Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
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Latrobe Bulletin
July 31, 1904
.Great Chase By The Chief
Two Men Led Him In Cross Country Run
Both Of Them Forded Creek
The Chief Refused To Get His Uniform Wet And Took To The Bridge. Captured His Men On The North Side. The Two Men Leaped Twenty-Five Feet Into A Stone Quarry And Were Uninjured.
Chief of Police Sterling had quite a time of it capturing the two Italians who were alleged to have jostled Byron Blackburn, yesterday afternoon, as was told in yesterdays Bulletin. The chief first sighted the two Italians on the L.V.R.R., Y and he at once started for them. The two men saw him coming and they broke for the Pennsylvania railroad, the chief in close pursuit. The men crossed the railroad and ran over to the old stone quarry, in the rear of Dr. J. A. Hartmanns home. They stopped short as they reached the brink of the stone quarry, afraid to take the leap to the ground, 25 feet below. But the chief was close on them and the sight of his brass buttons nerved the men to leap, and both of them flopped down over the bluff, rolling head over heels among the stones below. Neither of them was hurt however and they regained their foot and took to their heels.
The chief didnt care to risk his life and limb following them over the bluff so he hurried down along the railroad until he found a place to get down. He still kept the two men in view and continued the chase, gaining on them at every step.
The fleeing men were brought up on the creek bank and the chief thought he had them cornered. But he hadnt. They plunged into the water, and swam to the other side, landing on the Toner farm. The chief then walked down to Ligonier street and crossed the bridge. He hid in a clump of bushes and waited and directly the two men came along, both busily engaged in wringing the water from their clothes.
It was the work of but a moment for the chief to jump out upon them and both were handcuffed before they realized what was going on. They were both brought to the lockup where they spent several hours, together with the companion whom Constable Fry had captured. In the evening they were given a hearing and two of them were fined five dollars each while the third was let go upon payment of one dollar.