Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

room Of his parents house playing q
mouth organ snake came gliding
from behind the sideboard. evincing
by its movements great delight or
excitement, but as the music was not
made for the snakes delight, or for
the purpose of experimenting upon
snakes to learn the effects of music
upon them the reptile was killed. II
measured four feet in length.
Hollidaysburg Register, Aug IL
Miss Willie 0inloy, residing near
Tyrone. was picking berries ON Brush
mountain when she felt something
encircling her left leg just above the
calf. She made an investigation at
once, and finding it was blscksnake
she tainted. In the meantime
brother not far off came up, and see-
ing his sister lying on the ground,
also spied the snake. Before he
could succeed in cutting it off it had
gotten around the young woman's
waist and had contracted itself to
that extent that it had almost shut
off the breath of the victim. After
the snake was gotten rid of the
brother turned his attention to his
sister, who was soon brought back to
consciousness, but she was unable to
pick any more berries.
About two mouths since a society
man, aged about twenty five years,
calling himself George Goodale, from
Philadelphia. bat in fact a tramp,
from any aad every where came to
town, and took hand at any thing
he could get to do to make an honest
living. So he said. He could talk
well enough to win his way into the
good graces of a number of people,
and was delighted to attend social
parties where he played part in the
orchestra. He was having a good
time as far as such good times go,
but as the preacher says, he was O
wolf in sheep clothing, seeking whom
he might devour, and how many
sheep he found to devour has not
been revealed. During the day time
when he was not discharging social
duties or loafing about the town he EN-
ployed himself in looking out game.
He was employed by James North
| awhile as stable clerk, aud hostled so
well and did other jobs that Mr..
| North thought well of him. He
worked for Benjamin Wagner some
and he thought we'll of him. The
last place he worked was for the
Doctors Crawford. He did the same
kind of work for them that he did
for North, and if they did not think
he was prince in disguise they
thought he was good fellow, and
did not suspect him of being a
crook" Their confidence was rude
~ broken one morning last week
| when George failed to put in an ap.
pearance. What could the matter be-
was the inguery, had the young man
been iouly dealt with, was he sick Or
what, a general inquiry was institu-
ted and search was made for him,
which soof revealed the fact that
George was after ak only common
thief. He had left at night and ts.
ken the doctors surgical instrumsnt ss tss
with him. Instruments that were
kept in use almost every day in Civ
i ing surgic il attention to men bruised
broken and n,angled on the railroad.
The Instruments we've valuable. The
doctors ars about as well acquainted
with the railroad and lis despatch
service IS ra;iroaders themselves, and
Doctor Dowd has:ened TO the railroad
and sent description Of the society
stable clerk to the police departments
CT Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pitts.
burg and other places. He soon re.
csiyed despatch from Philadelphia
that the thief had been captured in
the Philadelphia railroad yard, and
that DR.. Crawford should please
come to City Hall at 10 O'Clock on
the 10Th Of August Dr.. Darwin n
Crawford, in company with Sheriff
j. P. Calhoun, was at the City Hal
at the designated tune, and theii
found George Goodale, with the
Crawford satchel and surgical instru
ments, and medical report of 1896
and a psalm book that belonged to
the Crawford family. I. was an ole
book such as the old Covenanters used
when they read and sang Psalms Th,
satchel also contained bunch oi
keys, aud clarinet which it is be
liaved belongs to Benjamin Wagner
The keys belong to the Crawfords
When the despatch WAS received
at Philadelphia, police officers wer,
sent to look at all persons coming of
in coming trains. Goodaie came t.
the City of Brotherly Love on fas
freight and so complete was the de
scription of him sent from here By
Dowd Crawford that the police knew
him at first sight when be stepped
off the train. George seemed limo
cent in the hands of the officers aui
professed to be travelling musician
with instruments in his sstchel. HI
was searched and all the none,
found on his person was ten cents
He says the police kept thst or the.
lost it. The legal examination a
City Hall came to an end, and tn
bum in good company, with Sherit
Calhoun, and the younger Dcctc
was on his way back to the town O
his thieveing exploit before 2ool
of that dav and arrived here be
tween aud 6 O'Clock, on Thurs
day evening. He was immediatel
taken before Squire Frank Patterson
who sent him TO jsil to answer a
court Goodale told the yourge
: docter that when he gets ont of thi
scrape he'll 60 to the Klondyke re
sion and dig for gold.
just what the thief proposed in hi
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