, 1877-11-09
CRIME.
AN ASTONISHING CRIMINAL.
fDryt3NpHyeurs Aslr 1tyt ttcrld,

HONEsDAi.E, Ia, Ott. W.-Four years aEo
James .. Afatttcc, tin.retadlcr for Dnghamton
firm, WIS married tn Greene, ChcnanEo County,
N. T., 10 young Indy In that village. Some
time afterwards, having In his possession nearly
sl,0O0 OF the firms money, hc disappeared with
their team aud wagon. and IN Ulster County all
trace uf him was lost. Some weeks afterwards
the llorsca wcrc found III thick piece OF woods
Ia the upper part OF Ulster County. Tied to n
trcc they had starved tu death, after eating ait
the foliage IN their reach and gnawiug the bark
OF the trees around them.
III tS7i Wi1ltunl Clark, IN apparently wcll.to-
do yunng nun, appeared III the farming districts
Of thu Pennsylvania elunties bordering On thusU
Of the southern ftcr Of New York. lie was IN
scarcl, OF a you'd far1n displayed considerable
money, htltl obtancd the cJn1lAcncc ot one rich
farmer named Lcnnox to scl. n, extent that he
became tho fattcr's eun-fn-law after an ac-
4rnintalrc ot but threc weeks. Shortly there
after The farmers uf Western susquc'lai,na ant1
bradford Counties lost several horses No trace
uf the thieves or their h,oty could be founa,
and it wAs npparcnt that there wins systematic
plnn uf operations. Certain actons of farmer
l.enuox's soi'!n.law usouscd suspicious. An
ull handbl describing lorno and carriage
TINT l!i lccn stolen iron, Elrcry-stabie III Cen
trail New furk sumo SIX months bcforc and ulso
gEring the description of tho thicf, WIS seen
hy one Of the faru,crs hanging It, tar-roon
and carriage William Elurk Ind ,yhcu ic raiae
10 the t,cigl,torfuud, mud lad soi,l to Atr.
l.ent,ax, and the description Of the thief fitted
CIark eSastiy; Tl.s tarnler lmste,cd l.ome, and
to u .1ustirc's, while passing through piece OF
woods, this prisoner. having thrown the officer
oil his g1arsl ks,ockctl hlnl tensetcss with some
heavy weapon, and, although wacon.t0ad of
farsncrs we're close behind lin, escaped into the
W0Nla
In lS7, llorscth!cvcs began to opcrate among
The farmers Of this, Lnzernc, atId 6us1nehannn
Counties. 4 man named Loye, who lial laku,t
up ,his residence IN Lower. Droon4c County,
n. T., and who lad married. tho scfsant Of d
farmer In that vicinity, was ut last suspected.
In the summer Of 1873 farmer in the isortfern
iraec II the thief was found md followed.
lie was arrested with tho property Us he
was preparing to cross the susqucllunna River
Into New York ut the susquchanua Depot. 1tu
sor :. q nGt t G" cai SsS no s 5 as s w !"
had hurried Il girl In Chenango County, a,l
ribbed tlis employers Of ST. ,OO0 and team liz
was BROUGHT to ltoucslale and lodged In tai
wlo were spread oil over this scetion; made i
key and unlocked tho door Ut h[s rc}l mil tho
outer toor VI tho tatl, und cscaucl. lle went
directly bncK to SusQuelianHa County. md three
br0ke into d store ut Great BEND. s.nls several
hundred tlolIurs, and lll9 Ba1no night stole u
llorse aud wagon. lie was arrested before ho got
away With his booty au.t waa locked uo in jail at
! M0ntruse. Before Court met he dug lila way out
Of jail nnd asain essaped, although he wus fol-
lnwrtl by tic sieriH mil shot ut lfve tjnes pIle
shot nt least taklng elect Us tfntl ol blood
showed. Nothing having been seen Or heard Of
| Matticc alter li'a escape, IL WIS believed that
the shot lad been fatal to him, anl that thu
cu1iItinlty Was r1l nf . pcrson WHO wns hccolt,-
ing It's terror rewar'i oE tIo0 WIS offered for
n!In: KeceHt ,i, events nrovc that tho theory Of
alatttct's killing wns crrotietsls.
Wl'ut tue career vi this griulnal mayphayu
hec1' alter hts escape FROM M0ntrosU tip 10 the