The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-06-16
THEY SURRENDER.
Trio Of PennsylYanians Try Selling
liquor on the River. and Get
into Trouble.

gentlemen of Granville, and tue skiffs
crossed the river, where two of then
alighted from the boat and went uI
the railroad track to prevent the
parties in the boat from getting
ashore; and when near the boat the,
again entered the skiffs, which haC
been quietly coming up the river, and
went out to the boat. Upon reach
ing it, they were approached by the
three men upon the boat, and asked
their business; and upon being in
formed that the party consisted Of
the sheriff and his assistants, and
demanded their surrender, the lead
er of the boat Immediately resisted
and walked the guard at the real
end of the boat, where he defied the
sheriff and his party to get aboard
Notwithstanding the fact that the
sheriff and his three assistants had
him covered with their revolvers. and
not over four feet from him, he kept
warding off the boat and striking
the occupants of the boat with o
broken pole, and finally drew re-
volver, swearing that he would shoot
the men if they did not let loose oil
the boat.
Finally when it was decided by
the sheriff to neither shoot, nor climb
aboard the boat, it was concluded to
pull loose from the boat, and secure
more help. Whereupon, the skiff
pulled to the railroad side again, and
let off three of its party, and the
sheriff and the residue went to Gran
vile to get more assistance.
The crew on board the fiat insist
ed that they could not be taken by
civil authorities, as they were upon
the public waters, and that no one
could take them but the United
States Marshal, insisting that they
had done this kind of business on
the Ohio River at Wheeling, and
could not he touched. The sheriff
secured two or three more men at
Granville, while the others went
down the railroad track, and called
up Jimtown and asked some aid
from there, where they were inform
ed that they could come out in the
ferry boat, which was at once ae.
cepted as an excellent means, and
they were ordered to bring the ferry
boat out into the river, and hold it
directly opposite the boat that was
floating down. When this was done.
and the boat containing the sheriff,
as well as the boat from the opposite
side of the river, occupied by the
fellows who had gone down the track
to that place, came out to the ferry
boat. The men on board the cabin
fiat dropped anchor within about
eight or ten feet of the Ferry boat,
and refused to come down.
At this stage of the game, it being
certain that the men would be cap
tured and taken back to town, and
in order to save tramp from jim
town to Morgantown, it was suggest
ed for one of the party to come back
to town and get couple ofcarriages,
and bring down some assistance to
bring them back.
Several of the residents of jim
town very promptly and bravely
came to the assistance of the sheriff,
and confronted the threatened danger
from the float.
After the messenger had returned
from Morgantown with the carriages
and several men, the parties on
board the flying cruiser decided to
surrender, and dropped down to the
ferry boat and were towed ashore,
where lunch was taken, it having
been thought wise not to attempt to
board the boat until daylight, as the
parties on board the boat made all
kinds of threats about revolvers,
winchesters, rifles, ETC., and that
they had plenty of provisions to last
them for several days; lunch had
been ordered for the pursuing party
previous to this time.
The three fellows captured on the
boat were brought up and given a
preliminary hearing, and held in the
penalty of three hundred dollars
each, for two of them, and four hun
dred dollars for the third, for their
appearance before the grand jury on
the 18th. One by the name of
Frank Gold gave bond, F. NJ Bun
ner going his security, and the other
two are still in Jail.
1t is to be regretted that the effort
to stop the vending of stimulants on
that boat was not made earlier in
the day, as there were a great many
persons, both young and old, made
drunk by the stuff that was sold on
the boat; and if this had been done
it would have saved considerable ex-
pense, to say nothing of the risk
that was taken by those who went
with the sheriff after night, to ar.
rest those who should have been ar
rested during the day, but since it
is all over, it is well that the sheriff
declined to shoot, or to get aboard
he boat.
Judge Okey johnson, of Charles
ton, will arrive to-day to look after
cases he has in court Judge John
sons name has been prominently
mentioned for the presidency of the
University.
VIM. R. Thompson, Esq, of Hunt
ington, is the guest of Prof Jno. l.
Harvey.
Miss Mary Hill, of Fredericks-
town, Pa, is commencement guest
at Hotel Peabody.
COL R. E. Fast, Majors Phil A.