The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-04-21
THE ARREST OF AN
OLD-TIME OFFENDER
Arthur Fazenbaker, of Piney Swamp,
Landed in Garrett County Jail.

Deputy Sheriff Shartzer brought to
Oakland last Saturday a man named
Arthur Fazenbaker, Of Piney Swamp,
back Of Homecoming, whom the officers
have been seeking to round up for sew
eral years past. Fazenbaker stands
charged with nearly all Of the minor
crimes on the calendar and is considered
a bad man." He has been under ar
rest number Of times, twice sdurlng
the past three or four years making his
escape from the officers while being
brought to Jail here. The following ac-
count of the arrest of Fazenbaker is
taken from the Homecoming correspon-
dence to the Cumberland Times of Mon
day:
Arthur Fazenbaker, the terror of
Pmey Swamp, is cooling his heels in
Oakland jail. For six years this cross
roads desperate has evaded the sheriff
of Garrett county and all his deputies.
This Swamp angel has been as nimble
and evasive as the Irishman's flea.
Fazenbaker is charged with every crime
for which penalty has been made and
provided. He bushwhacked a deputy
sheriff and winged him. He sent a
charge Of shot after Donald Simpson
and famed him so close that some of the
shot was dug out of Donald's harveyiz-
ed shirt front. He is suspected OF burn
ing a sawmill and he has maintained a
harem in Piney Swamp for several
years, and is the de facto sire Of nine
children.
The sheriff of Garrett county sent his
son after Fazenbaker several months
ago. Young Shartzer located Fazen-
baker on Laurel Run, where he was en-
ployed in a sawmill The young deputy
got within d few feet of him and was
reaching for him, when Fazenbaker
sprang away and ran Tor the woods and
escaped.
Last Friday afternoon the boy deputy
came to Lonaconing with Ed White.
They looked up Henry McLarkie and
Tug" Glenn, and arrangements were
made to leave Homecoming at 4 o'clock
Saturday morning in a rig hired from
Thomas Udy. The posse left on time,
and about half-past five reached the
shack in Piney Swamp, whore Fazen-
r.keeps his wives" and numerous
progeny. The deputy knocked on the
door, but no one answered the summons.
Then the door was forced in and the
deputy and Tug" Glenn entered with
guns drawn and cooked A man named
Henry Shriver came down the stairs and
wanted TO know why this intrusion.
The deputy forced Shriver up the stairs
at the muzzle of his pistol and followed
him, with Tug" close behind In the
upper room they found two women and
several children. There We're three
beds in the room. Fazcnbaker wasn't
visible Turning up one of the bed ticks
which bulged suspiciousIy on one side,
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