The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-04
YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE.
xUr KVIGHTs or THB moan OPERA
TING ON LON0 ISLAND.

a, ,thrr Localities s-Ttcr Retreats aud
Immunity from Arrcst-lpcreasina Bold
n,.- 81 the Nnhinn-'
The daring exploits II nich Turpin, Claude
pn,,. .nd s,l ''c romantic heroes ~ highway fame
t,,,,r lr,',g the old stage. coach and position
-, seen, d. tined 10 be eclrsed BY the deeds OF
tho modern knights " the road Who operate upon
me ~, .vcs ,oalir= nom the country 10 this me
,,ccoll. Ever since tie the colsmns Of the
If, pos-tapcrs have borne testimony TO the re-
r,, in opr vicinity Of this bold and venturesone
branch Of lswlcss industry, and recently tho prac
lice hi. become nlarm,ngly common. Long Island
,eems 70 iuru.sh tatraordir arv facilities for high
usJu,p 20 pursue their vocation. The struggling
reside u the populations tbe,r constant inter
,our,, by prlNato con,eyanocs with The city; the
Gpan,is ~, .pcrous condition OF the people most
ofvh,w. IN furnishing supplies to our markets.
arc d,', g,ccNng money. and other caarsete'ist'cs
thu, 49, turgcst themselves, eonslirc TO make the
se,d an ID. Gtrg one for h'shwa,mcn.
rug ASSAULT ~ Nh BrRdrS.
Tue courageous assault upon Snl robbery Of Mr..
Lef,t. Bergen. almost within cad " his residence
on Fn,. night last, has already been reported
br.ea, Toe circumstance that make the case In
.ere-t,u. hayc not. however yet been given to the
pshio NJ. Bergen is wealthy msu. = widower'
spd ehlt.e,, lie haG recently cold some property
to Nj. A. T. stewart. Of thir city, and closed thv
tran acton with MT. stcwarts agent at Hcmpstead
rom wtDm he received an order for the money,
ILWO " Nith tins order he came 20 the city, and In
tIcia auge for II received Mr. Stesarts check for the
morc. gLis click he took TO the bank AID con
verte currency, receiving three 500 notes and
tsOOin notes of smaller denomination. With this
uonc, lc returned home couple Of days later,
tbat H. as Friday, he went 10 Jamaica for the pur
pOsc OF dcpositlnE the monty with an old friend wlo
yery busy 1t the time he called and could not attend
20 lin. Amer waiting some time, BE- remarked thai
hewculd call again on Monday, which would do Just
- vel He then called ON brother in the
gllAgc anl on one or two other persons, but L.
po-cl hi, money TO no one Prom Jamaica he took
al.e trsM to Hyde Park, reaching there al $50 IN
the evening. Leaving the station he started aooi
ff hs .dence, following the railroad short dis.
tapcc and thcn taking foot path which led through
little guly ard across the fields to hs house The
ugLt rls cioudy aud dark. just ~ he was enter
ing the gvlJ referred 10, he took out his tobacco
boz extracted q pinch Of tobacco, and was on the
pont Of putting 1t in his mouth, when pistol ball
passed be wcen LIS hall opened hps, though but
slightly .cratcIinE and bliste ring tbem. Turning
Instantly. lie saw standing close 10 him
man With a slouchsd hnt tied down over his
.srs sud but partly hiding his fhoa The fellow
haa p'.'ol ,ktn levelled at Mr.. Bersen's read.
u
.louL euve man, oeait him q blow with his INST
that itltd him. He ilen rushed upon the miscreant
pistol bail n IL leg IRON ano,hcr source. Turning
10 see wLni tcw antaeonist be had to deal with. lie
va struck - " back bya club or or Other heavy
rough manner " his money, something over
fsn, an1 LETT TO get heip where he could He
msniNi 20 erwl TO the sLanti of some NEGROES near
by, whence he WIS carried hoDe Although sert;
ou'y .h!nted there " ,veD pio' pset that he VII
Teoycr from fis wounds. H. has offered reward
~ l5O tDf the aprrehepslon OF IN, aRsAilAnte.
ANOTHER ASSAULT AND A FAILURE.
On Sunday night, Mr.. Hewlett, Of Hampstead,
Va driving along road but Anew miles distant
.ss,oi IN covered oofgy, with the top up. II vas
near'Y midnight, when, as he was passing lonely
piece Of road his horse suddenly stopped. lie
Ipoke &, the animal and was about raising his whip
v s'r.tr lin when voice from the ,ieinity or the
tore- head ordered him 10" stop" On looking
lbe hgur, OF man. wrat do YOU wanti' he de-
n'udet. Money" was the laeonie reply Of The
Nr Hewlett Who instantly raised pistol and nrcd
Tho bal ialed OF 10 mark, but the shot was re
seI 'Gs sssT,sTe top SSudan: no iGrtSef H
chef The firing started tie horse, which brok'
.oo-e rom IA. hold OF the high~aynla Jest as Mr.
Hewlett discovered another strange person getting
the buggy. he piled the ~hp VisOfouslS
tbrcs doNn and ran over his second us.sor, anc
IscI.ed ith no further moleslanon.
GAsLI6HT As A wATcuxAr.
Ju-t heyOnd the stables OF the Brooklyn city Rail
road omrany on Fulton avenue, 10 Bedford, IL I
long stretch Of commons nearly half mile scross
Crt'l rtc,uily this Toriion OF thoroughfarn no
Ngh'td. aud anorced a most pr hisbie field Tor rob
b.fs HoIe almost nislly market men going hom'
cr coming 10 the CITY, citizens residing beyond there
pId b-iatsd IA reaching their homes, and phoCve
u stt ave occasion 10 pass. were ~syaid and rob
bed l1s,ols "cre sometimes u,ei though th
preferred The sloi become a terror " all homes
people, avoided as much TOsslbic until th
IonS he whole distance, since winch time n
hRhwsymCn have inund Il tu Inelr interes and sIiet
10 operate N other Localities.
The DIBArKD GROUND.
But the whole regiOl from the confines OF Brook
Dn, through aud about East New York and Jamaica
and us iGr out as HemusIead is infested with thes
humans. They are not all so daring and des
Eerate 10 those whose exploits have been narrated
Many OF them are mere hnesk ulieves, who pilfc
lom wagons and buildings cartless!y leit unsecured
But It cannot be doubted that the immunity th ~
bsvc received IN the past mas invited the more en-
tTpnsiHg and ven nluresVme robbers who no
6irtid to present pistol at your mead and d man
SVur money or your life, and viii lake both
9eed be,
STRANGE HIDING PLACE.
Some time SRo Tua sus reported the dis
tue gsrret Of nm old church in this infesi
Cd region, where yniamous gang ha
stored their plunder un u prudebeo allowed 1t I
be remOy ed ioT sale. Here tey cooked, ate, and
soa kept themselves concelel from puohe gaze n
oeyout wor-hippers In thh ancient rural temple
never imagined that their songs OF praise were mad
Vie topic, OF ribuld jrsts by the unknown tenants
and the rahter., where no honest peopl
ever bsd occasion TO 40, and where dc
Tee Ives would never think OF looking, thes
lhieyes aud rubbers dwtli, and thehc
"a tho darkness Of night sailed uut In detachment
Nt~0 and three TO prey upon the property Q
Others uhd spread CONSERVATION and Alarm through b
out the couutrT. For At lcss, three years thcs
taeregious rascsls remained undiscovered IN ttei
srans' haunt and Piled their voca ton with saiet
and prOht But at last discovery was made b
uicng stolen property back through the hand
tt9ugh which IL had passed, and the place wa
bIosen up.
THs BEEs swARhISd.
bu' ins'end Of stopping the work ofrobberv m
uh'lrNsrcc OF this gang merely served to incrcAs
she'r G'NVty aud mullply their resorts aud pa ce
oi oot""1,ment. Routed out OF tle church. III
eOIoly br.kc up into smaller parnes and took Il
Sarttr. iu old deserted buildings, or In house
Smpora - without legitimate tenants, and thu
ssNng alf dozen resorts reattered throughOU
Metinipty m which they oporatsd they wero en-,
"e1 " ~ their vocation with greater immunity.
r'lI OAKS IRON LITTLE AcoRSs GREW
Ihvs 10 every reason 10 believe that the NOR
utloua '!lany now so freely pra1tlced In that Il
SEV Is mn Outgrowth OF these small beginnin ng
inv Lon'et isrmcfs, Who are placed In mortal leo
U' recent bod adventures on III
.INl, SON TO tninx that some more enter
Ralhs seoundrels from tho city bav
S'We Hhon- mem, Even Sheriff DurIand, OF Queens