The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-25
A BAD BAND BROKEN UP

A BAD BAND BROKEN III
TRIAL Of RED MEN At cLARKsBuRt
Price Convicted and Sentenced 10 Ten Years In
p'lsoaAasni-A CombIaatlaa Of Monumental
Liars and dMArauders-kettle Coufssses 7
All-Arrssts for PeJury-Sot,.
United States Marshal Atkinson returnc,
from Clarksbnrg yesterday evening, whcr
lie has been for the past two weeks attend
ing the special term Of Federal Court
for the trial OF 'tl,ose noted mail robben
Price, Kittie and hoffman,. From hin
the lSTELLCEScEa has received II numbe
Of facts connected with the trial, which mr.
given below.
Az hitherto stated in these columns, iii,
mail was robbed September lstll, lust nea
Belington, Barbour county. One OF III,
defendants; Albert Price, was riding witt
the mail carrier in thick wood, when tw,
men, Noah kittle and jacob L. HOLMAN
jumped into the road, drew their pistols
not upon Price, but upon the boy-madt
him dlslnollnt, took the mail bag, rited II
and made their escape. Price stood quie.l,
by, and offered no resistance, He VA.
bundled the bride OF the horse while tlt
robbery was going on, and held It till tht
carrier was set free. This was, substantially
the .'
uoY's STORY
rs given before the Court.
1t WIS also stated by other witnesses,
that tho three parties named, were see
together shortly before the robbery; that
they were NIL members Of the Order OF Red
Men; that they had been heard to BAY tl,at
they wanted TO perfect Jesse james gang
for maurnuding purposes; that they meant
ut some time to rob the mails; that they
were all known as bud men generally; tina,
they had plotted the assassination OF Pros.
ecuting Attorney Brown Of Barbour coun.
ty, because OF his open hostility to the Red
Men; that they Ind also threatened the
lives OF Hon. Samuel Woods, DEPUTY
United States Marshal W. W. Teter, also
other prominent citizens; that they with
others, had frequently, in the dead hours
OF the night, gone to the homes Of differ.
ent citizens and had
HORSE WHIPPED
them numerically; that they had been ar
rested and tried for various oilenses by the
Of Barbour county, and had all
"eome clear" because all honest citizens
were afraid to testify against them.
All these things were in testimony
against them. They resisted valiantly--
died game: Until verdict OF guilty was
announced against Price, no weakening OH
the part OF any OF them was shown.
The verdict in Albert Prices case was
guilty" Before Judge jackson passed
sentence upon him he said he had a few
words to say. lie arose, and in an un-
wa'ering voice, held up his hand aud de.
clared before High Heaven, and the God
before whom he expected 10 render final
account, tllat
HE WAS INNOCENT.
His speech was so apparently heartlcss
that every one present believed him to he
lying. The Judge, who had given very
close attention to all OF the testimony, was
satlsiied TINT lie was not telling the truth.
When l'rlce took his seat, Judge Jackson
reviewed, in brief manner, the principal
points in the testimony; spoke earnestly OF
the terrible state OF affairs that had. for
several years, existed in Barbour, Us the re-
suit OF the operations OF Price and lis fol-
lowers; asserted that it even rivaled the
operations, in lawlessness, Of Robin Hood
and Dick Turpin; declared that so iar as
their conduct touched Federal violations he
meant to break them down; talked SQUARE
y at Price. ind the two hundred, or more,
Barbour county citizens WHO were present,
and told him (Price) that Notwithstanding.
his denial, he was surely guilty; and closed
by the statement that he sentenced him 10
TEN YEARS boz
ut hard labor in the pepi-
tentiary at Buffalo, n. 7. Price took it all
without even closing his eyes. He was re-
manded to jail, and will be taken by the
marshal to the prison named in a few days.
At the >Iequest Of his attorneys he was
allowed to remain short time, so he could
have his wife aud seven little children
brought to the jail Clafksburg and spend
4 short time with him before his depart
ure. It,
As soon rs kittle, one OF the other de-
feudants, heard OF Prices conviction, he
sent word to the Judge that il he would let
him oil with Il ten years sentence he would
come before the Court and nuke a full
CONFESSION.
The District Attorney agreed to Ills
proposition and kittle was brought into
Court. He was sworn, and began by a,l-
mitting that he, Hoffman and Price were
the real robbers OF the mail, but declared
That +. N. Howes and Albert England
were also parties TO the robbery, and
helped 10 arrange and carry it out, though
they were not present ut the robbery.
The Judge ordered the Clerk 10 reduce
his confession to writing. He went on to
say that quite number OF citizens OF Bar
bour county had, with him, Price and
others, plotted the assassination oi several
prominent citizens, and he had been
offered IL considerable sun, Of money II he
would do
THE KILLING.
He declined, and no one was assassinat.
ed. His revelation was leugthy and was
unusually y interesting.
The } Judge did not pass sentence upon
kittle, for the reason that he would likely
need him as Il witness against other par.
lies who will probably have a trial in
Uncle Sans Court.
Hoffman who is very stubborn man,
stated that he would stay in Jail till he rottcd,
before he admitted anything. The case
against him is very plain one, and when
his trial comes off 1T the Apriiterm OF
court, he will undoubtedly be imprisoned
'or life.
Mr.. Atkinson declares that this has been
'ne Of the largest and most interesting
cases ~
sh l EVER TRIED
IN West Virginia. There were about two
hundred witnesses, all told, in attendance.
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