Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-10-02
Interesting Events Across the
River.


Ever since last Thursday three strange men
have been loaing about shepherdstown and
In the neighborhood of Antietam Station, in
Maryland Sunday morning about nine
o'clock q freight car standing on the N. g W.
switch at the cement eompanys siding, about
midway between Shepherdstown aud Antie-
tam. was discovered to be on fire by Mr.. L.
". Pofinberger. who was passing that way.
BE was unable to extingnish the fire or to
move the car, and the warehouse soon caught
fire from the car. Both were completely de-
stroyed by the flames. The warehouse be-
longed to the Antietam Cement Company.
which also lost about $50 barrels of cement
stored there. The local passenger train was
unable to pass the fire, and ran back to Shep-
herdstown, where the engineer filed up the
tank with water to put ont the fire that was
burning the tics Sunday night the Antietam
Station building was entered by burglars, who
ransacked the place but did not get any
money, for the reason that none was there
The three mysterious men had been lying
around in the woods near the station and the
warehouse, SO suspicion was tasted upon
them. Constable Samuel Pennel, of sharps-
burg, with deputy or two, got after them on
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he came upon one of the men asleep in the
bushes Before the fellow knew what was
up the handcuffs were upon him The con-
stable also captured one Colts revolver, As
ealibre, and 400 cartridges, four s-inch sticks
of high-grade dynamite, fuse and caps, three
grips, about two pounds of red pepper in
paper sack, purcha sed Cfrom printing on the
saek) in Missouri, two packages of pepper,
three good busters, several coats and pairs of
pantaloons, box of quinine capsules, one bot
tie filed with liquid which looks like nitro
glycerine, as well as many other small trink-
cts. The prisoner was taken before Justice
w. F. Blackford ut Sharpsburg, who commits
ted him to jail for sixty days for carrying con-
cealed weapons. He refused to give any ac-
count of himself.
Later in the afternoon Constable Pennel
and Deputy Thomas went after the other burg
lars-but they didn't get them. They came
upon one OF the fellows in the woods and
Thomas at once covered the man with his re-
yolyer and said he wanted him and command
ed him to throw up his hands This the man
did, but at that moment anothe r appeared and
exclaimed, you have him, but not me-" and
at once took aim at Pennel. Four shots were
fired by the insurgents aud two by the officers,
who ut once fell back to Sharpsburg for rein
forcements while the enemy retreated toward
Virginia. The sheriff was telephoned to at
Hagerstown, aud he deputized posse to sur
round the outlaws. Night came on, however,
| and under cover of darkness the two hunted
men made good their escape. for nothing fur.
Their has been heard from them.
Sheriff Herbert took the lone prisoner to
Hagerstown and put him in jail Here he
gave his name as Samuel Martin; residence,
Noble, Ark; occupation, professional gambler.
He says he found his way from Arkansas to
Tennessee, where he was directed to Washing
ton, D. c., as good place to practice his
profession. BE went to Washington, but
somehow found it not as good as represented
and started up toward Harper's Ferry, where
he fell in company with the men who are We,
at -Shepherdsto,on Register.