The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-18
OUTLAWS HUNTED DOWN.
4 DETECTITE'S sKTLFUL WORK IN
THE UTISE or 4 THIEF.
UncarthinH the Hiuhwnymon who hnvc PIun-
dered the iIizhlnnds-Plans Of Robbery
and Murder-The Chief Under Arrest.

uncorthinH the niuhwnymon who have Piun-
dered the Iizhinnds-Plans Of Robbery
and Murder-The chief Under Arrest.
The outlaws who planned SO many
daring robbcrles and burQlares In the
counties OF Putnam and westchestor last
summer, and who have plundercd rail-
road trains IN that neighborhood for some
two years past, banng and defyInR the
police, have at last been discovered and hunted
| TO their lairs, thanks mainly to some very skill
| ful and persistent detective work. Levy, the
| Cold Spring receiver OF stolcn goods, bns been
arrested and Is held In 1900 bail and Conway.
the leader OF ono Of the gangs. and one of the
holdest and warlest OF all. Il In Jail In Rome,
| Oneida county. where he has turned states evil
dence. Most oi the others are known, and tho r
capture Is confidently expected.
| The work OF ferreting them out and procur-
| ing evidence sufficient 10 convict them was
! labor of time. One of the most skilful detec-
/ tvea In the country devoted himself to IL. As
cunning the character Of thief and cracKsman,
| he formed the acquaintance OF Isaac Levy, the
Cold Spring advcuturer and OF others who were
suspected Of completely, aud slowly aud care
fully incratiatcd himself into their confidence.
| Through thom he became acdu1inted with
others. was told their plans and their modes OF
working. heard numerous schemes OF robbery,
| burglary. ana even tr5un aud murder himself
/ suggested ON IN or. rises. thN@ 0iHMlUg them
out stil further, di covered the perpetrators Of
| many Of the crimes uf the past two wears. and
| out OF their own mouths obtained the evidence
/ 10 prove thti gut.
lis attention was directed more especially TO
these outlaws bv discovery made early last
| September. lie was Ia the city of Newburgh,
| watching a gang OF thieves who were supposed
TO have committed number Of crimes 10 n dis
tant part Of the state. lie had placed himself
| on terms Of good fellowship with them. ana ac-
| companied thcm on their sprees, apparently
| drinking with the hardest Of them. One OF the
| gang, whom he was particularly desrou4 OF
Keeping IN sight, having become so drunk aud
| equally drunk and troublesome, and
whrded bY being locked up IN the same cell
| with him. That nieht the detective turned to
| good use, aud drew from his muddled com.
! panion revelations Of a most important chdrac-
| clue to the depfcdations along the Highlands
| sisted 10y Detectives Seaman and Gillespie Of
| the Hudson River Railroad Company he iol-
| low ed this clue with untirinR perseverance.
| He soon won the conndenre of Isaac l. w, Al
though LEWIS wife for time seemed to suspect
| bim. Levy h rather young man. good looking,
| ana Is the owner OF four places OF business IN
Cold Spring. located together onthe mum street,
Ia the roar Of whicn Is a bakers shop. Next
door IA a clothing store, with an oyster saloon in
~" renr. Inc back yard 10 these buildings runs
along the railroad track south, aud there 10 easy
access To- It from the track.
From Levy the defective learned that three
men IN Puughkeeps,e were IN the practice -
ron9ing frcifht cars On tho HUDSON River Rail-
| road, hctNeuu New loiK aud puughk aepsle,
| and selling their plumber to MIN. On ono occa-
| sion thcy thrL ~ = bundle worth several tbou-
eatlA NhlItIs from lNe cars IN liOut OF LeNy'a
h use Instead oi iniu TAG yard. IL fell into the
! hands uf the police, and caused Lew good
deal OF tfoucle. Ihe thieves Nere secreted in
! his house at tho very time. Another bundle oi
the me value had been taken in,o his house
| 10y his wife.
A propo sal 20 roo the Ellcnvie Bank received
| Lewis approx l. ana ho had tho surroundings
| Of the bank examined. Ii was at first intended
| 10 fix the robhers for tho neginnDg OF OCTOBER,
| but II was postponed because they wished to
choose IA time when plenty II money would be
| locked up IN II. Levy also desired to nave the
| Erie trdina robbed more systematically this
winter, end devised plans ior disposing of the
| plUnder until the coast clear and then CON
Through Levy the detective became acquaint-
ed with Daniel llough, Of 81 West rwenty-sixth
street, near Tenth avenue. and heard many pl ms
| for r'ilroad roboefies discussed between thcm
other hccomplica of Bough and Levy, with
whom the detective soon found himself in
| umaie, He belonged 10 the sc-called l3owery
AZ 70 Greenwich street the detective met
" Bro r. another OF ,he gang, who had been a
fellow convict with brown at Clinton Prison
| Zoe rcbbery Of the Hudson River Railroad hag
| man the detective found 10 have been The work
| q Bill Conroy. Ihe hAgmhn was seen by one of
! Leyy's canvassers" counting $500 iu green
backs one evening Ia his shauty, placing tho
| money between the leaves Of a BiDle. Soon
| aiterward Courny. with i've ~ the Bowcry gang,
nnd boush' win some Of the Tenth avenue
! 'friNed mt. and bound and gagged the Aagman
| and MS wife Oui they found only few hun
dred dollars III gold. Boughs gang retired dis
appointed. They were arrested for the robbery,
| but were dischatGed for want Of evidence.
|
his gang broke inio freight cnr OF the Hudson
River Railroad Company at ,seyenlysecond
| conveyed In row bo-t T. the foot of wenty.
sixth s.reet. or this robbery Bough Informed
| the detective the next morung. Toward tho
| close OF October, about 10 o'clock one night,
b9u.n IN th9 con combapy o. 'he detective. enter
Dob6s ferry and Cold spring, and threw on n
bundle containing 800 corsets; At o'clock
Cold Spring and sent apeddler after the bun
| Ole. lie was arrested by Detective
os iO of Cloth Which thew sHI took fF"as e
woman living at J5 Fifth st,eet New York
Ellis, the pan who jumped from train on his
hurt. was one OF this gang. Bill Conroy the de-
tective found to be in bad odor with the gangs
states evidence. Conroy was arrested fer com
plcity in the masked burglary at the Gornond
| dwelling In Oneida county. lie wanted $500
! from his gang 10 help him In his escape, and on
| their refusal turned evidence against them.
They have determined to Kill him at the first
Another scheme, Levy had In view for this
| winter was the robbery Of the Fishkl Bank In
Fishkill village, the plan being TO enter the bank
at noon, when all the banks officers would be at
dinner save one, and TO bind and gag him. The
robbery OF the safes in the Cold Spring foundry
also appears to have been planned by Levy. Ibe
~, murder Of , Isaac Dela9sy the night watchman
berry OF the Cold Spring Town Collector,
who was expected about the close OF next
| January to have $4,000 in his house the burn
ing of the whole town OF Cold Spring. against
which Levy feels bitter hatred, and the murder
the plots which Levy Is said unwlttingly to have
revealed TO the detectives that have been shad-
ing him. His detectiOn and arrest are con-
sldered alone SUFFICIENT TO pay for all the work
that has been expended. lie Is said TO hayo
been the only receiver Of stolen goods between
New York and Troy, and to have been one OF
!he most dangerous, and 90 shrewd "a TO make
his detection a work Of great difiiru
The burglars who robbed the various dwell.
inRs along the Highlands last summer were all
so-caled Bowefy and Tenth syenHe ga gang ..o
These are broken up, and their members are
marked men.
Woman IN Hnclsensack shot.