Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-06
THOMAS LOOMS CAPTURED.
a Young Lancaster Tough, Who IIa
Been Wanted for some Time, Taken.

a Young Lancaster Tough, Who Had
Been Wanted for Some Time, Taken.
Thomas Loomis, u young tough of this
city, who has been wanted hero for
some time to answer several charges, was
lodged In Jail last night through the in
strumentality of Chief of Police Smeltz.
Loomis was member of the crowd of
young roughs who infested the northern
part Of town and were known as the Facg
leysyille gang, several members of which
are now in Jail awaiting trial mVery seri-
Gus charges. Loomis has fgureN. in nu-
merous disgracefst "scrapes at different
times, but ho He'd from town to escape
being arrested. About eight months\ago
he rss'e telonious assault upon Geosge
5. Finefrock by striking him ON the heaN
with billy or stone, which was wrapped
In handkerchief Complaint was also
made against him, charging him with
feloniously entering an outbuilding ON the
premises of Jacob Landis, "A farmer re-
siding near Oregon, where he stole "a lot of
tools and other things. Early In June he
is said to have stolen "a piece of pipe,
which was the property of the city. while
Superintendent of Water Works Fraiey
was laying u water pipe on New street.
Complaint on this charge was made by
Frailey before Alderman Hnlbach. The
-eAief of police recently located Loomis and
Sweigert, farmer near Brownstown.
Loomis is well acquainted with all
the constables, and tho chief did not
consider II advisable to send any
OF them for him. On Tuesday af-
ternoon he dispatched Officer Glass
and Special Officer Gill to make the arrest.
They left Lancaster In n covered wagon
yesterday afternoon and drove to the place
where they learned Loomis was. They
pretended to DO on a cunning trip. and
wore old clothes and carried guns. They
went to Sweigert's home, aud were soon
out in one of the fields as though in search
OF game. They had no trouble in bagging
the rabbit that they were AFTER. They came
upon Loomis, who was husking corn, very
suddenly, and he recognized them when
they were close upon him. 1t was too late
however, and he was unable to get away
SO he was taken into custody. The officers
brought him To town, and he will be heard
before Aldermen Deem and Halbach, where
the complaints are lodged against him ON
the different charges.
The officers learned that Loomis was
travelling under the assumed name of
Thomas Wiley at Brownstown. lie was
considered very hard character by the
people OF the neghborhood and he recently
gave young fellow a beating, but man
aged settle the case upon the payment of
costs, before country squire. lie always
carried revolver or billy and seemed
anxious To use either upon the least prov
ocation. Loomis is the man that Constable
Ehrman attempted To arrest IN Facgleys-
vile early in the summer when, he made
his escape after the officer had fired num-
Der OF shots at him from IA revolver. lie
says that he has paid but one visit to Ian
caster siLco that time and he had intended
leaving Brownstown in a short time. He
also informed the officers that if he had
recognized them before they came so close
they would not have taken him.
Before Alderman lIalbach, Constable
James buchanan Ehrman has brought
suit against Herman Ehrhart, a Junk
dealer residing In the northern part of the
city. charging him with receiving stolen
goods. II is alleged that Loomis sold
Ehrhart the piece ofpipe that he stole from
the city.