The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-30
Our Neighbors.

owns have been infested by daring
hieves. One source of attraction was
he Catskil races, and another the hre
mems tournament at Poushkeepsie, In
his city on the last day OF the hremao
gathering it was known that gang oi
certainly twenty thieves were present
and though three of them were arrested
sufficient evidence could not be produced
to hold them. At the Catskill races
gamblers aud thieves were present IN
force. The affair recounted below oc
CURED on Friday Nearly four miles be
low the village of Catskill, on the west
bank of the Hudson, resides Abraham
Post. worthy, we'll to do farmer. At
about $50 p. NJ Mr.. Post, his wife and
(the latter about twenty two
years of age, his son Edward, and their
hired man, an Irishman, were quietly
eating supper, when the door leading
from the main hall to the dining room
was abruptly pushed open aud SIX nen
entered aud rushed up to the table. Each
one of The scouudrels drew revolver,
and leveling the weapon at the head OF
each member OF the family warned all to
keep quiet or they would blow their brains
out While FIVE of the robbers held the
five inmates Of the house quiet, the sixth
one drew four pair OF new handouts from
underneath his coat and in regular order
snapped the bracelets upon every rersou
at the table except the daughter. The
latter showed no fear, but while the
hapdcufhng was progressing gave the
thieves such sever talking" to, that
finally, becoming exasperated, one of the
robbers stepped up to her and said
"Well, you are so sassy | guess we II
handcuff you too" and the scoundrels
handcuffed the whole family together
including a clored girl who entered the
room at the time Not feeling perfectly
safe, even then, the thieves procured d
BEDFORD and firmly tied that around the
entire family, and then one of them stood
guard over the captured group while the
others commenced 20 ransack the house
They entered every room in the house
except one, tore open bureau drawers
broke open trunks, and smashed locks OF
closets. The room which escaped then
belonged to Edward Post, and in iha
was gold watch and large sum o
money, which they did not get. The,
did however, get twelve silver teaspooD
marked S. Il. p, SIX silver teaspoons
marked j H, twenty knives and forks
S235 in currency, $40 in gold coin,
Iadys gold watch and chain marked S L
p, $50 worth of other jewelry, tw
Greene County bonds Of the denomina
tion of $500 each, one check for 81 ,00
on the Farmers National Bank, Of Cats
kill, signed by Mrs. Massino and pay
able to he order of R II King, aud in
lorsed by her to Abraham Post, on
check of $500 on the same bank, signe
by Jacob Burget, and payable to Abraha,
Post, or bearer.
For over one hour the thieves re
maiued in the house, stealing whateve
they could lay their hands on in the wa
Of valuables. They even approache
their bond victims laughingly, and too
rings from their fugers, and put ther
on their own. They also sat down to th
supper table and ate all they wished t
While they were eating, Edward Po
endeavored to free himself He told the
he had seen two oi them the day previor
at the Catskill Fair. aud one of them r
piled "W ell, what Of it 2" When the
had got all they wanted, they bade tt
family good night and departed T,
one hour afterward the imprisoned me
and women tried to free themselves, an
finally the son did get loose, when
started for Catskil Village, and told n
story. The Sheriff and others repaired
the scene as quickly as possible. and vii
the proper keys succeeded in releasing al
Immediately the services Of the telegrar
wires were impressed, and a settlement
the case was sent to all prominent roiut
together with an offer by Mr. Abraha
Post OF 81 900 reward for The arrest
the rascals. Near the house paper w
found similar to those sold on the Cat
kill Fair Grounds by the gamblers az
thieves who pretended to give greeukacl
with every cake of soap sold. 1t
thought that the same gang robbed II
Post house. Perhaps no fair in the Sta
had such an impudent lot of rascals at
as the CatSkill Fair, They located the
games at night right on the main stree
and hundreds were victimized Or
wheel of fortune" was fastened again
tree by the Presbyterian Church, ar
the congregation had to 60 around II
crowd of roushts to get into the churc
None of MIR. Posts family were i
Jured, though the gang handled L
roughly Part of the same gang operate
at the Armenia Fair last week. A We
ago at the latter fair the receipts of IL
thieves who tended the "wheels of fo
tune" or who gave away the greenback