The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-07
JOE LARKIN
IS IN JAIL
How the Township COnStableS Got
Him There.
BOUND AND HANDCUFFED
He Was Taken Prisoner at the Point OF
a Revolver and Then Handcuffed
and Tied With Ropes.

Joe Larkin, who has become known IS
the Abe Buzzard of this part of the anthra-
cite region. is once more in custody, but
he succeeded in having heap of fun
with the authorities before he allowed
them to get him there. Larkin is
resident of Lost Creek, and a
pretty troublesome one, too. He has
charges of various degrees resting |
against him and they embrace burglary, |
larceny and assault and battery. Some |
of the charges are made by his father and
a Polish woman is also an accuser. |
Larkin is about 25 years of age. Drink
has been the cause of his downfall. His
natural disposition is genial and whole
souled, but when snakeiuice gets into
him he stops at nothing. Joe has had
more fun with Constable Joe Peters, of
VIM. Penn and Constable Pat Maloney,
of Colorado, than a monkey could have
with a cage full of parrots. Som9 time
ago he as captured by Peters after evad
ing arrest for some time, but while on his
way to Jail escaped by jumping through
window of a moving train while the
constable was getting a drink of water at
one end of the car. He was recaptured
last week, but while walking from the
railroad depot to the Jail in Pottsville he
knocked Constable Peters down and again
made his escape. In both these instances
Larkin was handcuffed, but when he
jumped from the train he was uniniured.
Last night Peters determined to go
after his man again and formed an armed
expedition consisting of himself, Con
stable Maloney and Justice Green, of
VIM. Penn. They visited the Larkin
homestead at Lost Creek and were ad.
mitted, but Joe Larkins' brothers, Peter
and Pat, declared they would not allow
their brother to be taken. They empha.
sized their declaration with display of
an axe and a shot gun. Meanwhile Joe
Larkin escaped and Peter and Pat were
arrested and put under bail for trial at
court.
At seven o'clock this morning the at
lacking forces increased by the enlistment
of Constable Tom Boland, of town,
traced Larkin to the house of Pole in
Smoky Hollow. Two of the officers stood
|
inside 10 put salt on tn birds tail. Soon
Larkin appeared at second story win
dow. He looked down upon and smiled
at Constable Maloney, who was on guard
outside, and told him to stand aside, as
he proposed to jump. Larkin put one leg
out of the window to carry out his pur-
pose and Maloney drew his revolver,
Larkin is a strong, heavy built fellow and
the officer knew he stood no show with
the man single-handed. He levelled the
revolver and threatened to shoot If Larkin
moved from the window. The latter
, hesitated and, seeing that Maloney was
= in dead earnest, concluded to surrender,
Larkin was soon pounced upon by the
four officers. They decided to take no
{ chances and in addition to hand cutting
the prisoner they firmly bound his arms
above and below the elbows with severa
yards of clothes line. Then the officers
marched the prisoner to an electric car
brought him to town and boarded q
Lehigh Valley train for PottsVills The
trio, Larkin, Peters and Maloney presented
! an odd sight. Larkin, with the clothes
/ line entwined about him and half frozen
on account of his scant supply of cloth
ing and the bitter cold weather, looked
like half prepared Egyptian mummy.
The prisoner was EXTREMITY good natured
/ and chatted most sociably while seated in
} the depot waiting the arrival of the train
Maloney held on to the handouts and
! Peters kept a desperate grip upon oRe enc
OF the clothes line. At no time were the
grips released. "What do you think o
the way these fellows have me tied up p
e asked Larkin of one of the curious by
(. ISLANDERS. "That's all right pvs go
A, enough newspaper notoriety in thi
matter and intend to get you into tn
Jail this time If have to bind you hant
= and foot, said Peters, The latter carriel
] out his determination, as Larkin i
now Gagged as safely as any canary bird
but the Jail officials must not be too con
fdent that they can keep him there with
out extra precaution.