The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
AQUlLLA AND "slc" MoNG.

great deal oil money, rom N,OOO TO 81 900,
we had had no dinner when we came
to Mong's, he took us TO ClaTk's, we got
dinner about 3 or 4 o'clock, we stayed at
Clark's that night, Sic and talked togeth-
er out in the yard. Sunday morning Will
son and walked up past Mong's, Quill
Mong and McCleary followed us soon after
we went into the woods and sat down and
talked the matter over-the burglary.
Quill Mong was to start on Monday NOR
ming and come down to Wagner's and look
around to see how everything was, we
were TO come to Little Tionesta TO the
bridge, he told us how to go, to come 10
Tionesta, to cross the bridge, to 90 up
the hill, to come to the school house, to
turn to the right and go on to Little Tio-
nesta. After our conversation went down
to Clark's, stayed that night at Clark's,
met after dusk TO make final arrangements
there was Quill Mong, Wilson, William
McCleary, and myself Monday morning
after breakfast paid our bills, Sic Mong
came down and said Quill Mong and Me-
Cleary had oversight themselves and
hadn't gone, we left Clark's and walked
toward the bridge, Sic Mong came after us
and talked with us about the burglary, he
came with us to the end OF the bridge, he
was to go back to see Quill Mong and Nc
Cleary, they all were to come down on
floats, we were to meet at bridge at Little
Tionesta, Wilson and / came down on the
train to Tionesta, got dinner in Tionesta,
after dinner went out to Little Tionesta
where we met the others-Quill Mong, Sic
Mong and McCleary, they told us that
Quill Mong and McCleary had come on a
float together, and Sic on a float alone,
had bought some fish lines and fished
some in Little Tionesta, it was about
o'clock when Sic came to the bridge, Quill
Mong and McCleary came after, Quill
Mong had a small satchel, / think he said
he was peddling some patent something
to be used about q wagon, while we were
there man passed who MOng said was
Mr.. Wagner, stay ed at school house in
forks of road that night-Wilson, Nc
Cleary, Sic Mong and slept there, Quill
Mong said he would go and get grub, 1
think it was at the school house he left us
Am not sure, he may have left us at the
bridge-am not certain, If he went with us
TO school house he did not stay long with
us there, next morning before daylight
| went back to bridge on Little Tionesta,
Quill Mong met us there with grub about
noon, in the afternoon Wilson, Quill Mong
and McCleary went out to Waguer's, Sic
and stayed in the vicinity of the bridge,
Wilson and McCleary didn't come back to
us there, Quill Mong came TO us there, he
said it was not necessary he should 60
with us, it was soft job, Wagner's had
no guns, they might have a shot gun, he
had been seen, he'd go home so he would
| be able to swear Sic was at home, Sic and
started to go to Wagners, we went to
crossroads, turned to the left and went
through the woods to Wagner's field where
we found Wilson and McCleary looking
| through the fence, there we cut clubs, at
| fence back of barn left our coats and hats,
| made masks of our handkerchefs, il was
| quite dark when we started for the house,
| the dogs barked as we came near the
house, when we got into the yard we saw
| a woman standing on the right, Wilson
said to catch her, Sic Mong caught her.
| that was the soft part of the job-the only
soft part there was to it, Wilson got into
| house first, McCleary next, 1 next, after
we were put out saw Mr.. Wagner with
the gun, the gun looked dangerous, after
we were put out-McCleary and II was
willing to quit and go away, but I could
not leave my partner-Wilson-in there,
/ went back, shot i'm the door to scare, got
| in finally, it was dark, couldn't see, heard
noise in back room, it was Wilson, l
shot in the house once or twice, when l
saw Wilson go out / started after him,
there was terrible fusillade of chairs, the
cost of the furniture seemed to be no
| hindrance to its free use, we were struck
all over and very often, it was q regular
beehive, got to door and opened it, some
one hit me with chair, got out as quick as
l could, had lots of help to go out, after
got out saw Wilson and Sic Mong, Will
son was swearing, said he was shot, Sic
said McCleary was killed, Wilson said
mo, he isn't, he is half way to Edenbure
by this time," Sic, Wilson and 1 went up
through field back of Wagner's into woods,
Wilson was losing blood, Sic and l left
him and came to cross roads, Sic left me
to go to get horse for Wilson. did not see
Sic afterwards. (Then follows account OF
his and Wilson's escape.)
Cross-eXamined.-Saw Quill Mong first
in connection with the burglary at his
house at East Hickory, had known him
previously, but had not seen him for 20 or
% years before this-maybe longer-may-
be not so long, final arrangements were
talked over Sunday evening in a grave
yard, Quill Mong was to meet us at Little
Tionesta bridge Monday afternoon or eve-
ming, Sic Mong and McCleary came there
about or 4o'clock p. M, and Quill Mong
later, left there before dark and went TO
school house where we stayed all night
Wilson, McCleaI v, Sic and /, Quill Mong
left us either at Little Tionesta or school
house, if he came with us to school house
he didn't stay long there, Quill came to us
at Little Tionesta on Tuesday at about II
o'clock, in the afternoon Quill Mong. vii.
son and McCleary went to Wagner's tC
reconnoitre, Sic and stay ed at the bridge
saw Quill in afternoon again when he
came back, Sic and started for Wagner s
got there before dusk, kept road as far as
crossroads, then woods, Wilson got in
ahead of me, did not hear Wilson call me
went in to take him out, wouldn't have
gone in again if Wilson hadn't been in
the gun looked dangerous, when he gOi
out 1 followed quickly-got help to go
had no use for 5000 or $ll 900 or any
other sum just at that particular time.
ii. w. Lukehart, sworn.-Live on most
direct road from Turkey City to East Hick'
Ory, Quill Mong stopped at my hlace in
, February, 'S7, said he had came from Tur.
key City, spoke Of McCleary's in connect
ion with church riot.
l.. X. Whitten, of East Hickory, sworn
Saw McCleary with Quill Mong neal
Henry Church's half a mile from East
Hickory on Saturday evening before the
Wagner robbery.
w. ii. Hall, sworn.-Saw Quill and Sic
Mong and Haggerty and Wilson sitting on
a log or old tree near Clark's, at mouth o.
Hickory creek on Saturday evening be.
fore robbery, saw Quill Mong, Haggerty
and Wilson together on Sunday down
along river opposite Hickory depot, sitting
on log.
Mrs. Judson Clark ,sworn.-Kept board
ing house at East Hickory May, 's7, Hag.
gerty and Wilson came 10 my house Sat
urday before burglary about 2:3O p. m.
and stayed till Monday morning till
o'clock.
Jonathan Albaugh, sworn.--Saw Wilson
Haggerty and Sic MOng Monday morning
before robbery, going down from East
Hickory towards the bridge on a path
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