The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-06-21
c. o. THOMAS AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
With j. W. Noble, of TyIersburg, He
is Arrested for Stealing a Team
OF Horses at COOksburg.

ship, last Wednesday night, June l4th,
charged with stealing team of horses
from s. G. Agnew, the hotel keeper at
Cooksburg, Barnett township. Not be-
ing able to furnish bail he is now con-
fined in the Forest county Jail. The
stolen team and outfit was found in pos.
session of Thomas.
Jacob W. Noble, who lives on what
was formerly the Heck Smith farm, a
mile this side of Tylersburg, was arrest
ed Thursday night near his home, under
the same charge and was released under
bail.
The team is nicely matched pair of
sorrel ponies four years old and weigh
ing about $50 pounds each. With the
team the thief took good top buggy,
harness, rubber spread, curry comb, two
bushels OF oats,-in fact the whole outfit
connected with the team, Ito the value
of $3.50. According to Mr.. Agnew's story
he was working extra time on Tuesday
! night helping to load flat boat and on
coming home his wife mentioned hear
ing a noise at the barn. He investigated
and found the horses all right, it being
then a little after twelve o'clock. He
thinks the thief was concealed in the
barn and got away with the outfit shortly
after he had gone to bed, as his wife
heard another noise at the barn. He
discovered his loss about $50 Wednesday
morning and found the halters in the
stable yard. He telephoned his loss to
all the surrounding towns and with his
nephew, o. A. Lewis, boy of l6 years,
took up the trail. They tracked the rig
to Scotch Hill, then to Leeper, where
Mr.. Agnew's brother George joined them
in the search. The trail led over the
macadam road to Tylersburg, then to
Joseph Keverline's near Crown, where
his spring house was robbed that morn
ing of honey and butter, which was found
in the buggy when it was taken from
Thomas. The trail led up to Robert
Hagerty's, back to James Tingley's, past
the old Haskell mill and by way of the
Hagen church to Golinza, where the rig
was seen by resident, it being then
daylight. The man driving the rig at
that time was not Thomas, but a large
man with heavy mustache. The stolen
outfit was taken out the Guitonville road,
where two sons of G. s. Hoover saw and
described it. 1t was also seen by num-
ber of others. 1t is supposed to have
been taken down the Fox creek road to
Little Coon creek and then down to a
rendezvous on Hall ridge back of Il. l..
DeWoody's house, just above Nebraska.
The rig had left the public road at the
stone watering trough and the horses
forced to go up bank so steep that moth
ing but goat would be supposed to
climb it. 1t was in these woods and after
many twists and turns that the Agnews
finally ran the gang to cover just about
dark. Leaving Lewis, and Roy McCan-
ma, of Nebraska, guarding the public
road, both the Agnews went up into the
woods and soon routed out three men
and the team. Two of these men, said by
Thomas to be David Trainor and Frank
Meyer, or Myers, started to run and were
called on to surrender. George Agnew
fred eight shots after them and thinks
he wounded Meyer, as he was seen to
hold his left side as he ran. Both men
escaped and no trace has been found OF
them since. While this was going on
Thomas drove off with the rig, coming
out near DeWoody's barn and going up
the Kellettville road. Lewis and McCan-
ma drove up behind him and forced him
to surrender at the point of a Winchester
rifle. He was unarmed. Sheriff s. r.
Maxwell was notified and went up and
brought Thomas to Jail. The AgneS
party came to town and the owner made
Information against him. At hearing
Thursday afternoon before G. A. Randall,
J. P, Thomas plead not guilty, waived a
hearing and was held under $500 bail
for his appearance at September court.
Thomas is aged A years. Ii, is a cripple
and goes about on crutches, having a tu-
berculsr trouble of the right hip. He
admits to serving three or four terms in
the penitentiary. His last sentence was
for stealing the team of Amos Shots, at
Tylersburg, five years ago. He drew a
long sentence for this crime, but was
pardoned March 10th on account of poor
health.
Jacob W. Noble, who is an uncle to
Thomas, was arrested Thursday night by
Sheriff Maxwell and Constable Charles
Clark, of the Boro, the information be-
ing sworn to by S. G. Agnew. Noble
was brought to Jail the same night and
after hearing Friday night before G. A.
Randall, j. p, was released under $500
bail for his appearance at the September
tenn of court. The chief witness against
him was Thomas, who told a story to the
effect that the stealing was planned by
Noble and Trainor at the formers home.
Trainor stole the horses and Thomas part
in the affair was to help him run them
out of the country. Thomas story con-
densed is as follows: He met Trainor
Tuesday forenoon in the woods near
Leeper and went over the plans for the
stealing. Went to Scotch Hill and back
to Mobiles arriving there about o'clock
in the evening. Talked over the plans
with him and an hour or more later No
BILE hitched horse to a buggy and took
him to bridge on the road above CO.
lima, the place where he was to meet
Trainor. Trainor came along about day
break with the stolen team. The three
drove to the Flynn school house. The
plan was for Thomas to drive the horses
through Nebraska but it being daylight
he refused Went back to Golnza and
Trainor took the team out the Guiton-
Vile road. Noble took Thomas back to
the school house and started home, Thom-
as walking to Nebraska by the road and
to the rendezvous through the woods.
Arrived there about 10 o'clock and acted
as lookout to see If they were followed.