CED YEGG MAN SUPPLANTS THE Travels in Bands, Sends Out Scouts and “Locaters” Locate— Will Kill Rather Than Be Captured—Retreats to Mount- ains to Avoid Detection—Story of How it is Done by the “Umbrella Menders,” garded his location as a strategic point. As 800n ss there is the slightest in- untry trusion or indication that the citizens battle the every direction with the explosions of nitro- glycerine or dynamite, Aas \iigust of 1900 are preparing to give them burglars open tire in Fhis, used in com- mitting the burglary, usually intimi- dates the people of the entire village from attempting their capture or pre- ventiog attack. Escape from the scene of attack is is the like entrance, departing in a each burglar usually separate direction and agreeing Lo mieel tn some large nearby uninhabited RO6 house or %, Or al some unfrequented camp for the improvements, Heven mountains instance in the Faust property HOCross Lhe same or the moun-~ wo ds miles distant, so that identification js ture or it~ Fi iii u IBES NAMED AFTER LEADERS are in bauds sad tribes named r leader and known such Black Canada by ex ay Deaf Tom's followers, Niater's gang, co Slim's gang or of these to the attack a eX plosives in nan can tesch a ef- operations bes lars can attributed required to witl Aas 10Urs ane yer! now fo 1] w explosives CESSARY the yegpmaa before he if “Kill to avoid arrest and Bp- is erie is murder Ne es. was BAry. nepsion ” is his motto * Dost make of Weapon, I= of ammunition Be at undantly CRplured in veral fire arms Breen sufficient Xpio- JRE HALL, PA., HOW ABOUY THE LETTER? Inte the Jall? Was the Epistle What Did it Contain ? roep ed 7 | Numerous stories are nfloat t | effect that Jacob From, who is in cerated in the county jail charged having murdered Josiah OC. Dale | Nittany Mountain, on the evening November 12, wrote one or more ters county bastile, confinement | and that since his the same h been intercepted by officials, Upon official heartedly denied that inquires letters, if { ten, had beep intercepted an effort by writing to with outsiders, and that Comin: these lette were intercepted, and sre now in hands of officials, The contents or rather the ogy of these letters are no to the officers, yet ¢ substance has leaked « not ut that the very communieati by the prisoner to aid conviction will be a very, card for the prosecution at the trail. In fact, as having said, in | * Ri: OF} the unfortunate uf | point of the def three lines would any other evident | It ia also intima written toa high « the contents of whi ty Will save Court § Xpeiines iv the provisi has been def guilty formality of appearing bs Bpi ro nasnts ino snd be se jury. The law will reducing the ex BiOns courts Court ex penres od lessened | y wide of cases need be returns magistrates a vocation ns beiog made to se. ¥ w hich bank Inws would « pennlly of the vurgiar sat of tweuty-five nor more than forty &MUch isoument fora term not less A law has been passed in that it will the yegg problem io Pennsyl- rviauaq I i= though hin five where the much a law would a! least have Mitchell ) from the office safe, because dezvous af Tom" £500 nted ie SCOOPINY Bltoost Hall ad just emerged from the peniten- re post he tiary after haviog served a term of ten Such a sen- only whetted the ' goody" years for sale cracking. to have Pom’s appetite for within the steel] shell tenes pees Bdt— Trial List for May Court. be tried at the May term of eourt, which Monday, May 20, and continues two weeks ; Following is a list of the cases to opens i I'he FIRST WEEK. demonstrates Mifflie Co, Bailey. (Geo, R. Mock wa, et, ht enough to observe burg Buggy va, David naiderable distance IIE ATTACK J. E. Hedding, ths DIVUILGED., nl mn agreed ¢ ni fq place establish ment J. F. Guyer va. Beaver Run Coal Co, E. F, Gardner ve, Paul Swartz. John Williamson Edward Hughes, John Pritchard vs. J. W. Dunwiddie Anna Frantzer ve. Henderson Bros. Joseph Brothers & Co. va, W, (, Heinle, tiie loewLion « ced is divulged by the lead. 5 va, , known 8 ‘soup’! or tse GE * nmi ers,’ the xX. ves on the vault or snfe, while the other two or three, outs siders Known as " or “strong arm men," remain ou the outside to any inier- ference b The distance from the seene of ACLIVILY the “strong arm men” are located depends on eireom stances, When the last robbery was committed of class whe crouched by the side of the editor's | house where he was within hun dred feet of his pails. He could ob | tain a good view, the location afford. Ing etsy retreat, Another * outsider” | A. W. Gardner va. Burdine Batler, was stationed st the Penns Valley| Citizens Building & Loan _Associa- bauk, where they re.lized there waa a | Hon of Osceola Mills ve. Estate of watchman inside ; also u telephone ex. Justin J. Pile. > vie i A AM PANT Stange. the opetatot 0 ite h abt, Because a man has a handle to his necessary to keep tsb on both these Dame Is no reason why you should persons, consequently the outsider re- pump him, frustrate SECOND WEEK. Louisa Bush ve, John . Dubbs, James Kreps use of va. J. 1, Heaton William Witmer ve. Edward Sellers Jan. B. Archey va. W. F, Martin, E. C. Humes estate, et. al, va. Mi. chuel Hemmes, ot. al, Frank Bamuel va, nace Co, citizens 1 one this Of Bellefonte Fur A new lit all kinds and at views are t} anle Birthday, Sto Cards, ete, eto dred kinds Sh Transfer of Heal Estate D. B. Bitner, et. u Aley, March 23, 190 $1,000 I'hos, Foster, et nell, April 9, 1 $300. A. O. Hosterman, et M. Haines, March 1 Haines twp, T. V. Btevens to April 13, 1907; $2100. J. J. Thompson, et. ux., to | Williams, April 12, 1907; 1044 Worth twp. $1000 Wm. H. Thomas, et, ux., Weston, Dec. 18, 1584: Taylor twp. $1650, Elijah Weston, et. ux, Samuel Hoover, March 20, 15809: 140 acres in Faylor twp. $1650 Geo, W. Kessler, et, ux., to B. Beyer, Feb. 23, 1907; 265 acres in Ferguson twp. $100, Mary SBimler, et. Jar, to Esther Hind, April 10, 1907; premises in Phils ipsburg. $1900 Chas, KE. Hassinger, et. ux., to R. A. Beck, April 10, 1907; lot in Spring twp. $1156. Samuel H. Wasson to W. O. Dough- erty, April 8, 1907; lot in Lemont. $1,360, Martha Moshbarger, et. baron., to W. D. Zerby, April'll, 1907; premises in Bellefonte, $3000, Henry Gilbert, et. ux., to W. D. Breon, April 1, 1899; 21 seres 88 perch. es, in Miles twp. $225, Johnathan Bheats, et, ux., to John Mining, Oct, 4, 1906; land in Miles twp. $210 Luther Guisewite, exr., to Samuel B. Weaver, April 11, 1907; 70 acres in Miles twp. Xs #7: $325. Floyd 150 acres in o KEtijsh 140 BClen tO Samuel : i APRIL HES [URSDAY. As to the the Hefuse Op nions Sary Burning with Frofit i of the whic il Lu nda A. P pastor of a gregational church, and occasionally lips URLON, vas inf ~ the f Lituse, Rev. Beckley is the { ile inaken rougn Lhe ection, Penne iustitu- Friday and Saturday he was at syivania State & sv hich tion he thiuke un gra of One, Mr Mrs, John H Centre Hall, went ) and We r, of Philadelphia Mr. Weber, I, underwent one Or more very serious operations on ae. of ulcers of the bowels, and while be has been gradually growing better, the anxious to keep informed WW last week, Thursday of it will be remember count operating Urges unre a8 to the actual conditi ns at the various stages, Atthe time the operation waa per. formed on Mr, Weber, in February of 1906, at the University. of Pennsylva. nin Hospital, few people had an idea of the seriousness of the case, For ale most a year Mr. Weber Lins been able to give most of his time to business, although sullering greatly at times. His many friends in Penns Valley sre hoping that the present treatment he is taking will better enable him to give bis extensive milling business per sonal attention, > poe LE 190 At) FTER FROM KANSAR { Farmer Strunk Complaing of One Fine March and bad April Whesther ident of Kan f date of HOW & Tes county, Kas under Kar baled hay for which | BOI secure sa ~'NO. 1, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTE REST FROM ALL PARTS. President Wii Jamesto Roosevelt machinery at the position, tomorrow employed Cer Herman Royer, who is at the Burnham works fre , wag in Hall the latter part of ) Mrs. E.M. H iyelt and daughter Misses Leila and Inst week spent a di asl week sllefonte has ris 1r3¢1 unaer off ti Since moving i f Bradford has De John of Bellefont ul 4, Where then Peller, RILIUE & of ned TEVOIVETD 8 his cliiiGgren Lhe sRlchel, OOK [iw eid Lhe was discharged, piayiaily | weapon up when it Fhe bullet } fire in & bureau, aod luckily missed hu- man mark, The mother was attracts ed, and found the child h iding the revolver quite composed, and the one made the escape of its life completely frightened, Rk Plaid: oo. a Jr ’ HSurveying State Lands the that narrowly The having i State Forestry Department is holdings on Nittany Moun- tain, north of Centre Hall, surveyed, Among the tracts owned by the state is the Gordon tract, which less than two years ago was burned over, the fire origineting from burning a small bunch of leavers and brush by Jacob From. The surveyors engaged in the work are Charles Wetzel, Beavertown; C. KE. Kline, Granville: 8. J. Binga- man, James Freed, Charles Felker, P. J. Herbaler, Beavertowu. —————————— Fix dnches Snow Fall, Friday, April 19th, six inches of snow fell, At night it froze up. Sat. urday evening much of the snow could ght be seen (0 places hidden from the sun, LL, Where Lh nveyed them t« other evenis loss is estimated at wered by insurs: News of sports of in extremely in the Philadelphia and Bunday. The basebal now opened and the detailed st and minor leagues will be given as completely us ever. If you order the Press served to your home seven daye in the week you are sure to get the best there is, both ss to news and other features, FIO. 4 national Monday Miss Anna Shoop, who for the past two months had been at Beaverdale, will accompany B. D. Brisbin to Chicago, where she will be wet by Mrs. Fred Wideman and go with her to Lagrange, I. .inols. Miss Shoop may remain at the ialter place, which is near Chicago, for an indefl- nite period. Mrs. Wideman, nee Miss Belle Pennington, is formerly from Potters Mills. She and her husband are engaged in the restaurant business. J. H. Fishburn and wife, of near Bellefonte, are on an extended visit through the west and expect to be absent for several months, during which time they will visit their child- ren anfl other relatives and friends in Illinois, Kavens, Bissouri and other states. Mr. and Mrs. Fishburn have koown little else than hard work sil their lives, and this trip will be much enjoyed by them as well as by those whom they visit. Me. Fishburn js elghty-two years of age,
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