Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-07-28
ENGLISH CAPTURED.

The notorious Harry English, who
murdered Constable Warmth at Gale
donia, Elk county, in April last, is now
lodging in prison in Ridgway The
st. Marys Gazette remarks:
We have been favored with the
sight of the official report of the agen.
cy, and from it we CLEAN the following
minute particulars of how he was ap.
pretended and arrested. The report
is from July 9th to the 10th inclusive,
and we publish only that from the 9th,
the balance OF the report being devoid
of interest further than it would be in.
teresting to see how the willy detective
moved in bis hunt for tho prisoner
FRIDAY July 9th, 1880.
To day at 6:30 A. NJ, left Point
st. Ignace and returned to Cheboygan,
where ! arrived at about $50 A. NJ.
About ?. NJ. | saw man who took
TO be English from his features. He
was at the corner near the Spencer
house. He walked up the street and
got on wagon before ! had time TO
decide, and the wagon started out in
the country. had no time to lose, so
| got a buggy that had just come in at
the livery, and | followed the wagon
out to Duncan, (there were two men
in the wagon where they disposed Of
some fish, then returned to Cheboy.
gan, the second man was big Indian
named Ben Van Saul During the af.
ternoon they were around town drink
ing. ! followed them into three So :.
looms TO hear their talk, and at the
last place | treated them The man
who took to be English made re.
mark that ''tive or six men tried to
get away with me once, but they
found they had an all days job of it,"
looked for Paquetto but could not
see him and | did not wish to lose
sight Of my man, That evening after
| had learned who the Indian was, and
that the other was working for him
helping him fish, went and found Pa
quette and told him | was anxious to
have him take to man in and examine
him, and if he was not English / would
not expose myself We then looked
for the Indian and his friend until
1890 p. NJ, but were unable TO find
them. Paquette said he knew Van
Saul, the Indian, and where he lived
out in the country, and we could get
N - A.. q Lsal
hotel retired at IL p. NJ.
SATURDAY, July 10, 1880.
To-day in Choboygan, at $50 A, NJ,
| saw Ben Van Saul and the man sup.
posed to be English. They went 10
the river and went out on the Straits
1 got a boat and followed them and
saw them go over to Boblo Island and
commence fishing, returned to Che.
boygan at 0 A. NJ, saw Paquette and
told him | was sure the man was En-.
glish as | could be from the descrlp.
tion, and Paquette said he would take
him in as soon as be came ashore
again, which might not be until Mon.
day. | was on the watch all day
about 7 p. M they returned TO Cho
boygan; Paquette got two of bis off.
GERS and they collared English. Pa.
quettc put on the "cuffs" before En-.
ghsh knew what was going on. | was
at his side TO give a hand If necessary,
but the attack was so sudden that he
did not show fight at all. We took
him TO the clock up" and examined
him and found scar on the calf of his
leg the size Of q pistol bullet, and one
on the left leg above the knee where
Borsh said he was wounded, also q
scal on his hand. Ho gave his name
as John Markham, and says he comes
from within seventeen miles of Buffalo
After talking with him few minutes
hc left the by.word "By Jimminy
Peltz," slip out.
After the examination went to the
telegraph Office and telegraphed Su.
perintendent Linden as follows
Ihaye English locked up torc have telegraph.
cd Hall to send requlstion.
And TO Mr.. Hall:
/ have English arrested. Send rcquisiton. No
mistake this time.
| treated Paquotte and his officers
with two Of their friends, and at 10
2. NJ. retired.
On Saturday telegram was recelv.
cd from District Attorney Wurzel at
Cheboygan, that they would start with
English by way of Petoskey, Mich,
on Sunday morning, On Tuesdays
mail the prisoner arrived in the custo.
dy Of Detective Thomas, who was nc.
companied by District Attorney Wur.
zell. We met the party at Kane, and
between that place and Ridgway we
CLEANED the following from the detec.
tive and MIR. Wurzell
DETECTIVE THOMAS SAYS.
! went to Caledonia IN the fore part
of May, about the 10th, | was there on
two occasions for o day or two at q
time. English was not in the neigh.
borhood when arrived there. got
on his track there but il was very old,
and | traced his rout as follows:
He remained on the hill southwest
Of Caledonia until the third day after
the shooting, He left there on Mon.
day, April go, and came TO ST. Mary's
he got somo five or six loaves of rye
bread and some bologna and walked
out east on the railroad for three or
four miles, and there went into the
woods and remained for five or six
days. As soon as be was able 10 move
on account of bis wounds, (haying |
taken cold he moved toward Keating
passed through Emporium
about two o'clock in the afternoon.
On his arrival at Heating summit he I