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Refnue to Be Captured by a Posse of Citizens—Shots Exchanged—Two Meu Wounded.The tramp nuisance everywhere is becoming greater than ever and each dav’s news is full of robberies and burglaries. For some time binds of the impudent tourists have been encamped near town. They would come and go. One of the toughestofu;in\y■eAt!d;t;me\MisItcc.t(l11slititl:wdatliWthhgJuri{dcMltharneat)seehniibawionmichthtliminthtlisooninsalots that has so far visited the locality ‘‘struck*' camp south of the glass factorv a few da vs ago. There were about ten of them and each man hadnew’ revolvers of late style. Theband seemed to try to ape the James and Dalton gangs. They went into Dogneaux saloon on the south side Tuesday and after drinking some leveled their revolvers at one of their number, made him throw up his hands, relieved him of his weapons and niarched him back to camp. Nick Methias did not like their deportment and when lie ordered them down the gang turned revolvers on him and told him to get to a remote part of the room. Nick did not “argifv” the question but obeyed as quickly as possible.The fellows had a nionev sack with them and from this thev took the prices of their drinks. The sack wasmade of bed ticking and those who saw it say ii would bold a half peck. This sack was half full of silver and paper currency. It excited great suspicion and the locality put the men down for train or bank robbers.Marshals Butler and Ford. Jav A. Hindman. Frank Powers, Ima and Clarence Ayres, John Saxon, Geo. Tate, Hubbard, Henry Clapper. Frank Fisher, Frank Philipps, John Hutson, John Coglin and a few others composed a posse Tuesday afternoon that undertook their capture. They divided so as to surround the camp and lake them by surprise. The “gentlemen of leisure,'’ however, were on their guard and opened fire when the party got in sight. The tire was returned and for a few minutes tin air was full of leaden missiles. But for the brush and tlu* boor marksmanship, which was prob-ablv the worst on both sides that the *world has ever seen, few would haveemerged from the light without abullet in them. Fortunately all•round only two were slightly wounded. John Coglin was shot in tin* thigh just above the knee and one of the tramps carried a bullet in his arm when captured. The tramps proved themselves desperate. But two surrendered at the camp and seven were chased a mile before anv were taken.In llccing they would turn about and shoot point blank at some* of their pursuers. At Cap. Ritter's barn twomore were taken and another couple was forced to surrender after another short chase. The leader with tin* money escaped. slt;At the jail they gave their names j ,r^ as George I-’isher. Wm. Foley, James j1( Cline. Richard Lament. George ; (.n Thompson and Thomas Conaway, ^y When searched tlie tlrst named had j 0f $11.50 in money, the second $2.20 and ^i a railroad switch-kev, the third 25 cents, the fourth a dime, 29 pennies and $2.25 in a pocket-book, the fifth $1.80. It. was this man that was shot. This money it is supposed was given to the men Sunday by the leader when he portioned out amounts to all, presumably for beer money, as they spent all their money in saloons. Another suspicious character was arrested the following morning by Jay Hindman and jailed. All the men can be held for vagrancy, but jail grub is counted great feasting for this class, and they would want nothing better than serve a winter’s sentence in jail. As there is no wav to use them the town or county cannot afford to keep them. Blacksnako oil would be the proper application for all the tramps who camp about the town. The band taken Tuesday are doubtless a hardened lot of desperate criminals. The large amount of money was suspicious. They may be wanted at many places for petty thieving.roveveratca1*YfoMTicou?WiarOjutohihitl:tita iccblt;UerKLoftiPitlsiC.aiirtltitlclt;
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Hartford City Telegram
Hartford City, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 28, 1893
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