The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-05-24
JAKE BONNER CAPTURED;
JONES HELD FOR COURT
Several Other Hearings Held at
Offices of Oakland Justices
of The Peace.

Jake Bonner, of White Church, in
this county, who escaped from the
Thomas (W. Va) Jail several weeks
ago, was apprehended Tuesday at a
point near Keyser, W. Va, by con-
stable of German, and was brought to
Oakland and lodged in the County
Jail.
The charge against Bonner is steal
ing meat and other articles from var
ious farmers in the vicinity of White
Church. He was first arrested by VIM.
McVeigh, Western Maryland Railway
officer and placed in the jail at Thonl-
as, but made his escape before Deputy
Sheriff Griffith and Constable Andrew
Shartzer reached the town. How he
escaped remains mystery, as the
doors were found locked and no evil
dence of the bars having been cut was
apparent when the officers went to
get the man to transport him to Oak
land.
Young Man Held on Serious Charge
Randall Jones, % years of age, Of
Terra Alta, w. Va, following hear
ing yesterday afternoon before JUS
tice E. l. West, of Oakland, charged
with a statutory crime, was held with
out bond and remanded to Jail where
he will be held pending the finding
of the grand jury, which meets on the
18th of June,
The charge against Jones was pre-
ferred by Miss Dorothy Dent, aged
10 years, of Moundsville, West Va.
Miss Dent is a nurse at the West Viz
ginia tuberculosis Sanitarium, Hope
mont, W. Va, miles west of Oakland.
The offense is said to have been COM
mitted in Maryland, the young woman
having accompanied Jones in his au
tomobile to a point on the highway
near Crellin where the alleged as
sault is said to have been made. 1t
was brought out in the testimony be-
fore the Justice that the young woman
suffered indignities of a most serious
nature and that she became uncon-
scious following the attack made upon
her. Miss Dent was accompanied to
Oakland by her father and an attorney
of Moundsville, W. Va, while Jones
was represented by L. F. Everhart, Of
Terra Alta.
Arrested For Burglary; Still Found
Arresting Claude Keyser, of Table
Rock, Garrett county, Friday, on a
charge of burglary and larceny, coun-
ty officials discovered a medium sized
still, completely equipped, in the mans
home. He was brought to Oakland
for a hearing on the two charges. JUS
tice w. A. Gender, at the preliminary
trial held him under a $500 bond on
the liquor charge and $500 on the
charge of larceny, for his appearance
at court. The bond was forthcom-
ing. A Mr.. Dean had sworn out
the warrant for larceny, alleging that
tools and accessories had been stolen
from him.
Oliver Paugh and George Irwin, of
Bloomington, were arrested by Fed
eral authorities last Friday for manu-
featuring moonshine liquor and they
were brought to Oakland where they
were given a hearing before Justice
Gender on the charge. They were held
under $500 bond each for the appear
ance at Court and in default were sent
to jail They later gave bond.
Escaped Convict Captured.
Jacob Bradshaw, an escaped convict
from the West Virginia state peniten-
tiary at Moundsville, was recognized
Monday by Constable Fred. Seymour
of Kitzmiller, as the man wanted by
the authorities and he placed Brad
shaw under arrest and lodged him in
the Jail here until the West Virginia
officers called for him, which they did
Tuesday morning and took him back
to the prison. Bradshaw came to
Oakland as an employee of the Main
circus.
j. w. Mopwell, of Parsons, was &C.
corded hearing Tuesday by Justice
West. He was charged with having
failed to pay sundry charges for board
and lodging at the Frantz hotel. 1t
was alleged at the trial that Mopwell
appeared at the hotel several times
and registered under different name
upon each occasion and then left
town without paying the landlord. He
was ordered by the Justice either to
pay what he owed at the hotel with
in a certain time or serve term in
the House of Correction. He is now
in Jail.