The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-19

Kicked him out OF his yard. and that was tne
end uf II. While the barn W as burning one OF
the clapboards fell of. and out dropped store
OF revolvers stolen from q. W. Tellman. Gov
time shoe store in Hubbordsville and a
tailor In Leonardsvle were robbed Fill
kins visited the Loomis pla e with a search
warrant. The gang had become so bold. and
had burned 80 many barns belonging to persons
who had taken part against them, that the. resi-
dents were frightened. and Fkins found it inn
possible to raise pnsse. lie went 70 ort hhe hOuse
alone and 9una Wash 81 at a9Rs and Th' brss nGHs
were unearthed. Among the things. Filkins
found half dozen Of Tallman's reyolycrs; a lot
| OF new shoes. and Montgomery's skunkskin
| robo. Whips and blankets were found. includ-
| ing some OF the goods stolen from Leonards-
robe. and Filkins arrested him; Wash; sub
mitted. after y protest. and Filkips TOOK MN
bring tho internal seoundrcl before mep Why
| don't you hang himV The justice held
him. During the examination. the Leon
| on the back OF n spectator. who proved to
be George Peckham. who Filkins says was one
| he bought the coat OF John Hall. another mem.
Der Of the fraternity. Wash was indicted. but
Farmer brown missed some sheep. and got
out search warrant. E,lkins visited ne
| look for them As he neared the house. Plumb
! and DEMO mounted their horses and prepared
20 ~ You needn't run w said the c3nstI6r; s3,
with the utmost politeness. and ordered tho
sheep driven up to the yard. so that Mr. Brown
and Wash. said: There's u Id sight Of in
iqulty in this county. Now. Johu Hall probably
cast suspicion upon us Grove bnck ed up Wash.
md told Brown to ask amy neighbors VINO had
| lost sheep to come up and look their nock over.
Brown took his sheep and made no further
| complaint
| ASSASSINATION.
Up to July. 1868. Filkins visited the place on
| business every week. Scores OF indictments
| were found against the Loomises. AT midnight
on July % there was knocking al the door oi
| hpt IA IA WufarNillp
been so often threatened that he observed the
utmost caution. His wife was attending sick
the kitchen window and asked what was want.
ed. voice replied, I'm Mr., ,Clark's hired
saw Jack Van Dee At home. and he asked me to
come up here and let you KNOW, Van Dee
vainly tried to arrest. satisfied that the voice
stepped back He was in the act Of cock;
shotgun loaded with slugs and pieces Of nails
was discharged through the window. Filkins
hands dropped. The wife screamed. james
are. you hitI" He, replied: I'm wounded"
He started for the bedroom. and two more shots
were fired through the bedroom window. The
blinds we're shattered and the lower part oi the
snsh torn out. The bedroom door was filled
with buckshot. and there were fourteen shot
holes IN the manlel seven 3uckshoi and forty
kns became faint with loss of blood. The
neighbors were aroused and his assallanis re-
|
Hundreds Of persons visited the house on tho
next day; Filkins exhibited the following let
| ter, which he had received two months before
the attempt on his life. and there was much ex-
citoment:
FlLKrss-D-ur Sir. Asa friend to you and all man.
| kind down 20 write 10 forewarn YOU OF danger.
That gang has offered OF their associates good sum
Ssy. O he doubts M wSs.hsS ,6ey viii pay hun Z he shoui
do lie Is daring and bold robber / dare not sign
my name.
Early in the morning Fllkins requested an
officer to go up to Beeoe and LOOK ior double
sh0fSs fSe pSo
%6es wi eooasn sS sSaeSs w to secure he Ss
TSSG ana oS TGS%H; n ~ MS S: II MAY iSG5 sc
! what had become OF the skunks robe indict-
mont He found that n nolle pros. had been
. entered. and that tho same course had been
/, taken with the indictments tor attempted muir
/. der He says he asked Hiram 7, JENKINS. the
. jenkins replied well. S6eTifr Crocker came aIn
10 me- in the December term OF court, saying
that IL WAS his last term, and he had an agree
| ment with the Loomises to see them clear Oh
= everything before he went out Of Office. lie
, wanted to make his word good. and asked me tc
= , help him"
: BURNING A COURT HOUSE.
. About this time Wheeler Loomis outraged n
. girl IA years old. the daughter OF a respectable
t Crandall Of South Brookneld, and bound over
Bail was given On the following night III,
y not find the bail bonds because the Justic,
had mailed them to the County Clerk The gir
T WAS then kidnapped to prevent her from going
before the Grand Jury, but the testimony OF the
. father. mother, aud physician secured an in
g dictment. After this some constahles got upon
, the track OF the girl. aud found her IN the
z Loomis mansion. Sne was taken home. but
D | her terror was DO great that sh0 preferred tC
| stay in Jail two years rs an assistant IN the
4 Sherifrs family instead OF remaining at home
d, She believed that the Loomises meant To put hri
Vrt OF iPe way Waee9E lHmpedd MS =, eal bonds
O his brothers for the amount OF the bonds. ht
!, came forward and pleaded not guilty 10 th,
; postponement OF the trial, Judge Mason, a
! brother Of Congressman Joseph Mason de
. | MED the request. One OF the other brothers
p pleaded not guilty 10 an Indictment, and wa'
n about 10 be forced to trial. In th.s dilemma
y both brothers ran out OF the court room am
4 sprang into a cutter driven by Dan Geer They
had not gone many miles before they wer'
4 overhauled and brought back. Meantime tn,
i Judge had discharged the jury. and the cnsr'
4 went over He declined. however. to admit
Wheeler 10 bail. Wheeler was aflcrward takel
before Judge lie Roy Morgan Of syracuse on
writ OF habeas corpus. and that Judge took bal
4 for his reappearance. An indus,rious farmer
u was induced 10 20 upon his bond, Wheeler fec
!. TO Canada, and the farmer was forced a. pay
> the forfeit. He did SO. and then committed sui
= Theodore Goodenough. and overlooked the in
= terests of the family Ht that end OF the line.
4 In September, 1864 the brothers deemed /
:. necessary TO clear themselves of certain ndict
q ments in Madison County on which they irUrr,
= to stand trial. After entering tho engine hous'
y IN Morrsyille and cutting the hose the ganl
"a fired the Court House. and 1t was burned 10 thu
. ground. Wash. was IN town when th" hre oc
o Cured. and took his turn n, the brake ot TIN
. engine. He seemed 10 be- utterly astonshoC
< when some one told him that the hose had beer
y cut and said: It's d-d outrage. and
T. would like 10 help hang the man who iii,
y IT," Afterward. fancying that the indictments
= might not have been destroyed, NHsh and hl
!, counsel called for copy u a certain iudict
" mrut. The copy was given. Wash. then lcarne,
4 that the ind ctment, had been removed o. tn
y office OF the County Clerk before the Cour
u House was burned. This WAS a ilrcproot build
I; ing. In the s,lmu week it was hroLrn opcu. An,
= indictments. deeds amt mortgages were huru",
. IN a biz stove that stood in the oilrr. Ever
i, indictment against the brothers was destroyed
!, and ~ tho statute of hmltuuuns had expired
= new Indictments could not bee procured. Amonl
:, the papers burned was an indictment ugQlns
I one Of the neighbors OF the Loomlres. Wash
- aiterward cnlled upon him and told Linn nh
" assessment for this work was 500. The MAJ
II borrowed the money and gladly paid him.
i DESTROYING INpGCTMENTs.
" Meantime similar indictments wore pressing
10 the brothers in Onedn County. The nlstrlc
20 Attorney office was r.led and all his papers
. including tho indictments, were carried on
[, The District Attorney is said to have pAl'
II Wash. s25O for the return OF the papers othc
=. | IA indictments flhpV