The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-21
NOT DOMAIN,
J, H. H. Lewis, Cunning for a
Murderer, brought down
a COunterfGiter
MONEY CHEAP.
Offered to Make a Thousand Dollars for
Six.
NOT DOMAIN.
MONEY CHEAP.

For several days John ii. IL.
Lewis, of Bethel township, had
been out cunning for murderer.
Last Thursday on his way to Nc
Connellsburg, near Webster
Mills, he espied walking ahead in
the road, man that seemed to
fill the bill, and Mr.. Lewis brought
HIM to town and handed him over
to the authorities. 1t turned out
that the arrested man was not
the murderer wanted, but rank
counterfeiter, and, consequently,
no small game after all.
On the 22nd of last September,
Abraham Kessler and Ann Do
man of Magnolia, West Vir-
ginia, were murdered and robbed
of 81, 900 by Newton DOMAIN, a
noted character. The authorities
offered Il reward Of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of DOMAIN.
John II. Ii. Lewis heard of this,
and was ON the lookout for the
murderer.
About the beginning of last
week, MIR. Lewis learned that
stranger had been staying at diff
feront places in the neighbor-
hood of Franklin Mills, and from
the description of the stranger,
Mr.. Lewis was led to believe the
stranger was none other than
|, DOMAIN.
Mr.. Lewis started out TO find
him but upon inquiry from fam
lies with whom he had stayed,
he found that the stranger was
} manufacturing and passing
counterfeit money. The story
goes that the stranger wanted a
farmer of Bethel township to go
to Hancock and get him some
plaster Paris. This was declined
on the ground that the farmer
was just out of 'change. " To
another he offered to furnish one
thousand dollars in spurious
nickels for six dollars.
, Going on to Hancock, and find
l ing that the stranger had gone to
Morgan county, West Virginia,
Mr.. Lewis went over to Berkeley
Springs. At the latter place he
learned that the stranger had re-
t crossed the river and was head
ing in the direction of McCon-
nellsburg.
Last Thursday Mr.. Lewis fol
lowed the stranger, and when
this side of Webster Mills, saw
him walking some distance ahead.
} Just then Mr.. Lewis's son who
was accompanying Mr.. Lewis,
suggested that he would get out
of the buggy and walk. This he
did, and the father drove ON soon
overtaking the stranger whom he
invited to ride. The stranger ac-
cepted the kindness of Mr. Lew
, is, and rode on up the cove.
, When nearing town, the stranger
suggested that he would get out
I and walk as he wanted to go over
along Sideling Hill. Mr.. Lewis
explained that it would be much
better to ride along to town, and
! then he would have the pike to
travel on.
When Mr.. Lewis reached Nc
Connellsburg with his new found
friend, he turned him over to ac-
cept the hospitality of Fulton
county at Fort Sheets. Here an
inventory of his worldly effects
were made, and in his satchel
were found several moulds for
the casting of nickels, several
I dozen partly finished coins, and
three or four pounds of Babbitt
metal and lead,
Mr. Lewis then telegraphed u.
S. Marshal Leonard of Pittsburg
who ut once sent Secret Service
', agent Finn, who arrived Satur-
day night. Mr. Lewis also tele-
graphed the authorities of Nor
gan county that he believed he
had Doman in custody. On Sat
! urday night Sheriff Harmis0n
and County Detective Kelly az
rived, but as soon as they saw
! the stranger they said he was not
t DOMAIN.
J The stranger gives his name as
Q Hubert Hoffman, and that he
. came to this country from Ger
Y many in 1863-served two years
! in the Union army, and returned
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