Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-09
RpLDAskp Ar PIscoA,s pOINr.
The East junction Railroad En-
piOyes Forced 10 give up "a ga
Load of IHoraes.

RELGAskD Ar PISrOLsS PUNT.
The Esnst function Railroad Ent.
pioyes Forced TO give up "a Gar
Load of Horses.
Sunday afternoon tall stalwari
westerner with pistols in both hands
forced the b. & o. employees ut East Junc.
ton, just outside the city, to allow him
to take Ave horses from a shsd at that
lccllity where the animals were being
watsred and rested before they resumed
their journey to Newark, N. j. The man
with tho pistols and the Ave horses es-
capped successfully and was last heard OF
on Monday at the Practical Farmer on
the Philadelphia turnpike, where he had
stayed over night. He is now probably
| jogging quietly on his way to Chester or
towards Philadelphia.
From what eau be gathered on Mon.
day it seems very probable no is not a
''dering and successful horse.thiet" but
simply the owner OF the animals who is a
little impatient TO get his horses to their
destination. The five animals two hand.
some Rrays and three bays were shipped
ffom Chicago. They were accompanied
by the man who also brought his own
carriage along and gang plank by which
he could take ont the horses at certain
times to rest and water them. When the
through freight arrived at East junction
at A O'Clock ON Sunday afternoon the
horseman got the conductor TO side track
his car and the horses were placed in q
shed and attended to. Meanwhile the
alleged horse thief pulled out his pistols
and commenced practice ut tomato cans
which he threw up into the air piercing
them ct fly shot with unerring aim. He
soon went towards the shed and pointing
his pistol OF the man in charge forced
him TO get the horses out. Il is stated
that one of the horsea was lame. This,
coupled with the horseman's assertion
that the animals were tired from their
long journey, seems to be the mans
reason for taking them along the road for
the rest OF the journey. He did not get
away without some remonstrance from
the authorities at East junction. But the
mans pistols, pointed at YArdnnster j.
l.. Schouwald and OF Robert Chambers,
enabled him to get away without diff
Guilty. With one OF the horses harnessed
and the Others tetbored the man drove up
Market street. At the Brandywine bridge
his charges took fright at the electric
cars, but with the aid of Officer Walker,
who happened to be there at the time,
aud who, Of course, suspected nothing,
he got ACROSS all safely. lie continued
his journey along the Philadelphia turn
pike, stopping over on Sunday night,
ut the Practical Farmer.
The Il. u o. authorities here could
learn no particulars as to the man or the
horses as it was through freight. All
the stations along the road have been
NslAurnnhat n Annnfal lfffnan su.a
of the Is. X o. has gone out ON pursuit..
Unfortunately no one from East Junction
teisphoned TO the police station. The
fact of the mans drawing the pistol
would hAvs been sufficient for his arrest
which could have probably been accom-
plished without any trouble had the DO
lice been informed 1t seems that the
man had threatened Trainmester John e.
Spurrier at Bayvlew, outside Baltimore,
Sunday.
Edmund Ashton, the alleged horse
thief who took the five horses from the
u. ~ o. shed at Euet junction Sunday
afternoon, was arrested Monday in
South Chester by Chief Of Police Nicholas
knight Of that place. The horses were
put up in the Drove-yard Hotel stables.
Ashton told the police that the horses are
his, and that he brought them from Chi
cage. II was learned that before the
arrest was made Ashton had offered the
horses to Herman Tyson for SO apiece.
Special Officer of the B. g. o. Railway
James L. Hawkins, telephoned to Chester
this morning that Ashton BIO bold until
the Delaware authorities be heard from.
From all accounts it seems probable that
the man is tine bona fiie owner of the
horses. What he will bs needed for here
Is to answer the charge Of threatening
the East Junction emnloYes with q piatol.