Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21
THE BOY CONFESSES.

"A Shocking Tale OF Juvenile DepraVHy.
While on tho way from the King street
dcpot TO tho prison this morning the boy
confessed to the officer. lie first asked
if a man had been killed in the wreck and
WAS told that one had lost his life. lie
said he had heard 50, and then proceeded
to tell the officer of the affair : lilo sals
he had been working near the place where
the wreck occurred and on Wednesday
went to this point ; there we're
numbe of planks laying close
to the track, which hau peen
placed there for the construction OF ROAD
crossings he took hold of the end OF one
of these and lifted it Oh the track, alter
which he slid it across the track he then
went up on the bridge to wait fox tho tram
which he knew was not far away, rs 1t had
been shifting at Ephrata. The train soon
came and the boy stood quietl" watching
it. until the plank was struck aud the cars
thrown from the track a; he then became
terribly frightened and ran away he
made his way to his home in 6 The Sassa-
fras., swampy region i'll Brecknock
township, not on the Welsh mountain, but
more in the neighborhoOd of tho famous
Weller murder of some years ago.
When interrogatcd as to his motive Tor
committing crime involving such terrloie
risks the boy simply said he did it " for
fun, just to see the train jump"
How He Was Captured.
From tbs time OF the accident until he
WAS captured he remained at the home OF
his step father, where he was appre-
hended.
On his return from tho prison this morn
ing Officer Boone was met by several re
pOrters, to whom he gave All account Ol
the affair. He stated that he and Ser
reant Heisler started to look up this
affair on Friday. They had heard that
the boy was seen to run away from the
bridge at the time of the wreck by
farmer, they started for the place and saw
the farmer, who told them that he had
seen the boy the officer soon got on his
track and traced the boy to different
stations and thence to the place where the
arrest was made.
Before looking FOR the boy Officer Heis
Ter, who is 76 years Of are, disguised him
self as drcver. He went to the house OF
the boys step father, man named Clark,
and pretended to want to hire boy to
drive cattle. The folks in the house said
the boy was not in and asked the officers
where they wanted him to drive the cattle
TO- The officer said to TuckertOn miles
away, duu ICCCtNSu o-Aso ~ "'s' w.
far for him to go. The Officer left th'
house and started for the residence of tn'
bows sister, but was unable to find hin
there, They then went to the place khowl
as the "swamp." On the way they me
a number of rough looking men, relatives
of the boy aud others, who seemed to b
very angry One Of them accused Heisle
of living when he said that he was
drover. They became very angry an
Officer Boone was soon recognized by on
of them. They caught hold of Heislel
and while ono held his hands anothe
choked him. A vicious dog, one of sever
al with the men, caught Heisler by til
leg, Seeing this, Officer Boone went t
the rescue of his chief, and soon succesde
in getting him away from the men Ii
told them that they were mistaken in &C
cusing old man Heisler of doing anythin
wrong he, Boone, was responsible ft
doing everything, and would abide by til
consequences.
The BOY Taken.
About this time the boy was seen with
fishing rod over his shoulder walking to tt
crowd. Officer Boone went to him, an
informed him that ho had warrant TO
his arrest on the charge of wrecking tn
train. The boy started to tell somethln
about the affair but was interrupted b
the crowd the officers told them that the
intended to take the boy and when IL
gang saw that they had been fooled ar
that the officers were determined, the
resisted no further. Tho boy was the
taken to Ephrata, where comn,itmel
was made by Squire Kratz. AS the la
train had left for this city the boy W;
taken to Reading where he was kept uni
this morning. The officers deserve gre;
credit for the good work they did in ii
matter, and the successful stand th'
made against the rOughs.
Funeral of George m. Hahn.
The funeral of George M. Hahn. Ia
master mechanic of the Reading q q
umbia railroad, who was killed at Ephr
ia on Thursday, took place in Reading
Saturday afternoon, from tho residence
his parents. The floral offerings We