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John Truck Arrested 011 Suspicion.SAYS HSBOUGHT GRAY HORSECniltrri?d .%»'c*nr Cardiff l*y fin* !ik*-v-liT—Halil He iloutflil I lie Horne Jind Wukoii {''rum illllur—Sucjttel of nTon*I1lt;to Ttfl^eily*i'oktuand, .Utireh 17.—Shortly before U o’eb.rU yi-.-t«'rilny iiftunmo/i .fobu Truck of ({•■iin-r -.vnx 1**1 god in tin* Corilnnn 11.1IU1.V Jiill, clinrKiil with being Hie mut-«!i*r«*r or I’mnk W. .Miller, whose HfclcRMlo.'lj. hiirn**il almost beyond recOKuUUm,w.i r.iinnl in ill.- rulni; *»C his Imm*? n**nr VIr::*l irisi Tnev.iiiy night.Truck whs itrr.-sicii by Sheriff Uralunnl hli.iiily before noon lit Un* hom*r or l.ouis i Itii-hlmnii, nlioui n mile lhlrt Ride «*f Har-diff. la i Juoiidag:l canty, on '.vimI IsKii as tin* V.'ciA i*?iul. II- •.'*:»* tin.man whom I he idlkers Mis|*ootrd of I he erlim* from tin* suin. mu) Uiey linU b«;**u In I’lir^silt or hi in hlnoi* Wednesday nfler-Ui* had iiImul three lioure i3»e stun of them. how over, mill of emire*? they were unavoidably delayed liy the necessity of making diligent Inquiry all along the route la regard t*# tin; «!lr***:tlon taken by him.When Mu* Sin-rill' caiue to the iHchlman hoip-e. he stopped Hi-fc to Inquire con-cernluu Ids man. uiui wen lohi by Mr. l:ie!t!e:»iti tliii'. Truck had lc/L there not i:iorlt;- ::ifin twenty minutes before. huvliik eall.il, he slated. 10 nuike wuiq nr-rang-mn-titM la regard 10 millng Klein- i an’s hon-e fur the ve.ir. Itlchlmnn nin |U»r**t*klng machine In the summer. and ] tick had lieeh In hlb employ before. If | • r-'in-il l lie house bv iviuhcd to wort j r ltilt;'l:!ni;iii again. He was willing In I .ay $::i» a year. SA.'O m once and the re. j tr.::lnd*-r within I he lirst seven tnonlhe. j Jlh'hlmati staled th.it he told him to com*: !lii’-aiud Sal in.lay and li *:a answer.True}; riff *Uwould clvo hhnn»* kit-w *.v‘iti there, and i In* Sh nftor him **ii son hint back sin* ’hid s‘*»n* to from that In- glt;* p:viv\\ ur other. bring n*i-\ where he and 'Jennis ?.r J'rebli*, win. h*vu|i»- i would a wall them. Ilb:bhti;m jmtilde C. lt;: punied him i:i;ri'**d to this, mid going out to ihe house c? one of Truck’s frlemla. when* he knew he win* s'ay I told the imt.fr that he Uad diid.led to Itl hhn linn* Hi*: house, nnd H he Would r %mlt;. bsiek with hhn they Wvllla Hr. It nil ini.Without any hesitmloa Tniek sicconi* jianl«s] him buck, lie was veryttfTuhly l.y Shell IT Ilnihmt.l, who slmok hands *.vtt;s iiissi mid is:.!;ed him to tuku off h!s overcoat. Truck did so, niduiri'Sicly uusTttjilolous thnL lie Vfis lalkinj wlih Ooleerri «d tht- law. lornnls had nuvm* j while taken u pj»titl..n directly behind . him. fiberH Krulnard U:. » nstud hlci to | tak« olt Ids undenroaL ’I’mok opened his j eyes somewhat woti.lerlast'.y at this midheilL'iied a.'siut ivii:|i.y:r.^.John 'I'rtick Arrented.The ShrriiT drew a revolver from his I'oeker. Hold ii] your linndV lie 0031-uun.li'd. poitiiln^ 1 lie in IiIb dlree-ii.lt;n.At tliirt Midden chacjce In the fihcrlfT’s •t and man her lim prliumur very avurly j •I'oiiansed. His fm:n ut-jw as wlilte as \ ciialk. Ids knees tre:»blt'd, great heud« of ]*ersplration stood out from every pore, it ml he wiih comi»elleil to elnr.p his luuiils ov.-r brs ln*n»l In order to krop thetu up.JHs poekeis were ware hid. and 5 here i%:is f.innd 11 yellow l.;utb.*r hug, which STOhlnbled fll.VH? In loose clldOge. :i lilviir(Miitnlnlng In what he winuud wugou of lying him ?7r»*s..y limits with felter-I'ped close r.ad hev.-ateh nnd chain, wlili a chiinu hi inched ntnJ u small leather |»ume, lie isirn n --cl'UI piece.Truck Jiskifd the Slier!!? nrrest.sl for,•*r.*r tint Idnchest crStue I hat 11 n:sn van .'Utliilr on this .-sir:Si. he was mid.Trn. k had with him the horse which was i;;..-sti-g Miller’s harn. hut hadHi** wiig-ii. ieaviiu the oiiier nt J:1s h”in-* III Homer. Us wife* iu**oni-him or his trip, but was nut with i.:.:u at the ;!mlt;* of his urrost.•J**n- party in *mci- sfnrf.sl hack f.ir fTorr. j:»u-i, ih-* prSs.iuer rhllug with t.’uusiahlo 1 laijs. He objected to being linnrtouiW.. . but :ie**'lleslt; I- say lily ol-Juoiions wen*; «iv**rr.:ld. H-’ bwd little to uy. but in • renlv ro 3In* ..Dicers’ •im-stioiK slat oil that ;li.iO purchus-d the horse Mi::« r ■ 'ii T»'.e?d:»y night, payingj..;- the whol ' tb'.ng. 3U* ol.’iluied I hat he liad id t-v.*|i heard of Miller's doe ill.Prisoner hilorvlrwwl.A !7cp:ilil reporter Interviewed Truck !a I;!.* cell hist evening. J»o Is ii man o*,' medium :iad in npT'fttmncc li nitbor l«ss lutoilsgeur than bis «versatluti w.ull itd!. it.*- H- was wee.ring u white ► hid:, being in bis »=!iirt slvevs. tr!pi^l tp.nsci-s. that bore the appenranec of not having bom worn fi losK Um«. and a pair lops. Ills hair was has n Rrcall. yollow-l-!i xn..ii«ac:ie. He is thln-Hppcd nnd tin* g.-iicral expression of bis f:«ce is hard*'Vie'evidently realises f’-diy the serious-nc» ids posltloa. .ind while bo talked freclv i‘h Hn* ri-ihir.or, he Invariably cm.sider.-d we!: before spidging.If.* will be w !««*••*' 'Hd in Mar. be said in answer to the ivp-rter’3 nno.Mlou. uiul Ids fu in liy consists un.y of bis wii’e. ilc llv-a in Hudson sL.-i-cr. liomer. He has worked as a farm laborer rooatly. lost J’oar having been lu tha employ of Liiarles J’.! 1:11 den of Ilomcr in the hay-pniss-i:g ami threshing bneln^ss.j„-is 1 Mondiiv.hcsald.bc caJlctl on sillier for the purpose of buying one of his* ho.-tes.II.* walked ilicre from Homer. earo’Lng vlrh blr.i his yj-e*.!lb,'r ride, ns wns Ids cusmm, to shoot any gauo that be might c -v.w* across In his journey. lie spent the night with Miller, upon rhe lattcr'a lnvlu-ti*'«. »nd slept in the same bed with him. Thcv were great friends. Truck having f.'Cnierly been a neighbor of Miller's. They were uwaU* until about i.1 o'clock talklnc over old limes. . , , . .Truck was very deslroi!3 of purchaslcg Millers gray horse, but .-bought Unit the lai tor's price. J?'*. 'as too much. Consc-ouetitlv 110 bargain was mndc, and Truck resumed home the next morning. Then, be snvs, after thinking the matter over, he cur.ie’ to the ivueluslon that he wanted T'rit 'rnv horse of Miller's nltnost bad oiuugh to pnv Sir* for him. aod d«*cirics! U *p. back l it ore nnd arfiLn-e to pnrdiase him if possible. This he did, arriving nt tliller's at about 0 o’clock. Just ns the latter drove Lu fnnn the mill with the v.;r' horse llmt lu* wished to buy.Says HC BoukM tho riorac-Tie says that be naked Miller, as the horse and wagon stood oa the barn fioor, how much he would take lor the whole tiling complete— horse, wagon, baroess mid ell. He Kiys that Miller told him ho could have the whole thing for S75. Ho ji 'reed to tills* be snbl. nod paid him cash down for the enUro outfit Tho whip, wldch wns in Hie wagon when It was found 01: Truck’s premises In Homer by the Sheriff, and which Miller did not have in the vnjson with him. Truck 6a.v3 was leaning nyalusl tl»Q wall inside, nnd as lie preferred It to the4one which Truck had. lie nicked tc up nnd asked If that would bo thrown Jil too. To this Miller replied in tin? nil!mini!vc. he stales.In regard to the sav bags of feed, or rather one of feed and one of mixed barley niirl oais, which were uIbo found .In The vngorc on Truck's premises. Truck claims he purchn*ed thofu* soporatoly of Miller, ■ s lie was In need of them, the latter morn especially for seed purposes. The bngs of feed which Ml Her brought bank from the mill* with him, Truck bays lie helpd! Mm unload and empty, ltow many of them there were he does not remember.He then went Into the house with Miller. Truck say a. where the former gor him 0 bite to eat.” Afterwards. In* fa vs. tiiey both went to ihe bnm nnd did tii r chores. He'then Blnrted for home,parting with Miller very plwiMajttly. The Jailer lefl for thy houKp, he HtnlcS. with tho remark lhal lie would have lo till bin lump.The- night be fori* Truck i»i.yh he held tlio Inn lorn for Ml Her while lie filled It. It wan lit at the linn-, /mil lie warned Miller u.'cuIuhI Btieh n lt;hingenUH practice, Idling him that *oitn*Ume ho would blow Ulniudf up. Miller laughed at the not I on. he pays. n:ilt;l t:ijr| that ho iilwiya III led Mb lamps tlml wiiy.Truck'n .Movement.Truck hna no uppi-oxJjiuile Idea, he Kayi*. or Hu* time U was wheu lie loft Mlllcr'H. Oonei-rulujf ibul he would make no stnlenient uluitpvyr.Oil the way down from the bouse a uhorl dltdnnry awny ho x/iys ibnt bo mot a man walking and nlgo a rig drnwn by n gruy team. lie has 110 Idea of what lime II wati wheu In: reached liomo thnr night.Tho next day shortly before uoon he urn! his wife sinrled for Cardiff to bob about renting the Illehlinuo bauae. Jie had hcurd m-thlng of Miller's death, and in fact did not. l**jiri* of It, he Buys, until nrrcsied by Sherllf nrniuunl.When urrvni-d Truck wor** n suit of clot hi* (liar. w«re comparatively new nnil which no one lu Homer hud ever «.vn on liltn before. J|lt;* Rtoted to The Her* aid reporter ibnt he got the clothes last spring rn « jmwu shop iruiulucHnJ by n J-w In .North ikillua street. Syracus'*. puyliig 510 fc.r tho suit. lo making long trips like tlml he sii.vb lhal lie wa# ««:-eiiKtoiueil 10 wi*nr that pult.Hi- w.;rklt;-d last summer for 'Charles lllundeu »r Homer, as has befn satotcd. re-el via g y, a wy.-U mid Ids board. From hi:* wages thi*n and soiue money be earned ut u«ld Juhs lu the spring he says Hun be saved Hie sum of $W. TV-n dollar:* ..f this went fur his suit. ?7f for tin* le*rs*‘ and rig. and hiu remulncler for oUu*r expi-iiKes, with tlie e.xecntion of a IM th* over rhui he had In bis pocket wher. arri-«t'-d.Hehinprril l» Miller.The yellow lei. I her bag. which wn% found in hU pocket, has blt;*en idenHUc-il jib having belonged to Miller. True!; sayp tliut Miller gave II to hhn Moudny night.At Hie prisoner's home hi Homer was foijud a Jar of buu«T nnd u ijunutlty of sail pork. T!ire he l»vught n lung tllliL* ago, h** says. 1 hi; former of u man who.-e nuiip* I.'e dues jmr reui'TUbcr ui Odd S|«rliii;s. Stiiil 1 hi* lulter of Klunden, hisymiduy.r l:n?t tali.I’ll*- silver \vntcli which was foiled 011 Idr.i he *uy* Ip* pur'dj.-i-ed of I'rerl” t.'liap-tiui 11. n ti'.pu-iu'is r*-.*!ilt-nt of H re were IJill. wjp. is :;l pruSCtil !»“J‘v!:ig out a Bcutonyc ..f i:nprif**'l;i:*.*nf for hors** Bli-.'dllig. Wherelt;'l:;ip:iiiJi ll he diss not duliii to know.Truck then told of some conversation whie!i h- had with Miller on Monday pighi in regard to n qimmd wlih'Jl the latter to'.I him In* had been concerned In n Couple of years ago will: a party named •’.Mi.r” lVoMnr.1, who then lived nearth'-rr*. II*: jfJivs that Miller i*dd him that on on*,- o.ensbo wlseii he Quitrralcd will* Idtn over Koine pytutoi-s, Wiyidiini choke*! hltii 1 Mdlerj and swore that If ho ever caught Ii!:u alone lie would kill 1dm.Ho c.lsu lmd tmnblf at anothi-r tlm**. Truck says Mllb-r told him. will. 11 young fellow :ia:n***.l i dckeritou. the Inter injuring bln: ipiile badly lu a sen tile wldeh u»*»k jducc.Truck illsclnlms ever having bad :my-thiug but the best of f^dltig lowunl Miller. ’J nvy were warm )'rii*mis, lie says. l)enk*H Com pi I rl fy.I sijppos*?. said Tnick, ''tlmt 11 good miiuy think l vrns lnui this scrape, but It nlnT lt;-». If I whs, you '.mu just better belle l wouldn't hit* bici 1 euiight lu Card I If Itvrlay tiwln' to rent a honBO. I’d be**n a go*d deal fanher off than t.har by tills time.■TranI; Miller was a good friend to :ue.and I’m ju.ii us sorry n*i uuyone el—? tint lie’s dead. 1 never in my I'fc had tho least Id:, of trouble with him, and never ral.W my linger ngahmt him.”tin mu* «f the bugs of food which Tnirk laid in th*.- wagon which lu; clalais to bnvo boiiglit fjavr.i .Miller, lias been discovered n emuII spot of bllt;Ki*i. Tbwe bags nr« b'*t!i safely lo*;Uod 11*1 in the Court Ifonso in lie u**d us e\ hi id is later.Very fexv Cortland penphi believe Truck lo be Intiorvai. Rtlll. for a guilty man. lt;;v.*i: bis must rabid licenser*? must admit, that he tr-ll* a remarkably puulght uml well lt;i*an*.-*.-t*'d story. 3fIk entire pinrs*e of aeHu/g too. sin cl* Hie nlglit of the cr!:co. has been nhnost Idrnlly thac of an ln/ilt;*:.:nt. man.’VVben he returned to Homer be nppcared openly on the str-e:s The next morning, and even purchased a pair of shoe* at -me *.f the stores before feavHig fur CardlO. His actions thus far have all bet-n sur-prlslr.glr consistent with his cluliu of hi-iieci'ip-t*. nud if he shonbl be proven guilty Ids present stories uieJ jiast behavior slnei* t.Ue night of Miller's rlvnth ought, to cIska ldin j*s one «*r the holdest and shrewdest desperadoes in ihJf pari of I be c«vjn;r-.'J’hu ojlircjs state that six ur seven years ago Truck was arrested Id Onondaga lt;*uii::ty fur stealing a cow and sent to prison fur three years.Truck* Wife ut Tally.St-H-jr.l to The Itersld:Tut.LY. March 17 — Acting on ndvlcc from the filterin' of Cortlnnd county. p..»pte near here were 0:1 the lookout for n gmy hmtf ar.d wagon with yellow running gear, ukc-u froui the Miller farm at lMod-getis Mills on Tites-lay night. Yesterday afternoon Lea” Tot man. grandson of **j.cn” P.arrott of Tally Valley, cnmc to town u* bring a young woman to the T* :5t-4 P. M. 1 rain, who was former I ' MIsS Chant-u.iin of tlilB locality and Is now Mrs. John Truck. Mm married Truck when .-lie was 3P. years old.In conversation with The tckgnipU operator Ot the Rtjrthm she lt;rdd '-lie ::U*I her him bund were on a visit to Mr. Kiirrett. whoa two men came there and arreio*l her husband, haudeuflli'g 1dm and taking him iiwar on th«* charge of stealing Miller’s horse of 1 tlml get Is Mills, near, which place they lived. Site said she did tint know anything nheut I:, only tlmt her husband went away o» Monday and r.-turned Tuesday nigh? at Id o’clock with a nice pray h«r.«i.* ni:*l 11 yelio**- rumnii»g-g**ai* wagon. S'Hiie Hour. 0 crock of butter, four horse blankets am! u lor of stuff, saying tlmt ihey bad gut to move and they must stnrr our to iin*I n new home.The girl, as she Is now only 1G or IS rears old. is a degenerate, coming ir^m the famous iTiaptwum family of Hrewery111 11. ir-.mer. , ,John Tmck wrs bora ::l Oilseo. and Is nl'ont 25 or SO years oh!. He Is a dark-aklaned. luinl-lookhie fell.iw. Tie has worked nround this place, but not In five or .six years.— ♦ --
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