Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-29
Horse Thieves Captured.

negro, was arrested last Friday by
Deputy Sheriff Lupton. acting on
advice received from the Mary
land authorities, charged with the
theft OF valuable horse belong
ing to MIR. j. T. Bradshaw, Of
near Summit Point, w. Va.
The capture was effected al Will
liams' home, about three miles
from Berryville, and Williams was
brought to Berryville and placed
in Jail.
Sheriff Deibert and Common
wealth's Attorney Albert Long, of
Washington county. Md, arrived
in Berryville Saturday, in response
TO a telegram from the local au-
thOritieS, and Williams was taken
to Hagerstown Saturday night.
Monday morning il was discov-
cred that the Williams boy was
the wrong one, as the guilty man
was his father, both names being
the same and causing the confusion.
The older Williams was arrested
in the public hitching yard by
Sheriff Smallwood and Sergeant
Ricamore. and was locked up for
the Mary land officers. who will
come and take him away as soon
as requisition can be secured.
Albert Page. alias Alfred Page,
another negro who IS we'll know n
Ia criminal circles here, was ar
rested in Hagerstown ON Thursday
charged with the same offensc.
\ lit;lc over year aga PAGE
was scn~nced to the West Virginia
penitcn;iary for term OF one wear
for the theft Of 4 horse from MIR.
!Shull, near Charles Town, and he
returned from the penitentiary
only 4 short time ago.
At the time Of his conviction il
was thought that he had an accom-
plice, but nothing definite could
bc proven, and the connection OF
Williams with the present case
seems 10 indicate To the authorities
here that Williams and Page were
both probably implicated in the
Shull case.
The facts of the present case. as
far we can ascertain, are that Mr..
Bradshaw's horse was stolen some
time ago by Williams, who rode
the horse to Hagerstown, where he
was met by Page, who took tho
horse and sold it. Williams ther
returned to his home in this county
and Page remained in Hagerstown
When Page was arrested he
promptly produced witnesses wh,
testified that he bought the horse
from strange negro man. hoping
thus to throw the officers off the
scent and divert suspicion from
himself. But he reckoncd in error
for he was held by the police as al
accessory, and the subsequent ar,
rest of Williams proves the clear.
ness of the Maryland sleuths.
According to 4 Hagerstown re.
port, Page has confessed to serving
q three-ycar term at Moundsvill,
for horse stealing, although that
fact was not generally know here
In brief interview, Common
wealth's Attorney Long (who, by
the way, Is nephew Of Mr.. ). w
Royer of Gaylord, said that Mary
land authorities had been subjected
to great deal of trouble by hors,
thieves recently. scarcely Il weel
passing that complaint of sucl
crimes was not received, and tha
the authorities were exerting ever,
effort to apprehend and convict al
of the horse stealers.
Page is notoriously bad char
acter, and if he is convicted an,
given term Of about five or sever
years in the Maryland penitentiary
Sergeant Ricamore will feel great,
relieved, as Page causes him
great deal Of trouble every tim
he comes to Berryville, as he
quarrelsome and dangerous.
i Several other cases of hors
thievery have occurred i'm Clark
county and nearby within recen
months, and it is very likely tina
Page and Williams had a hand il
the different affairs.