The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-05-26
The Lshibh Valley Infested with Higl-

wnYmsn and Housebreakers.
A corTesl undent Of the Philadelphia
Times, who has made tour Of the Lehikh
Valley, writes from Easton that highwsy-
men ,hpusebrcakers and professional thieyos
are holding high carnival in the valley
this spring,and although crimes are repeated
every day only lew OF the perpel rs
haye been captured. Within circle sf 20
miles around Easton last week tour persons
were stopped by road agents, aud eleven
stores aud dwellings were broken open by
burglars. Thomas Trainor, George Smith,
Michael o'Brian, George Thompson, Mich
ael Sullivan, John Phillips, Henry Harris.
and Juhn Carson alias "Yellow jack" have
been arrested, and are in jail in Easton,
charged with committing half dozen OF
the burglaries. They were arrested on
Monday and Tuesday, aud since that time
q number OF crimes have been committed
in different parts Of the valley. The police
authorities fx the number Of professional
thieves now preylng upon the people ol
Northampton and adjoining counties at loo,
exclusive Of the army of trsmps. The ma
jorily come from New York, Boston, Bulli
more, and Philadelphia, where the police
nave maue iie unPleaSan' "' '"e'"' NeaT'
ly all have been Imprisoned in Sing Srg.
Cherry Hill, ur Trenton, and snch men a.
Trainur, Bob Judd, Sullivan, John the
Barber, Tom simms, Brunswick Red, WASH
inoinn Tutn. William Furlpy, aiias Baby
FACE and Bin Damn, alias Hartford Rel.
have off and on uperated in the Lebieh
V,lIav h,r len yenrs. French Tony. who
has regard of score Of bountips iump, d
d,,riuy tho war bons,s TINT he, "ynrkro" ii
valley thirty wears sgn Tony is over filty
v.srs ot n0c. gray haired, and well m a.
sYryed.
On the side of mountain one mile 8, nth
of E,.tnn IA what Is known for 6itv mi G.
nr.mud Ms "tramp hesdounrters" This IS ih,.
M.c,,, ,owar,i which every wandering Il iei
m this mart of the State iournpys VIII II
spriuv o,,eps. From early IN April uuiii |
mining autumuul trusts drive them to the
lawns and cities they 20 TO and from this |
nIace. When the nig. ts are chilly they
slr.n in Ihp vuw ot The lime kiln or In the
inv mnw nr N n.iphborlnp larn, Warm
uiybts are s,,ent under tbs t,res on the
mountain side. AS many ns sixty Of these
ynv.bonds bnye been seen there at on.
tin,r. and il ia only un rare occasions that
less thun two dozen are assembled. Occas-
inn.IIv a n,hc.man who is looking i.r
so,u. member of the predatory guild in |
y.d,.s tLa. a..h..dousrters." hut no one else |
.,,sn,,,,s IN dis,urbtha Three wears .po |
,L..rs va !, similar nes, cr ,bi.vish ,ra,ups
near AII.n,nwn. THAR dcpreda,iona le |
came az unbearuble that the farmers in the |
neiohborhood arose in their wrath. and |
ons summer evening attacked the camp |
~. y,u.hnnos u,.de "A r.salute stand Luu
ihav w.re ,,,,numb.reJ, aud after fighting
6,,.,.n mr. ,,.ntv u,,nutes tlev fled i'm oll |
,IIr.c,i.ns .ud .sthe bnttIe Of Hoffman, |
u,II",s 40 ~ "a s,;u called w.s aver. Tie
shnn,v m which ,be trsmrs l,yed was bur
n.d d,~n ,od ,h,.,r s,nk,nv utensils cast
,,,,', ,ho aa,n.s Wthin . well ,uibousss
,,,d h,yr,,.. h,.Ionying 4, farmers wno len |
Tho ,,I,.,.uin Ind, n,,riv nj "Uotrnuu's H,lv'
were unv,,erIo,.ly fired and mai,ne,i cattle
I;n,nad him.. ,n rp,nind their ovuers ot
ih,, olo,;,us victorv. since then the
tr,,nps have done pretty much ns they
nl.a..d and the average farmer ww,lu
hesitate a long time before he went out vi
his w,v I, offend on. Of them,
Tie ,..,nl. ah,ut E.ston have never
tronhlsd ~tran,n hepdo,,ar,ers." !" nd for ten
y.ars , horde ,t des,.ra,e yna.bonds hay.
nssembied there every summer to bask in
IN. sun. divide and distsse of their loot
ulan fresh robLeri.,. dr,pk. tgnt,ard d sleep.
E.n,i,. ,r. n,ns and professional thi.ye, can
nearly ,lw.y, he found ut "hrudouart .rs."
,rsw,Ii. liz, ida IIvst. Annie Khu.. .3ip"
N.ry Rnck aud Annie D.lYpderfer are
INN, IN, hos, kn,,yn. and hay, all sci we'd
,ar,s ,i ;,,,nr,s,um.nt' Tn. iiis.snd h> =,
,.',,ncn .r. ,,,,y in ;,,l in AlI.nt,wn. ana
ri, Marv ia wanted for slabbiup P,,,sburph
;Tnn,ny IN n hrs, ,yl aver tbe division of III,
snnijs ~ t. r,hherv in Be,hlehem on We'd
ns."av ,st Shc was at "h.adouar,ers" on
W..d,,,sd,y niyh, but her crime was no,
New Jersey on THURSDAY hothing'
n A,"e" ,eiVi'e' ~"