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VOL. LXXVI.
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THE STORY OF THE CAPTURE.
Sheriff Taylor and Posse Capture the Burg-
lars after Seriously Injuring One
of Them.
The four desperate characters who
committed a series of be-
tween Laurelton and Linden Hall
last week were captured in the Seven
Mountains Saturday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock,
When Sherifl’ Taylor the
foot of Sand Mountain he was met by
W. Frank Bradford and
ers who had kept a watehful eye on
the stable in which the burglars wer
in hiding. There wus a hurried con-
sultation, during time the
sheriff gave his men orders where to
stand. These points were at a distance
of line of sight from the
stable. They were further directed t:
close in on the building when the:
would see their leader drive down th
pike toward the stable.
The men were obedient, and at once
started for their After
sherifl hind given the men ample tim:
to reach their destinations, heand Mr
Foster got their
leisurely drove to the old
Their team
side of the pike immediately south
robbers =
reached
Liis support.
which
and out
posts, the
nto Luge il
hotel site
was hitehed on the wes
the building. Sherif!
ed, at once went to the door of the oid
building, threw the door open, and, in
afirm thai the
come out and permit themscives toe
placed under arrest. On the first floor
of the stable the sheriff’ saw
located to
Pay lor, unarn
tone, demanded Hot
tirrer of
the men —two he the jeft,
and one
door st the back
man His
which was loosely covered w
K
fine with tue
T
thie
thirectiy
n
wall, wer fourth
wus ri up in finy fel
th homrd«
: vs 1}
rif
Having loested his prey tn
retreated, again ashing ithe men witl-
Bj
buggy, near
in to come ont, this tise bie hind
his Mr
Foster was standing, secured his Krag
Jorgenson rifle, and in the
act of urcoverivg his gun and walking
in front of the stable, the Sheriff's at-
protrud-
reached w lies
while
tention was called toa hand
ing through
the second
empty, but
eight or forty-four ealibre
Sheriff
ness and
the weatherboarding of
not
sir 4
thirty
floor. The hand was
was clutchivg =a
revoiver.
Puylor renlizing the fearless.
filerceness of the characters
within the fort, and the
of the mecha
fauitlesgrions
iam of the modern fire-
arms at once ordered the deputies who
stood nearest to him to fire, he him-
relf doing likewise, The rotation of
the firing was as follows : Foster, Tay-
lor, Bradford, Foster—four shots,
A silence followed. The sheriff and
deputies retreated to the road, from
which point the sheriff again asked
the fortified prisoners to surrender.
His appeals were unheeded, the
prisotfiers realizing that they held not
only a good fort, but had a minoiature
arsenal to fall back on, and that if they
could stay the advances of the sherift
until night-fall they might by chance
escape under the cover of darkness
For a full halt hour 1
by
i
he had the entire building surrounded
with men not only with revolvers, but
with shot guns and Winchester ‘and
Krag-Jorgenson rifles. Silence fol-
lowed.
There was a condition existing in
the interior not known to those on the
outside, which finally drove the nervy
characters to treat for peace. *‘A man
has been hit,”” came from one of the
quartet, “and if you will guarantee
protection, we'll come out.”
sheriff vouchsafed their safety, and
in a few moments three fierce and de-
praved looking characters stood before
the shed door, each armed with two
revolvers,
throw up your hands,” was the stern
and firm demand of Centre County's
High Sheriff. There was obedience,
The three men, with hands raised sky-
ward, walked abreast to a point on
the sward midway between the shed
and the pike. “Halt!” the sherift
cried, with a distinctly military ae
cent. The men were handeuffed and
hastily searched, and lined up as
though for inspection. Later they
were taken to the county jail,
DEPUTIZED CITIZENS,
W. F. Bradford - Patrick Garrity
Walter Garrity Calvin Ruhl
K J. Bwestwood Wm. Cummings
R, W, Colyer F. A. Carson
Frank Pennington J. H, Ross
Frank Shute W. A, Sandoe
H.W, Smith James Smetsler
OTHER ARMED MEN,
J. 8. Beblehimer
A. J. Richley
W. A. Catherman,
w. Boorer
rice Runkle
er Runkle
short time Calvin Ruhl, R. W. Colyer,
{ Beblehimer came along, each armed
with rifles and side armas.
took a course around the old improve
ments and located on Bald Mountain,
and the balance of the men impatient-
ly awaited the arrival of the sheriff,
With Sheriff Taylor was Treasurer
Phil, D. Foster, Frank Shutt, W. A,
Bandoe and Walter Garrity.
ATTEMPTED TO LOOT SAVE,
| Burginrs Enter the Store of J, #1. Roos,
Linden Hall,
Friday night four burglars entered
thestore of J. H. Ross, at Linden
Hall, wrenched ofl’ the handle to the
door of the safe, plugged the seams
around the door and were about ready
to blow up the safe, when tha experts
were disturbed by A. E. Zeigler, a
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A SICKENING SIGHT.
Bespattered With Blood, and Pierced by a
Bullet Through the Neck, More Dead
than Alive, the Fourth Man Lay on the
Loft Clutching his Weapon of Defense.
When the hs t of the old shed,
which was Ie the preferred
his
av lof
thelr resis
pitien, =»
sicks 12 sight was
edd
hils
horrowing met
Here
being in a erimsou po
iny a fluely develop human
f
ine
be-
spattered with | nod, pale as
t
tightly
weapon of
death, more dead that
ciutehiog a fieree lookibg
defense Pwo plank were lesed
against the side of thie shed, and on
this the wounded 1usn was slid to the
ground. From the end of the plank
he was carried to a carriage and con-
Mills hotel and place
Alex.
£0. 4
veved to Potters
ed under the care of Dr. H 8,
ander.
The rifle bullet entered the neck on
the left side, a trifle back of the larynx,
and passed through the neck to
point on top of the shoulder midway
between the arm and neck. The mis
sile possibly cut the back part of the
wind-pipe.
cd ——
TRAPPED BY A FISHERMAN,
W. F. Bradford Shadows the Burglars—
Scours Mountains for Rifles — Puts Men
on Picket and Awaits the Sheriff,
To J. Hale Ross, of Linden Hall,
jand W. Frank Bradford, of Centre
| Hall, belongs the credit of locating the
burglars. Before daylight Mr. Ross
| was out with his rifle, looking for the
| parties who only a short time before
| had rifled the cash drawers of his store
\and had prepared to blow open his
safe with nitroglycerine. Mr. Ross
tracked the culprits to Earlystowny at
| which point they left the public road
{and went out the lane of L. C. Lingle.
| Mr. Bradford and son William and
| James Bmetzler were on the way to
| Pat. Garrity's to fish, and at the Old
| Fort they met Mr. Ross who related
they discovered one of the four men
whiskey. Later they passed several
was observed in the bushes. Mr.
Bradford and his companions passed
Garrity’s, all the while keeping an
bucket,
seen to enter the stable,
of Mr. Garrity and related their story,
Mr. Bradford secured a Winchester
rifle and took a brush route for Band
coming from the valley, The first to
arrive was J. H. Rows, G. R. Meias,
Wm, Cumings and W. A, Catherman,
Mr. Ross’ carriage was sent to Potters
JANES GELT WALT,
ide of the shed, and
3 foe Fatt il + 3 seen
the Potters Mills hotel and placed under
PROFESSIONALS HOUT D
Penns Valiey Dank Attacked by Profession:
als Who Were Greeted hyn
nilet
An attempt was made to burglarize
the Penns Valley Bank, ini}
Friday night at 1:20, but the
is place,
burglars
were obliged to quit the see
crreitlony of
un 48 calibre
William MeClenahan,
The burglars,
» without
rCcount lel from
revolver in the
the
four in number,
walchiuan,
al
tempted to gain entrance through a
front window by removing the glass
Watchman MeClenalian slo
rear of
#iX inches of
p= in the
the building, but iv about
the glazing had been re.
moved before he awoke, sod intuitive.
ly, jumped to his feet, grasped his fire.
arm, took aim, fired !
In au instant after the shot, the
watchman heard the men hastily re.
treat. Mr. MeClenahan calculated
that an effort was being made to
loosen the window fastening on the
upper part of the lower sash, and he
The bullet struck
the middie partition of the double
window almost immediately opposite
that point, and made a clear out
through and through. He also heard
a noise similar to the fall of a man, and
he was confident that his weapon had
more than frightened the burglars,
bat the noise was evidently caused by
an outside watchman jumping from
the window sill. The inside shutters
were almost closed, which hid the
burglar from view.
An investigation in the morning
revealed that the tools used in the at-
tempt to remove the windo » light had
been secured at the planing mill. The
tools of the section men on the railroad
bad also been taken from the tool
house, and were stacked in front of
the bank building.
A hand car was used to make the
Journey to Linden Hall, where, as is
told elsewhere in this issue, the store
of J. H. Ross was burglarized.
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ROBBERY AT LAURELTON.
Robbers whom he Surprised while
at Work.
bers blew open the safe in the Laurel
‘ton Lumber Company’s office and
Pressler’'s Hotel, at Laurelton. They
secured $50 from the former and al
| most $6000 in money, bonds and ne-
gotiable papers from the latter,
Reno Zimmerman, of Laurelton, hap-
pened along when the robbers were
preparing for the first job. He was
caught, bound, blindfolded and led a
hundred yards up the railroad track,
where one of the robbers stood guard,
Because he fought, Zimmerman was
struck three times on the head with
a piek, reeciving dangerous wounds,
Al daybreak the robbers raided the
kitchen of John Strausser, a farmer,
slva hreakfust and escaped,
Zimmerman Shgge red to town early
in the morni is still
Before the Toubers hay Sogud.
moved the bandage from his eyes.
was slid carried
the care of Dr. H. 8S. Alexander.”
to the ground
clerk, who sleeps in the store building
d floor,
Zeigler
im
the seen
Mr
e330 n
on
wus nwakened at
d heard a Hoise
nbeut the building H lay awake for
a while, and finally went to the win-
dow distine
He, however, thought that the nove
about
RY slight
when he hes Noises,
was made by workmen on their way
to the Bear Meadows, who frequently
tap at the store door to see whether he
i# a good sleeper Mr. Zeigler did not
care Lo become the butt of a joke, 0 he
retired
ed on the porch roof ; the nos lelow
The third
Mr Z flor arose from Lids te i, he saw
Later he got up and hammer
ceased ; he returned, time
Lwo nen walk toward the bridge, near
the store building, where they held a
whispered couversation ; they return
ed to the store again, and in a few mo-
ments four men leisurely walked away
from the premises. Mr. Zeigler went
to bed, but in a half hour the four men
came back and again disturbed the
clerk, who all the while thought he
was avoiding being made the laugh-
log stock of bis companions by keep-
ing quiet. He nevertheless watched
the quartet who were disturbing his
peace, and saw them again walk away
from the building.
Failing to recognize any of the men,
Mr. Zeigler decided to call Mr. Ross,
the proprietor, who lives near by, Up-
on going down stairs he was surprised
to find the frout door open. An in-
vestigation showed that entrance had
' been gained through a window, and
that the safe was in the condition
above described. The cash drawers in
the postoffice and store were taken on
the front porch for inspection, but the
only cash they contained was one dol-
lar and twenty cents, respectively,
{ which was not discovered.
The experts now made preparation
for retirement for a season, and accord.
ingly went to the home of William
| Catherman, the blacksmith, entered
| the cellar and took therefrom three
| loaves of bread, lard, mest and a tin
| bucket.
When daylight dawned there was
| considerable excitement in the ham
let, and it was decided to send out a
| scouting party, accordingly J. H. Ross,
Wm. Catherman, Harry Hagen and
Charles Ross took a trail which led
them to Earlystown, and across thé
valley to Potters Mills.
I ———— ———
At the Justice's Office.
All along the road from Potters
Mills to Centre Hall little groups of
men, women and children had gather-
ed toget a glimpse of the robbers,
When Centre Hall was reached the
victims were taken before Justice W.
B. Mingle, who bound them over to
court, and in default of bail they were
HN of
To Mr. Mingle belongs the credit
enlisting the aid of the commissioners’
attorney, Harry Keller, and District |
i
TRAIL OF THE ROBBERS,
The Trail of the Robbers from the Time
They Left Laurelton Until Their Cap-
ture at the Foust Stable, |
The party of burglars arrested on
Baturday on the Beven Mountains are
the same gang who during Wednes-
day night of last week blew open sev-
eral safes at Laurelton, and clubbed,
bound and gagged a young man by
the name of Reno Zimmerman,
took from him what money he had,
amounting to fifteen dollars and twen-
ty-five cents. From the safes they re-
alized twelve dollars aud fifty cents,
amounting in all to twenty-seven dol-
lars and seventy-five cents, They got
some jewelry and other erticles, be-
sides a large amount, of signed checks,
drawn to the order of the men employ-
ed by the Laurelton Lumber Compa
ny. These they threw into a stream
of water, from which they were nearly
all recovered. .
The gang then started up the turn-
pike toward Woodward, where the
next night, Thursday, they broke
open the store of R. M. Wolfs heirs,
and robbed the postoffice, which is in
the same room, getting a small amount
In money and some postage stamps,
They took from the store several re
volvers, razors, umbrellas, shoes, ete
Friday evening they were seen at
Coburn, later at Spriug Mills, evident-
ly following the railrosd. About two
o'clock Saturday morning they made
An attempt to enter the Penn's Valley
Bank, by removing a large light in
the front, which wakened the watch-
man, William MeClenahan, who at
once opened fire on them. They were
evidently frightened as they left a
basket containing some eatables, the
tools which they had taken from the
planing mill of A. P. Luse & Son, sev-
eral umbrellas, and smaller articles,
They went back to the railroad and
NO. 26.
Shoes, Etc, Missing.
The postoflice at Woodward was
robbed Thursday night of last week,
The raiders vecured $5.00 in cash and
about $150 00 in stamps of various de-
nominations, revolvers, watches,
knives, five pairs of shoes, three um-
brellas, rezore, and other articles,
The pt office is located in the
general tae of Mrs, BR M. Wolf, who
succeeded bir late husband as posts
avd merchant. Eutrance
the way of the front
door, and exit by the rear. Once in
the building the wank easy,
because there was no sufe to encounter,
*
was gairsd Ly
robbery
the stamije a d money being kept in
drawers,
The robbers left no clew whatever of
their identity, where they came from
or whither they went.
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Conveyed to Hospital.
Monday morning Sheriff Taylor and
Commissioner P. H. Meyer, County
Physician R. G. H. Hayes and Livery-
mau Baum drove to Potters Mills and
conveyed James Geltwall, the injured
prisoner, to the Bellefonte hospital.
fr ———
Names of Burplars,
James Geltwalt,
Wm. Palmer
James Ryan,
Namuel Bhireman.
eames
A Nerve Test.
Before beginning to remove the win-
dow light, the Valley
Bank building, a stone was pitched
in Penns
through one of the exchange windows
or not
from that
Mrs, Annas Boozer lay sleep-
in order to discover whether
any resistance would eome
fqusrter,
ing on a couch under the window and
was thoroughly frightened.
Jes =
Three prisoners to the left,
three minutes after the
avoid the camera, and it was only
This view was taken in less than
by deception that the view was taken.
took a hand car, and pext turned up
at Linden Hall, where they broke in- |
to the store of J. H. Ross, who also
has the postoffice. Here they were
again frightened off, but came back
the second time and succeeded in get.
ting a few stamps and a small amount |
of money. They then broke into the!
cellar of W. A. Catherman, a near
neighbor of Mr, Ross, and took eats
bles and a tin pail, which was hang-|
ing on the fence. This pail proved
their downfall as this was what they |
were identified by.
By the time they were through at
Linden Hall it was about daylight.
They then took the public road back
toward Centre Hall and came as far as
L. R. Lingle’s farm, about one and
one-half miles from Centre Hall where
they crossed the fields toward Potters
Mills, evidently with the intention of
going to Milroy.
To Mr. Ross belongs the credit of
their arrest. He at once started after
them with a rifle and when fully day-
light found their tracks which he and
Wm. Catherman and Harry Hagen
followed to where they took to the
field. They found that a number of
people had seen them carrying the tin
pail which belonged to Mr. Cather
man. Mr. Catherman came on to
Centre Hall and made information
against them before Justice W. B.
Mingle, who issued a warrant and
placed it in the hands of a constable,
W. F. Bradford was just about start.
ing to fish at Pat. Garrity’s place in
the Seven Mountains, apd heard Mr,
Ross’ story and description of the
men. Inabout half an hour after
ward he learned at Potters Mills that
the gang had been there,
They had taken the public road
across the mountains, Mr, Bradford
THE BOOTY.
$12.62 in Cash, Postage Stamps, Revolvers,
Explosives, Ammunition, Walches,
Jewelry, Etc.
When the looters were safely hand-
cuffed a quick survey of the old stable
and adjoining sheds was made. The
booty found in the stable and pockets
of the now very meek and docile men
is here enumerated :
In the stable were found two razors,
a pint of nitroglycerine, stick of dyna-
mite, a revolver, postage stamps, in
various denominations, to the value of
$167.44. In the pockets of the men
were found a half dozen or more re-
volvers, razors, twenty-five percussion
caps, about seventy-five rounds of
ammunition, watches and jewelry.
Before leaving the stable, Sheriff
Taylor deputized Messrs Garrity to
thoroughly search the premises, nnd
in fulfilling their duty they unearthed
the postage stamps by digging in a pile
of manure in one of the stalls,
Look Out for Fake Pictures,
The outlaws repeatedly turned thelr
backs to the Reporter's camera, and it
was only by deception that one of the
three had his face exposed. Pictures
that appear in newspapers, other than
those credited to the Reporter, pur
porting to be a likeness of the outlaws,
are more than likely fakes. The Re-
porter’s camera was the only one on
the ground, and itis not likely that
the men, after the excitement was