The Washington times., 1911-07-30
ALLEGED K|DNAPERS
CLOSELY PURSUED
BY ARMED POSSES
SheriffS as Yet Unable tc
Trap Man and Woman
+. With Boy.
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Iy thrown ffthe trail, but every day
they went farther and farther away
from the scene of the beginning Here
and there they discovered fires, and the
bones of chickens and sheep, indicat
ing that before them were the runa'
ways, who were living like gypsies.-
And wherever there were campfire'
there were in the neighborhood people
whose henroosts had been depleted and
who had lost sheep. 1t is a sparseiy
settled country that the fug1tiYes were
making their way through. The trail
lay through dense woods and up noun
tains, and now and again it dropped
into the wild valley of stream.
Elude Pursuers.
Hope grew strong in the hearts OF
the posse in Loudoun county, a few
miles from Washington Junction. They
came upon another of the campfires,
and this one was blazing freshly. II
was upon the side of mountain, and
footsteps of a man, woman, and a
child lew away into the woods. 1t was
here that the bloodhounds were un-
leashed and the posses set out afoot.
But the trail was lost.
1t was said at Vienna today that once
the posse had the three surrounded in
q corn field, but that in some way the
runaways had eluded their pursuers.
This could not be officially verified.
The search will not last much longer,
II is believed, for 1t seems impossible
that the man and his companions can
much longer elude the posses.
Tell of Experiences.
Footsore and weary. Sheriff Viett re-
turned from the chase of the alleged
kidnapers at 1:30 o'clock this morning.
He reached his house in Rockville, tum-
bled into bed, slept six hours, and arose
nearly as tired as when he went to bed,
A pair of large, old-fashioned carpet
slippers felt good to him until he had
10 change u shoes and go out to en-
force the blue laws.
If it had not been for that Internal
led of pennyroyal we'd have landed the
couple and the Snyder child last
bloodhoUnds lest the trail completely
when th= course led into the sweet
smelling field.
Its no joke following the hounds.
he could, but they pull hard and go
fast, and those accompanying them
must keep up a good run, whether going
through a plowed field, through under
brush, or up the side Of mountain.
One Man "Ducked."
We struck one fine stream which
seemed fordable. One of the natives
agreed to carry us across on his back
and he made his first trip with a
newspaper man.
Half way over. the bearer dropped
his burden with a large loud splash.
Then he came back and offered to
carry me over. 1 said could not see
it. Look what you did to the other
fellow said l, and / went down the
stream aways and found a swinging
bridge, none too stout, but 1t bore
me across in safety.
at was bad enough to be tired and
hungry and covered with dust with
out getting watersoaked.
I'VE were pretty warm on the trail
not long before the hounds ran into
the pennyroyal. They were coursing
baytnG loud when we saw the fire
on the mountain side. The footprints
showed plainly that three people had
been there, a man, woman, and a
child. The prints were fresh and
clearly defined. They were our people
beyond any doubt:
I'VE cast around for a fresh scent,
but did not strike any very good al
though at this time, about an.
man came up who said he had seen the
people we wanted not over half an hour
before. Sheriff Allison and a posse of
twenty men came up about this time
and we posted men all around the
mountain, believing we had them
hemmed in. For some hours a sort of
patrol was kept up.
Il determined to come home late at
night for duties in Rockville and other
parts Of Montgomery county confronted
me today. so | walked a good manv
more weary miles to where we had left
the automobile and l took the car home.
! was never more glad to get into bed
in my life.
"I left Deputy Sheriff Cissel on the
tob with his dogs. They arc good hoGnds
none better for sticking to a scent, and
given half a chance will always land
their man."