The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-12-20
He Frank oodard alias Snyder who the
Ring Leader Burglary Of Railroad Station at Tltsve.
Pa. and the Murderer Of the Chief Of Police at that
P.ce November u, 1899.
Sheriff Scott Takes Him Back To Pennsylvania
Prsonerhas History which makes ones Blood ourde
Said to be Crack Shot and Absolutely Fearless. but
ouaked with Fear when he Mayor Nc
crum-squabble Reward money.

William Sheehy. During the fight
with the officers one OF the burglars
J was killed and another has since been
captured, tried and convicted, and ON
April 10th, 1901, was executed.
Frank Woodland was born at Rich
burg, N. Y, and at the age OF eleven
years he was adopted by his uncle,
George w. Woodland, who now resides
ut Olean, N. Y. He worked at the
cooper trade, in a shop at Olean, also
In tannery. From Olean hc went to
Port Allegany, Pa, and soon COM
menced his criminal life. When pnr-
] sued by Officers Of the law, he sought
hiding places in the mountains and
camped out with lumber men and soon
adapted himself to the life Of q hum
ter and woodsman. His mania was
poker playing and he wou d associate
! with any one VIM would engage In the
game with him.
Olean, n. ". borders on the Catta-
rangus Indian Reservation and he
formed the acquaintance OF Indians,
and lived in u wigwam with
squaw; he and this squaw soon fell out
and he was arrested, tried and con-
ylcted for shooting and wounding her.
After hisrelease flom prison, he was
again arrested, tried and sentencedto
the Erie county, N, Y. Penitentiary
] for robbing u street car. After his re-
lease from the penitentiary, his career
has been thatof crime and he Is now
branded as an outlaw with but few
i equals.
| In the latter part Of September,
| 1889, Woodland, with pal unknown,
drifted into Lewisburg, Pa, and the
! two men met an cxconyict, whose
real name turned out to be DanielJ.
Kehoe, who had been liberated from
the Riverside PenitcntIary, Septem-
Der 2nd, 1899, after serving four year
term. The trio. Woodland, Kehoe
and the man whose name is unknown.
made their way by freight trains TO
Du Bots, Pa, where they made their
general headquarters, running in and
out tothe country and small towns,
committing burglaries and tbefts I'M
til the latter part nf October, 1929.
Then the three bandits sought new
territory, going 10 ST. Mnry's and
Kane, Pa. The latter place they
reached ON November 9Th, 1889. On
November 18th they went to Sheffield,
Pa, and gu the 9Th the three started
ON foot over the country for PLEASANT
vile, Pa, reaching this place on the
afternoon OF November b. Here
they remained for several hours, ,
drinking at the different saloons.
About $3.50 o. m. they left Pleasant
vile by street car for Titusvllle.
On reaching Tltusyille, they put up
at hotel and registered as follows:
Woodward regIstere as VIM F. Sny-
der: Kehoe registered as Daniel j.
Kennedy, and the unknown registered
as N. +. Maloney. all giving their
residence as Brooklyn. n. Y.
The three, except Woodard kept up
their drinking and he sort of sepa-
rated from the unknown and Kehoe
until noon November 10th, then the
three we're seen together in the vicins-
ty OF the d. A. ". s. P. r. R. depot.
ON the morning of November 18th,
1899, the citizens were aroused from,
their slumber to learn that these three
bandits had committed robbery and
had shot and mortaIly wounded Daniel
McGrath, their efficient chief Of po7
lice. AS stated before, one OF the
burglars, whose name is yet unknown.
was killed and later Kehoe, alias Ma
jor, was arrested, tried, convicted and
executed.