Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-02
TRACKING THE THIEVES,
INTO rnE LAIR ar ran nuzz.sps.
-Four Nesroes and Lot oi property, sup
posed - Rave seen stolen, Captured
by tns fursuiag Party

by tne fursuiag Party.
Yesterday the citizens OF the eestern
end OF Lancaster county, and townships in
chester county near the line, gathered
together in band to make a search of the
Welsh mountain. They were rewa. ded by
capturing Wm Marshall, Hiram Lloyd
aud two men, both Of whom bear the name
OF Ben Green. The prisoners are all
oolored, aud are now safely locked up
IS prison here The searching party also
discovered large quantity of stolen
goods.
For some days past Sam. Bowman, the
well known constable, has been very busy
organizing band of men to make search.
lie sent word all over the neighborhood by
telephone, telegraph and mail aud
informed the people that raid
would be made Monday morning.
He appointed the Hand Boards" on the
mountain as the place OF meeting, and,
Monday morning at nine o'clock, Que hun
dred and twenty five men were gathered
together there. All were heavily armed
and were anxious TO make another desper-
ate effort to ferret out the hiding places of
the notorious thieves.
THE SEARCH BEGINS.
Constable Bowman was at the head of
the party, in which was l.. g. Robinson, of
Rockville, Honeybrook township, Chester
| county whose store was robbed of several
| hundred dollars worth of goods on tie
| night Of September 2jth. The party
started shortly after niue O'Clock from the
Hand Boards They proceeded at once
to the "Sassafras," where they arrested
the elder BENZ Green, as a member of
the band he carried an ugly looking
revolver, which was taken from him
| aud ho wont quistly along. Lsaving
| the Sassafras" the party went to
/" Possum Hollow" which is long
swamp at the toot of the mountain.
At the lower end of this hollow stands a
small cabin, in which Wm. Marshall and
| Hiram Lloyd have been living. When the
searching party arrived at the house they
found Marshall coming from his stable
which he had just locked, and Lloyd was
in the house. The party az once began n
search, and found at least a wagon load of
| goods, oil of which are believed to have
been stolen, in the barn and stone
| fence on the premises. The goods
consisted of jewelry, razors knives,
tobacco, calico, harness, S.. There were
over 100 articles in all, and large num-
Der were Identified by Mr.. Robinson as
property which was stolen from his store
when it was Cracked" Many of them
bore his private marks, and there is nc
donbt that they belonged to him. The
goods were oil loaded up and taken charge
of by Constable Bowman, who has then
az his house at present. Marshall auC
Lloyd were then taken into custody, and
the former was found 10 DO wearing pail
of pautalOons which had been stolen from
Mr.. Robinson.
SENDING SCOUTS AHEAD.
After leaving Marshaps house, the
posse with the three prisoners moved on
Scouting parties were sent ahead and
squads were kept in different parts of the
mountain in order that the main body nigh,
be kept warned. when the latter arrived
at ''Blue Rock" hey found Ben Green,
the younger, who was also taken into Gus
tody. He is the boy who was with the
Buzzards and Lippinco:t on Saturday, and
was sent By them to Worst's store al
SpTingyi 10 for cheese and crackers
Nothing was found upon his person but Z
knife, and he is held upon suspicion.
ln the evening the fOuT prisoners were
placed in q wagon, which was hired for the
purpose, and Constable Bowman and Mr.
| ttoS'ns"" tSfe - - IsHrufftown" i" with then
for Lancaster. They arrived IN this city
about II O'Clock and the prisoners were
placed in the station house, where they
were kept over night. This morning they
were taken TO prison. Constable Bowman
has made complaint before Alderman
FOrduey against Marshall aud Lloyd
charging them with receiving stolen goods
The elder Green is held for carrying con
cealed weapons, and the younger Benja
min on suspicion of being one of the
thieves who belonged to tho band. The
time for their hearing has not yet beea
set.
WHO THE PRISONERS ARE.
The men in custody are hard lot, and
have been i'll numerous scrapss before
Marshall j. G2 years of age and has been
charged with larceny at different times; he
has always been lucky IN getting Gle ar
however. He live3 ia little cabin, and
has no woman in his family. He is mar
of good appearance, closely resemb bling a
coloTed preacher. AT thn last term of court
he was tried upon the charge of stealing 9
| three spring wagon from Adam G.. Kurtz
| OF West Cocalico township, on July 21st.
| When the wagon was stolen the running
gears were yellow, but when recovered or
the premises of defendant on the noun
tain, it was found to have boeu painted
black with lamp black. The defense was
that two we'll dressed strangers stopped al
| MarshalPs house aud offered TO sell him the
wagon. He declined to buy IT, but even
tually advanced $50 TO The strangers, and
| tHc1 IetL Iue wagon as heCuTlLy. Inc
strangers gave Marshall a writing to the
effect that they would redeem the wagon
| in three weeks and two days.
The verdict of the jury was not guilty,
but the impression at the time was that
he was guilty. Marshall denies that hs is
guilty OF the last crime for which he has
been arrested, and has a story to explain it
He says that on Saturday night last the
| goods were brought to his house by John
Lippincott ana Abe Buzzard, who carried
them in bags aud had with them a light ted
lantern. The oificirs think this q very
unlikely story, as these two we'll known
crooks would hardly carry lantern with
them at night when they know that they
are being hunted for at all times, especially
after getting safely out of fight with
citizens.
Lloyd IS also an old darkey, aud is be-
lieyed to be the same ago as Marshall. He
is not well known to the officers, having
been on the Welsh mountain but a short
| time. He also denies his guilt, He tells
| very contradictory stories, however, First
| he said that he had been on the mountain n
but two days and then changed it to two
weeks, finally saying that he came there
last week. The two BaDjamins are cous.
ms and come from bad stock. The elder
is man and the younger II years of age.
ABE BU2zARD NOT ABJUT.
During yesterdays search nothing was
saen of ha Ruzzard or I.inninon,t