Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-12-04
Sheriff MCCalliSter Finds SCOtty
Myers In Pennsylvania.
And The Latter Is Now Illuminating In Tht
Washington County Jail.
His Capture Was Attended With Sensa-
tional Features and He Had to be
Dragged From Hiding Under
Bed.-Still Full of
Bird Shot.

Sheriff McCallisler is a tired but
happy man. Scotty Myers, the leader
of the trio of burglars who attempted
to rob August Hille's store on Archer's
Fork two weeks ago, and who was
shot and wounded by the Sheriff when
he refused to surrender is safely land
ed behind the prison bars of the Wash
ington county Jail.
Readers of the Leader are familiar
with the details of the Illustration Of
the burglary and the capture of Myers
two pals who were held up with a shot
gun. We have also followed the tire
less pursuit of Myers by Sheriff Mccall
lister and Constable Parlin, and the
general public has become much in
terested in the case. Consequently
when the Sheriff came in from Penn
sylvania Friday afternoon with Myers
securely handcuffed some excitement
was created and large crowd focked
to the Jail to see the nervy criminal.
The story of his arrest is as follows:
After pursuing Myers for over a week
through the Ohio and West Virginia
oil fields the officers gave up the chase
and came home for rest. The Sher-
iff then stated he would eventually get
his man and subsequent developments
show that he knew what he was talk.
ing about.
Wednesday evening McCallister left
for Wheeling, having reason to believe
that he would find Myers at certain
place in Pennsylvania. From Wheel
ing he went to Pittsburg and from
there to Butler county, Pa While at
Butler he learned that Myers was sup
posed to have been at Carr. Pa, few
days before. and upon investigating the
postmaster at Carr ascertained to
certainty that the man he wanted had
spent two nights at certain house in
that neighborhood and had then left
for Clarion county, where his father
resided, few miles from Turkey City.
The Sheriff at once telephoned the
Sheriff of Clarion county to meet him
at Turkey City and started fer that
point.
At Foxburg McCallister received
telegram to meet the Clarion county
official at Richmond station, which he
did, and they started to the home of
Myers father. By the use of a young
man as spy they learned that Scotty
was in the house, and calling on sey-
eral neigh bors, soon surrounded the
The father Of Myers refused
to admit them. McCalllster broke the
door down and entered the house. find
ing Myers hid under bed with re-
volyer in his hand. The Sheriff cov-
cred him with shotgun, dragged him
from his place of concealment and
handcuffed him. When the metal
bracelets snapped on Myers wrists it
was just twelve o'clock Thursday
night. At one o'clock the Sheriff was
on his way to Marietta with his pris-
oner and arrived here Friday afternoon
as stated without incident.
The long trip and clever capture was
accomplished in an astonishingly short
space of time and the Sheriff is Justly
gratified over his work.
Myers, although evidently a game
and desperate man, is unusually in
telligent. He takes his arrest phillos-
ophically and says he was fairly
caught, and expects to plead guilty to
the charge of having burglars tools in
his possession. He is still suffering
considerably from the wound at Arch.
ers' Fork two weeks ago. He was
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