The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-15

One ROhber Killed, Another Captured
Two Policemen Perhaps Fa-
tally Shot.

|
ly hours of the morning desperate rob-
berry had been committed, one of the rob-
bers killed, and Chief of Police McGrath
and Officer Sheehy perhaps fatally injured.
Between 2 and O'Clock Saturday
morning the night watchman at the d.
A. V. q P. railroad station in that city
was held up and guarded by one man
while two others broke open the station
securing about forty dollars in money.
The watchman, Ed Derby, was occupy
ing the cab Of an idle locomotive left
standing on the side track during the
night.
From there they went to house of i'll
repute kept by woman named Bertha
Bloom, and by threats and blandishing
their revolvers frightened the three in
mates into disgorging about all the mon
ey and jewelry about the house. Reports
say they secured within $500 and 5000
worth of jewelry and money. Two of the
robbers entered the house and attended
to the robbing. while one stood guard at
the door. After the gang had left Derby,
the watchman, he slipped down off the
locomotive and gave the alarm to the po
licemen. The two above named found
the robbers at the house mentioned by
the unusual commotion there was going
to enter a general fusillade began and
very many shots were exchange. Chief
of Police McGrath grappled with one of
the robbers and succeeded in getting his
revolver away from him, but not until
he was twice shot, onte in the arm and
side and once in the abdoman, the ball
passiug through the large intestines and
lodging in the muscles of The back. Of
ticer Sheehy attempted to enter the door
and was shot in the mouth, the b II
lodging so near the iuglar vein that the
| physicians have not dared undertake to
extract it, He ran for assistance, while
the chief still fought with the robbers.
who made their escape before assistance
could reach the spot.
When daylight came search for the
robbers was instituted. The dead bohy
of one was found by passer-by about
| l25 yards from the Bloom house. A bull
let hole near the center of his breast told
the story. The body showed the man to
have been about feet inches in height,
probably 25 years of age, weighing about
l60 pounds; had heavy reddish NOUS
tach, reddish brown hair, and was fair
J complicated; forehead high and massive (;
skin clear, and lookt as if of Swedish
nationality. His body was profusely tat
tooed. Upon the upper part of the right
arm was representation of the crucifix-
ion; on the inside of the same portiJn of
the arm an American shield of red and
blue, the skin furnishing the white to
complete the three colors upon the in
side of the right forearm was represen-
tation of a woman chained to stake, and
upon the outside an Indian. On the right
breast, and surrounding the right nipple
was sixteen pointed star. On the left
arm had been large piece of tattooing,
which was almost obliterated by a great
burn. The body was clothed in dark
suit OF good quality, somewhat the worse
for wear, q blue and white striped cotton
shirt, black sort of hat, No. 8 black
shoes, grey underwear, and about his
neck were two blue cotton handkerchiefs.
the hands of the man, closely examined,
show no evidences of labor, being as soft
and white on the palms as those of a
woman. In the mans pockets were
found a piece of cherry bark, on which
was written, "From Joseph II. Tweddle,
Company Il, Eighteenth Pennsylvania
Volunteers,U. S. a., Fort Bradley, Sault
Ste Marie, Mich" On the reverse was
the name "a. Noland." Twenty-nine
dollars in bills, some silver, two metal
thimbles, and some pieces of cheap jew
elry, counterfeit SlOO bill and dry
goods check from Philadelphia house
comprised the balance of the contents of
his pockets.
Reports u the foul crime naturally
spread rapidly, and the telephone wires
were kept busy all day Saturday. Here in
Tionesta the officials we're notified to be
on the watch for suspicious characters as
it was reported the culprits were headed
this way. The river bridges from Tidi-
QUITE to this place were patrolled Satur-
day and Sunday nights, but no clue was
discovered.
Constable f. S. Goodwill of Grand VAL
ley, had learned of the crimes early in the
morning. Shortly after eleven o'clock he
was notified of the presence of n strange
man in Woods general store. Noting
that the mans appearance Tailed with
the description of one of the men wanted,
Mr.. Goodwill approached the man as h-
came from tho store after buying black
derby hat. The constable placed the man
under arrest and noticing his captive
had in his right hand pants pocket re-
yolver, he called for assistance and soon
ha the man secured, but not without
some slow of resistance on the part of
the stranger. A search revealed the fact
that the man had $50 in money OH his
person, three pen knives, one-half
ounce vial and two ounce vial supposed
to contain nitro glycerine, and some pa
pers the nature of which was not revealed
by the officers. Among the money found
on the man were $50 gold piece and
several Columbian half dollars, money
of the same nature that had been stolen