Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-28
Robbed In q Car.

Irs 0. Bieecher of Quarryville,
Lancaster county and Morris Davis of
Harrisburg wsrc west and had come
cast as far as Lswis.own Junction
on the 26th of October. Between II
and o'clock on the morning of the
9th OF October they determined to
continus their journey, and with that
object in visw they looked up
freight train that waa iust pulling
out OF the Lewistown station east
ward bound. They entersd freight
box car, sat down, lit cigarettes and
began to smoke. When they LIT their
cigarettes, they saw that the car had
other occupants. They had scarcely
cOnmsncsd to smoke till cle of the
other occupants of the car lit piece
OF taliow orspern candle, and then
thcy noticed that there were four
other persons is ths car, two colored
men, a white ren living asleep and q
white boy about 10 years old. In
less timc than it hes taken to tell
this narrative o: their Inisfortunes,
the two cOiorsd Een ind the boy
came to them. The boy had hight
and razor in his hand. Ono of the
colored neu pulled cut a revolver,
and said: 'Hold up your hands"
Thsy held up their hands. Tho pis.
tel was foarished before them. The
boy held The light ard an open razor
their faces aud tha seccnd colored
man or Indian searched thsir clothes.
In Rleeche,'s pockst they found $685.
% in money, q tobacco pouch and
knife. They did not find money in
Davis pockets, but took therefrom
two pocket knives and a few other
trinksss. The robbery having been
completed the thieves opened the
car door and compelled their victims
to jump off the train which they did
without injury to themselves. All
that was quickly done as may be
learned from the fGct that it was
done willis the train was making The
distance Of less than two miles be-
tween Lewistown station and B;xler's
signal station. The men wsre put off
the train by the robbers close to Blk
lerls signal station and they hastened
to the tower where Horace L. Owen
was ir charge as chief telegraph op-
orator. Bleecher ard Davis inform
cd Owen Of the outrage ard he im-
mediately despatched to this place
and to Harrisburg giving aa account
of the transaction. Officers Hacken-
berger and Weller 1t this place were
on the alert for the coming Of the
freight train, ard when it ceme they
speedily searched it and fcuud q col
ored man, . white man and 8 boy,
who were all arrested, and about 4
o'clock on Tuesday morning were ar
raigned before Justice George W.
Wilson. Meanwhile Biescher and
Davis had been sent to the Sqaire's
office to make the charge and identi-
fy the prisoners, but when they lock
ed at the colorsd msn they could not
identify him and he was released.
The white man was the man who lay
quietly in the car when they were be-
ing robbed, ard as he was not par
ticipant in the outrage he was releas-
cd. The boy gave his neme "a Frank
Snyder Of Aassillion, O., and was rec
ognized asthe boy who held tho candle
and razors in the faces of the robbed
men. He had in bis pocket the tobacco
pouch that belonged to Bleecher and
a pocket knife that belonged to Davis,
and was sent to Jail. He said he was
forced by the colored man by threats
that they made to take The part that
no did.
On Tuesday evening the boy was
taken to Harrisburg with Bleecher
and Davis to identify two colcred
men who had been arres ted as aus
poets, they having shown some Is or |
20 dollars.