The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-12-18
An xnauortant Arrest.

| last Sunday afternoon. The men had crossed
| Conowingo bridge during the day and were
| recognized as being men who had recently
| crossed with teams of different appearance
from the one which they were then driving.
| Mr.. Harry Woodrow, Of Conowingo, followed
the men to Dublin, where they we're halted
and Intercepted, but, while their answers
were not satisfactory, there did not seem to be
sufficient evidence OF irrogularity to hold
them. Messrs. Amos Jones and Simon W..
Brown then came to Bel Air, arriving here
slightly in advance of the suspected parties
MIR. Fisher waited for them about the post
office and conducted the outfit, which consist
ed of the two men, an express wagon and two
iaded mares, q bay and black, into the jail
yard. The men were taken before Justice c.
c. Barnes and given q preliminary hearing.
a telescope bag found in their wagon con-
tanned two cheap revolvers, which were I'M
loaded, some pocket knives, cheap bottles OF
cologne, worsted wristlets, q lot Of silk muf-
fsrs, a new undershirt, q secondhand pair OF
shoes aud some other articles. The most
damaging find was pair OF steel crows or
jlmmes which were discovered hidden in
some hay In the wagon. The men claimed to
be peddlers and produced q bill Of lading for
some goods shipped In a box from Philsdel-
phia to Baltimore. The men were sent back
to Jail and Officer Fisher took the bill Of lad
ing to Baltimore and enlisted she services OF
the police there in investigating the contents
of the box.
The box was found to contain a roll fan
mel and some shoes, but the Baltimore authori
ties could not ascertain that any of the goods
we're stolen. Chief of Police Crockett, of
Baltimore county, visited Bel Air Monday
night aud said the men had given their resi-
dence correctly.
Word has been sent regarding the men 10
the police headquarters at various places and
q number Of inquiries have been received re-
garding them, but As yet there 10 no evidence
against them except the fact of their carrying
concealed weapons, on which charge they are
now held, as each carried q revolver in addi-
ton to those found IN their baggage.
On Monday Mr.. Robert e. Richardson, Of
Churchyills, saw an advertisement Ia q Pills
delphia paper OF . team which had bees stolen
near Camden, N. J. He telegraphed the par
Ties and yesterday he received letter dessrib-
Ing the team. The description 10 said to cor
respond exactly with the team now In Bel Air.
Chief Of Peliee Crockett With Sergeant
Beesely and PatrolnsR Jaeger and Losnbsr-
ger arrived in Bel Air on Thursdsy With q
warrant for the prisoners, and 9 request for
the prisoners to b turned over to the Balti-
more county authorities. A search Of the
houses occupied by the accused, revealed the
fact that they contained . LANCE quantity Of
merchantable articles. The psrler Cd the
house was stored 70 its fullest capacity with
the goods Following are some Of the articles
found:
A heavy, dark set Of silver-mountsd harness,
Q set of wagon harness, two horse collars, 9
rope hitching strsp, ans black hair laprobs,
one dozen horse blankets, brass mortar and
pestls, such as used BY druggists msrtingals
and riding saddle, box Of silk neckties, one
large bolt of linen, l25 boxes Of shoes, pair
In each box; large ease Of shoes, 125 bundles
of portiers, large number Of packages OF
bleached and unbleached muslin, several hun
dred overeosts, eoats, trousers and vests, Is
dozen dry goods cases not opened and num-
Der of other articles which the officers had not
time to CONT or examine.
A guard Of two policemen has boon placed
on the house to prevent any OF the stuff being
taken away. Mr.. Ozier, from whom the
horses were stolen, identified part Of the
harness as his property.
Both Hoon and Davis are married. Their
wives have charge of the house, but when
the officers went there only Mrs. Davis was
home. She told the officers that she did not
know where her husband was. She also said
that Mrs. Hoon had left the house early in
the day. Last night she had not returned
She left her two small children with Mrs.
Davis.
Mr.. James L. Leonard, Iona, n. j., arrived
in Bel Air on Thursday and In company with
the county officers went TO H. 8. Flowers,
livery stable and Identified the team there a.
his own The PRISONERS wore given hearing
before Justice Barnes and by him committed
for the action of sthe February grand jury.
Considerable excitement was unaffected in
Bel Air during the hearing
Mr.. Leonard wa accompanied by Mr.. WA.
K. Dopson, q constable at Woodbury., N. J.
Mr.. Leonard started homo with his proper
ty on Thursday afternoon.