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him Monday, OF a couple OF hours IN
length, Young told story to the BAN
NER man that sounded almost like ro-
nance. The statements made were sub
stantiated with day and date, and made
in the presence of a third party. Over
twenty years ago he kept a hotel near
West Troy, and partner with him was
one Edward Parmlee Jones, who, num-
Der of years ago, killed resident OF
Bennington just over the line into New
York, and who was afterward tried in
Troy and acquitted, Moses and Beach
being his counsel. Jones, who now goes
by the name of Edward Parmlee, owns a
large stock farm near Bridgeport, Conn,
and when Richard Croker sailed for
England few weeks ago, Edward
Parmlee was one of the two who went
with him. Dentz, the we'll known crook
that steered O'Brien, the famous known
Albany bunco man out of the hotel in
Utica, two years ago or more, when he
was on his way to prison in charge of
two deputy sheriffs, was an old friend of
Young's.
The plan of the defense has not yet
been fully announced. 1t is said that it
will be to prove an alibi.
Among those present in the court
room Monday afternoon was p. K.
Clark of Bald Mountain, settlement
located few miles from Greenwich,
who, several months ago, had a $3.50
horse stolen, together with a carriage
and harness belonging to another man.
Since the arrest of Young, Clark has
found out where his horse was, but
when he went for it the animal was dead
and buried, said to have died from a
broken leg. The horse was insured and
attempts are now being made to collect
the insurance. The carriage and har-
ness have not been found. Suspicion is
pointed to Young as the party who took
the rig, as stranger was seen in that
vicinity the day it was taken, and Clark
and his son, Alonzo, are both at the
court to identify him as the man if they
can. The young man rode forty miles
to be present at the opening of the
court, leaving home at 4.3O O'Clock in
the morning.
The fact is freely talked that some in
teresting develo dement's are to be made
when the defense begins. What they
are no one knows but one or two. 1t is
said that they will expose quite lot of
crookedness that has been going on in
this section the past few years. Young
feels that he has been betrayed and he
proposes if possible to get even, and the
statements that he makes, and apparent
ly substantiates, would indicate that he
could AS soon as the trial is over full
statement from him will probably be
made. He complains of his treatment
in the States prison while confined
there awaiting trial, being dressed in a
prison garb and treated like those who
are serving sentence there.
Young will probably make a plea in
his own defense. The jury is composed
as follows: Richard Newman, N. NJ.
Puffer, David Crofut, M. G.. Robertson,
G. II. Wakefield, J. D. Meyers, F. P.
Bowles, Merritt Farrar, H. G. Shipper,
Edward Bates, Samuel Mallory, Fl. N.
Pratt, Jr.
Mr.. Julian Hill, station agent at Sun
derland, whose team was stolen, was the
first witness put on the stand in the case
of State Charles Rufus Young. Mr..
Hill testified that he saw the respondent
get off the 7 o'clock evening train; did
not know him, but he took notice of him
as he was the only passenger to get off
there. In the night he was awakened
by the barking of his dog; getting up
and looking out of the window toward
the barn, he saw the barn doors open !;
hastily putting on his pants and stock
ings he went to the barn, where he found
his team missing; he then went to his
hired mans house, Mr.. Mattlson,
whom he informed; going back to the
barn, where he was met by his wife
with a lantern; they discovered that the
shafts had been taken out of his car
riage and the pole put in their place !;
while they were thus looking matters
over the dog bristled up and begun to
growl; Mr.. Hill told the dog to ''sick
im," and followed the dog, which ran
out about one and One-half rods to a
team coming, which Mr.. Hill recognized
as being his own team; he shouted
''whoar' but the driver was too skillful
and the horses did not heed their mas
ter's call. They were refined around at
that point and time and Mr.. Hill in the
full moon light recognized the driver as
the man who got off the train that even
ing; he grabbed for the hind wheel but
succeeded in just missing it, but fol
lowed on in hot pursuit of his team for
one mile, when he was overtaken by his
hired man on horseback. At Sunder-
land Borough they got the assistance OF
Benjamin Baker, who nalso started on
horseback, and Mr.. Hill went back and
got Mr.. Graves and team and followed
the tracks of the team and the horses to
the road that turns at the Hicks farm to
go over the mountain. Hill and Graves,
after discovering the direction the thief
had taken, kept ON to Manchester Depot,
about one-half mile from Hicks's turn,
and aroused A. B. Connor, station agent
and telegrapher. After arranging with
him they returned to Sunderland, and
Mr.. Hill started again to find his horses,
following on the tracks all the way over
the mountain. A heavy rain the evening
before having cleared the roads of all
tracks, and knowing the peculiar track
made by the left hind wheel of his wag-
on, and the off horse having been newly
shod, made it exceedingly easy to keep
the trail. When near Londonderry he
met two men and inquired if they had
seen such team as he described; one of
them, which turned out to be officer
Herb Yearly, replied in the negative,
and asked if his name was Hill; an affir-
native from him brought from the other
gentleman the remark, II stole your
horses and they are all right, you're man
is coming with them" Mr.. Hill had not
before recognized the man, but he was al
lowed to get out and stand on the ground
and Mr.. Hill then readily recognized him
as the man he had seen get off the train
and later saw in his carriage as his team
was turned around in the moonlight.
When asked why he did not recognize
him that morning when he was as near,