Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-31

"A Robbers Cave in Sersey.

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stations wiibia fifty miles or so Of Psterson, n.
j., durlg the pSs! three months have led to
the discovery, according to the NV Yolk Sua,
that whole far.iiy hive been Criminals from
inia:c?. snd their chi.drrn have been rtgu ary
rsin d to follow iu theit footsteps Their pluu
deiing snd tbetts have been indisotimiData, at
tehded With violeuce. HVr:,s and CARRIAGES,
coSs. calves. and sheep. j,wclry, si!vtrUsre,
clothing, ssrieuI ugal implements, snd htus9
utcrsl:s rs ell lavIed upon ~lih system
Hhicn shu ~, d that & master MUD c4nuoll. ID tie
operations.
rne f.mily consists of thrae brothers. with
their wives aid children. Thy ara de.c.ud.d
from Respectable family 0! Oianpe couu.y, and
sill have relatives livlug IN thu vlc!cltg OF their
dcprrcatluns who sro earning 40 honest livlpg
Ths heads OF iho family arc Hiram, Peter auJ
james Henbl0u. La the band ere the wis OF
James, their $50 William, lad CT Is; Two
smaller children OF thelrs. ard EdGiuuu Shaw,
nephew Ot tho brothers, q boy Of about the
same age as William.
Hiram ard Peter, after career of crime,
were s.nteucet 70 svent1el ytars imprisoa
ment for al assault Oh little e,rl in Bingham
ton. Aticr selvlng thirteen years. their tenn,
with oummu s,lun, cXnired in March, aud they
Lett Auburn Tor New York. They wont direct
lv to the house of thciy sister, Mrs. Shaw, 10
Fifty first street, Gear Ninth 6veGue While
in prison their brother James had, with his
wife, picked up q precsrl0us living in snd
srouad Paterson by petty IaievinE, Mr. Shay
had died and left their sister wdo@. Hiram
was born fora leader. aud had served during
the civil war 10 tho cavalry,
After staying three days with their sister
plan Of operations On large soalo was maturad,
and they rcturrsd TO the. old gruuad. rneg
took wi,h them EIdo Shaw, Wncse mother ic!G
for the West they crIss.d the IwauIy thirG
street ForrY, and Went d!vec. 20 tho house OF
their brother james in Paterson, who was Oh
the alert for thou arrival. Tc get prqusiotod
with the eighburhoUd, after their loaG ,.bscncs,
one worked for week CT so 10 the Standard
Oil Works and the other 60 the R!dsewood sud
Rutherford branch of tho Ere. ILen they be
gan operations Oh n smsll fc:io, conceaog their
pluodor at Garrett Mou1tsin, uesr Peterson.
1t Was eall7 10 April whou they started ont
from Patterson 10 rob all along tho road, 1T
place called Toteaway, 90 the Gu skirts OF
Pastersou, they halted aud s,lemnIy banded
themselves tegothar With tearfui oaths, es the
boy Eddie conte5ses. lie says they were formed
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"GeIdien Knights Hsucce Hiram was tho
commander 10 chiet Of the Galdion Kq;g3.s
snd his anc!e Pater was dubbed tho "Prlaoo
Append <" James, bis other uncle, bis wifo
and the clidren we're enrolicd III military y 9
as high privates. With 9 uccked rovOrsr
Hiram forced them to sign ,halr nsmps 10 q
pcp,r, end James, who is auxious to tura
St4ie evidence, lays great Stress on the iaos
that Hiram signed for him and the kids. "
Preparatory steps were taken to combine with
the Storms gang, also set of thieves, some ct
whom have becn 10 jill. James HannioD' 9ifo
was lntruSted With he negotiations.
They would hsvc stoian the State il such
combination had been ctf, ,csed," said Detective
Crimes.
Detectives Brown aud Grimes fualy got tic
right rail shrcu2h ncgc0 woman, who pointed
out the hidiog place. AIDED By Constable
from oakland, thIy made rsd about day.
break q few days ago. Hiram HcnuoC, how
ever, bad become Suspicious, and had given all
dirscioDs to ruo for the woods
Wben their haunt, oaVo near RngGood,
was rer ched it was found full Of socu pr Dperty,
but the >lnhbbitants were missing. After g
short search the woman aud children were
found fishing and we're arrested. Later 10 the
day Peter a1d j .mes wcro discovered ia the
WOODS, They Drew rovovorH aud knives and
made 6erce resistance. bu! we're overpoRe,ed
and hau6cuff:d. ihe boys, Edwsri and Vii.
lism, were sso cspured, but tbs leader. Hiram
Henuioa. succeeded in making MS esc5pe,
although the whole neigbborhood tdroqd out
With guns. revoVcfs end pitohfolks to aid the
oap'ure.
The cave was perfcc: storehous., ard rad
evidently been under the charge of Mrs. Jamas
Henuiol. everything being psckei uD snd
neatly aud methodcaily arranged. There were
many suits Of meua scd RoDep's ciotaiog,
the latter ompfisiug cost!ysi'k dresses bnd sss
skin saqu1s, as veil as nerino aud calico
goods The array of under clotbing sheets
and pillow eases shovel that oi0,hss
lioes had been robb7d Silver ware. japclr7,
stoves, plGugts hoes, spsdos, rskes, knives,
forks, plates. e3e., WefG lounG 10 abunJe- C.
Iu toe SOmmisssry ioe We're sevcniy OK eighty
rs Of preserves, cJtfoa, fea, vegetables and
garden !ruck. Feathers Of chickens aud skins
OF 90 VS. aud calves r. also fcu@d