Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-12

hfttNN 'F y. BthAN,
Captured by - Mysterious u-tcouy. VINO
itsapposrr as soon as the Rtw.rdt. PAID.
Prison kccper Burkholder returned from
Cohoos, Now York, on saturday evening,
bringing with him Alox Ieman, the fire
bug who made his escape with The other
conVi0ts some time ago. Leman was
arrested by u man named Mooney, who
claims to be detective, II appears
III At ho first saw Lemhn on boat at Jersey
CITY aud thought from his actions
that ho was trying 10 get away,
Tho two became engaged in u conversation
aud finally concluded to travel together.
They visited Now York city, aud then left
for tho country, visiting little towns
they lived by bcggrg aud stole their way
on railroads, One day Loman got drunk
aud while in that condition told his friend
his history. While walking along the
street IN CuhOcs Mooney made up his mind
to bag his man, and when they reached
the station house he thrust Le-
man IN the door and had him locked
up. Little is known of Mooney as
detective. Mr.. Burkholder says that he
was rather rough looking follow, but no
claimed To be wearing poor clothing for
purpose ho had pho ograph of himself
n u fine suit, in which ho looked well.
Lcman claims that Mooney Is nothing
moro than thief himself and no only
captured him by accident upon learning
that there wasa reward for him As soop
as Mr.. Burkholder paid Mooney the reward
| less expenses, the latter cleared out and
has not been seen since. la conversa.
ton with the prison keeper hs said, in
rather mysterious way, "GOu must send
thief to catch Il thief" 1t is very doubtful
whether Mooney is 4 detective and many
Hl lD lAyp Ht that Ina IL HING
but q tramp.
ieman's tsoapn ana wsnderings.
In an interview with Lsman he gives
some parttCu ars IN regard to the escape.
lie says that h0 was next TO the last man
TO leave his cell. Whom Ike Buzz ITd and
another prisoner went 10 the cell occupied
by Lutz, the watChman, aud Abe Buz
ALrd for the purpose OF taking the latter
out, Lutz began crying and said, Ike,
YOU went back On me - Abe SAID " Get
back here" and pushed Lutl back
into tho coll which they locked.
LutE had rosolvrr in his pocket
at the time, with which ho made
no attempt to use against the men, who
were not arm, d. When they lott he was
crying in the cell L'mau stOutly deuitS
| that he has been with the other prisOueTs
! since their escape he says that after they
got ont OF the yard they all weat down the
| GrollstOwn road, but he went another di
reGtiou, which be refuses to give /, about a
| week after his escape hc came 10 this city
| aud visited his folks, from whom he OBJ
tanned money and additional clothing he
then went To Philadelphia Tor the purpose
| of enlisting in the regular army, but the
! recruiting officer refused To take hin, as
! he was disabled he visited several other
cities looking for work ~ his trade cigar.
| making, aud finally went to New York,
| in tho meantime falling III With Mooney
| he was looking for work around CUhOes
| when Mooney entrapped hun and had in
/ tended gong 70 Canada IN case he failed
! 10 obtain It. l0 soyoreIy dcuOuuces
! Mooney, and alleges that he is bad man.
| Bcman has changed considerably in ap
| pearance, and is looking better. fle made
no resistance to being brought back to
| Lancaster, and did not even ask Burk
| holder to show his papers.
The BusLlrd Buys.
! The Philadelphia newspapers continue
| to publish columns of trash about the
| Ephrata fight with and search for the
| BuZZird gang Of thieves. Most of this
matter is written IN Reading by people who
are paid by the hue tor It, aud whose
! interest, therefore, lies IN swelling
the amount Of it without regard to their
| huo"ittEc bi thS llhlu Gi LAt ldClh luey
relate. The story that a citizens meet
ing had been held and a popular re
warl ~ !. ODJ oil red Tor tbs outlaws is
a tgmcut, based on mcrU tax Of such a
movement most Ot the stories about
organized bands hunting the iugiLivcs aud
traces OF their being found have just as
little foundation. Every tramp in the
the county is suspected Of being Abe Buz
zard, every shaking lauIel out that way liz
suspected of holding an outlaw IN ambush
with cooked reyolyers. The truth IL that
since Buzzhrd disappeared after the cap
tuTe OF Clifford, nothing positive is known
of his movements and the chances are that
the whole gang have for the present cleared
out of the country where it was made 80
| hot for them.