Wellsboro Agitator May 6,1890

A few days ago an officer from Athens went to Elkland and arrested W.D. Loper, a former resident of Athens ,who is charged with  surreptitiously carrying off  a baritone horn, a coronet ,and a clarinet belonging to the Athens band. At Lawrenceville while the officer was dictating a telegraphic message, his prisoner made a break  for liberty and escaped over the New York stateline, which was only a few rods distant.  Loper refused to come back over the line and resisted the officer when he "reached for him". But he was finally collared and dragged back into Pennsylvania and then handcuffed  for the rest of the journey to Athens..

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