Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-17
DARING ACT Of
H|CHWAYMEN

One of the most daring acts OF high
waymen.ever perpetrated in this sec
tion took place near Mausdale Friday
night, when Thomas Malady, OF Mil
ton. was held up by three desperadoes,
who in order to accomplish the rob-
berry shot the horse, which fell dead in
his tracks. Mr.. Malady escaped.
The police in Danville and surround
ing towns were at once notified, and
railway employees along all the roads
were kept on a sharp lookout for the
desperados. Shortly before midnight
a trio answering to their description
were located at the Rupert tower on
the Reading, where that road crosses
the Pennsylvania tracks at the south
end of the Rupert bridge. and there
one of the men was captured between
one and two o clock Saturday morning.
Thomas Malady. who is associated
with his brother, Charles Malady, in
the livery business in Milton, drove
over to Danville Friday and about
! o
drive homewaId. AS he was approach
ing the stone culvert few hundred
yards east Of the Maus Touring mill
three men suddenly materialized in
the road ahead of him. Two Of them
seized his horse while the third sprang
into the buggy and seized him by the
throat. A desperate struggle between
the highwayman and driver ensued,
during which the horse broke loose
from the two men who had seized him.
Mr.. Malady succeeded in hurling his
assailant backward to the ground; the
horse had hardly moved half dozen
yards forward when one of the men
opened fire on the animal Three shots
were fired, when the horse began to
stagger and the next moment fell to
the ground and expired.
Just as the horse dropped Mr., Ma
lady lesped out of the buggy in the
darkness and escaped from the high
waymen. Nearly overcome with ex.
citement he made his way back tC
Wise's hotel at Mausdale, where he
telephoned into Danville for the po.
lice.
The news of the desperate occurrence
created intense excitement on th
streets. f. p. Johnson with his auto.
mobile volunteered to take the officers
out to the scene of the hold.up. His
offer was accepted and it was only d
few minutes after the word was re.
ceived that Officers Mincemoyer and
Voris, Sheriff Williams and several
others were on their road to Mausdale.
They found the dead body of the
horse in the road. Mr.. Malady, along
with some others, had returned to the
scene of the hold-up, where he told
the story as related above.
Mr.. Malady described the highway
men as being large. portly men, eacf
wearing a slouch hat.
WHOLE SECTION AROUSED.
Returning to Danville the officers a.
once learned that several freights had
passed over the Reading going TOWARD
Catawissa after the hold-up. and wore
was sent up the road to be on the look
out for the men. The operator at the
Rupert tower was the first to see them
They materialized near his towe
about IL o'clock and he at once Motif
ed the Bloomsbury and Danville ofiic
ers, meanwhile keeping an eye on thei
movements.
Officers Mincemoyer and Voris
Sheriff Williams and District Attorne.
Gearhart secured team and were Of
their way to Rupert tower befor
twelve O'Clock. The Bloomsbury pol
ice and a posse of half dozen me-
divided into two squads, one takin
the north and one the south side o
the river and moving down toward tn
tower where the robbers were located
The Pennsylvania train dispatche
! at Sunbury was working in coujunC
ton with the officers and was runnin
a trains past the spot where the me
t were at fast clip, One train goin
toward South Danville was sped b
them at so fast pace that they di
o not attempt to board it. About / i
y o'clock freight going toward Wilkes
Barre passed and it was so heavy tina
sufficient speed could not be gotten u
and the men were about to get aboar
when the Bloomsbury posse swoope
J, down on them. Two of the men wei
Il too slippery for the officers, and boart
g ed the train. The third was capture
+ the one supposed to be the heavie
h of the trio.
A few minutes after the capture tt
[. Danville party arrived on the seer
r. and took charge of the prisone
). Chief Mincemoyer feels assured thi
:. they have one of the men who perpe
n rated the hold-up.