The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-17
Hunting the Buxzarfls.
ELOODUOUNDs USED TO TRACK THE PENNsYL'
WANNA OUTLAWS.


yANIA OUTLAWS.
A special dispatch TO the Philadelphia
Times from Ephrata. Penn. says seven
determined men and two blOodhounds
raced over the rocks and beat the thickets
OF Ephrata Hill Monday in search of the
outlawef BuZzar1 brothers, for whose
capture, dead or alive. the farmers and
store-keepers OF this part OF Lancaster
county offer reward OF $1,000. The
hunters were Henry Vosburg, Abraham
Il. Myers, John S. DUrlein, Henry p. Zol-
linger, George w. Gibbs. Hiram Eichel-
berger, ana James Il. Morris. Con-
stable Jones, the only public OFF,
cial Ephrata has, was TO have Joined
the party, but Just before the start
he withdrew, saving that he had to 60 to
Lebanon to testify against two captured
burglars. The farmers are indignant be-
cause he fred into the air instead OF into
| Clifford when that desperate was brought
| TO bay last week. Jones and several other
men watched Abe Buzzard's house. on
Ephrata Hill. last Tuesday night, with the
hope that the proprietor would visit his
family. Clifford says that Buzzard and he
discovered the pickets OF the evening and
fell back. Buzzard coolly remarked to his
companion: "Well, il Jonesy is watching
my shanty he can't be guarding his own,
so let us go down and clean him out"
| They marched into the village, robbed
| Jones's house Of lot Of clothing, pillaged
his hen-roost, bought quart Of whiskey
at q saloon. and retreated to the mountains.
In clearing on the northeast side OF
| Ephrata Hill are the houses OF Abe and
Ike Buzzard, two OF the three representa-
tives OF the third generation OF Lancaster
county's most notorious criminal family.
Ike's wife and children went away some
months ago, but Abe's family are still
there. The houses are OF wood and very
old, and the one inhabited by Abe's wife
and three children looks as though il might
tumble down at any moment. Everything
about the place is dirty and miserable
looking. Abe's wife is thirty years old,
coarse. and vicious. Facing the reporter
this morning she said: 81 tell you. rs /
have told all the rest, that il you come to
ask about Abe you won't get anything
from me but broken head. Pm not afraid
OF al of you"
The men who hunted Abe Buzzard TO-.
day are confident that he is concealed ON
Ephrata Hill. When the search began the
bioodhounds were turned loose n few hum
dred yards south OF the Buzzards' clearing.
They are big and sayage.looking brutes.
but II was evident that they had not been
trained to hunt men, and they were as Of
ten behind as ahead OF the hunters, who
were spread out to cover a trail about three
hundred yards wide. Ben, the youngest
hound Tor an hour or SO had an unpleasant
habit OF every now and then bowsing
through thicket and threatening to at
tack one or other Of the men. FINALLY the
hound, bit Durlein's right hand severely
and 1t was with great difficulty that Morris
prevented the wounced man from SHOOTING
the brute. Gibbs made the first find of the
day. IL was bunch Of bloody raps
which lay in coop made BIZ standing new
fence rails against the face OF huge bonld.
er. Buzzard had evidently dressed hi.
WOUNDS there: Beside the rags lay some
empty CARTRIDGE shells and Lancaster
newspaper. Zollinger rubbed the bloody
howled mourufully. He said that wonId
make them hunt better, but n didn,t
They crswled through the underbrush and
1n'scu faooits, and were as generally USE
Jess as before. 1t was noon when the hun.
sers came upon cave scooped out at the
oase OF rock. The place was about sxI0
| ,ee,, ana 10 It was bed OF leaves. In n
nole 10 the ground at the mouth of the little
tunnel were ashes and charrcd sticks.
uere the searchers ate their lunches, then
tney trudged onward, and the dogs freed
Woodchopper. and shortly afterward
compelled two tramps TO seek safety on a
During the afternoon the weather became
colder, and slight fall OF snow made
travei over the rocks very difficult. AT
O'Clock halt was called, and Il was re.
solved " give IN the hunt for the day.
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