request
A MISTAKE CORRECTED.

| As there is considerable talk in this and ALE
gheny county about the course that have pur
| sued in regard to the recovery of the horse fha
was stolen from me and tt e arrest of the THE
| by Deputy Sheriff Merrill OF jamestown, New
| York State, propose to give the people tn,
| true version of the case. Mr.. Kramer has cirtU
| lated a report that he had spent $50 in going tc
| Bradford to get my horse and that had acted
in bad faith with him in regard TO the arrest o
| the thief. The facts of the case are as follows
| New York, had in some way found out that one
Julius Roberts had stolen horse Oh the road
| fIom Pittsburgh to Butler and nearer Butt, I
than Pittsburgh, and that there were three hOrs-
es left in the stable ont OF which the horse was
u ken, and Mr.. Merrill wrote to the Chief of
Police of Butler, stating the facts and asking for
information in regard to the n after. In the alb
scncc Of such an officer as Chief of Police NJ.
William Richey and l.. p. Walker. ESQ., got Il e
letter and came to the conclusion that it fitted
my case retty well. Just abo1t this time kra-
mcr came along and they asked him ab nut t C
matter. and Mr.-Walker sent Mr.. Merrill n an
swer giving the facts in the and desert
ton of the horse, and on Saturday. the l4Ih t
August ult.. he received an answer requesti q
him 10 send me on as soon p sSible, rs he
could not wait muck longer for me, as he wal =
cd the thief ] happened 10 be in Butler nj the
time and Mr.. Walker gave HE Il c letter tel
egraIshed TO Mr.. Meir that | would IN et hin
.t Jamestown on the evening of the 10Th, n al I
had mlde arrangements To take Mr.. Logan wi h
me to identity the horse, but met Krtmer and
he very anxious 10 &c, and said he wonlj
not charge me for his tirle If | " ould pay all
bills, which | have done; ana I cannot see
where he spent The $50 except he spcit ii in
Pittsburgh in doing just what he had agreed not
to do.
Well Mr. Kramer and myself went to james
town according to agreement, aud met Mr.. VI r.
rill. lie said that he could give Us the informa-
IN fvtff1 f1ln hnr hnt fhaf l.a
wanted thc-man, and was entitled to the $40 re-
ward that had offered bu; if we did not in
teriere in the arrest of the thief he would not
ask the reward, and that the thief could be tried
there as well as here, and that they could send
him NJ for longer time than we conld as he
Rad committed several thefts up there. Under
those circumstances Kramer and myself agreed
net to interfere, and Mr.. Kraper told Mr.. Mer-
rill that he was well acquainted in Pittsburgh
and would render him all the assistance that he
colld. Mr.. Merrill said that he did not know
jast where Roberts was located bat would know
in the course of day or two. Now the histo-
ry of the case which give, as taken from the
jamestown Journal shows Just how well Kra-
mer kept hia part of the contract.
Then, again, when lie came to me at Bakers
town and asked me for the warrant told him
that according to agreement if tlis arrest was
made at the instance of Merrill we were not to
interfere. He promised me that he would not
and | gave him the warrant with the distinct
that &c was not 10 move in the
matter if Merrill had arrested Roberts. But af-
ter he left me began to think that | had dol
wrong, knowing Kramer as do. 7 drove 10
Butler that night and telegraphed Merrill 10
know if he had caused the arrest, and he an
swered that he had 1 next saw dispatch from
Kramer to District Attorney Forquer saying
that he had got The man, requesting him To come
in on next train. | then teegraphed Kramer
tldt the course that he was pursuing was in
n1a nf Il oh @T
icnce, and that / wanted him to step out rs we
agreed not 10 interfere. Now, if any person has
acted in bad faith it is Kramer. Any man that
will do just the reverse of what he acrt to dc.
in my opinion, is not a good citizen and is bad
material for detective. The facts are that |
have done just what agreed to, and Kramer
lust the reverse, and in dong that he says it cost
him $50, which / see the gentleman is trying to
get from Batter county. / see that he has filed |
bill for $3S for mileage from here to Bradford
md back and TO Pittsburgh and back after the
thief. | do not know whether man is requir-
I'd to certify to snch bills or not; if they are
his Is pretty hard one Then there is another |
hing that do not understand just why is
case was brought before the grand jury OF But
er county, rs the parties understood that Rob |
erts would be tried twice for the same offeuse. |
Then, again, why all these things should be
done without my knowledge, and just why they
called me as n witness knowing that had not |
lark. Now, | understand that Kramer claims
ne Is entitled to all the rewards; that is, $40 !
hat offered, $50 from the county, and $3S
mileage. s9S, and his expenses all paid
Not bad. In my judgment he ia not eutited
10 any OF the above amounts, for he did not ar
rest the thief and went 10 Bradford with me on,
y to Identity the horse, if necessary. and the
only charge to be made was that | was TO pay
all bills, which have done. He Is not entitled
10 any credit for getting either horse or thief
should not have taken this course had not Kra-
mer misrepresented the case. If he had told
facts only he might have had all The glory. The
The arrangements that had made with the
Y York State officials would have saved me the
$40 reward aud would have saved Butler county
some two or three hundred dollars and the ends
Of justice satisfied Kramer claims that | would
give him away TO save the forty dollars, but he
gave hin self away and tried to throw me in and
1t cost him $50. In order to show more fully
the course pursued by Kramer refer you to an
article taken from the jamestown Journal.
Ii. OSBORN