The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-01-05
THREE CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
Frank Ruth Was Taken to Bradford Last
Week on Charge of Abduction.


Frank Brown, alias Frank Ruth, was
arrested in Reynoldsville Wednesday
afternoon of last week by Frank p.
Adelsperger on warrant issued at
Bradford for abducting Grace Lee, q
fourteen-year-old girl, from that place.
While Ruth was arrested for abducting
Grace Lee, he was suspected OF being
the man who murdered Grant Alexan-
der In Dubois last August, as he ans
wered the description given OF Alexan-
der's murderer. He goes by the name
of Brown is Of the same height, size
and weight and is minus a part of the
first finger of the left hand, as was the
person described as the murderer.
Carrie Sweirs, Alexander's paramour.
who is now resident OF Poverty Flat"
was sent for to identify Ruth as the
murderer of Alexander, but she did not
recognize him as the man who
did the killing. Thursday forenoon two
men were brought down from Dubois
who cleared Ruth Of the charge of mur-
dering Alexander. Thursday evening
Constable w. w. ladder, of Bradford,
arrived in this place and on Friday took
Ruth to Bradford, where he will have
to answer for three charges, abduction,
desertion and larceny. We have been
informed that last May Ruth finished a
seven year term in the Western Peni-
tentiary. He has good prospects OF
serving another term in the peniten-
tiary. II the Bradford authorities fail
to convict him he will be brought back
to Jefferson county and tried for lar
ceny. Two weeks ago Friday evening
some beef hides were stolen from Peter
Rhodes barn, back of his Main street
meat market, and the same evening
Ruth sold the hides to o. F.. Smith. the
East Main street butcher. When ac-
cused of the theft he acknowledged to
having sold the hides to Smith, but
claimed he had bought them from boy.
Four weeks ago Saturday Grace Lee
called on Mayor Stoke begging money
to get back to her home in Bradford.
Mayor Stoke asked her how she got so
far away from home and she told him
the story of abduction and that Ruth
had threatened to kill her il she ran
away from him, and that she had left
while he was away from home. Mayor
Stoke got Grace boarding place and
telegraphed to her father. The irst
Of the following week an officer came
after Grace and had a warrant for the
arrest of Ruth, and as he was not at
home the warrant was left i'm the hands
of Adelsperger. THE STAR was re-
quested not to mention the affair at the
time, as Ruth might skip out of this
section entirely. Ruth lived in small
house above Prescottville. The officer
wanted to capture him without a scene,
and perhaps bloodsted, so he was shad-
owed until he thought the matter had
blown over and he came to Reynolds
vile on the Wednesday afternoon men,
toned to trade horses and was taken by
surprise when George Warwick and
Adelsperger grabbed hold of him and
Frank slipped the handouts on him.
Ruth was interviewed by represent
ative Of THE STAR while he was con-
fined in the lookup and Of course he was
an innocent man, the verdict coming
from his own lips. He acknowledged
that he gave Grace Lee money to come
to Prescottville, but he denied the
story of abduction and said he could
prove that she. came OF her own free
will. When he was five days old his
mother died and family named Brown
kept him until he was eight years old
and that is the reason he is called
Brown sometimes, so he says. Ruth's
vocabulary is well stocked with pro-
family.
Died From Consumption.