4 \
er,
. LXXVI].
CENTRE COUNTY
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
148th Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
1. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co
Regiment, P. V.
To be Continued |
CHAPTER VIII
A., 148th
I'here was a great city f these cab-
ins : toward the north, a great confla-
y them, and
the prog-
It was now
offl-
gration was raging among
there was no one to dispute
ress of the roaring flames
night and I entered ong of Lhe best
cer’s cabins for the Sights
The night was cool and I soon
cheerful fire blazing and
able, even in the absence
and blanket. Butlw
the possible coming of
or vindictive natives ;
“wipe aM
I wus tired : for hours I was wakeful
and restless; but the
frog. and lizards in the Appomattox
swamps, te chirp of night birds, and
the pipiog of insects, in grand chorus
I
e sky was cleat
lodging.
had a
was comfort-
of
fervous over
overcoat
as
the guerrillas,
either would
8
me «
songs of toads,
3 ss be oP
put me to sleep, and when awoke,
and
mild.
the sun was up, to
Lhe
T
er most lovely and
+ in the abandoned camps was
i
wealh
tir
caunonade was heard at
fF
sr
intervals,
The church steeples of Petersburg,
After
and
on
five ruiles away, were in sight.
breakfast of crackers
for the City
through swamps, w
in authori-
A
Carae
a hurried
pork, 1
straight live,
d fields to find some one
ur and
Petersburg 1
started a
oods
i
fe orders guidance, few
of to a
nies out
large Confederate Roldiers Cemetery,
At three different points,
many
graves,
separated, stood as caskets,
» aides of open I went
* REARAYEesRL One |
over the micdle,
Croeswy se
h
varviog
my approag nn great
and beetles, in size fiom
house fly to a hummia
of the casket, with a great
pBavonels
circled
the Y“eadaver,'” which
uniformed
in an awful state
noise, amid a horrible stench,
round sud abou
was the rem
Confederate (
of dec
I
the cas
sive of u nicely
spinnin,
imposition,
the lid of
it. The
the bugs and
w fo the next grave;
Ket was lying
dition of the
flies, und the gruesome surroundings,
were all the same. I went to the
third ; the lid of the casket was in
place. I “pulled” it, and found that
wet, like the two others, also
contained the dead body of a Confed-
erate officer. This might have been
inferred, however, from the well
known fact that, at this extreme stage
of the only officers received cof-
fined burial, aud theu only in
“ beside
£0!
dead ;
this cas}
War,
calup,
The fact of the remains of these three
Confederate oflicers left lying unbur-
ied, beside their ready, graves,
shows with what precipitate haste the
(on their works, camps,
aud employ, al the their last
arms,’
open
federates left
sou ad Of
“long roll,’ and “eall to on
that bright, even
{ April 2ud
tful Sunday morning
, 1865, uear a thou-
opel
Ww hen
Ai HOn
» f
d upon them, all
Un-
seldom
orty-tive miles of the
8 cannsonade
ABT
Parker's telegram declaring
for scund
such nu impression that he may save
the Democratic party.
he comments elicited from all
Fes d
Judge
bitesese if
mouey has made
qua
Judge Parker's acti
t w that fon
the confidence of the people
sort Pp
Is S00
wo
1
Aran
«i that of covfidence enidrnt
BHoosevell bas nol inspired.
His
Ways,
Bi
ira perialism and his dicisio
with his revival of
the d other
fads,
ople
‘he Reputl
bh the
d hi
tive
It ey
« is irreproachable as an individuai—
sther the
in
-Rider
the pe
and
Fae South at
Roug!
foi
seveil
awakened
Mr.
arty.
byob ran
34A VE
5 3 f
fistrust of
? a]
Hes
lican i
vir. Roosevelt ve support of his
i nusie friend wilitical
Recpie
with dist
I
that he is a staunch patriot, a good hus
bain, a loyal friend. But loubt
his eapacity for self-control,
s |
pre Opie
scknow
ut cons
- \
rust, ledge that
they «
distrust
his judgment and question his concep-
tion of Presidential duties
Like the German Emperor,
wishes to meddle in every detail of the
to control every depart-
to he
he
public service,
ment, to rule every official, both
the
the
Between
vd to be
ures ja to apply it.
Mr. Roosevell's views of the
«2 !
ind the
inw tuske Fa
the exegutive,
and
a wer
views of the
st subject there
tee He evident.
President of the
ort of dictator,
gard him
Magistrate, as
ead of the Administra-
ng conception of
excited wide-
United
while Lhe » rightly re
as Liivi beief
uiive
I'b
nS
offic
merely
the exe
tion, ine
his al ities Las
Ep ad resentnle
h
£ wi
nt amovg Republicans
led Wii mistakes
b is Romine.
had had
sudidaie,
be had virtually
Democrats
entirely out of the running
Parker's t
tiie
them that they
and to make
tha
ation if
as
uld have eveuted b
the Republican party
;
any other svuiinbile
As it was,
wever,
a walkover, nud the were
until Judge
eiegram (oo W. F, Bheehau at
{ onve r vealed to
candidate pos.
sessed of strong sense and ‘statesman.
ship. It showed that the Democrats
who had u him believing
Log had really
yl Otiin tion
: # :
find =»
minated
King
stork
the
King
¥
him to be
chosen
In a recent issue of the Cedtre Repor
tion, spoke in a complimentary way io
tural exhibit at the Lousisna Expositi
veloped that the writer and the usands «
and this deception, if the following ae
by ene from eutre county,
ter, the editor from personal observa®
referring to the Pennsylvania Agricul
mr at Bt, Louis. Sine then it has de.
ff other Pennsylvanians were deceived,
ount may be believed, was perpetrated
and it wii! be hones: now and condemu
There are other divisions of the Peun
should be investigated. The products |
vania's, but instead of neing the funds
biy better in charaeter fron sone other
the perpetration of the fraud.
sylvanis exhibit at the great fair that
0 the istte 'f ure undoubiedly Pennsyl-
in the purchase of vomething presuma-
state, a large portion of the appropria-
The method employed Ly ( olonel W
the method adopted by the heads of the
sy lvania politician. The former was ov
the Intter are thieves, pure and simple.
oodward is novel—in s sense~-if true :
other departments is that of the Peun-
er-zealous in making the corn display ;
off aa the ordinary product of Pennsyl-
va uia at the Bt. Louis Exposition?
Prominent sgriculturisis say it was,
James H., Lambert, of Philadelphia,
ehiarge of the Pennsylvania exhibit,
d+ ception,
Visitors to the Fair were attracted to |
Pennsylvania's agricultural exhibit by |
tele of the wonderful corn,
“I'he stalks are like saplings, by |
Hen!” declared envious rustics from |
ot hier Slates,
“Look at them ears,” declared!
others, “They're vigger'n juicet’n
nr ything in our State.”
I'he longer the exhibit remained the
groster became the wonder snd larger
tiie throug. The meagre display of
vther products, for which Pennsylva-
corn’s majestic presence.
suddenly, it is alleged, the disgrace
ful discovery was ronde ; Ohio, Slate
the specimen, and after a brief, pitifu
aud Pinefective attempt at evasion
Pennsylvania acknowledged the corn.
The noble monarch of the agricul.
tural pavilion was taken from its ter-
race and pot even a mullein was put
in ite place,
Where there were throngs, ouly the
| guard now paces around the Peunsyl-
vanias exhibit, Farme's from this
| State hurry through other aisles and
look to the displays of other States for
{ lostruction,
| Colonel Jobu A, Woodward, of
| Howard, whose contract for the charge
{of the Pennsylvania agricultural ex.
| hibit expired last month, has been re
| placed by Professor Frank A, Menges,
of Youk
The sminll sud juadequate horticul
| tural exhibit of this State, for which
$5000 wae paid, attracted 20 much ad-
verse criticism tbat it has been trans.
| ferred from the Horticuitural Baild-
ing and is now an appendix to the
Hiate's agricultural exhibit,
Cyras T, Fox, of Reading, who had
churge of the horticultural exhibit,
transfer,
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Jeremiah Condo, murderously assaulted in Centre County jail July
Died Sunday
Wednesd
29, while
for ring f 118 duties a
31st,
s
s tnrnkey, by one
i
prisoners,
Mills,
morning,
clock, July Interred at Spring ay morning, August
r J ’ > 7 Hy H
Jerry Condo, the turnkey, is dead.
Death came Bunday morning
o'clock, about twenty-eight hours after
the assult upon him by prisoners. He
never regained nl-
though he had the constant atten! jon
of the most skilled physicians.
Democratic sherif!. During the greater |
part of Lis life he followed the of |
blackemithing, and
disability confronted that he lay |
the bhsmmer and tougs
quenched the fire on the hearth.
The deceased is survived by a widow
and four ebildren, namely, Mrs.
Sweetwood, Centre Hall; Mrs. R U
g Mills ; J. I. Condo, Jr.
IL: Ida Coudo,
al one
trade
him
consciousness, down
Jerry Condo, whose death was due
to a compound fracture of the
and other ipjuries received
hands ol various prisoners,
of which appears in this
in Gregg township in 1843
consequently was sixty-one
ditner, Bprit
skull
the
i
« WHS
and
years of
Orangeviile,
Bpring Mills
Miss
at
An accou
He also leaves four brothers and two |
sisters, namely, Ex-Sheriff John P.|
Condo, of James, of Penn |
Hall ; Jon of Hublersburg : Lott, |
of Belleville ; Mrs, Harriet Koch,
Biat Mary,
Roush, of Asronsburg
Interment Wednesday
morning iu the Bpring Mills cemetery,
Rev Melloay, of the
church, officiating
issue
iy
born .
sanbury ;
Be,
Be.
He
ing his entire
served
148th Regiment, P. V. 1
He was a Republican in politics, but
owed his appointment as turnkey ton
of |
sad. d 11 Grege townshin 4 - :
resided in Gregg township dar College ¢ wile
life, except the time |
i
©
i G,
as a member of Company
was made
x. W,
STORY OF THE DELIVERY PRISONERS GAIN FREEDOM,
the Cell
upon the Tarakey
The Escape from aud Assault
After Commiiting 8 Murderous Assoit They
Deltherately Walk from Jail
Every eoundit
of the
:
us to 1H
The prisoners who escaped by bru-
tally
Jerry Condo are
Wirnniam DinLexs
IRA GREEN thst talian
DoMiNIC CONSTANCE | turnkey, the shes
GEORGE HENDERSON 1
GEORGE pris
Dillen and Green ged 10 8 nth
steel cell. They managed
table knife, tarn
saw. Wilh this erude instru
prisoners sawed ofl the
pin of the hioge on Lhe steel
the door and escaped
from their hated quarters to th o liberty.
corridor. fn reach
At an opportune
descended
on was fav
sssauitiog aod killing Turnkey escape prisoners, who no doubt
¥
Digan lating a week or more
Vit ¢ finn scene. It Sppears
had a grudge at the
if, and almost every
who came in eontact with him
and it was
the
with those
LIVINGSTON rio his imprison
tent,
and
get even’
were cont ated that
would ©
fie other
to secure 8 prisoners
which was ed intoa hority.
During a greater part of Friday
jer
in aut
nent the the |
and
the
Ww ay
¥
WDE
il door,
conned
ir
MIARIDY sport,
ners were on Kagem iin singing
Oo but ali the while
bent outward crude saw was gradually culling
main 1
#2 the stone steps in front
Limie Lhe prisoners : five men hastily stirves
il
§ Bi [ the jad, 8
High Street.
of
the iron stairwa fered
pas
sited thelr
viclimn. As was his « larnkey
Condo entered the prison proper at
about 8:30 p. m. Edward MeCulley,
prisoner who had the freedom of the
jail, was with the turnkey when
entered through the heavy iron gate,
The prisoner preceded Mr. Condo, and
immediately went up siairs, leaving
the turnkey alone. This was the
moment for action, and not a second
of time was wasted to put their hellish
plane into execution.
The bath thrown
open and from the dark hiding place,
made historic by serving a similar pur-
pose in time past, the villians pounced
upon their prey. Armed with a erude,
improvised black-jack made by plac
ing an iron in the tos of a stocking,
Green proceeded to beat the turnkey
into insensibility.
outside world what had happened
“ y key w $55» p
Satisfied that the turnkey was in within, the prisouer resumed his eare
le, Green tore the keys from the .
sensible, t held them fast > Mr. Con of the injared man until professional
Guan Lal TT service arrived,
do's clothing, and pitched them to the Dr. W. W. Feidt and Dr. J. L. Sei-
second flo r to George Livingston, | bert were summoned, who at once pro-
who no doubt was at that point by nounced the wounds serious and. ex-
prearrangement. Livingston hurried | oy 1iitle nope for the recovery of
to the cell of his confederates—Con- |, Loh The injury consisted of a
: enderson and released
Stance wed H iden ue th eh compound fracture of the skull and
them, and togethe Ne ' WEN | pumerous minor bruises.
quickly ran down the sinir way, aod ——
with the two bludgeoners made their | THE ITALIAN CONFESSED,
escape from the prison.
While this part of the program was Dominic Constance Arrested at Bedford
being enacted, Edward McCulley stood | by BR. R. Detective,
in fear a silent witness, and it is from | Dominic Constance was arrested at
him that the exact movements of the | Bedford Monday by Railroad detective
prisondrs is obtained. After the severe | U. D. Begler for riding on a freight
beating given by Green, Mr. C ‘ondo | train, Later he confessed to being
made some involuntary movement one of the five prisoners who esesped
which led Dillen to believe that there from the Bellefonte jail Friday night,
was yet danger of a combat, snd lm. 80d also stated that te bad a baud in
mediately began raining blo vs on the | the killing of Turnkey Condo,
prostrate body of the vietim. After making the escape the men
———————————— (separated nod Constance says he spent
SHERIFF DEPUTIZES THIRTY SIX | the time in the Broad Top Coal region
| in Bedford county, but thinking that
he was too near the scene of his troub-
le for safety was trying to reach a
i oaler place,
the bath room aod there awa
, mtiny-
ing on East
I'he
pris Hiers
si om,
last ween the self-liberated
of High
then po information of
a positive usture had been gained that
the cast clue to their where
abouts until Tuesday when they were
captured,
was al the end
Bireet,
Wi free
he
gave
A ss ——
PRISONER BECOMES SAMARITAN
—
MeCuliey Administers to the Assaaited
Tarnkey.
room door was
Prisoner McCulley,
{leave the prison at the suggestion of
the murderers, at once began to mio.
ister to the injured turnkey sud did
ail in his power te resuscitate the man
whose power in the bastile, a few min.
ules previous, was supreme,
After hastily giving notice to the
who refused to
Be nam
Members of Company 1 on Saturday |
Morning.
On the arrival in Bellefonte of Cap.
tain H. 8. Taylor and Company B,
Baturday morning, the sheriff depu-
tized thirty-six members of the com
pany and a search was lostituted that
covered a great scope of country, but
the effort was barren of good results.
Hialinn to Land Thursday,
It has been planned to land the}
Italian in the county jail today (Thurs |
prisoner from the Bedford county Jali. wens
4, 1904.
CAPTURED IN sWAMPY,
nnd Henderson Again
County Vrisou,
lireen in
| Bitten,
The siayers of Turnkey Coudn were
{returned to the county jail Tuesday
ening at 9:80 o'clock. The eaplure
was made in a swamp near Mill Hall
{in the afternoon, after an exciting
hunt by scores of men srmed to the
teeth,
The men who surrounded
| epcaped prisoners and captured ti
were Horace Stiver,
Al
a unhkuown mer
the
“1m
Elmer Fanigan,
Charley Buyder, sud
of Clinton county
wood Harvey,
iy
The three returned prisoners sre Dils
the former
lwo being the ones who are directly
ible for the death of Mr. Condo,
While the honor for the setual Cap-
| ture belongs to Mill Hall gentlemen,
| thelr success was made possible by the
| unrelenting search of four young men,
| members of Company B, Bellefonte,
| whose names are E. R. Taylor, James
{ Morrison, Thomas Caldwell and R, C.
to Mr. Taylor's
Len, Green and Henderson,
respon”
{ Daley. According
| out Supday morning, went to Cato,
from there to Howard, where they got
{a clue, as the four men (Livingston
veluded) were seen there Bunday
From there they went to Bald
where the murderers were seen
The searching
party arrived in Howard at 6 o'clock
Monday evening, remained all night
ind Tuesday morning took a trail that
ed Mill Hall. At this point the
the searching party
inan house, but were
afterwards discovered tracking toward
the mountising. Morrison and Hagen
& deputy sworn in the
i night.
Eagle,
io
ice
on #pol) se
the
points,
while others were
The re-
three escaped prisop-
the swamp
he mountains,
ioned various
the
sia at
driven to and
Livingston was lost to the party
a
Hc ommissloners Offer Reward of $800 for
the Capture of the Marderers,
The commissioners of Centre county
promptly offered a reward of $600 for
{the capture of the
This
escaped prisoners,
reward, after it had been discov.
the outlaws would uodoubt-
ledly be confr «ated with the charge of
Lmurder, if captured, was increased to
(8800. The
i correct,
Iatter supposition proved
in this
we brutal assault resulted in the
th of Mr. Condo
description
as is elsewhere told
story, 1
i des
he by the
with the
may
le
furnished
[commissioners in connection
¥
| off r of reward is as follows, and
prove of value to some one of the
| porter readers :
of
A ge
Dillen,
charged wilh rape.
William Sandy Ridge,
iwenty-oue
years, six feel inll,
of beard, dark brown heir,
ured, pimples ou face, wears soft blsck
weighs one hundred and sixty
pounds,
three weeks grow tis
conree fent.
| hint,
Ira Green, of Tyrone, charged with
stealing a watch from a lady at Union.
Age twealy-one, five feet eight
{fuches tall, black balr, three weeks
{ grow th of beard, weight one hundred
land fifty pounds, round face, wears
| soft bisck bat.
{ Domiuie Constance, Italian, charged
| with burning David Rothrock’s barn
and sttempted to set fire to house, five
feet six inches, weighs one hundred
aud forty pounds, dark hair, speaks
fairly good English.
George Henderson, residence given
as Colorado. Caught iu the act of rob
bing Turner's store at Julisn, he was
shot at the time by merchant Turner,
infliciing an ugly wound in the right
eye. Five feet four inches, chunky,
weighs one hundred and fifty pounds,
face shaven, black mustache, long hair,
Wore tan beit with one and a halt
inch silver ornament. Age twenty.
six years,
George Livingston, age eighieen ;
height, five feet, two inches, dark
brown halr, weighs one hundred and
twenty-five pounds, smooth face, dim-
le at eyes when he laughs, pug nose,
dark complexion. Charged with lar
ceny of a horse and buggy from a par-
ty living on Bpring Creek. Gives his
home as New York city.
ville
The Barial of Mr, Conde,
The funeral services over the re-
maine of Jerry Condo were held at
Spring Mills Wednesday mornin
Fully fifteen bundred Pr
seiubled to pay their respects to the
memory of him who was so foully
dealt wih. The services were held in
the Presbyterian church, and were
conducted by Mr, Condo's pastor, Rev,
G. W. Melinay, of the Methodist
church, assisted by Rev, Dr. D. M,
ait. Rev. Laufler and Rev. W. CC,
i
aut Tree the GD SL
net oN
the Knights of the Meh Eaglen, the
burial ritual of that organization being
aad of Company B. soted ios .
Hag vl
SR
bers of
a rh,
NO. 30.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Landlord of the Brockerhoff House,
H. B. Ray, is the owner of an Olds-
mobile,
The ivrurance adjusters awarded the
$ellefon'o Academy $3.890 35 for the
» yi
dat Brey,
The sireet leading to the mountain
Was ired by
it,
Tey hinuling gravel and
earth on
Jacob “prow
west of Centre
uid George
Hall,
business last week.
William Groh Hoffer has become ed-
itor of the Van Wert, Ohio, Daily
Times, a new publication.
The steam threshing machine is
“getting busy.” Most of the crops are
quite small, and the quality grain
in many instances poor,
Earhart,
were callers on
of
An independent telephone system is
to be established at Lewisburg. The
surrounding towns will also be eon-
nected with the main center at Lewis-
burg.
Messrs. Lyman Smith, Samuel
Shoop, and Austin Krape last week
roofed the dwelling house of Merchant
Frank in Millheim. The material
used was slate,
Misses Rosie and Lottie Armbruster
were callers Friday. The former hav-
ing spent a week at her home at Farm.
ers Mills was on ver way to Bellefonte
at which place she has been staying
for several years.
The Centre county executive coms
mittee met in Tyrone and fixed Satur.
day, August 20 as the date for the pie-
nic of ex-Centre county residents of
Blair county. The pienic will be held
at Glasgow's Grove, Bellwood,
The Bellefonte Daily News errone-
ously announced the death of J. Wells
Evans, of Spring Mills. Mr. Evans
will have the unique experience of
resdiog his death notice, and that
while he is in the best of health.
The pike company did a grest
smsount of work ou the pike between
the top of Nittany Mountsin and
Centre Hall. This road is always kept
in the best possible condition and re-
quires a great deal of attention,
The Reporter during the past week
bas added a goodly namber of new
subscribers. Among those of most re-
cent date were J. P. Durst, Jackson.
ville, Florida; Wm. Bradford, Pipe
Grove Mills, and George Earhart, Cen-
tre Hall.
You cau get the best fourteen per
cent. available phosphoric acid phos-
phate from D. W. Bradford to be
found in the market. There is no pat.
ural rock phosphate to be had any-
w Liere that will analyze a higher per
cent. of available phosphoric acid than
can be bought from Mr. Bradford.
From the Mifflinburg Times: Miss
Eleanor Shaffer, who has been visiting
relatives in Centre county for several
weeks past, has returved to her home
in the West End.—George Klingman
came down from Ceunlre county on
Saturday, to spend a few days among
former bome friends and attend to
some business matters,
The Review of Reviews is sustain.
fug its reputation as “the indispen.
sable magszine in the Presidential
year.” Ite July number was a Repub-
lican one. The issue for August is
Demoorstio—full of political articles of
current and permanent value, the
whole subject of the Democratic Na
tional Convention at 8t. Louis.
Bamuel A. Porter, a rural mail
carrier on route number one from Lew-
isburg, last week, was struck by the
west bound passen er train at Brook
Park and seriously injured. The wag-
ou was completely demolished, but
the horse escaped unharmed. Mr,
Porter is sged seventy years, and
served during the war of the rebellion,
The Christinn Houser farm sold by
Henry Houser to William E. Tate,
mention of which was made in last
week's issue of the Reporter, passed
for $4,400—an advance of $400 paid to
Christian Houser, Mr. Tate will take
possession of his purchase this fall.
Henry Houser moved to the Club
House at Hecla, Monday, and will be
at the services of the members of the
club at $000 per month. Christian
Houser will make his home at Houser.
ville when vacating the Houser place.
The MiMinburg camping party,
after spending Tuesday and Wednes-
day of last week on top of Nittany
Mountain, Thursday morning drove to
Rebersburg where they took dinner,