4 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. JUNE 25, 1f 103. Highwaymen are Captur. 1! Continued from page 1. fourd in a comfortable recom, ot third story, with about a dozen cu people crowding about his bedside our request the room was cleared. wounded man was willing to answer question asked, except as to his o and home, saying : *'/ will we that.” ficulty, could speak only in a husky, tone, was quite pale and weak fron loss of He among ol things : that he once was in the n puper business, and had often “The Centre Democrat,” knew Sh Taylor; that he never saw the othert: men until that morning and noone ¢ say he was a robber, He sad he Sleeping when Taylor opened the d Lot up and while looking out from the lo see what was going on, while rubb my eves, the big man shot and I fell : conscious and some one of the other n aie befc He breathed with some blood, said, put the revolver in my hand.” He repeating that it was a cowardly act When this man was searched at hotel about thirty caps, for exploding namite or nitro glycerine, were foun. his hip pocket. He willingly permitted the writer! ' offi Serr H. S. TAVLOS take several photographs Sitting position in movement gave him great pain, pever murmered. bed, but this sli; but THE WOUND “A" on the the On the photo, notice side of throat, showing where entered, penetrating the windpipe, | ung, at * of the upper lobe of the left coming shoulder The ball made a small opening, pro that it was a 30 calibre jectile, from one of the Krag Jorge rifles. The man was in a weak, feverisk ailh out of right steel-capped dition, yet hopeful of recovery, at every breath the wind could be t making a wheezing sound, passi through the wound at the throat t windpipe. From this point the journey wa on tinued where another picture was ten of the Faust barn at which the arre made. In standing on the spot where Tayic this picture, the cam a is and Foster stood when they shot, and you some idea that these right on the ‘‘firing line," fifty fer the All of curious people to see the prisoner, and, we are say, the exhibition was pablic patroniz:d, to the annoyance » fering maa; crowds of people ais the Faust property the same day tives mes were barn day Sanday bu: lreds from all par A FAULTY REVOLVER The the + man proves defective, and thet may have saved both Taylor 3 ter’s lives, revoiver used by yanded alone ad Fos It is a self cocking weapon, t Wil from | Sometimes the trigger can be drawn a | half dozen times and the chataber will only reyolve, while the hammer fails to strike. All declare they volver “click,” “click,” when pointed at the men. DRAGGED TO BELLEFONTE. heard the re. | | person, In ar Unite Early Monday morning Sheriff Taylor, | upon the orders of the County Commis. | robbing a postmaster. or any ¢ mploye i office of money siovers, accompanied by Dr, Haves, the | Jail physician, went to Potters Mills for | the man, who protested that he was too sick to be moved, begged to be let alone | Amount stolen fs for three or four days until he could re. gain strength, and the windpipe could heal. He feared hemorrhages would cause his death. Notwithstanding, bis cot was loaded on Baam's spring wagon and be was dragged over rough roads, suffering much, screaming often when the vehicle jolted. To our mind, having seen the man the evening previous, and knowing his suffering, we can only look upon this act as unnecessary and cruel, He was taken to the Bellefonte hospital where the best of {reatment will be ac corded him, but will constantly be under guard, The prisoner is in a critical condition, haviog grown some worse after the trip, Wednesday evening a ¢'l¢ht improye. ment was noticed, H 8 a fighting chance for recovery, Monday, C. D. Motz,0 odward, was in town and examined 5, . e of the be. longings. He says one of the revolvers was taken from that store, they nell the “Worth” brand of tobacco, “Ingersoll” i | i | i | the amount of » FAUST'S BARN IN SEVEN MOUNTAINS watches, same kind of havkerchiefs, and pocket kuives. He is positive the stamps rere taken from that office, as the quan. lity and date of issue of certain denomin. stious tallies exactly with those stolen Jom In this pack several dollars worth more stawps than were taken Woodward, proving that the had robbed other postoffices. -— them there were from Same men —————————————— Look at (ut A the e 1ohber where mien District Court, iamsport, 4) an Pa 0 ocal have diction over them if they can make & stronger case for lary than for posta! thefts, w tried here ; District Attorney Spangler savs, that unl the the u from the post- be taken up nion that was | | TREASURER Prin DD office at Woodward and a small pottion from Laurelion. James H. Wardle, of Altoona, post. office inspector of 1h Be Tuesday, 4 case ) At ase Was in lefonte on in reference to 8 Carelfn nvestigated this writing, it that the over to the S reward appears will likely be authorities Court capturing turned postal District for trial in the U As fice to the 1 4 post burg ars pe we quote Official as found on page g4f the foilowing from q Post Office Guide," the GOVERNMENT REWARDS ; Fifty are for the MIy p Arg f with intent to other depredation Fifth. For the arrest atid eomvieti 1 states ¢ of any i 1y on the charge of breaking into a posto ce and stealing therefrom, or of larceny fr nn a postofiee, or of a post or property of the United States or of larceny from a postoTice Fifty doliars in each case wherein the amount stolen | $0 or less ; one hundred dollars in each case wherein the amount stolen is over £0 and not more than $liu; § n each case wherein the over $100 and not more than $50; #20 in eachease wherein the amount stol. en exceeds 850, Provided, that in every case | wherein a safe ina postoffice Is broken open $20 will be paid regardless of the amount stol en, or whether or not anything be stolen. In every case wherein the larceny of mall matter is effected, whether ¢ ontaining valuable inelo- | sures or not, $100 reward will be paid Inevery case in whieh actual larceny of prop | erty of the United States from a postofice A i clearly shown to have occurred and the amount thereof can be ascertained with reasonable cer tainty, reward will be allowed according to ch property so found to have been stolen, not withst anding that the Indiet ment In the case may have « harged merely breaking into the postoffice with intent to com mit larceny there mn onurt in, WAYLAID AT LAURELTON, Clubbed and Gagged —Postoffice Robbed ~-Safes Cracked. From Lewisburg Pa., Journsl, 19th. Wednesday night, 17th, Reno Zimmer. | man, while oa his way home from Laurelton, was stopped on the race bridge between the Laurelton Lumber Company’s saw mill and the Laurel | Park flouring mills owned by C. C. Yeagle. Zimmerman was ordered to slop by a man who was standing on the | was WHERE THR MEN WERE CAPTURED bridge, and as a convincing argument presented a revolver to enforce his de. mand. Zimmerman was not freightened, and cooly wa. ked on with the remark, id if enough to the robber, Zimmerman grab dou't know I will When close bed the revoiver in the hand of the high pushed i's muzzle aside tussle ensued wayman, and A lively { 7 ana wiween the mmerman was of the man and had almost wrested the rev from 11s owuer, when the rob. getting the better | | stricken with paralysis two, | { Union Hotel, | i { until | IINAD Mat which were beard the it 4 Y 4 versal handkerchiefs His hands was gagred, and tied about hb d behind his bac the wee Lie marched the was uj railroad alm opposite bouse of Simon Book, which stands back several hundred yards from the railroad Here Zimmerman was searched for val. uables, and fi15 75 was taken from him, the balance of his month's pay from the ) Co., by and whom he is hat Lumber His the p th relieved of his Laurelton employed. watch were od later at ace where he had the scuffle the thief on the bridge, ing of the gavg was left to guard Zimmer. wi After be money, one and the rest of them came back man, down the ratiroad and broke into the of fice of the Laurelton Lumber Company The safe was blown apen, about #5 in cash checks made payable to the company's and they secured with a Jot of employees, but had not been endorsed by the men. O. her papers of value only to the owners were also taken from the safe. The checks and papers bave since been found in and along the run where the robbers threw them away. the men went to Laure'ton, and A. M. Reedy's clothing store, office broke After robbing lumber the into and re i mmerman ¢ lieved him of about $12 worth of jewelry | and clothing The Laurelton their the next scene of The botel safe was the object they had in mind, botel operations WAS and the safe was rolled out of the hotel and pushed and dragged down the street | about two bundied yards close to the barber shop, where it was blown open Landlord Pursley kept no money in the safe, and the robbers were rewarded for their work by securing several old coins which Mr, in ot Valuable papers, several notes and deeds Pursiey had placed in the safe were taken After robbing the safe the gang were traced out the pike to the spring house on the place of Mr Straussner, where ( they regaled themselves with milk and other eatables. Here all trace of them Zimmerman's description of the men is necessarily somewhat vague. - FARMERS’ MUT. FIRE INS. CO. lost, For the berefit of many inquirers, we print the names of officers and directors of the Farmers’ Mut. Fire Ins. Co., of Centre county, which has been in suc. cessful existence for nearly 46 years, The office, formerly at Centre Hall, has been changed to Bellefonte, the enlarg- ed territory making it central, President Frederick Kurtz Vice President—H. C. Campbell, Secretary 0. F. Luse. Treasurer—B, F. Araey, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Bellefonte—Col. W. F. Reynolds and Frederick Kurtz Ferguson—*1, G. Goheen, Gregu—F. M. Fisher, Penn Hall, Harris <*Frank McFarlane, Boals. burg. Haines—*Z, D. Thomas, Aaronsburg. College~-*Jacob Bottorf, Lemont Miies—*G. B. Haines and J. R. Bron. gart, Rebersburg. Penn—*H. EB. Dack, Millheim, Potter], B. Strohm, Centre Hill, State College~*H. C. Campbell, Agents : John Shook, for Gregg. and J. H. Beck, for Walker, *Also act as agents. The territory embraces the following : Haines, Miles, Penn, Gregg, Potter, Har. ris, Ferguson, Walker, Patton, Half: moon, Spring, Benner and Marion town. ships, The absence of gas daring a courtship isn’t always an indication of economy. A vein of sentiment is all right if it isn't all in vain, i ' ih Bp ——— RECENT DEATHS. Mrs. F. H. Wiirro:—Widow of the late Rev. C. O, Whippo, of Port Matilda, died at her home in that place Sunday moming June 21 fiom a complication of diseases, aged 74 years, Interment was made in the Friends cemetery at Half Moon on Monday. JAMES W, LUCAS :—Of Curtis township, died Saturday, June 13, aged 79 years. The deceased was held in high on honorable record as burial The A esteem and had an A soldier. He was carried to his by six of his old comrades in arms. George I, Potter Post, No R., of Milesburg, attended in a Loly. Murs. MARY SHIFFER :—Died at the residence of W. H, Musser on Lamb St,, Thursday evening, June 185:h, aged 83 years. Deceased was the widow of John Shiffer, of Pine Grove Mills, who died many years agu. She leaves the follow. ing children: Mrs. W. H. Musser, of Bellefonte ; W. M, Shiffer, of Sunbury; Mrs. Ella Fagate, of Joliet, Ill; Mrs Lide G. Meek, of Irwin, Pa., and Mrs. Kate M. Woods, of Pine Grove Mills, Interment at Pine Grove Mills. 261, G, LEVI GRAMLEY :—died at his home in Lewisburg, Saturday morning, aged 8s years, 7 months and 1 day. M» ley was practically in good health up un- Gram. til Thursday noon previous, when he was Deceased was horn in Miles township, Centre county, September 12:h, 1817, and spent his early life in Brush valley He purchased the | f | which he took possession of | Leddaddantontanbabatbaniandondondondando nd eaboatoiiind March 27 and where he remained death Mr. Gr $ Mary Ben from which union } amiey was married | to Mis in 1 brightened their home Wins College, Wednesday morn IAM FOSTER ng ment took place Saturday mornie Foster had been chief ailment resulting fr Dr a age, ceased was county. | few | 1847 Maria Cot years ago, a child. | became his ren horn to them were Chatles H , a U. 8. mai! New Yor nd Pittsburg agen + ' ka James dec'd : Bie. ¥ in the Jobn a chemist in Tennessee, 08 ter was the only resident vicinity | of State College who was living there | when Penn’a State College was built, | him the oldest pioneer in that | - ~ Mens’ guaranteed Patent Colt shoes Yeager & Davis 99 and Better Breakfast | from all others Get a | y at’ your grocers, Pune Foon Co, Ls Ror, NX. & lifferent . 4 C8 everybody. TET TTT STTATST 9 The 20m Century MANURE, LIME AND FERTILIZER Distributor Be i i SR SR Se SS | STRENGTHENED IN ITS MAKE-UP, Lightened in draft, free from breakage, absolute control in operating, no clogging and breaking of the beater driving gear, fully guaranteed to do satisfactory work, Spreader on hand; examine, Sample call and Tete TO9O%N9S Syracuse Plows, Osborne Machinery, Huber Thresh- ers, Favorite Drills, Har- rows, Buggies, Bicycles and Supplies, Binder Twine, Clo- ver and Timothy Seed. J. S. Waite Bellefonte, Pa, picion that his claim to being a graduate of that institution was utterly without foundation, He didn’t stay in Philips. burg to do $700 worth of work, but quietly and unexpectedly departed, The owners of the '“doctored’ trees are watching them anx ously,” Watch for Him. The Philipsburg Ledger says: "The Village Improvement society congratu- lates itself on driving to earth the “ree doctor” who having “skinned” Clear. field to the tune of $700 came his trade. A letter 10 the Cornell Forestry department verified the bere to ply V - —— {| It’s no crime to steal a kiss if you give Sus- | it back. OWN A FARM “IN THE LAD OF THE DAKOTAS,” WHY NOT 7? IT IS EASY. GOOD LANDS AT $8.00 PER ACRE State and up. 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