The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-08
ON THEIR WAY
TO CLEVELAND.
Oneida Squire and His Expert.
ence With Two Suspects.
BROUGHT THEM TO THIS CITY
A Large and Excited Crowd Gathered at
the w. a. L. e. Depot who Thought the
Escaped jail Birds were Being
Brought In.


The two young men who were brought
from Oneida Tuesday afternoon were
Immediately discharged from custody
by Deputy Sheriff Crubaugh upon their
entrance into the sheriff's office. 1t ap-
pears that the fellows were entire
strangers to the local authorities and
they certainly were not skinny Moore
or John Flynn, nor did they in the least
have their appearance. The party was
met at the w. G. L. e. depot by the dep
uty sheriff. who, upon gazing upon the
boys, told the men who had them in
charge that they were not the parties
wanted. 1t appears that they did not
recognize Crubaugh as the deputy sher-
iff, although the latter official exhibited
his badge to them, but they marched
Office. Deputy Crubaugh and News
Democrat reporter preceded the men in
to the Office, and when they threw open
the door and walked in and turned over
the prisoners Crubaugh coolly remarked
that the men they had in charge were
not the escaped Jail prisoners. The
young men naturally smiled when the
situation was made known to them, and
the four stepped into the sheriff's pri-
vate Office where they were questioned.
The gentlemen who apprehended the
boys was Squire U. G.. Thompson, Of
Oneida, and his assistant was resident
Of this city whose name could not be
learned. who had been deputized by
Thompson. They stated that the young
men appeared in the village of Oneida
during the forenoon and were seen
moving around from house to house,
apparently for something to eat. They
were at once suspicioned Of being the
escaped jailbirds, and the squire pro-
ceeded to place them under arrest, but
not until one Of them had given him a.
| short chase. The citizens gathered
about the little party and a suggestion
was made to the squire to telephone to
the sheriff's office in this city, was car
ried out. Sheriff Crubaugh described
the missing men to the Oneida men.
The latter believed the fellows under ap-
prehension answered the description,
and they took the afternoon train to this
city. large crowd collected at the w.
& L. e. depot when the train pulled
In, to witness the arrival Of the escaped
men, but their curiosity was of short
duration when they were informed that
the men were not the ones who are
wanted in this city.
The youngest of the two prisoners
brought from Oneida gave his name as
Chester c. Packard, whose former place
Of residence was at 101 Bolivar street,
in Cleveland. He stated that his mother
is dead but that his father lives. He is
bright young fellow and did not ap-
pear to mind his arrest. He said that
he was on his way home to Cleveland
anyway and he was thankful for having
gotten thus far.
The older of the young men was Gust
Ugowsky. residing on Tomkin street in
Cleveland. He stated that he and Pack
ard had run away from home several
' days ago when Ringling's circus was in
their home city. They Travelled along
the c. & P. railway and got lost in
Carroll county and did not know which
way to go. They answered all ques-
tions put to them in the proper manner
and did not have the appearance of
toughs or Jail birds. The boys said they
would leave at once for their homes
and never again run away. Packard
said he is 16 and Ugowsky 10 years of
age.