The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-28
JEkYLL AND HYDE.
A Man Who Stole Horses and Sold
CONSERVATION at His Arrest.
Lancaster (Pa.) Dispatch

ANI
A remarkable story Of a series of
crimes committed under the guise of
religion a been brought to light by
the arrest and incarceration in the
Lancaster county Jail of A. G.. Glas-
gov, who had been looked POI as 4
highly respected resident of Millersville.
Travelling through the country selling
Bibles, he would stop at a farmhouse
for a few days lodging. Soon after his
departure the farmers best horse
would be missing.
A horse was stolen from George De
Haven, of New Holland, and a LuSgy
from Martin Hammond, a nelshbor,
about a month ago.. Detectives learned
that one A. G.. Glasgow, of Millersvilla,
had sold a team to ]. Y. Gemmil at
Red Lion, York county. This clue led
to Glasgow's arrest on a Sunday as IL.
was leaving the Methodist Sunday
school at Millersville with his two
daughters.
CONSERVATION spread among the
members of the school as he was taken
into custody, for he was one of the pill
tdIS VI llC Sl1ulSh anu oolldo IL
and it was not until some days later
that they would believe him guilty.
Glasgow was a book and BibIe agent,
travelling through this n adjoining
counties, and occasionally organizing 9
Sunday-schOol as a side issue.
He would generally stop at a farm
er's home in preference to a hotel, ana
would always MAKE a good impression,
He evinced a great interest in the WEI
fare of the family he was visiting, and
would induce them to take him around
the neighborhood. He always made it
a point to attend the church where the
family worshipped. After selling d
number of Bibles he left. At the same
time would go n or W teams.
So numerous were the robberies n Il
the farmers began to think the famous
Walsh Mountain gang of thieves was
again at work..
After his arrest Glasgow. made 2
statement to District-Attorney Croft,
in which he admitted that he had be IN
dealing in horses, but all of them, he
declared, he had purchased from a
Lancaster horse dealer named John
Kline, an individual whom, the local
police have been unable to find His
statement is regarded by the district
attorney Is a virtual confession of
guilt.
Kline, Glasgow said, met him coca
cioally in this city and always had Il
horse or two to sell. Glasgow puc
chased them and then drove them 70
another town, where he would sell
them at a good figure. Glasgow says
he bought eight horses from the mys-
ferrous John Kline. These animals
were stolen in this and Lebanon coun-
ties. and all but one have been recov-
cred.
An interesting story is told of how
GLaSpnw S11ooaaded in diSnQSinp of two
horses in Chester county which he had
stolen from two farmers at Vogonville,
this county. He represented himself
there as a h~arneSSmaker and horse
dealer. He found a purchaser for the
horses in Elwood Webster, of Hop
well, near Oxford. but before the latter
would pay for them he insisted that
Glasgow identify himself. Here Ih9
latter used his reputation as a Sunday
school worker to help him through. he
went to oxford and returned with
James Wilson, a prominent resident OF
that place, whose daughter was a
school teacher in East HempfielJ
township. this county, n attended
the Bible class taught by Glasgow.
Through this Identification he disposed
of his horses for several hundred dol
lars. One of the horses has since been
recovered.
Two valuable horses were stolen
from II. @. Longenecker at Annvllla
Labanon county in asst June. Glasgow
spent several weeks with the Longe
necker family while he was selling
Bibles. He attended the church in tne
neighborhood and made a favorabI
impression. Farmer Longenecker was
kind enough to drive him 10 h mex
town SO that he could sell his books
The horses used on the trip were stol-
| q.
| In nearly every instances Glasgow
disposed of the horses to keepers Of
livery stables to whom he would repre-
sent himself as a horse dealer. One OF
the horses changed ownership severa
times after it left Glasgow's possession
and it was finally recovered at Win
ston, N. c. Others were recovered q
Port Deposit and Belair, Ind AT tn
latter place Glasgow sold a horse to c
A. McGraw, keeper of a livery stable
to whom he represented himself as E
tree agent. He said he had been dis
charged by the company for which n
was travelling and had no further US
for the team.
' Glasgow is about fifty five pears oil,
and came originally from Nashville