Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-06-08
OFFICERS Made
WHOLESALE ARRESTS

James Fahey, ID. j.. & W. railroad
city Tuesday morning and accom-
panied by Officers Mincemoyer and
Voris started on the trail of several
parties accused of stealing iron from
the d. l.. e. W. cars.
The iron was taken on or about Satur-
day night and amounted to 2600 pounds
with value of $26 The iron stolen
was scrap iron and belonged to Ben
jamin Miller, junk dealer, of this city.
1t was, however, in the custody of tie
d. j.. 81 w. railroad company and the
latter being responsible for its safety,
of course, are the prosecutors.
The case was we'll worked and when
the detective with the local officers
started out about 1 a. m. yesterday
the officers had to do was to gather in
their men. They however, had long
and weary chase of it, which, under
the oppressive heat, prevailing, be-
| came all UIle more ldUlpulHR.
| About the middle of the afternoon
they rounded up three of the men
wanted and proceeded with them to
| the office OF Justice of the Peace Og-
lesby, where they were duly arraign-
ed The information, made by officer
James Fahey, set forth that on or
about June 3rd at the furnace siding
! of the ID. L. 81 w. railroad Joseph
Reed, Frank Lynn and Charles Ashton
did steal, take and carry away scrap
iron in the quantity and at the value
above named.
Lynn and Ashton acknowledged their
guilt before the justice, but Reed pro-
! tested his innocence declaring that he
had bought the iron of the other two
| The Justice, however, decided to hold
all three for court and fixed bail at
5000 each. None of them procured
bondsmen and in default of bail were
committed to Jail.
The officers then started out for the
second roundup. This trip resulted i'll
the capture of but one man, who was
| also arraigned before Justice Oglesby,
although the information lodged call
ed for two. The individual captured
was William McCann. His bail was
| likewise fixed at $780, A bondsman,
however, was not forthcoming and
McCann joined the three other accus-
ed in Fort Maiers.
James Fahey is one of the most skill
full officers in the employ of the d.
l.. & w. railroad company. He was
one of the two men who so adroitly y
effected the capture of the jail-break-
ers who escaped from Blooomsburg
last month. To representative of the
American Tuesday Mr.. Fahey describ-
ed how the capture was effected Con-
nor, he said. is "A most desperate man.
He would have killed the partner of
Mr.. Fahey had not the latter by a
we'll directed blow with his blackjack
knocked the revolver out of Connors'
hand just at the moment he was about
| to shoot.
Mr.. Fahey's experience in this city
Tuesday was unique. He was look
ing over the different junk shops to
see if he could detect any of the miss
ing scrap and happened to be at Ben
iamin Miller's place just when Reed
brought load of the iron there to
sell. This was a coincidence in itself
but it was less odd than the fact that
the iron which Reed essayed to sell to
Miller already rightfully belonged to
the latter and had been purchased at
Light Street, from which point Mr..
Miller had loaded it on the cars and
consigned it to Curry & Co. this city.