The New York herald., 1875-07-20
THE HIGHLAND BANDITrI.

EXTENDED OPERATIONS OF THE BURGLARS
AMONG THE SUMMER RESIDENCES FIFTEEN
HOUSES ENTERED-ALARM AMONG THE
PEOPLE.
PoUGuKEEPsIE, July TO- 1875.
The operations aud boldness OF the bandItti or
the Highlands is astounding. Night alter night
tn pursue their nefariOus calling without any
restraint Whatever, and The results are mos ex-
traOrdlnary. SO numerous are their exploits, fol-
lowing each other as they do IN sucn rapid sue
cesslon. thLt the people look upon the stories
a10at as incredible and denounce them as e4ag-
gerations, but they are literally tue. One uld
suppose that the arm reception the scOundrels re-
ceived at .. NJ Baxter's residence at Cold Spring.
between two and three O'Clock S tturd y moraIng.
would have deferred them from any further robber-
les attempts robbery for that day least but
1t seems IT didn't In fact. 1t looks II the more
robberles they perpetrate the greater their oeslre
TO pinnder, and now again have tney created ter-
ror In the highlands This time, however. they
have ignored Cold Spring and have turned W on
the west Dank OF the Hudson. along the pleasant
drive south OF C0zzeno' Hotel and ia the vicinity
OF Highland Falls TneY commenced their opera
tions In that vicinity before dayl ght yesterday
morning. Many summer residences line the road
way, ana theY attacked three OF them, aud also
two stores In Highland FAILS. IL Is not positively
known wnlcl was attacked first. Among the
summer residences Is one Occapi 10y Mr.. James
Pells and family. Mr.. Pells heard noise between
two ann three o'rock Sunday morning which
thoroughly awakened nlm, and getting up Oh a
cDaIr III nls beoreom looked over the faniIght OF
Tue door and
moving out who had evidently heard MIN, ana the
THE managed TO escape. Up01 examination it
was found tnaJ the -coundre or sc0unurtl5 had
carried tff 500 worth OF dresses, silks ard laces.
Among the arflcles 'aAen wasa an ertire new dress,
mn aH in hpnn rem NIslld
and VIII en- cost over $3.50.
me next neard OF The Drigands was at the resi-
dence oil MIR. Villa trace. They got III tnat
/ house JhrOu- the window and were surprised
10y one OF the mattresses OF the mouse. they
locked her up In u room, and after ransackng he
building carrlea OF considerable silver are. lney
next attempted to enter Chaies Traceys mouse,
but. oecomlne hightened at someIhlng ne l. The
next Leard OF tuem VAS at Odenw ,lder's
| cigar store, Highland Falls. They oroke In
tnat store and carried away cigars ana
tobacco ana aiter"ard made raid
ou X. a. Berad's grocery, but in hat were un
cesslul, having been frightened n. There was a
base Dall match near Iii snand Fails on Sat turddy,
and a large number crossed from Cod Spring TO
witness IL; anu with the pal ers-not as their
acters tnat can ue found IN Cold Spring ana one
OF them was seen near CoZZ-ns' Hotel as late as
tweve O'Clock Saturday nignt. His name ls
known, anu the men employed about CozzenS'
are confide1t that lie was connected With Satur-
day nignt's rooberies They say ne Is seen on
tHat side OF the river quite frequently ana after
he disappears lt transplreS
SOMEBODY HAS BEEN ROBBED.
A
says he has heard hun say that there isn't man
In Cold spring wno dare refuse TO loan hlm $40, II
he wants 1T. 1t Is conjecturtd that alter the rob-
secluded the hill to q boat In waiting, aud were
rowed back TO Cold Spring. rms last rad
! makes fifteen or twenty residences that the
thieves nave entered and ransacked within two
weeAs, and have performed tnelr work, too, III
| the bOdest possible manner. When t@lked to
about ~, everybody IN the vicinity o. tue RAIDS
! win cast wise LOOKS aud shrug JneIr sn0uleerS as
m Ich as to say 1--WE all know wnO IS doing TINS,
but, see, 1t amt policy for us to say out loud
what we thlnk.n 1t certany does iooG as II tney
are afraid their turn viii come next should they
tell what they have seer ana heard.
INTERVIEW WITH A RESIDENT.
| In an Interview one prominent gentleman, OF
Cold SPRING, said, "l' De one OF fit, to give 81
! each to deIray any. expense toward roofing out
| TINS whole thing Why, we are ara TO go to
sleep at nignt, and our women and CHILDREN talk
! about nothing else rom morning TO night"
1he brlgands have no dount become aware OF
] the TACT mat the 81 uation noout Cold ring is
branching of into wider territory proof of wnIch
| was the extended rad MADE by tnem Saturday
! night.
THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
| at Cold Spring Is II nOuentity Its chairman is
enjoying himself at Saratoga. and there Is non uy
To act. Last SATURDAY nlgnt anu last ngnt some
prominent villagers organized committee o
their own lOr TENN ,rary protection, ana they
patroled the streets all nIght In little squads
ihe prOprietors OF the summer boarding hou uses
4 are getting uneasv, ana all are wondering Wnat
section the brlgauds VIII next srlke.