Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-01
10 BUZzARD'S CAPTURE.
moKE OF lnE EAST END HusprR,ss.
Au Armed Band OF Farmer. IN Pur.o,t of
the Sh,sNes-They Uomo Up to tho
Gaps-risht Dsntnxs u,., s,....

] inc NmeNos-They Nonc Up to tho
! Gaus-rtsht, Capture ana. flisbt
Our Cedar Lane correspondent gives the
following additional part iculars of the
derrsdations of tho thieves in the eastern
end:
The jewclry store OF Daniel Shiffer. Mt
Bowmansville, in Biocknock township
was entered by gang OF thieves, Satur-
day morning between the hours of two
and three O'Clock. who carri, d of over
$1,000 wor h of jewelry OF different de-
scriptions. The burglars effected an en-
trance to the store by removing a panel
from the front door, through which aper
ture they were enabled to insert their arms
aud slide back the bolts which secured the
door After gaining an entrance they
dragged the safe olntainiug the val
uables, from its place Ia the store out
on aud up the street about ono hundred
aud htty yards, whelo with picks aud
sledge hammers they bait tered il open and
obtained the contents valued at the
amount mentioned above. The safe,
which Mr. Shiffer had purchased recently,
is perfect wreck.
Before making this raid, the thieves
stole two teams near Cedar Lane in East
Earl township. One of the teams beloag-
ing to Amos WitHer aud the other to John
Houder. These teams they used in con.
veying their plunder from Bowmansville
to the Welsh mountains, after which they
were turned loose. Both teams returned
home shortly after davbreak, the animals
showing signs of great fatigue. They
came directly from the mountain. 1t is
quite evident that this bold robbery was
comm,ted by members of the notorious
Welsh Mountain gang and it is the general
supposltion thai IL was carried out by the
, leaders under the management of Abe
! BuZzard personally.
Constable Zsigler, of Bowmansville,
accom- panied by about sixty ctiz ems of
: Brecxnock, Earl and East Earl, arm ed
with shot guns, rifles aud fro arms of
every description, LETT Cedar Lane station
about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, for the
putpose OF recovering the stolen goods and
capturing the thieves, and at the time
, Ct writing are securing the Welsh
Mountains in search of tbs outlaws.
a They will be joined by vigilant companies
that are being organized in GOodviIle
> Honeybrook, New Holland and Church.
town, and general search OF the noun
, tain in which 10 less than two hundred
persous will participate, will be instituted.
= IL Is tier intention to continue the search
until the valuables are recovered and the
=, capture of the thieves is Accomplished
|. Great excitement exists in the eastern SEQ.
: ton OF the county over the affair
THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE.
o Later developments establish it as pretty
g certain that he Buzzlrd gang, led by tue
(; notorious Abe and other Welsh mountain
, thieves, planned and executed the
Bowmansyillo robbery. During the
d whole of Saturday the bands who
q, went out III pursuit OF the outlaws were
engaged in the search for them. The
trail was followed by the party
= under command of Constable Samuel
Bowman to Rnrtz's swamp and adjoining
4 tracts OF uncultivsted and wooded lands,
n extending for several miles through the
upper part of Salisbury township.
e Late In the afternoon the fugitives, con-
sisting of Abs Buzzsrd, his brother Joe
Il aud two companions, one white and the
b other blacE, were deserted and fire was
opened upon them. The thieves continued
their flight. without returning the
fire, but Joe Buzzard fell behind
aud was soon covered by the
|. weapons of his pursuers. He had new
thlrty TWO canoro ro~o,-er "a hia parsou
10 out made no attempt 20 use it, anc
y allowed himself to be taken. He was
n promptly secured, brought to this city
Q ana lodged In jail about q p. N. on Satur
J., day by Constable Bowman.
e The charge upon which he is at present
. committed and detained is that of carry.
t ing concealed deadly weapons, based on
y the revolver discovered on his person.
SENSATIONAL ExAsGERATIoYs.
Inc oftlcer was not a. all cummunioa alive
! CONCERNING the arrest but 1T is understood
that Joe Buzzard is held with the expec-
tatlon that he will give something away.
: although long accounts appeared in the
sunday papers concerning the terrible
light with the outlaws, it is certain that
the story was overdrawn, whether the
!, BuzzArds har anything 70 do with the
Shiifer burglary is not certain-but as vet
there has been nothing to coRnect them
with it except their fight
All kinds OF trightfuI stories have bsen
told concerning them and every
burglary has bceu laid at their
door. OF one thing there is not
the least doubt and that is, that a well
organized gang Of desperate thieves are
now making the Welsh mountains their
headquarters. Some who profess to know
all about it state Abe Buzzard is the leader
and John Lippiuuott, another escaped con
yict, who was one time a notorious thief
10 THIS city, is ono OF its principal mem
bers.
1t Is said that upon recent occasion when
Constable Bowman made an important
arrest upon the mountain, both Buz,ard
and Lippincott were near by, looking on
quietly, but out of range of the ofhoer's
keen eyes. Several old officers of the city
police force state that they know for a
certainty that Lippincott il on the noun
tain with the gang, but the reward is SO
small for him that they will not bother
about his capture.
| THE Gagged BUzzARD.
Joe Buzzard is The youngest brother of
the notorious family, He was released
hon jail about a month ago after serving
four years for receiving stolen goods.
Since tn It time and up to a few days ago
he had been working in this city at cigar
mahing. he was very we'll behaved here
and nothing could be said against
him. BE declares that he is guilty
Of no crime whatever, and that when
ho was arrested on Saturday he was
on his way to SEQ his mother. He
surrendered at once, making no effort to
escape. He persists in his Innocence aud
many believe him. The fact that he
had on new underclothing. &C., is taken
| by some as an evidence that they were
stolen, Those well acquainted with Joe
| state that he is one of the best boys in the
| family and woulu never have been in
prison at all had it not been for his brothers
Abe and Ike. While locked up he had
| several chances to escape but positively
refused. preferrinp to serys out hja ri ma