Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-09

When a man goes TO his stable in the
morning and finds that a thief has stolen
his horse, he looks about for traces or tracks
that point cut the direction that the thief
with the stolen snimal has taken. If no
tracks are to be seen the owner is at a pro-
found loss as to the direction he should take
to look up his horse. That was the way
Samuel Rickenbich, of Fayette township,
felt when he visited his stable on a certain
morning not long since, and realized that a
valuable horse had been stolen, but that no
tracks were left TO indicate the direction
that the thief had gone. During several
days all efforts 10 get traces of the missing
horse were fruitless. On Friday, when he
was out from home still making inquiry for
the horse he INST cOlOred fortune-teller,
or seer, of Fayette township, who told him
the direction that he should take to ind his
horse. He told Rickenbach to go west TO a
town 81 miles distant, and there he would
find his horse. Believing that be might as
well do that as any other thing, Rickenback
took the cars at this place on Saturday
morning and went to Mcyeytown, Mifi!in
county, which town is about 81 miles dis
tant from where the horse was stolen. To
! his utter joyous anazement there on a
street of McVeytown was his own horse in
sled with another horse. OF course he
was no; long in telling the man who was
driving the team that the black horse be-
longed to him-Kickenback- and asked
how he came into the possession of the
man with the sled. Mr.. Hambright is the
name of the man that had the team. He said
that be had traded another horse to a man
named Jefferson Adams and gave shoot" in
in money for the black horse which Richen-
back claimed. JEFF Adams, who used TO
live In Walker township, this county, but
now lives near McVeytown, WAS looked up
and put under arrest. He said THAI he
bought the horse from a man in Little VAL
ley, Miffiln county, a few days before for
S45; that he bad given SO in money and
| his note for the balance. On that state
ment Squire Henry Mcclellan concluded TO
admit Adams to oail in the sum of Si00 for
hearing on W Wednesday, this week. Ham
bright would not surrender the horse with
out Rickeuback would produce proof OF
ownership. The owner Of the animal came
back TO Juniata on Saturday night, and on
Monday afternoon, in company with Sheriff
J. k. Kelly. who raised the horse, went
back to McVeyiown to identify and prove
his PROPERTY. The Sheriff and Mr.. kicken-
back arrived at McVeytown in the evening,
and by the tire that they had all prelimin-
ary arrangements perfected and reached
Hambrigbt's honse, about y miles from
McVeytown, it was dark. The Sheriff
identified the horse as the one he sold TO
Rickenbach about one year ago. The ami
NAL was taken to McVeytown and stabbed.
The next business TO attend to was to arrest
Adams. 1t was O'Clock On Tuesday morn
ing before that object wss accomplished.
The arrest was made at the home of Adams.
He insisted that he bought the horse that
he traded to dambright. He says that he
bought him from man named Cuip. He
was brought to this place at noon on Tues
day and lodged in Jail. Rickenbach rode
his horse home on the same day.