The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-12
TRACING
ROBBERSI
Four Now in Custody on the SupOwit2
Case.
AS MANY MORE ARE At LARGE
Two Of the Prisoners Given Hearing and
Committed to the County Jail-Two
Others Taken Into Custody Since
and Held For a Hearing
Tonight

Indications point to a speedy breaking up
of q big and desperate gang Of thieves and
several law breakers who have infested this
town for over month past. The rendezvous
of many of them has been at and i'm the
vicinity Of the red bridge on the eastern out
skirts Of the town. One gang, the one
which raided Supowitzs warehouse Sunday
night, consists Of ten men. Three are now
i'm custody. The others are still at large and
have the greater part of the booty with them.
The first arrests in the case were brought
about by the watchfulness and prompt action
/ of several timber bank employees at the In
dian Ridge colliery. While they were at
work yesterday they observed a half dozen,
or more men acting suspiciOusy in the laurel
bushes near the red bridge The workmen
had heard Of the Supowitz robbery aud sus-
pscted that the men they saw were either
hiding, or about to carry away some of the
booty. Word was sent to Mr. Supowitz and
then to Justice 5hoemakers office. The re-
suit was that two thieves, Peter Litwyn,
alias "Rattesnake Pete, and Barney Nc
Ksrns, alias Oregon Barney" were taken
into custody. Both men are vicious looking
characters and take great pride in the fact
that their crookedness has won for them the
alias stated. The men were kept in the
lookup until last night, when they were
given a hearing before Justice Shoemaker
Litwyn admitted guilt so .ar IS the receipt
| of stolen goods was concerned. He denied
having had hand i'm the stealing of any of
them. Oregon Barney audaciously denied
all knowledge of any robbery or stolen goods,
and when his attention was called TO the
stolen pair of new gum boots he was wear
ing he still adhered to his denial.
There were a dozen or more witnesses
subpoenaed but only few proved OF value.
Constable Philips sWore that ne mad received
Il message concerning the location OF inc
IhleyeS' ne went OUT TO Ihe place Indicated
ny the coLlery employees and found the two
prisoners sleeping OIL drunk in the laurel
bushes when Lltwyn was raised to his feet
stoIen goous zen from ms Pockets' oregon
barney haa lour new SHIRTS and new cap
on MS person rive stolen gum boots were
lounu' three picked up ana TWO Barney was
wearing Inc latter was also wearing pam
oil stolen oNeralIs.
harun Monaghan said he saw about elgh'
men at the rehuezVous' lie saw one OF th'
men sVIlAe ana KNOCK uoWn Lltwyh' eVl
uehuy HshU over Ins olNlsloh oil oooly' ol
Lquor' Later HVe or SIX oi the gang were
seen hurIylhg away with some OF the stolen
goods ana Monaghan ana others started IN
pursuit one Oh une gang IuIheu ana
thIeaVeneu 10 SnooU Uuose Ill pursuit ne
gang soU away ana disappeared over the
heuley nun rock ana uIrJ Danks IN westerly
u.IeclioH' hon n"suan anu MS companion,
P'0N'u up 'H'eo Eull oooI9 inc "oG'ns gang
LII utUPpeu' '"uIos w. 9%'"P7CI anu M'ch"e
ElO"ou9' coILopoIaIeu Vne evidence gwen pS
Honashan' Lhey were win MN IN th'
CHa9o' D"ulvl NlcNedlIs adlu Nc was ln'