Evening star., 1896-07-27
FOR HORSE STEALING.
Two Men Caught by the Local Police
Force.

Two Men Caught by the Local Police
Force.
Mounted Policeman McNamara of the
eighth precinct made an important capture
this morning when he arrested Nathan An
derson and James Williams on the road
near Brightwood. They are young colored
men who live IN Virginia near Arlington,
so they say. but they have been up In
Maryland. for in their possession the Of
fcer found a horse alleged to have been
stolen from near Frederick during the past
few days. In addition to having the alleged
stolen horse in their possession the Inen
were heavily armed. although they made no
effort to use their bag reyolvers Early
yesterday morning II was reported that
these men had been seen out In the country
within ten miles of the city, and this in
fognation reached Officer Mcnamara last
night about midnight
But the men, who were then not far from
the summer home Of DR.. J. Ford Thomp-
son, had evidently seen the officer, and
fearing they were being looked for, they
left the woods with the horse and went as
far as the farm of ex-Gov. Shepherd. Thee
they remained in the woods over night, and
shortly after daybreak they made q fresh
start for the city. All night long the po-
licenan had searched the woods for them
on he concluded to cover the roads leading
to the city as well as he could.
1t was about o'clock when he saw from
the Brightwood Hotel a colored man riding
a horse. being closely followed by q col
ored pedestrian, the latter being some dis
tance behind
Good morning." said the officer to the
man on horseback, who proved to be Will
taIns- Where are you going?"
ITO Washington
Nv here are you from?
about eighteen miles UP the country"
Il guess / want you," the officer said
and feeling certain the man was armed, hs
preceded to make a search. and found in
his pocket a big revolver. in which there
were four bullets
Just then a citizen named Lincoln came
along, and with his assistance tho officer
soon had the pedestrian under arrest, and
in his pocket he also found loaded vea-
the station and locked up on charges Of
carrying deadly weapons. and the authcri-
ties at Frederick were notified Of tho re-
ccvery Of the horse
In Court.
This afternoon in Judge Miller's court the
prisoners were arraigned, and they pleaded
guilty. The prisoner Anderson said, when
questioned by the court, that he lived in
Virginia at place he thought was called
Arlington Heights. He and Williams had
been up in Maryland as far as DickerSon' g
looking for work, and on their way home
they found the horse in the road, and
thinking the animal had been lost. they
tuOuSHt lHty tdhe II anu uOlC II IOr
a reward. The pistol. he said, had been
loaned 10 him by friend
Where was the horser the judge asked
He was grazing near a telegraph pole. -
was the prisoners answer. There was a
red blanket on the horse. but we threw II
away
They got the horse Friday. they said, and
started this way. but did not come directly
here. because they were afraid that II they
came here ON Sunday their old clothes
would attract attention and they would get
arrested for yagrancy.
when We're you coming?'
To-day. You see. policemen don't take so
much account of workingmen's clothes dur
ing the week as they do on Sunday"
Williams told substantially the same story
OF their travels He said they could have
sold the horse Saturday. If they had 50 de-
sired. but. as they were honest, they were
just keeping the animal for reward The
pistol found on him, he said, he got from
his mother. Both men said they were ac-
quainted in Georgetown. and had worked
here for contractors.
Judge Miller gave them six months In jail
and ordered the destruction Of the Weapons