Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-08-21
RAILROAD THIEVES
ARRESTED

freight car on the ID. l.. x W. railroad
Saturday night were nabbed IN a very
slick way hy Chief Mincemoyer Sun
day morning before they got out OF
town.
The officer was informed of the bur
glary As he was coming down Front
street from the Second Ward. He at
once proceeded 10 the ID. l.. * W. sta
tion and learned the particulars. The
car robbed stood a short distance above
the station Among the articles stolen
were a case containing twelve bottles
of whiskey, some two dozen boxes of
hog rings which farmers fit in the
snouts of swine to prevent them from
roofing; also three dozen instruments
accompanying the latter for use IN
ringing hogs.
Chief Mincemoyer had not proceeded
far beyond the station when he heard
of three hoboes encamped near the +.
& r. station. Accompanied by Coun-
Gilman John Patton and Willim Spade
he started in the direction of the sta
tiOn to investigate.
About fifty yards above the depot
they came upon the hobos, whiskey and
hog rings all in bunch. The thirsty
fellows no doubt considered themselves
very lucky that they should stumble
upon a case of whiskey in the car but
it proved the very thing that led to
their undoing. Lugging their booty
with them they sought safe distance
and then proceeded TO refresh them
selves. 1t took just three bottles to
90 around After that naturally they
wanted TO sleep.
They were just awaking from their
morning nap when the officer came
upon them One of the hObos as he
staggered to his feet addressed the
Chief
"Halloo, Mincemoyer l know you.
You're all right
His words brought his two compan-
ions to their feet The three maudliu
fellows were trying to take III the
situation when the officer, assisted by
his companions whom he had deputiZ-
ed to act with him, slipped the nippers
upon their wrists and made them all
prisoners.
The evidence of their guilt was con-
elusive. Around them lay the broken
fragments of the three bottles that
they had emptied. They had also in
their possession bottles of whiskey
which they had not yet opened, as
we'll as the hog rings and the instru-
ments accompanying them. The stolen
property recovered was Immediately
turned over to the ID. l.. q W. rail
road company.
The hobo who addressed Chief Mince-
moyer so familiarly has frequently
been seen about Danville before. They
all seemed to realize that they were
! in pretty tight place and on their
way down town with the officer one
remarked that he would plead guilty
The three individuals arrested Sun
day on suspicion of having partici-
pated in the freight car robbery at the
| ID. l.. q W. Station, Saturday night,
were given hearing before Justice of
the Peace Oglesby Tuesday morning
/ The ID. l.. q w. railroad company wSs
represented by J. NJ. Casey of Scran-
| ton, one of its detectives.
The three defendants gave their
names as James Mccoy, Joseph Rogers
and Richard Wilson. Each pleaded
not guilty. Mccoy said he had been
employed about town last week and
/ had worked three turns at the Danville
Rolling Mill. Rogers and Wilson ac-
| knowledged that they came into town
on Saturday last, but said that they
were miners out of employment.
Chief MincemOyer, John Patton and
William Spade identified the defend
ants rs the men arrested by them at
! the p & II. Station and described the
whiskey and hardware found i'll their
possession. Harry Delanty and Joseph
| Kelly who reside near the station and
had been offered whiskey by the de-
PENDANTS identified the bottles stolen
as similar to those from which they
had been offered drink Anon Keiser,
clerk at the ID. l.. & W. Station, testifi-
ed rs to the theft, and the finding OF
the empty cases.
The justice fixed bail at $500, in de-
fault of which the trio of defendants
were committed TO Jail to await the
action of the grand jury.