The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-04
Santemeyer Run In.
Squire Gndner Celebrates His Last
Day in Office by Capturing
"Bill" Pritts' son-in Law.

Saturday morning Esquire Gildnsr. q,
lockwood. broaght Jacob Santenever 70
Somerset and lodged him in the county isiI.
santesneysr was arrested O, al information
Eaafie D. fore squire Gildnsr By RoIla G.
Hochsietier. ohaEging him with being an
accessory after the fact to the murder Of his
/ fAiber, jonathan c Hochste,ler.
szntemsyer was found At the home Of bis
fatheT-in law. Wm- Priits, On the Fzyette
county side Of tie mountain sou- or Eve
miles back Of Trent post ofsoe- When the
OtEcers STOPPED 81 Prit's hcGse Nrs. Pr,ts
denied that Santemeysr vas there and claim
ed that be had not been there for several
days Squire GilGner walked around the
corner Of the house and found The mzn he
S2s searching f0r Al work in the garden.
He 81 once placed him under arrest and
brought him here 10 jail.
saniemsysr IS 2 very boyish young fellow
and does not look 10 be more than Is or 10
years old He was saucy as rnAgpie when
irsi placed behind the bars. but a night in
jail made him more docilea and Sunday morn
ing be began . wish he was out.
4 don't ike the idea Of stavinz here in
Jail, be said, with chance Of going 10 the
penitsniiary for two or three yszrs for a
crime some one else committed, and I'm
wiling u tell all I know about Priit's
Whereabouts I stopped work at The More
wood mines near Mt Pleasant, on the last
dsy of March, having mad. up my mind
that would 20 to Chicago and look for a
Joo there Friday morning, April Ist, took
ny wife TO her home. Her father. BIZ
friiis, vas not 81 home, while 7 was there.
The ne1t morning ! started back for Nj
Peasant and had only gone about nile
Ehen met Pitts on the ruai. He GOT into
The buggy and Eeai 10 Mt Pleasant with
ne P-itis stlyei at ny house until Sunday
night when We walked 20 Scoitdale. Here
we bought tickets for Pitis5angh and took q
tram. Ny taiher had cashed my months
coal checks FOR ne. On the t1zin to Pitts
5urgh noticed by the headlines in paper
a man sitting in the seat in front or Us was
reading. that J0asthan c. HOch.letler had
been murdered asked the man for the
paper and he gave il 20 me. After reading
the article TUNED 70 Pritts and said, why.
you mnsi be mixed up in this. He replied
hat he guessed they were after him. This
was the frst I knew ofthe murder. At
Pittsburgh We boughi tictets for Chicago.
Pritis went out Of the station to buy some
tobacco and that was the last saw OF him.
I took train for Chicago a; O'Clock Non
day afternoon and arrived there the follow
ing morning. watched every train until
Thursday expecting Prits, and as he didn't
come returned home. hsd secured = job
IN Chicago aud wanted 10 come back and
sell my things and then take my wife out
there When got back 70 Prins Ms.
Prit-s wonida't let ne 60. She urged ne to
stay with her, now that her husband wzs
g0as, and ooncluJeito 10 do so7
There Is little o. ID Goub. that San;emey-
er concealed Lis Eathe--iu- Law al Nj Pleasant
for Al least 80 hours ard ten took him a.
far Eest Is Chicago where he Ieft him and -e-
turned home. He was detected in 4 number
Of ialsehoojs whilst telling the above story,
5nt :: every such period he wouid refuse TO
aasssr questions put 70 him. Monday
morning re told the sheriff that he believed
If he could SEE Priits wife lie could ind1ce
hsrto tell where her husband Ezs hiding
he agrsei 10 pay fJ- the team providing the
Sheriff would send hin TO Priits' home for
that purpose. The sheriff considered S4nte-
meyers proposition S good one and ct 10
O'Clock policeman Gilbert left for Pitts
home with the prisoner. securely hzndcuifed.
seated By his side in 3 buggy
Gilbert and sauteneyer returned 70 The
jail about so'clock the sane night They
did not fnd Mrs. Pritts a. home and after
brief interview with Santemeysr's wife Gil
bert concluded thai his prisoner had led him
onto q Mid goose chase