The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-28
Arre., Or Phillp BIIz.ara-Diseovery 81

| Arrest of PhfifD blizzard of
goods Supposed 10 have been stolen.
Philip Blizzard, of WooIery's district, is
now in iai here, and has been for nearly two
weeks He is held on peace warrant, is
sued upon the oath of his mother, Rachel
Blizzard.
Blizzard seems to be a mysterious person.
| He was arrested at the residence of his mother,
between Patapsco and Carrollton, by Consta-
bic L. n Blizzard. After his arrest his
mother informed Justice Azariah Oursler that
her son Philip for long time had been
bringing articles to the house and secretIng
them, and that she thought they might be
stolen.
A search warrant was issued and the officers
found goods of almost every description and
| in almost every condition, from new to halt
worn or worthless Among the goods, which
are stored at Kelly's Hotel, Sandy Mount,
are school books, one a national reader with
the following inscription: flames Carr s book,
Lefever's schoolhouse, York county, Pa,
Nov 9TH, 1870; hand-trunk containing a
variety of papers and letters addressed to A.
A. Durham a receipt dated April Bird, 1874.
acknowledging the receipt of twenty dollars
from Harriet McGrew, and signed VIM. L..
Hamilton a large trunk filled with ladies'
and ehildren's clothing, including several
silk dresses; letter addressed to Miss Sarah
Bennett, Reisterstown, Baltimore county,
Nd, and postmarked Stevenson, Aug 9th,
1881 - letter to Miss Katharine Pyle, 7l5
West street, Wilmington, Delaware; about
so grain sacks, in good condition, one of
which was stamped E. II. Etzler, Hanover,
Pa; a broadcloth coat a new gum coat with
cost mark ''yde'' in pencil two dust brooms
with cost mark "me, retail price 20 cents !;
about so padlocks; two kegs of nails. about
$50 keys of every variety; meat dishes !;
saueers; six sacks filed with clothing, muslin,
towels, sheets six umbrellas; axes, ham
mers, saws, maui, shoyels, spades tinware !;
ton for Identification by those who have lost
articles. When these goods were discovered
some imaginative newspaper reporter thought
that the goods might give clue to the muir
der of VIM. Russell, at Resterstown, two
years ago, whose store was robbed at the same
time The brother of the murdered man,
upon seeing or hearing of the suggestion,
went to examine the goods, but could find
nothing from their store.
Philip Blizzard is a man little known,
though it is said he was born and raised IN
Woolery's district, where he was arrested
While all the neighbors seem aware OF the
existence Of such an individual, some have
never seen him to know him. others have
NOT Se6H Nun iOf clSub, tCh VI S"OhtJ yO1AS'
He is about feet inches tall, rather slender,
with grayish hair and whiskers, and is upwards
of fifty years of age.
If the goods found in his possession were
stolen, and are the accumulation of long
period, Blizzard must have spent his life IN
the business. He was arrested over thirty
years ago, according to his own admission, on
the charge of stealing a pair of boots. He
was arrested again in 1868, with some others,
charged with theft, so it is said, and has been
in jail once since on peace warrant.
When seen in Jail by an ADVOCATE repre-
sentative, he seemed astonished at the dis
covery of goods in the garnet of his mothers
residence, but said none belonged to him ex-
cept some old clothes. He said, also that he
had not lived at home since he broke Jail,
over thirty years ago, until this winter, though
he occasionally has visited his mother; that
he had been sometimes with his brother
Charles at Catoetin Furnace, Frederick CO.,
and about Littlestown, Hanover, and in Bal
more county. Some of the articles in his
possession would go to sustain his assertion.
There is some mystery about the accumulation
of the goods and about the life of the man.
He may have been a member of a gang, or he
NAV be afflicted with kleptomania.