, 1875-07-31
One Nights Operations Yield
an Aggregate Of $50, 900
Of Plunder.
Prompt Lynching of Black
TnrQuin In Alnbann.
Progress at Beaver, Utah, Of the Noun
tain Meadow Trial,
HRl0AMOAGE IN NEW YORK.

6p&tta& uIfp1lch TO IhE ChitdgH jftVt7N.
TlTuaY11l1, Pa, July 30.-For aons time paat
tho ct.!xenA Of Western Nov York and North
~estern PennsylraniA hAvo boen much s!armed
By the dspredstlons Of buraiAra aud highway
menf In New York State tho isw-brcakers
hAvs enacted their criminAlty IN CbAutnuqua
aud Cataraugus Counties. Tho outla~ry was
commenced At the house Of Charles Petorsou, N
Agrioulturidt living in ChautauluA County. and
near the Town OF Japoatown. The house whB
broken into about midnight. tho Inmates aro,lhed
from theiz sleep. bound, aud neyera! Of tho male
members Of tie fxtni3y so1newLat harahiy treat
ed. The robbers had le&rncd from so1no source
that large sum OF mouey ~Rs eectesed III or
about the AouAa, ~ thoy demanded "
threats Of desth tho discioso "Whero TINT
$4,000 was concealed. Mr.. Petoraon and his
| family having no euoh anaount in their poeses-
| aion, honestly and persstent!y informed tlso
| crsckeuen thA. they had no money. Tho nader
Of the Invaders, who hhd boen guarding AI
Petersen opportnnely. seeing that nothing was
to bo secured In tho house, aiGnaled 70 hin
baud to leave. Before dccamping, howcve1,
tho family were told HAT. II any alarm
| wns mAde before the ond Of an hour, the
party would return and kiil tnen. In tho morn
| ing Peterson disolosed the above facts to bis
| neIghbosa. Since then the gseatost alarm Ia.
prevailed and 1t Ia learned that the faruerr and
other residents Of That region have determined
| to organize = vigilance committee for their
protection and tho apprehension Of !be williams.
Binco ths abovs Occurrences the houaeH or
Cha.les Clspp, Postmaster. Dcoa Eigenbroadt,
M1s, Wsstoott, Samuel Taggart, aud soseral
broken into and robbed. Tho brssnds
the people in Sov York, and probably
fearing summary punishment, departed from
<,satea- Their frst cr1DsnAusy was ths murder,
robbery OF, snd throwing upon tho track OF tho
Lake Shore i Michigan Southern Railroad, near
Broetou. Of john butles. soon afterwaEds -, 70
l ~, In hN a
hroksr. VA Grutally murdered, aud
his body placed upon :. the e.n-
bankmont Of the Dunkirk Warren Hall
road os.r the town MGposs hc hnee
Aro supposed to hAvo been committed tue same
iaw.broake.s It Conneautvile, Meadville Lines
wills, and venango. The whole country IL be-
coming alarmed, knd It Ia unde1stood that unless
the local Author,tics act mora deteFminealy the
B.ats authorities Of Now York and rcnnspivania
will be called upon by tho people for protcction.
Late last nlght dvestoroa at l!andolp!i, N. y.
we're broken into md si1ed OF theiz, entise con,
tents. Ths value Of the propott. Ia estimated
A. $4,000. It IL presumed sho robbors rem,
dcxTous In tho neiRhbothood Of Ellington, and
people, ar' ps1pnsns ,n.4 s,ssnead ss
outlaws. apparently not sasst,ed with with
onslaughts on psivato p1operty have
attempted to throw trims from The Atlantic d
uraat Western and Allegheny Valley iailroads.
lu ono iostauco the attempt wss successful. The
railroad mAuaKors. headed by Superintendent
David McCsrco, Of tho Inst mentioned railroad.
have employed = nu1nber Of astuto aud oxper1-
enced detecttvos to ferret out aud spprehena the
criminals who have boen porpettatsug these
outraRos- McCa1go has offered zewaEd Of
el.000 for the arress nnd conviction OF
The miscseants who tore tho rail- from
the track Of his road, which occasiauod the dis
aster Of 4 day OF two ago. by. which valuable
locomotive and several coaches wo1o wrecked
besides injuries sustained by several Of sht
passengers.
EA1E, Pa, July 3o.-Tho h1iRands that have
carried terror to the people III tho counties d
Southern Now York and the countiss bordering
Counties, In this State burglHriea NJ,
OF almost nightly occurrence. aoyera
! houses in Otrard Fa,rview. franklin, conneant
/ | yillo, and other p!acea Vorn recently entered
the burglars In eacl, case securing very httl,
booty. The Ninety.nine cent stoEe In this dit
VIA entered At An carly hour aAis morning. an
about $500 worth Of jewclry eto. taken- TIL
burglars wore scared or they would hAvs made
much larger haul