The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-01

or ~ fUS uVO DuEtL hNoNG ROCKS
on TIfE LiCk Line

of
itraVc Pat Dudi. Pursuing the G"uu.
OGpnNsrund, March ~ That part OF
St Lawrence county lying between the North
crn wilderness and the upper ST. Lawrence
river is terribly inrst ii 10y bands Of dcs-
p,rado,s who's" latest crime il the burning of
the village Of Madrid. on thr Osdcnsburgh and
Lake Champlain Railroad. The population in
that mart nf the state * scattered and the police
numerically innfi tent. The means of escape
gross the Canada hprd r.. or into the Businesses
of the wildcrn sss ara ready Mt hand. and the
business Of smuggling goods across the
river from and into Canada furnishes
good school for the vciously in
clincd. Tho burning AMI plunlcrns OF viii
lagos 'cns to hc favoritc pastime Of these
outlaws. 'casionaly "a murder is laid at .hcir
door Nine years ago n man named Kennedy
was hung at Canton for numbering Il farmer.
Even then in 'cnliarcs abOuudcd. and there Is
a story that a Waterman in Canton's street was
several times warned 10y mysterious persons
who met him on his rounds at midnight TO look
out. for the place WIS going to be burned to re-
vcnge Kcnncdys DEATH II was partially
burned three times The last fire occurred four
or five years ago. The chief business block Of
the little town was consumed with loss of ut
least 100000. The inccndiarics as usual cs-
caped.
Tho next year the village Of poisdnm Junction
WIS ifNl. BufElnfS lffik' mo ASNl'NS Stflffs
blow the safe open. and set the town ON fire.
several bushes paros w'rc burnrd-lo-s
about $1,000. Tn mis'r ants again os 'apcd.
Two of ulnm ar, believed from the DIS riItion
g. ue tn" sauw mon ISL. 90 h'lprd ilrr Madrid lHst
week. GA r~Nur-. iu' wrirnpol of mat roe
r.ou. suffered u.2i. s hio Is ol Nul iu.- there
" ST. n FIR gni burn y hut IN. iife delart
nmut prey .nt'd Oh sur u of tl" flames. Loss
s2DuuO. AMI as u-u,l %, one arrest Il. Oth'r
hunl e. v re- burn 4 ami rDDo't, were com
du. and sometime a. v took 'iu..e ~ the
W'pi'i ana nguniit new, dlsiti is.cA OF h1.h
place appeared t. he a. sai' as another for
Lust July eight or ten drunkcn rowdies near
lark Lake attacked three farmers, Hgskins.
Mahrii and sly, vino w"rr hayinE on Attl I.
Mors"'s farm. DESPERATE light with knives
nnd ply hlorks on~u'd. laskins was badly
stthtsd. and sly. 4 WIS Thought would die
from his wounds Both were lett on the ground
Tor dead Toy the drsprradoes. who then went To-
Frank Turner's hous" and frightened the fam
iy away. As soon ~ their assailautS disap-
psarrd the wounded mon crawed into the barn,
where they were afisrward found faint from
hood were SO thoroughly alarmed hy this inva-
sion that with their families they fed to the
MciT rS cattle and Rous ,hoid 't sdods ''' un
,areI ior as i thor had been an inroad
;,-'i. AMI this foric w won't nn chase Of Tie Tie
outlaws. Armed 10 IN" tceLh tley secured the
country for miles around. Three mon were ar
rsttl on suspicion ofleing concerned in thu
hlr'y nnt nothing could ho proved against
l,sr,d n THE direction ui Canada.
llAri lur. or Alnlu-eu, = 'rl,ment. near the
south -horr of Ba X Lake is known . "a r.
s,rt for disr, puiahl' persons. IlaD X Lake il
j. lark eolorcl and staguani in pln ,as. ns
.hat oi % pool Sluggish fish are Hught IN 1t in
great atunlan ". IT, surfnr' t. dotted with
won.l'l rlanl~ some of VIII IN are inhahted
r'n Thr lover eul of HE lake is called lla
Nlrrow~." AMI Is southern shore is mountain
Gus. Her" according To- report. lives a hand Il
D. 81 ID If tf
roues Mills They subsisi partially 10y hunting
ami l-innE. ana some oi them resort To the
st di~r"uuiah' means Of gaining money
som" Of TINS gang are sure 10 be present at
ih" Cvuntry fairs aud horse races. where their
glmhln- tricks th"fts. and quarrelsome dispO-
at on make them feared.
- It was into this dangerous region that Pat
turrd in search of the men vino had fired that
village He could find only ons man conrageous
nnotorious. s.oundrel, who when questioned
about thu Madrid inccn dlaries acted 50 suspi-
riou-ly. that they immediately hurried to Ham
moni. and telographed to Madrid, that they
wcr" on track 9i he burglars. puds then re-
called. and he .xspained his plan of pursuit. a
Dan Haskell. b putty sheriff Of St Lawrence
county. who has great reputaiion ior,g,lItur-
made NJ the pursuing party. They were armed
with reloiyers. and at noon on Wcinrs lay. 49,
proceeded 10 the railroad depot yowlng that
they would never come back until the burglars
went nrsi 10 Prescott. Canada opposite Og,i,is-
ilr.;h, ithencc T." Brorhv.lle. where one = the
they crossed 10 MorrIstown. New York. and.
."iarmlns. II order not 10 eArta suspicion,
they pushed for Black Lake, AMI H.. haunts OF
hn r'ioubtahe Hari Pine Gang.
I'm" ln"ni' aries alpear 70 haHe ana their
MairId thcy are said to have VISITED Norwood.
] ISLAM. and other neighboring towns. pr9ha-
slf.st % strike. They said they wanted 20 buy
i"ur or I'VE ear loads 81 horse. On frlday.
trl AT Holiness Hotel. Pots,lam..- j. Wari.'
-. Wood" and " J. Harrison" one Of them
won't into the bank and asked II they had any
canada money. He said he wanted t. buy
81 900. hut went away without making thu lur-
iyarcd al Xrwu ' on ' Moniay. G 9 tRc ho1ss
Wa not call.l i9r. Th'y also examined th'
iXgot away from the burning viilas" On III,
Thursday preceding the ilre, wsll-dr' s-cd
SGnd,lfmany 7'r9hger anptar'd T. nn sirrt o
I''r into several stores, and he made suspicious
Inquiries about who slept in them. IL then
disappeared and was not seen again until til,
night of the fire. when one of the strang rs VIII,
60 Of the midnight train. was observed TO re-
Tho only person who saw any Of the in 'en-
Glar"7 after the explosion, ceing ,he fire in
Gag" store, was young lady, Miss Nu!y, who
was sitting up with her sick mother in a house
nearly opposite to the place whore ne fire
h"gnn. She heard loud explosion. and look,
Ing out OF the window. saw the fire bursting out
q me store and q strange man standing n th'
ioarel. and about the same time persons IN
another part of the village heard wagon rattle
past Ht a mad pare The explosion 81 the 100
pounds II powder that WAS stored IN the back
end II Gag. store, burnt hole through th'
wal of Robinson adjoining lri'k building
AMI hrlk e many window lights in tho vicinity
AlNin Wing, who nArrowly escaped being KILLED
ty this explosion. wa, Ia Kohin-on'- store. and
ilt ia Cages store, NJ heretofore stated III
was knocked down 10y falling brick and burne,
ty lguited sulphur. scattered hy tho cNplo-lu
The losses and insuran 'e, are ~ follows;
Gag Bros :, loss $4,000, iusuran' o, sGrOO; J
y. Robinson, loss $4,000. in uran 20, ij.nun; i
McCormi'k, loss tl,jDg, 10 insurance.; Mr..
BArhoomew, loss $500, no INSURANCE.; J.
Oirien. loss $3.50. no Insurance, James Smith
loss 1850. no insurance; William Cran-tun, lo-l
= 500, no insurance; i. H. Dyrdis, loss 1000, ~
Insurance.: DR.. Walsh, loss 500, covered hy in
furauDn. The losses in j. f. lIorsiord'- drul
ctr" au Il. A. Jackson s;harness store, VII
W.T." broken into. wrre LITTLE or nothing, tn
burglars having been frightened from thcl
work.
Tire burglars had the stolen team standing
only a few rod. from the scene Of operations
Tiny drove rapidly through back street an'
started tor Oglenshurgh. Before daylight thel
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