The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-06
citizens Of Faystte 10 Longer Sc
cure In Psrsoa and Properly.
THE DETEcTryEsLocA ONE GANG
In the Mountains but Allow them to Get
Away-A Large Reward Urged.
connelIsyille Courier.

SDHucii5Fltic ObuflcI-
Under the inspiration OF the ex-
PLOTS Of the Franklin and German
township brigands. outlawry in Fay
cite county is fast assuming proper
tions which in shor- time will
make this section of the State as ia
nous as Logan and Pike counties,
West Virginia, and those portions of
the West terrorized by the James
gang. The perpetrators Of the ont
RACES in this county are still at
large, and, although it is presumed
that they are outside of the State,
under cover of their fame two new
bands of less desperate character
seem to have arisen, one operating
near the scene of the German town
ship outrages and the other in the
rather sparsely settled mountain re-
gions of Georges township. The first
named gang made their initial ad-
venture on Sunday night. Shortly
after dark, William Rifle, a we'll
known farmer residing near McClel-
landtown, while on his way home,
was suddenly pounced upon by three
men, who dragged him from his
horse and took 81 in money which
they found in his pockets. After
rifiing their victim they escaped in
the darkness. No violence was done
to Rifle. He did Dot recognize any
of his assailants, but it is thought
they are residents of the locality in
which the outrage was committed.
The new barn of Van b. Low, in
Nicholas township, was destroyed by
fire about A clock Wednesday morn
ing with its contents. 1t is suppos-
ed TO have been set on fire by some
of the gang of outlaws for the pur-
pose of robbery.
The other gang attacked Lewis
Hunter Ms he was on his way home
from Uniontown late Saturday night
His home is at the foot of the noun
tains near the white House" in
George township. After passing Hay
dentown, he left the Morgantown road
and took by path which was a near
cut to his house After having rid
den but short distance from the
main road three men sprang from
the bushes on either side ofth path.
One held his horse by the bride
while the other two grabbed him,
one on each side, and demanded his
money. Hunter struggled to free
himself from the hold of his assail-
ants and finally succeeded in freeing
one of his legs. With this he dealt
his horse a sharp kick in the flank.
The spirited animal reared sudden
ly and lifting the man who held the
bride from his feet, dashed away at
a lively pace. The Iobbers were not
expecting such a movement, and it
was some little time before they
could recover from their surprise
When they did they opened fire on
the fast disappearing horseman, but
their aim was poor and none of their
shots took effect. Hunter reached
home in safety. He thinks he knows
who one of his assailants was and is
contemplating issuing a warrant.
Another effort was made on Friday
night to capture the McClellandtown
gang at their supposed stronghold in
j. S. Anderson's house near Mark
leysburg. The house is occupied by
William Hill, relative of the Sulli-
vans. Detectives Howard and CHS
ohm located the gang at that place
and sent telegram to Sheriff Miller
notifying him of their discovery.
They stated that the gang numbered
eleven persons and had in their pos
session an armament consisting of
four Winchester rifles and sixteen
revolvers. They had firmly but po-
litely refused to surrender to the de-
tectives. The generous neighbors
had offered the use of an old cannon
to the detectives with which to bonn
bard the stronghold, but they hest
tated to use it and asked Sheriff
Miller if he would grant them per-
mission. Upon the receipt of the tel
egram, Sheriff Miller organized IA
posse consisting Of Constable Chick,
Policeman Pegg, Constable Mason
Murphy, Alfred Ansel, George Hur
ley, Polk Winterbottom, George Nc
Cormick, Noble Mccormick, Isaac
Hutchinson and w. g. Mccormick, and
proceeded to the scene of the siege.
The place was reached about mid
night and no one was found III the
house but Hill and his family, ali of
whom were in bed The house was
thoroughly searched. Two Of Lew
is sons were found and their fathers
Winchester rifle. The Hills admit
ted that the gang had been there, but
had gone away the day before.
The officers returned to town very
much out of humor at the outcome
of their visit. They were very in
dignant at the detectives who had
led them upon what proved wild
goose chase. The detectives claim
ed to have surrounded the house and
had guarded it for several days
They were afraid to make an attack
themselves and had made extrava-
CANT representations in order to get
Sheriff Miller upon the scene. One
of the posse in relating the exper-
fences of the raid said: "When we
reached the place we found the de-
tectives and their cowboy aids seat
ed around a fire smoking. The
place is half mile from the
house where the robbers were sup
posed to be. The telegram stated
that they had the outlaws surround
ed. The way they did the surround
ing was to get upon hills out of gun
shot and look at the house with tel
escapes. Not one of them could we
get to say that he had been nearer
than $50 yards of the place. Their
surrounding was so effective that
Hill didn't know they were near.
Sheriff Miller told them as soon as
he joined them that they had let the
gang get away and only had the
house searched to satisfy the people
of the community. They were afraid
to come to the house until it had
been demonstrated that there was
no danger. The Hills told US that
only three of the suspects had been
there and that they were Ram
say, Lewis and Tasker. Ramsay