The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-25
PENNSYLVANIA
BANDITS.
Hundreds Of officers PatrolIing the
Infested Districts.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
A Negro said 10 Have Confessed 20
Numbering clendsnen-Tower Men
and Operators Panic stricken.
Reward For Taking Outlaws.

Glrardville, PA, Nov. "a There is
no longer any doubt, either official or
popular, III this section Of the state
that the murder Of Operator william
Clendenen in the signal tower at
Browns, the clloroforming and rob.
berry OF Murel Hafer III his tower at
Allanwood and the holdup Of Night
Waterman John Dalton at the Girard
yilIe station point to the existence Of o
desperate gang Of outlaws, thoroughly
organized for work in this and neigh.
boring counties
The first two crimes have resulted
! thus far Id two arrests, the prisoners
! being William AIieheltree, friend Of
( Clendenen. who was taken into GUS
tody while attending the latter's funer-
al at Y0ungdale, and negro who was
4 taken near shamolsin aud who is al
4 legged to have made a confession The
/ former asserts his ability to prove an
alibi despite the possession OF a watch
not bis own, said to resemble closely
i that carried hy CIendenen, and the re
& port of the negroes confession has yet
b be confirmed
Tower Men tn Panic,
Meanwhile THE tower men and opera
tors employed oil the Reading and New
York Central railroads in this part 81
tile state remain ii 4 condition border
ing on panic. and hundreds Of railroad
detectives and watchmen and coal and
iron policemen are patrolllng the tracks
through several counties, embracing
territory all the way from Williams
port to Shamokin Other arrests art
hourly expected, the reward Of 5000
adding zeal to the search.
The arrest Of Aficheltree was mo-
alone on his possession Of the watel
referred to- IL Is said that the dis
patcher at this place, to whom Glen
denen telegraphed an appeal for hell
after being shot, received after the ap
peal ali unintelllgible line indicating
lapsing consciousness, iII which the syi
liable tree was spelled plainly. Ih
name OF AIicheltree was associatet
with this by the constable, who mad
the arrest on Ills own responsible.
and without The formality IF war
rant
Mieheltree. Who was iii the eonipan.
of two young women when arrested
says tile watch belongs to one Of them
and lie had undertaken to have Il rs
paired
y Alleged Confession Of Negro Bandii
j. Gill. the day operator IT Brown
tower. Is responsible for the story 9
the uegro's confession. He declare
: that he, not Glendenen, was the intent
Ell victim, It's It was known that he o.
Grated In stocks and was believed
have made about $1,000, which he ca
ried with hlm. The negro, he allege
saws he w with i white man to Il
tower to bis mans money, q
white mar llp While he RENAME
] below, rd i struggle upstair
4 followed The white man tic
j came dow With am empty revolFs
and secured i hammer with which !
Z completed the crime. Clendenen mea
while sending his appeal
u Certain otieers. both here and
d Tamaqua point 10 the sixty mil
which separate Browns tower and 1
u lanwood and to the ppeuliarities Of Il
q railroad time table as Indicating th
these two crimes could not have BET
committed by the same persons. TN
confess, however, that there is d strol
#5 Likelihood ~ f.A.npera fi0n