The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-14

| NHu nv Hkfn inc FlLnt OlrHtlOn
n" might hive been. In single mile. be-
yond the rcN'h Of tho telegraph in New
1inrs'y wnrre pursuit would have been
h. took course which brought him right back
TO- wr"re hls rapnre VIVA cerIM!n., At II o'clock
| telegram from Mtddlrtown, n few mites down
the Fro rVm', announcing that tho. suspected
q shed back. By tho next train he reached
| Midl" town. md there confronted. In the person
o the or soncr. Joscrh w. WRIGHT. the mystic
| rious stranger VINO hid aroused his suspicious
! ON sunday. Wright had come into Middlctown
TINT FORENOON. Put IN ut the Willard House. and
| In pnrc oi his, when had been broken in two
parts The splinter picked up on the island ut
| SW Artwouts lord WAS found to III exactly n long,
| lHN'"d hola between the two parts " the brOkrn
| WI ~ tree, which lao had brought along asa
| tN" "v,drn'o that he had been on the island, he
admitted thnt he ha, nnd that he had driven
G {%M sson on o. sy on ny rSher eS
animation part OF MIR. Van Fleets harness was
found ON tho mare thnt he had been driving.
That fHstnncd upon him the thst Of tho harness
| on Sunday night. Yet he declared that he did
! not steal cther harness or horses. and that tho
although they wers on tho island whsn he was
there. In a satchcl in his wagon were hIe
were - large loaded revolver a bunch OF keys.
numerous and various enough to work almost
| any paddock on harm door. and pair OF stout
| p.nrers for pulling out staples where locks
| could not be picked.
the next DAY. Wednesday. he WIS given pro.
| at Port Jcrvis. aud IN default OF $500 bail was
sent TO Goshen Iaii To- await the action ot the
Grand Jury, He then told Chief Valley that no
| wished 90 make what reparnton he could by the
| restoration OF whatever stolen property was IN
that the brown mare and top wagon were stolen
although not by him-soWewhere near Suf-
fern. Working on this clue the Chief found
an owner Tor the mare in Mr.. John A. Winter u
| farmer living near Mahwah. y. j.. and tina
wagon has since been claimed bya man who
| lives near SufIern. Ii may be- incidentally mem
| IltltU. IN Ilr connection. tlut on the Same
! night when Mr.. Winters mare was stolen, July
5. a bny morse belonging to "A preacher in Mahwah
was aso taken hy thieves and has not been
heard OF since. Wright denies all knowledge Of
I that theft.
Sheriff n. r. Cara singularly appropriate
name IN his past life for he il one OF the oldest
| railroad conductors in the country. and quit
! ceiyed THE sun reporter courteously ~ Goshen
jail, and permitted him TO have an interview
! with wright. The prisoner was found lying
| on cot in small whtewashed stone cell
| upon one wall of which appears in large letters
our sHrfy ssr y6n5 mann mS sSbt Ga 81 es
not more than five feet and five inches in height
with black hair; Keen black eyes small dark
brown mnusiache. round head. and counte-
nance decidedly Intelligent and pleasing. His
manner. choice of language. and enunciaton
who has received the advantages ot education
doubtless ~ good family association, and has
been brought to ruin by rscklessnrss and Vi
cious associates in his youth. At first he was
very reucent. only replying briefly to questions
ou. s,.eT ums wheh ne sreine, oppttsseI 10y
memories OF the past he talked more freely.
and this Is his story:
for not to save myself from any punishment
oven death. would | reveal my real one. and
bring shame upon my father. My folks are all
respectable, except my brother and myself
wealthy and honored in the community where
the FIRST expedition Of the sort in which / was
ever engaged. and the only person associated
With me n, wSs my brother H. !. IS years old ;
pet and he let me- do As pleased. giving me
plenty OF money. aud leaving me to choose my
own associates, who were. OF course. such as
a naturally wild youth would select not by any
means good, Father told me- II could not be-
have myself better would have 10 leave home.
loved M, and when he found l was going
my ns kim and hi. S0G he Sy his Ba,
was proud and stubborn. thought II manly TO
be 50; and hardened my heart against him
choked by emotion and tears filled his eyes.l l
wandered for five years, TO and fro. drn king.
hard life. rcpenting often that | had left my
father. but too proud to 20 back My elder
went together. deliberately into what has
brought me here. When we first made up the
Two i've" wagons lisht one. ~ 4 A. ,aai found in
my possession when WIS arrested, and a COW
ng Stock Of Cigars tobacS ws ehPS%o- ani
> other cheap s'vr nke,y 70 be IN general de-
lar peddLng business, had about 800. Of
which 81 We're found on me when j WAS
/ caught. and he bad go or $50; The mare and
brother two or three miles from Paterson
1 and put ia my possession; was drunk at the
time and II lie told me they We're taken from
/ different parties. have forgotten 1t. My i'm;
) preston was they belonged TO one man. and
that was why told Chief VALLEY SO. ! did not
help g take them; Then he went back 70 Jer-
sey City and drove on out TO Port Jervis
reaching there as you have, been told. about
( noon on saturday last. The Saturday night be-
fore lspent In Goshen Ny brother came up to
/ Port J"ryis by rail on Sunday. and met him
| that eyeuinQ That night Van Elaats harness
r was taken AIKEN and secreted in the woods until the
did not have the deciding OF that In fact. did
: not know that the harness had been taken until
| day night drove straight TO the island. AT the
ford across the Neversink river and waited
\ | there for my brother. who brought the horses
: there. When he came. instead OF having two
/ horses only RS we had proposed to get. he had
burdened with the third horse. which we did MOI
: want. and he said we could sell him rs valuable
t animal. Some words passed between US. He
was mad because | had not got pole. rs he
| wanted TO put II to the wagon and hitch up the
, team. had tried TO get a pole and could not;
We had some words over that. Then he wanted
| 10 fasten the horses behind tho wagon and lead
= them there. but obIe ted that 1t was danger
! Gus. We both became excited. and finally. when
; | he tried TO tie them behind the wagon. / inter-
| fer"d. he struck me and then pulled out his re-
we we're behind the wagon The shot frightened
I the horses. The lead ones broke away, and the
= mare in the shafts jumped. breaking the Whit,
some other parts Of the harness, and going
, loose. managed to catch her again and to iX
, up tine harness 81 that could g on. u ing foI
the purpose some Of Van Fleets harness. That
was how il happened 70 bs on the mare
I whom | was arrested. ! drove away from
, the island alone leaving my brother there
with the other horses. Ididpt want to have
, anything more to do with him. and know
? nothing Of what became Of him since. | under
stand that Mr. Van Fleet thinks there were two
persons engaged in taking his horses away but
there were not. My brother was alone We had
no connection with any gang have fallen low
enough, hut not quite 70 being n member Of An
organ zatiOn OF horse thieves, As for the lire in
, the wagon shop, knew nothing Of II until you
, tell me now. nv brother said nothing to me
about II. and don't believe that bad ~ he was
he would have done that 1t must have been
merely fortuitOus circumstance. When left
him was greatly excited and started to return
70 Port Jeryis not thinking anything about ar
rest. but somehow gotturned out OF the way and
went on to lliddetOwn, whore was captured
/ don't know why did not turn into Jersey and
get away safely. 1t WAS fatality that should
be arrested. Ms II appears TO me. My present in
tentlon is simply to plead guilty TO what
ever they choose to charge upon me
but am morally 50. and even the little eXtenu-
alton which mi ght be found for me in the plain
story have told you can DO me no pOas lble good