The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
Held up and Robbed |!

oOHt tOteWUN oT hlcNmOnU ana
Hattie Street Of lViHiamSport.
both coiored, hold up dndrob q
stranger at Clements Pdrk.
A colored man and colored wom-
an were brought to the Middleburg
Jail on Saturday afternoon on
charge of larceny. They were
committed to the custody OF Sheriff
Specht. The man gave his name as
John Coleman of Richmond, Va.
His age is 30 years. The woman
says her name is Hattie Street of
Williamsport The story us given
by the stranger, who we have been
told is Daniel Krebs, is as follow s:
During the progress of dance held
at Clements Park on Friday night,
the stranger was sitting on one of
the swings listening to the music
when he was approached by two col
ored people, man and woman.
The colored man drew revolver
and ordered him to throw up his
hands. He did so and while the col
ored man kept him covered with the
revolver the woman proceeded to go
through his clothes aud relieved him
OF his valuables. The robbers se-
cured silver watch and IS in mon
ey after which they skipped. The
colored robbers were captured on
Northern Central Railroad train at
Herndon and put under arrest.
They were brought before II. p.
Jarret, Justice OF the Peace, at Sell
insgrove who committed them to
Jail.
A reporter OF the PosT interviewed
the prisoners at the county iail.
Each prisoner is locked in seperate
cell. The woman gave her name and
address as above given and request
ed the reporter not to publish the
name as she had been working for
nice white folks in Williamsport and
she never stole anything and she did
not want them to know she was in
Jail. She does not know how old she
is. She says she met Coleman sew.
eral months ago. In reply to the
question whether she was married
to Coleman, she remained silent.
The question was repeated aud re-
ply was evaded. The woman claims
the stranger gave her the watch,
made indecent proposals to her, to
which she yielded. She was to re
ceive Sl.00. The stranger refused to
pay it and she agreed to accept 30
cents and return the watch. The
stranger refused and Coleman came
to her rescue. This is her story but
it is not believed. The woman's ia.
ther is an Indian and her mother is
white woman. Her father is dead
and her mother has since been mar
ried to John Ogee, a hod carrier of
Williamsport. Coleman's mother,
Mariah Coleman, lives at 25 Butler
Street, Norfolk, Virginia. His ia
the, Nelson Coleman, lives and
works at Manchester, Va. Evident
ly his father and mother are not
good friends.
Coleman had been travelling with
Taylor's Wild West Show. He left
them some time ago at Elmira and
soon after met Hattie Street in Will
Transport. When arrested they
were on the way to Harrisburg
Coleman says he is not married to
Miss Street, but it appears she
would welcome such a move. Miss
Street says she was treated all right
by the folks she was living with at
Williamsport, but she became tired
of staying there. 1t appears that
her infatuation for Coleman induced
her to leave her employers. The
woman is considerably worried on
account Of her Imprisonment, but
the man bears up more bravely.
On some pretense the prisoners
on their journey to the Jail left the
carriage near Chas. Miller's farm in
Penn Township and refused to re.
turn to the carriage. The con-
stable pleaded with the prisoners
but the latter still resisted. Cole
man was asked to raise his hands.
He refused. The constable did not
wish to shoot, but he threw stone
which Coleman escaped by lodging.
This made the colored mans blood
boil and he "fired" a stone at the
constable, who too evaded the fly.