Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-01
ESCAPE OF A HORSE THIEF.
He Jumps From . Car Window.

It will be remembered that man who
gives his name as James Nichols, at
tempted to sell 4 horse in this city on
Wednesday, which was believed to have
been stolen. By telling pitiful tale he
rnanaged to get away at the time, but was
afterwards arrested at Dillerville by VIM.
Rush. AmCs Williamson, of East Not
tngham, Chester county, came to town
and identified the horse as one that was
stolen from him. Yesterday Chief Of
Police Deichler started with the prisoner
10 West Chester, but the latter managed
to escape. Tie story of the affair as told
by the West Chester Republican of this
morning is interesting, and it is as follows
. Yesterday morning Chief of Police
Deichler, of Lancaster, accompanied by
Mr.. Williamson, started with the thief for
this borough, be cOnsenting to come along
without a warrant. Several times on the
way down the main line to Frazer Nichols
complained of being very sick and made
a number of visits to the water closet.
He played his game SO we'll that he
entirely threw his guardians of OF their
guard, and when Chief Deichier was told
by one Of the Pennsylvania railroad de-
tectives that the man was only fOOling
with him the chief could not believe it.
No attempt appears to have been made
to escape while On the main line. After
they got on Conductor Keech's train, due
here at II O'Clock, the man again COM
planned of sickness, aud after the train
passed Kirkland went into the water closet.
Just before Green Hill was reached he
raised the window and jumped off the train
moving at the rate of about twenty miles
an hour, and struck across the farm Of
Em,nor Green for the woodland. The
train was stopped as soon as possible, but
when run back to the place where the fel
low parted company, they only found his
hat and some blood marks on the track.
While Chief Deichler hunted for him with
Dir. Green, Mr.. Williamson came into
town, sHore out a warrant before Justice
Russell aud also secured the services of
COnstables Frame and Young. A very
thorough search was made, and followed
up to the vicinity OF Joseph Carter's farm,
in West Whiteland, where it was discoY-
cred that a man without . hat, badly cut
ia the face, and torn pants, had asked for
something to eat and glass of water. He
said that he had fallen from the train
while trying to get off, and was in hurry
to catch a train at Glenloch, on the Penn
sylvania railroad. This was the last heard
OF this daring thief. Constable Young
i2turned late last evening, and tells the
following regarding his search for tho
man: He traced Nichols from Green Hill
to the Widow Dalton's place, then to the
farm of Mrs. Lane, where he asked for a
drink OF water. Mrs. Lane asked the man
what was the matter with his face, and he
said that he had been stealing a ride on
train and had hurt himself. He asked
the nearest way to Glenloch station on the
main line. The next that Constable
Young heard of him was at Mr.. Wright's,
near kirkland station, on the Frazer
branch, and again between the
Woodland school house and the
Pennsylvania railroad. While talk
ing to colOred woman between the
above points, the woman suddenly pointed
her finger across the field, saying "There
he goes, boss" but he was almost imlns-
diately lost behind a rise of ground, and a
thorough search by the constable in the
direction indicated by the woman failed to
reveal anv trace of the thief.