Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-24
BOLD THIEVES,
PROMPT PURSUIT AND UAPTCe.


PROMPT PURSUIT AND uapTUes
An Exciting Chase BY the People OF wilmer
here were good many people gath
cred at the little station of Wilmer, be-
tween tbis city and BIRD; in Hand. carly
this morning, intending to take the train
for Lancaster to see the circus. Among
them were the family of Mr. Joshua Rutt,
farmer, who lives next to Christian
MusscIman His servant girl went to the
station to see them of. Meantime three
young men, strangers to the place, were
observed by DR.. Henry Musser to be loaf
ing about. They had bought tickets
for Lancaster, but as. the Rutt
family came up they moved off.
They were seen to 60 toward Rutt's house
and stop at the pump to takc drink.
The train being behind time the hired girl
went back to the house and found it had
been entered and robbed. She quickly
carried the news to Mr.. Rutt, who was
pl"wing in a field near by, and upon hasty
examination te found the drawers, chests,
etc., had te n ransacked and gold.
silver and notes to the amount of s60n,
and possibly papers Of value, were taken.
He promptly went to the station and told
of his loss. The suspicious looking young
men had not come back, and DR.. Muss. r
jumped to the conclusion that they
were tho thieves. Pursuit was
organized. DIR. Musser's team was hitched
up and lie and Rutt and Daniel Froelich
drove off with it toward Greenland, in
which direction the young men had gore.
+. A. Sellers and Christian Musselman
fulos'd. The front team of the pursuing
i,,c ci,vlf IF >L.
were lying under an apple tree in Benia-
min Buckwalter's orchard and as they saw
the party coming they made off at swift
pace on tue road to Greenland. They had
not been half hour ahead of their pursuers
They were headed of and meantime Froe-
hc! had driven to Whiteside's and bor-
rowed gun. The thieves were overtaken
and they got inside of the fence at the
water trough. DR.. Musser got out Of the
wagon and reached for one of them, but
they made of across the fields toward the
dam of 3. +. Eshieman's mill, below the
turnpike. Chris. MnsseIman caught one
Of them E; and the others jumped into the
water ami tlicd TO swim .aCross, unloading
their pockets of the money as they fed.
DIR. Musss,. following with the gun,
called or one nf them TO throw
up his hands, but as he kept on the doctor
pulled Oh him. The first barrel missed
fire. but of the second, rusty load, few
SHOT struck him back Of the ear. Mean
time persons in the adjoining fields noticed
the strange spectacle, Joined in the hunt.
and the other two were Cverpowered and
captnlc'i, wet and dirty i'll the ;loughed
fields. All three wero put into wagons
and tied. and wc:c bruu.ht by their tri-
umpiiant captOrs TO this city.
Only ten cents were found on them,
and 326 so Of the money Of which they
discncumberod themselves was picked up.
More may be found but much of it was
no doubt thrown into the dam and lost
While in Alderman Spurrier's Office,
two Of them, who gave their ,mes rs
VIM. Clark and George Watkins, those
who had had 4 cold bath: looked very d.
iected. The third, Edward Beck. trembled
like 4 leaf, but wOle defiant air. He is
about &c years old, somewhat pockmarked
and wca:s light moustache. All are WELL
dressed and young, the others being
smooth faced and younger than Beck, and |
of sandy complexion. They were commit |
ted {" Jail for a hearing
Dr. ,eversOod's Cold Watch Taken.
THIS afternoon DR.. Johu Levergood |
went t" the circus and had his gold watch |
stolen. When lie was going in the en- |
trance he had hold of child with each |
hand. Tie crowd was very great, and |
just AS he get in he discovered that his |
watch wa> gone. The watch is q gold |
hunting case of Swiss make; No. 14iO |
and has the name of II. Il. Rhcads G. |
Bro. on the dial and movement. 1t is |
wo.tli $3.50 and was presented to the |
doctor in 1876. On the inside Of one of |
the cases is this inscription, " Presented |
to Past Grand Master John Levergood |
by the Right Worthy Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows, 1876 The doctor will give $50 |
for the return CT the watch and will ask no
questions.
Other IsObberics.
That the perpetrators of the above bold
affair were following in the wake Of the
circus is most likely. AS gangs Of that
kind are always about on such ncca sions,
and these inen are entire strangers in this |
Eeishhn'h"nd, and look like professional J
rangers |
Joseph Deunctt, passenger on tho |
morning. train from Leman Place to Lam
castei, had his roci.etbook. containing
$50, taken from his pocket this morning. |