The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
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Clarion county, in boiler house owned by
Lare McCleary, in April 81, on Thursday
preceding burglary - last Thursday in
| April--burglary was on the next Tuesday |
night. Learned of Wagner's first from
| Thomas Haggerty, next from Lane Nc
! Cleary, next from his son William Nc
| Cleary, next from Aquilla Mong saw |
| Mong near his own house at East Hickory, |
| Forest county; i went to Foxburg on the
narrow -guage railroad, then to Oil City by |
railroad, then TO East Hickory by railroad;
got to East Hickory on Saturday-last
Saturday in Aprili crossed the river bridge
| and went down the river to the mouth OF
| a run, went up the run; was looking for |
! AquillR Mong's; went across the WOODS
| through by.road till we came out on hill |
overlooking East Hickory, stopped on side |
| hill little WHILE we went down the hill |
| and made inquiries at house there for |
! Aquilla Mong's; we were directed where /
10 go and went up the run until we came |
| 10 Mong's, Mong was not at home, his wife |
said he would soon be in, his son Sic soon |
came in, soon after Hsggerty stepped out, |
! soon went out too, Haggerty and Aquilla |
| Mong were sitting on log at the other |
side of the road, l went over and Joined !
| them, we went up the run and there dis |
cussed the burglary; spoke of a place to
| spend Sunday at, Mong spoke of Mrs. |
| Clark's, he took us there and we got din |
ner about or o'clock; on Sunday eve |
| ming had a final consultation about the
|
of river near Clark's we talked about the
| robbery, we made arrangement to meet at
| graveyard on Sunday evening for final ar
| rangements, did meet, we there made ara
| rangement to meet on Monday evening at
| Little Tionesta where the road from Tio-
| nesta to Wagner's crosses 1t, Aquilla Mong
| and McCleary were 10 start early on Mon
day morning, Haggerty and were to go
| to Tionesta on the train, spent Sunday
night at Mrs. Clark's, Monday morning
| Sic Mong came to us and told us that
Aquilla Mong and McCleary would go
down river on float he left us at end of
river bridge, Haggerty and l came down
to Tionesta on local train, got dinner at
Central House, registered there - as
Campbell, Haggerty as Burt, got din
ner and lunch, went up the hill till
we came to a school house, our directions
were to turn to the right at the school
house, we did so and came to the bridge
across Little Tionesta, Haggerty had
bought two trout lines in town and fished
some, met Aquilla Mong and McCleary at
Little Tionesta, Sic Mong came afterward,
Aquilla Mong and l went up the road
toward Wagner's to the crossroads, went
on past the cross roads and went through
the woods, turning to the left to avoid a
house near by there, then came into the
road again, then through some more woods,
then into the road, we found house, Mong
wasn't sure if it was Wagner's, he recon-
noitered for a little and said it was not
Wagner's, we then went on and finally
came out of the woods in the rear of Wag-
ner's house. 1 was dissatisfied with the
way found things, we went back to Lit
| tie Tionesta, agreed to stay all night at the
school house on the hill, Quill Mong went
away to get food, rest of us stayed, next
:, morning went back to where we had been
/ to bridge over Little Tionesta, about
noon Quill Mong brought us food, he had
it in an old satchel he had same satchel
the day before, we ate some, talked awhile,
d Quill Mong said he had met some one and
h thought he had better get where he could
= clear himself when the affair was over, in
IS afternoon we started to go to Wagner's
y. McCleary and went first, Haggerty and
u Sic Mong came afterwards, went near the
}. house, by same route as on day before,
left the others and got where could get 8
o better view of the house-ftom little rise
n of ground, stayed there till dusk, ther
went back to where Haggerty, McCleary
and Sic Mong were, we then went to thu
house, we crossed the field to the orchard
10 we made masks of our handkerchiefs, W,
% left our hats and coats, crossed the orchard
towards the house, crossed the bars, saw
& some one come out of the house and 81
% down-he soon got up and went into th
house, Quill Mong had given us diagram
}. of the house, we had arranged where eacl
:, was to go, came to small building bacl
u of house, passed through a small gate, saw
e a woman standing to the right amonj
some small buildings, told some one t
81 bring her into the house, didn't stop to Sc
70 if any one did, dog was barking and W
feared discovery, we kept on towards th
lp houses of us-Haggerty, McCleary AM
=, 1, Sic Mong didn't come in, suppose h
~ was outside holding the woman, saw folk
at at table, old man sat by the wall not a
table, was armed with club and revolver
10 they tried to make defense, we had
In row, pushed one down, told him to 81
down, ne wouldn't and think hit him
sDt.
of saw Haggerty go out of the door, saw oil
VI man and boy guard the door, saw struggl
IN there, got blow on the head from bt
! hind, pulled old man from door, and calle
su them to come in, Haggerty came in, theI
he was shooting done in the house, one OF th
Wagner's was shot, believe / did it, woT
ce out, saw Sic Mong a short distance away
of asked where HaggeIty was, he said he ha
" run out there-away from house, Sic sal
D. he was going too. called him to CON
back, after got out heard shot, it wi
ry at me think, it passed through back
my coat, Showed the holes In back of h
coat, Sic and / went ont to where our ha
were, Haggerty came back to us there, "
went out through field-the of us, didn
Ter know where McCleary was, 1 was shot
the leg, tied leg up, l got sick, Sic al
~, Haggerty left me to go TO get me hors
,na | l went and got gum coat and came
N crossroads and sat down OH tree top ther
til found Haggerty there, Mong was not wi
ol hlmt started UOWdIu nsueuDuIB, udu
'eu tended to go that way, didn't see Sic MOI
he again. Here an account of how he tie
was given by the prisoner.)
"a Cross-examlned. - Quill Mong and
vi. came back from Wagner's to Little III
~, nesta, Monday, at about dark, went fro
lld there to school house, school house is abO
Il a mile or so from Little Tionesta, Gu
uo' Mong came with us 10 school house, stay
with us a little while-how long l car
tell-not long, he left us TO go for foe
am Quill Mong may have left us at Little II
the nesta before we came to school house,
may not have been with us at the schC
the house, know it was dark when we got
Wagner's, 3 went into the house at SAL
lng time-Haggerty, McCleary and 1, We
ble into kitchen-suppose it was kitchen, til
began soon after we got in, found we h
use, got into a trap, early in fight Haggel
ia. and McCleary went out at same door cal
in at, called fTaggerty back, he came
act stepped in sitting-room, supposed m
r, with gun might shoot, the sitting-ro'
'0i" was not a good place, left as soon as
ght was shot in leg, 1 turned around and
q out, on Tuesday Quill Mong came W
Iter provisions 10 Little Tionesta about no
hat he stayed probably until o'clock p.
we We're in some bushes off road and col