Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-08
IS IT FRANKFORT?
a ONE EYED MAN " JA1LED.
How he Was Trapped-Every Probability
That He B tho Notorious John
FrankfOrd.

4 ONE AAN OAAAAADs
How de Was Trapped-Every Probability
Tha, lie Is tho Notorious John
Frankford.
4 rsport having reached the Jail author
ties here OF the arrest in West Chester
recently of a one eyed man accused of
horse stealing, and suspected there of being
an old offender, the local authorities were
very naturally reminded Of John Frank
ford, who with nine of his fellow convicts
broke jail here on May "a, 1882, and who
had heretofore evadcd re.arrest, though
several Of his companions in escape have
suffered recapture. Keeper BurkhOlder
forwarded to West Chester picture of
Frankford and this morning received a
telegram which assures him that COM
parison of it with the one eyed man IN
custody there satisfies the West Chester
people that they have Frankford.
The Local. Meas Of that town gives an
account of the capture of the supposed
Frankford and OF his depredations, all OF
which have familiar appearance to those
who know this old offender. 1t seems
that WIN. Hemplill, i we'll known citizen
of West Chester, a member, by the way,
of the Democratic state committee, was
in Philadelphia on Sunday and on RETURN
ing home on the train which reaches there
1T G:40p In. noticed a man occupying q
seat in the car who Was minus an eye. The
man inquired Of the conductor the next
station before West Chester. On being in
formed he said he wished to get of there.
The conductor told the man that his
ticket was for West Chester, but he said
he did nnb care to 90 that far and would
get off at the station aforementioned.
This conversation and the fact OF the
man having one eye led MIR. Hemphlll to
believe that this was the individual that
had twice stolen the horse belonging to
Mcssrs. Hopes, Bro. Il Thomas. Mr..
IIemphiIl therefore watched him closely
and on arriving in town sought Constable
Frame and together they started towards
Villa Maria seminary. The officer, how
ever struck the trail, and short time
after starting met the one eyed individual
walking toward West Chester. The
Officer as \ pretence asked tie man if he
had seen :wo ladies' walking out in that
direction The man replied that he had
not met them and continued toward town
son reaching Washington street he
passed near where Mr.. Hemphill was
standing, as that gentleman had witnessed
Tho meeting between the officer and the
stranger. At the corner of Washington
and Walnut Streets tho man started to run,
hut on looking back and seeing that he
was pursued, dropped into a walk. He
then entered the lumber yard of Sharpless
& Hall. At this point, Mr.. Hyer, who has
charge Of Z. X. X engines at that place,
joiried the officer and Mr.. Hemphill in the
search. Each took different stands so
that if the man attempted to escape he
could be captured at almost any point. The
lnsn WIS seen TO climb upon the gate in
the yard, but on discovering that he
was watched he changed his tactics
and pretended 10 bs arranging his cloth
ing. Mr. Hemphill walked past near
where the man was standing and returned
10 Constable Frame, to whom he gave his
pistol and told the officer to wait until he
went up town for assistance. Sheriff
Hopes was fouod and the party went in
search of the suspicious individual. The
lna., in tic meantime, had secreted him
&c,f un.i.r 4 pile Of lumber. He refused
to come out of his hiding place when Or
,,ercd TO DO SO by the officer. The officer
Ihetcupon threatened to shoot him If he
did not surrender, which advice the man
took an.: accordingly came ont. The n
I,.rt w:!S thea made
:'Li.e man refused 10 DO haIdcuffed,
ps..t!r,i.am lie was tiien placed III prison,
:.:iyr w!,ic., search was made where the
man lad been hiding in the lumber yard,
and Il pistol was foun,! which had appa-
i.n,ly been dropped by tue prisoner. On
returning to the Prison the man was
searched, ha: nothing was found on his
I,.l::..n racanI, i fow silver dollars. 1t was
tf,uugtt that he had accomplices with
him, but ell efforts to find anyone else OF
:. suspicious character proved of no avail.
The officers arc now satisfied that this is
ii,a man who had been stealing horses
i.c:o and selling them in Philadelphia"
Since the arrest numerous parties who
have recently lost property have visited
West Chester to see If they could find any
reason in the Identification of the arrested
man trr hc ieviag that he was the thief.
lie is charged witt. stealing the grain,
horse AMI wagon OF John Parke, of
.'lrkcshurs, early in February with
iaAin., clover seed from Hemphill Bros,
"A horse and wagon from Hopes Bro. n
Thomas and otl:cr larcenies.
Roher: Cumnlils. who is 4 hOstler at
the Turks Head hotel, identified him rs
tie man vino came to that hotel and fed
his horse the morning after the team was
5toIen at Parkesburg. Officer Young was
confident that tho man was the lndlVluual
who drove through town with the clover
seed from Parkesburg. Moses G. Hep
bura was OF the opinion that he Was the
sa:ne mau who stopped at his
hotel tie morning after the robbery
1t PallicsLurs, but could not swear posi-
lively rs t. the identification. The man
wl:o stopped at his place had whiskers,
whilst the prisoner had bus a moustache.
,-,,li t,,-n ;n acf
ga Thursday morning.
TAa Local Neacs says: "The prisoner
is au average sized man, with defect in
nno eye. He had q heavy moustache,
which is just rs heavily dyed. When
questioned about the recent robberies, he
says be knows nothing about the affairs
whatever, and assumes an air of total IN
difference"