West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-08-31
Special 10 the Amevs.

In the course of human events
Mr.. Samuel Yeager walked out Of
the Kingwood jail and took to the
woods to get a Whit of fresh air and
commune with Nature and Free
dom. Sheriff Shaw had already
| pitched his tent in the woods and
was returning thanks to Him from
whom all blessings flow, when Pros
ecuting Attorney Wotring tele-
graphed Squire Joseph A. Miller to
notify the Sheriff that Sam Yeager
had taken to the woods without the
necessary permission, and that the
Kingwood District boys would be
paid suitable reward il they
would return Sam in time to prove
his love and affection for LYDIA
Cooley before Preston county
jury. Squire Miller proceeded at
once to the Camp Ground to carry
the news to the Sheriff and mar
shalled the Tunnelton boys in
squads of four to go and hunt Sam,
while the valorous Squire kept a
respectable distance in the rear and
clear Of tho woods in order TO i'm
press upon the young men that
che who fights and runs away will
live to lie the balance of his days"
But the Squire and Sheriff we're
thoroughly mad at Sam and order
ed the boys to capture Sam at any
cost. Why any one should take
umbrage at Sam for doing that
which they would do under similar
circumstances, is respectfully re-
ferred to Prophet Peter r. Smith
for analysis and publication IN his
next forecast. The thing was go
ing monotonous with Sam. He was
getting tired playing hide-and-seek
with the boys, and one Thursday
evening he walked in to Tnnnelton
to form the acquaintance of the boy
hunters. Geo. p. burr was the
drst one to go forward and throw
his arms around Sans neck aud
weep and shout glory. Suddenly
Sam and George parted company.
But George was determined to show
his affection for Sam and embraced
him once more. Again Sam OBJ
jected to Georges hugging and cast
HIM off. But believing 1.-THE third
time is the CHARM" George threw
his arms around Sam and proceeded
to give him bear hug. 1t took
but short struggle for Sam to free
himself once more, when he took to
the woods and left George shouting
at the top of his voice for help. All
this time Constable Tommy Haw-
ker stood about ten feet from
George with revolver in hand, and
every two seconds would ask,
What's the matter, George, can t
you hold him ?'' The boys got
their swords, guns and pistols and
ftarted for the woods for another
game of hide-and seek with Sam.
1t proved a failure, however, and
not until Saturday afternoon did
the boys find Kim. Il. Il. Hanway
and Chester X. Shaffer captured
Sam near Austen and brought him
to Tnnnelton. When it became
known that Sam was in town quite
a crowd collected to see bin. At
this juncture the Sheriff and Squire
appeared upon the scene and de-
manded oil to stand back and allow
the law to get hold Of Sam. The
Sheriff demanded that the hand
cuffs be put on Sam forthwith. 1t
was suggested to the Sheriff that
the prisoner was very hungry and
that he be allowed to eat his supper
before he was hand -cuffod. But
the Sheriff said No, and threatened
our Jimmy Hunt with arrest when
Jimmy said he would pay for the
prisoners supper. But the Sheriff
was hostile and declared that 81
am Sheriff Of Preston county" and
he would arrest the whole crowd IL
they dared to say supper again.
Tom McCinnis tried to reason With
the Sheriff that Sam was entitled
to something to cat, and the Sheriff
said he would arrest him If he did
not "dry up" and when Tom said
arrest, tho devil" the Sheriff
pulled ont bis buh.dog and made
Tor Tom II began TO look like
"wah" ~ earnest. The Sheriff
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