The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-14
uR. WRIGHT, HORSE THIEF.
.opr1trfONS ~ ORIN0E COUNfr,
~" ms ELIGHT IND ms CAPTURE.
oa Of the '"e'"'. that sn, s, r.%p.,,s% 'ss
-, and III. CrIu,e aud Ills Brother.

,I ,,,u,u-. n county IN which every
who realty wants to b. anybody" Is am
,,,ustoo own a horse upon tho blood oi whi'h
ann lo a lttlo honest 6onsting. From tho
.n.,rt,lrr Who uroky thinks that his marc
N.,Itnot be- without favor III the rycs OF tho
.o, ,fo value AN animal that trottth "a
a.H,n23s," to CAuUc+ Barkman. on whose
,ttr,rd,ng farm at Goshen arc more than
Hundred boodcd trood mars. the famous
u.s.,necr DDrO'. Ilunblctonirn stallion. for
.hi.h las has teen offered 100000 in vain
,g Handled stallion cHiird Crown Prince.
.,n. nut recently bought 10y him IN Kentucky
t..tjfUO. t0cNprr,nrnt on quitting strain OF
,cv blood INTO the oil Stock and colts by hun
S..ls-ry,rybody in thus part OF the country Is
mari, or lees horscy. mo farmers up there
Sr,c mix WAGON toans that would be
ne envy uf Iuth avenue and tho Boulc-
Yard II troueht to New York. 1t is not
u. human nature for neighbors in adjoining
s,untes to look OF tameiy and without some
,,lr,tof emulation when such thinAs are going
an. 90 it Is not to be wondered at that Pike
.,unty Pa. AMI sussex county ~ j.. rank next
,,Ofonrc county. y. Y, in amount and value OF
,,yine stock. The three counties meet at
r,intin the immediate vicinity OF the junction
sf,he Delaware and Neversink rivers. where
nsreisatock upon which one may plant his
totso that the big toe is in Pennsy iyania. the
lnle toe In New Jersey. aud the heel in New
yorg All through this district rise mountains
uickly covered with foliage 70 the tops OF their
rpind rr,s.s and between them wind beautiful
valleys rich with rural wealth. and penetrated
b. many excellent roads. On the New York aud
Pennsylvania sides of the common point are
lines N telegraph and railway communication,
suNiclent 70 meet the requirements Of an in
dus,riOus aud enterprising people. but over in
New Jersey there is almost n wilderness There
are mountains as thickly wooded as the others.
valleys almost H. uuimproved as the virgin
mountain sides. swamps pen. tfatei 10y lew ~
tfp some reckless men who know those trH'k-
lss and dangerous solitude - roads That are al
nnst county criminallties. very scauty railway
heltils and still less telegraph accommuda-
ton. II is. therefore, tempting field for horse
thieves yet those depredatols lave. until very
recently, been almost unheArd OF Tor twenty
years. That long ago some ~ them made Wig
orous raids on the farmers stock, and some
o! them were caught.
1'here is Vague rumor that Of those who
were caught there were two or three, supposed
T. be ringleaders Of band, who were never put
In Jail. yet are confidently believed TO have sto-
len no more horses A mystery clung about
their fate which has not yet been dissi lated and
which has served good purpose in discourage
INK others from following their example But
Of late that wholesome effect seems to have
worn away Within the past two or three
months nearly thirty valuable horses have been
stolen, generally in the Mongaup valley and be-
tween Port Jeryls and Stroudsburg in the Della
ware valley. As an illus,rstration Of the FREE
Quency Of the theiis the following items are
given IN the order that notification of them
was received b. Chief vi Police D. J. VALLEY at
Port Jervis.
June ia team Of bright bay horses. from
q q. Alderman Of Spring Valley. \. !.
June H-Horse. buggy. and harness from
NJ. Runyon Of steiton.
June l5uBr99ysp mare md bay colt from NJ.
June ls-Horse from Mr.. Bush OF Marshall's
Creek.
June 2i.-Horse from Mr.. Coolbaugh OF Smith.
June 24-Three horses from Cornelius swArt.
out OF Lehman township. Pike county. Pa In
rms case pursuers were So close behind that the
thieves had to abandon two Of the horses. bu,
Retained one. and with 1t made their way u
within two miles OF Belviders. n. j.. whore they
June Ebay horse from Lewis Beach Of
Cornwall.
July Ozark brown horse from Dr. Zabriskie
o. suiern. and on the same night bright bay
mare from 4. b. Darling of the same village.
Those latter two horses were recovered by a
novel accident BY the side Of the road along
which tho thieves led their plumber Just al
break Of day laid a darkey who was slseping on
IN the open air among the bushes the effects OF
al overdose OF appelack the night before. Their
coming awoke him. and rising he yelled At them
with reckless. hhlf-drunken impulse. What's
you gwinr wild dem stoln hossesr His voice
alone frightened the horses and his words car
rled panic to the hearts OF the thieves. The
stolen animals hitched behind their wagon
overturned it, broke loose. and galloped bach
home, while they, hastily Fighting their vehicle
drove of Ms rapidly ~ they could.
The rapid recurrence OF these thefts 6reateC
great deal OF excitement in the community
and bv many persons IL came to be believed tina
thieves. having their headquarters in a large
dense swamp in Sussex county, betweeI
Hainesville and Branchylle. near Tuttle's Cor
ner temperance orator OF some local celeb
Tiy was arrested on suspicion OF being one o.
tie gang. Just because he was seen coming GU
OF the swamp. but was discharged for lack u
~ fna NJ he ar
istence of gang is secuted by some Of the oldel
beads. who know how such gangs operate In th'
here bear more the appearance OF freaks Of in
aiyidual enterprise. and even these not by ex
In Suircrn. Port Jervls. stroudsburg. anc
several other places. they have Mutual Pro
lection Of Animals Associations. ready to turf
out on short notice to hunt horse thief at AM
least one barrel OF his shotgun. On the frontier
when murderer Is taken red handed, his cap
D. mout "A had his reasons for KILN him: - bu
4 they catch horse tibet the unan nous cry 10
Hang him. hang him at once. quick" That IL
luyGt tue frame o. mind Just now in Orange
Joseph W. Wright. who takes tho name be
Cause II IL Just rs convenient for him rs AM
o'hrr not by reason Of any inherited claim OF
u, a. lie himself admits drove into Port Jeryi'
lllle after noon on sunday last. He sat II
telore him was a big-headed stockily- bull
irown mare. Leaving his mare and wagon a
~ quick : NNery Stuhs, ne went 10 the Deld
ware House, gOt bis dinner. and sauntered out
oniei q Police Valley Of Port Jeryls is a mar
q intuiive perez ptlons. He saw Wright driv,
iato town. aLd at once suspected him. In IN.
tlerhoon he looked over the strangers rig
~ lhe stable very closely, In bag he fount
.So harness. saddles and some other parts o.
iUnrsr. There WAS also an old brown hOts,
ihhAet That evening Wright had his mar,
hN'hed up ut about o'clock. drove out was
ht about two hours. came back. went away
hfht on foot. and returned no more unit
honday forenoon. That night a lot Vi
.aIiyr's Wa stolen from the barn OF Mr.. Bona.
I'm an Fleet. who lives about n mile and hal
dIom me town. On Monday Wright remained
pV n" Delaware House nearly all day. say
is Nlu" n nothing 10 anybody, and seeming t.
hafe 10 tu7in@ss HI tried 10 buy at the livery
ss.aDlr l9le Tor u double team, but II was moi
1gr salr There hesaid that he had some notion
a. nuFpg another horse. That night. At about
yDr.ock notwIth standing violent storm was
raging "a the time. hs ordered his mare hitched
~ pad his bl. and drove away on the road
UNhrd IAN Fleets house. That Teller amt a
toh ont for no good" was said by all the
thS'rs who saw him start. Two negatives 10
make m Affirmative in Orange county. An
L'ur after he had gone Simon Westfnll's wagon
topi little more than two hundred yards from
van fieets house, WAS discovered in flames BY
I'm" II Is affirmed that the fire was the work oil
~ lncrndlary, while others cautiously say that n
might "A been set afro by the lightning 81
.shteyer the cause. great excitement was cre-
~ in the vicinity and Ben. Van Fleet and
q er neighbOrs made heroic exertious 10 save
Y imperilled property When Van Fleet went
h.ue from the fire. he found that his splendid
" team ~ matched five year-olds. valued hy
q % At $500 Ind beAn stolen from his barr