The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04
HORSE STEALING.
Three Horses, Buggy, and a Set Of
Harness Taken Sunday and Monday
Nights.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECOVERED


for a long time; and then when 1t
does break out, the community is
likely to get dose of it, The
telephone wire became hot Mon
day morning with the intelligence
that horse had been stolen from
Brady Mellott's barn Sunday
night, and that the animal was
tracked in the direction of Nc
Connellsburg. The Chief of Po-
lice was notified, and 1t was not
long until everybody was on the
lookout tor the thief and the stol.
en- property. 1t was not long,
however, until word came that
horse was running at large down
the Cove. Charlie Snyder and
Ben Fisher went after the horse
and found 1t at Harvey Unger's.
Brady, who had been notified.
came over to McConnellsburg
and recovered has property. The
horse had been stolen from Brady
and when the thief got to McCon.
nellsburg, he found that the ami.
NAL was too young to serve his
purpose, and took 1t down the
Cove, tied 1t TO the fence along
the road, and went off and left it.
The horse getting tired of post
oats, stripped the bride and call
ed at the barnyard of Himy Clev.
enger. Being driven away from
Mr.. Clevenger's, 1t next called at
David Kendall's, and afterward
at Morrow Kendall's, but was
chased away. When the horse
got to Harvey Unger's he, Good
Samaritan like, took the horse IN
and cared for it.
Tuesday morning early, word
was received IN town that d good
horse had been stolen from the
barn of Nick w. Holman, a new
buggy from A. Grant Shoemaker,
and set of harness and valu-
able horse from w. Fl. Woodall,
who lives on the Jared Plttman
farm below town. Grant was
the first to hit the trail. When
he arose IN the morning, he dis
covered that his buggy was gone.
Without waiting, he followed the
fresh track to the Pike at the
tolleate east af town, thence
across the mountain over the
Mercersburg 'Plke-on foot, for
he did not waste any time getting
horse-and when he reached
the bars, just above the stone
wall at the sharp turn about a
half mile west of the old Hollins
head Distlllery, he noticed that
the buggy had left the Pike, and
gone into an old field through the
bars.
1t should be noted at this point
in the story that Grant had not
yet heard of the stealing of the
horses from his iShbors.
Into the field Grant went, and
following the trail he reached the
top OF the hill and looking for.
ward saw two horses hItched in
the bushes, and his buggy stand.
ing there as big as life. He had
what he was looking for-his bug
sy; and without any ceremony,
he placed himself in the shafts,
and pulled the buggy down to tbe
dlstlllery. '
BY this time Bert Holman, who
left town about s o'clock on horse
back in search of his brother
Nlck's horse, reached the Gap,
and Grant informed him that, in
all probability, the horse Bert
was looking for was up in the
field where he had gotten the bug.
gy. Borrowing ''gun" the two
men went back to the field and
found the horses. They, Of course
had nothing to do but loosen them
and lead them away. There was
no one there TO dispute posses
sion. The horses were taker
down and one of them hitched tc
Grants buggy, and the property
was brought back across tn,
mountain end restored to the re-
spective owners.
The theory Is; that Holman,
horse was stolen, and taken Il
Shoemaker's with a view to get
ting Grants buggy and also ht
harness. II happened, however