Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-11
TasANkFORDy CASE.

The Evide.ss Filing Up Against HIN.
The West Chester papers chuckle ut the
thought of FEankford being kept there for
trial and boast that their good Jail will
hold him. Yesterday he was given
hearing before Squire 8. B. Russell, on
the charge of stealing Hopes Brother s.
Thomas horse and grain from tho ware
house of Hemphill Bros, West Chester,
on two occasions. There was quite q
crowd Of people gathered at the prison to
attend the hearing and see the prisoner,
but owing to the scarcity of room in the
hospital, on the second floor of the prison,
only the witnesses and representatives of
tho press were admitted. The loss and the
recovery of the horse in Philadelphia were
testified to John F. Warner, of Philadel-
phia, testified that Frankford sold
him the horse for 800. Hugh McNeile,
of Philadelphia, swore that Frankford
offered to sell him the horse Charles
McGintey bought second hand harness
from him; Edw. Lementer, who bought
the wagon, identified him and . seed
store clerk swOre that Frankford sold him
the clover seed stolen from Hemphilrs. In
Philadelphia he gave his name as John
Ruth. During the hearing the defendant
occupied seat near the window in q very
cool and composed manner, and when
asked whether he had any questions. he
replied in faint voice, mo" He said to
MIR. Hopes that he had nothing to say,
he knew no one in West Chester, and that
his mind was upside down and he wanted
TO be left alone. He suffers very much
with the eye that was shot out about
eighteen months ago. The evidence being
sufficient tho defendant was bound over on
for nh fr h ok n,,rf
in default of &, 900.
After the hearing Justice Russell, who
was originally q Lancaster county man,
and who has large circle of facquaintances
in Lancaster city, questioned the prisoner
as to whether ho knew certain parties
living there, and the squire was not long
in finding out the prisoner knew about
everybody he had ever known or heard of
in that city.
The One eyed man at Reading.
The following letter received by Keeper
Hagerty of the Chester county Jail, explains
itself
SINKING SPRINGS, May 8, 1888.
PRISON WARDEN Dear Sir.-I noticed
an article in the Reading Daily Eagle OF
yesterday stating that one eyed man,
who it is supposed stole tho horse, wagon
sSuu CluNoE SCcu ITOul lilo W0SL Cu0SL0r
parties late in March or early in April, has
been arrested and lodged in Jail. On Fri
day night, March 16, 1888, my place of
business were entered and 6 bushels of
clover seed was stolen, also horse and
wagon from Mr.. James Auth, near by, and
the man want is 4 one eyed man about
40 or AZ years old, dark hair and NOUS
tache rather long, weight say 10 or 1856
pounds, feet or s inches tall, and at
times wore dark suit and Overcoat, black
stiff hat, German, French or English. Tho
seed was expressed to- Philadelphia from
Reading depot on Saturday morning,
March II, consigned I. Thompson, Phila-
dslphia, Pa, also same party had stopped
at city of Reading Merchants house on
Thursday, March Is, and registered l.
Thompson, York, Pa. On Friday after
noon, March 10, 1888, the party called at
my place of business and I had suspicion
on him as soon as lie entered and in con.
versation l trapped him in telling me a
straight falsehood. Enclosed hand you
card. Please answer, and il it is my
man will have to come down to identify
him and bring him to Berks county, when
Justice is dealt in Chester county.
am respectfully yours,
C. d. REFER.