Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-17
SUSPECT Was
RELEASED

Saturday morning when our citizens
awoke and found that man had been
arrested and was in Jail awaiting i'd
entifcation as an acoomplice in the
hold up near Mausdale the excitement
which had begun to subside little,
was soon as intense as it was the even
ing before.
Thomas Malady, the victim of the hold
up, was taken to the Jail, but he failed
to identify the prisoner as one of the
highwaymen. The fellow accordingly
was released.
The arrest of the suspect was not
accomplished without great deal of
hard work that brought into full ex-
ercise the detective ability of the pol
burg.
About II o'clock Friday night our
officers were notified by the telephone
operator in the Rupert tower that
three men, who bore a resemblance to
the highwsymen got off south bound
P. & R. train at that point and took
to the bushes. The conduct of the men
seemed suspicious.
Chief Mincemoyer lost no time max
ing arrangements for trip to Rupert
Learning, however, that inside of an
hour a train would pass the Rupert
| tower, which the suspects might jump
and thereby elude pursuit, he tele
phoned to Chief Of Police Baum, of
Bloomsbury, requesting him to hurry
| to Rupert and arrest the men should
they attempt to get away before the
! Danville officers arrived.
1t was shortly after II o'clock when
/ Officers MinCemoyer and Voris, ac-
companied by Sheriff Williams and
District Attorney Gearhart, in a two
seated carriage set out for Rupert.
Meanwhile, the intense excitement
that existed in Danville was trans
ferred to Bloomsbury. Chief Baum
after arming himself with shot gun
started out to summon citizens to as
sist in running down the highway
men. The first person summoned WAS
Edward Shatfer, propr ietor of the pea
nut outfit on Market square. Two
others, Charles VanLiew and Frank
Dietrich, were in succession called
out and pressed into service.
In two seated spring wagon the
party of four drove over to East
| Bloomsbury, and cautiously made its
way toward point opposite Rupert,
where at last accounts the suspects
had been in hiding. At respectful
distance behind the wagon followed
troop of excited people, who had craw
led out of bed on hearing of the hold.
up and were anxious to see the arrests.
At the very moment that Chief
Baum and his party approached their
destination freight pulled over the
bridge from Rupert and the three sus
poets were seen making their way to-
ward the train. Chief Baum and his
party moved on the fleeing trio. All
escaped. however. but one, who was
caught by Edward Schaffer, as he was
in the act of jumping the train.
! A message was sent to Cataw issa re-
questing that the train be stopped
there and an effort be made to capture
| the suspects. Meanwhile the arrested
man, held securely by pair of nip
pers, was taken over the bridge toward
Rupert, where the party was met by
| the Danville officers who took the pri-
soner in charge. In due time the train
reached Catawissa, where it was search
ed by the officers, but the suspects
were not on board.
! cit was after o'clock Saturday morn
ing when our officers arrived in Dan
Vile with their prisoner. Sheriff Will
liams remained in Bloomsbury until
Saturday prosecuting search for the
highwaymen at that place.
The prisoner was committed to JAIL
where, as above stated, an unsuccess-
ful attempt was made to identify him
later. He gave his name as Frank
! Lowe and said he lives in Williams
port. He is only IS years OF age. He
said his companions are still younger,
one of them being boy in knee
breeches. He declared they were all
under the impression that they were
being pursued solely because they were
stealing rides.