The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-06-21
WHERE HAS HE GOMEZ
A Prisoner Flees From the Hand
of Justice.
When Court Opened This Morning
"rete" Ramie Did Not Show Up---
He Left Between Two Suns
For Parts Unknown.

There was quite a sensation at the
Court House this morning among Ju-
rors and attorneys and the Judge. AT
thur Ramie, who was indicted by the
last grand jury for ~burglarizing the
house of Daniel j. Yant in this city ON
the night of October 6, 1887, has been
on trial in court room No. 1. The trial
began last week, and as both sides were
represented by able attorneys, the case
has been s~tubbornly contested. There
were a number of witnesses on each side
and this only tended to make it more
complicated. After the defense was
through with their witnesses, the pros
ecution summoned several in rebuttal.
The testimony was all in last evening
and court then adjourned until nine
o'clock this morning, when the case
was to be argued.
When the court room was opened
this morning by Deputy Sheriff Ate
kruse. Ramie, the defendant was not
present. The Judge thought he was a
title tardy and conluded to wait a few
moments. Aut Ramie was more than
tardy. He did not show up at all, and
the report was at onc circulated that
he Mad iumped his bail. A rumor
found its way into the court house that
Ramie had been seen this morning at
IsIers saloon on South Cherry street,
and DEPUTY Sheriff Wielandt, and Of
6cer Slagle were at once ordered to go
in search of him. They went down to
Mr.. Isler's place of business and there
ascertained that Ramie had just walk
ed down the street with Mrs. John I'll!
hooley. They then went to the resi-
denee of Mrs. Gilhooly andinquired for
Ramie, but Mrs. Gilhooly replied she
did not know of such a man, The man
who walked down the street with her
was Mr.. George Ossinger, who just ar
rived i'm Canton last night to pay a visit
10 some of his friends after being away
a long time. Ossinger resembles Ramle
very much, and it is said that il he had
a mustache he would look like a twin
brother. Ossinger was seen walking
down Cherry street with Mrs. Gilhooly,
and some people supposed 1t was tame
This is no donbt the way III Whlcn Ihe
rumor originated.
The court waited until IL o'clock for
Ramie, and as he did not respond, tney
yer on WIN Gue case WlUllOtO hAH
The argument was waved Gu both
sides. and Judge Pease charged the
iury. The jury went ont shortly before
dinner and returned in 10 minutes WIFI
a verdict Of guilty.
The last seen oil Ramie was last night
in Nists saloon on Court Street. Ht
was trying to sell a subpoena to Lewis
Purney, a brother to Frank Purney
who is Jointly indicted with Ramle
There is a story afoat that he wa
seen as late as midnight at the sa
loon of Henry Rigler, on the For
Wayne railroad but the story is no
we'll founded.
Ramie's bondsmen were Frank ant
w, J. Piero and the amount OF his bont
was $1,000. We are info med the,
are secured by .Ramie's mother
They were also on Purney's bono
but they surrendered him this mornlni
and Purney was taken to jail. Within
the last day OF two some strong test
mony has been given agalns
Ramie. He no doubt say
the handwriting on the wall that tn
verdict would be guilty, so he conclud
ed to skip by the light of the moon AM
cheat the law.