The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-14
~ 4 JERSEY CAVERN
Criminal Clad IN Skin 1,a Taken
A 9TH CTlnn1 His Underground Home

marched 1,n,oot u on wednesday evening Dc :.
SIX o'cl0o ans U nondescTlp', !
charge arg i.i His head was covered d T : :,
to the jan mass of hair and his beard h IA.
shaggy T been uncut for years: h "a
eyden my matted into an ine1tricaDl
hal , That hung down over MS snOul
snaTl .lS b-aast' His feet were covereC
u the rough-cured SKIN KIN 81 hat st and hi,
WILL VIII oI He wore fox skln SKILL n"S Of fur q
ANNA ANNA was made up OF pieces His leg,
IacAe r coIors sewed togetne[Ii fu- sidt
HAlS ,.caeed in skins Win LIe liz
were zen edOf tbe effect was startnns Edsrs o q,
IN, anu nan who had no GTouseIo q
that oL "a q those hose limbs were sadiy IN NEE
a., anu NH His eyes were 6looosh9t any
OF aD a.ni wore a haggard anu
ms ls-t ~ eeTnression. Suspended trOIn
stai . HIorIders by broad strap Oh un-
ms slO sTin was a fur game-bag, ron
tali in5 urHr,o cl the heads and talls OF
winch P pbree biz muskrats. he hugge1
TWO VI - his his breast double barreiea
cI9s teas ~ NED shotgun, and fancliulIy
Oiu-I lS il'ondap poWder was slnng
caTyeu Io0 A. he walked along he Gre
80 a. the biggest sort of sensation.
~' IT, name of this man is Andrew v.
Dbl, ne He was fugitive from justice
ard an outlaw. It IS alleged that So on
Taore 400 ne was implicated IN .ne io1
berv Of p Dost-ofice, and at the o Ap ~
tsrTn of the Paterson Court ID 1902 ne
VeIln ~ 80; TO for an assault on his hai1-
maI "a niece Jane Riker. At that time
NJ I'D near the Great Notch, back OF
Go-ret Maintain, where he occupied
U uaatJ cabin and his niece was his
housekeeper. Riker somehow gov ~ saS
of the indictment against him ana neu,
and none of the court omcerS ever sos
sight of him until now.
a few days ago Sheriff Mckee learned
that Riker was hiding somewhere IN the
Preakness Mountains. Constable foSt
was sent to find him. He tramped over
tbe mountains several days, exploring
many caves. of which there was appar-
emily no end, On Wednesday afternoon
he paused at the top of knoll, and at
. little distance, OH another hilltop, he
noticed smoke, apparently issuing from
fine ground. He climbed up to the other
hilton and found that the smoke came
from a stovepipe that seemed to be stick
inc ont of the solid ground. The con-
stable clambered down the side OF the
Hill and for long time searched IN
vain for the source of the smoke. at
last he discovered narrow cleft in the
rock scarcely large enough for man
to crawl through. 1t was almost hidden
from sight bv dense growth of under
brush. so that one might pass by 1t a
hundred times without discovering 1t.
The constable crawled into the cleft,
and soon found himself inside a cave,
where il was as dark as midnight.
He struck a match and looked about. |
The place was a queer den. There were
si1Or seven muskrat traps, "a lot of skins,
some roughly cured and others fresh,
fish rods, nets, an old rusty gun, two or
three pieces of crockery, and a canal |
boat cabin stove, the pipe of which run
up through the rock that formed the |
ceiling The master of the house was |
not at home just at that moment.
This cave is On the Black Oak Ridge. |
1t is back of the hotel of Barney Sisco,
and not far from fhe Rend Rock Pow |
der Mill that was blown into atoms a
few years ago. Constable Post at once
inferred that the occupant was the man |
he was looking for. The conte- IS of the |
cave showed that he was Ell .ged in |
trapping, and Post went down into |
the valley, where it was swampy and |
where muSkratS and mink abound, to |
see if he could find anybody. There he
encountered Riker, who had double
6arreled gun in his hand, and was evil
IDENTIFY waiting for a shot at muskrat. |
Post quietly crept up behind him, till
he could almost touch him, before Ri
ker discovered his presence. The her
init was almost paralyzed with astonish-
ment and terror, but began to raise his
weapon. Post felt for his revolver, but
discovered that he had lost it. He says
he thought his time had come. For an
instant he threw Riker off his guard by
quietly asking:
How de do? Catch any muskrats2"
Two" replied the uncouth figure he
tore him. "But who are you and what
are you doing here2''
Never mind who am, "replied Post
rushing up to Riker. But Won are nv
prisoner. Put down that gun and hold
Outl" "a ans
ms speech served Its purpose as we'll
as II the Constable had been armed to
the teeth. Riker dropped his gun. and
maue no resistance whatever while he
was being handcuffed. Post then dist
charged both barrels of the gun. and
maze klker carry it as he marched A.
ieau on the way to civilization. IT was
eSS IMAM SIX miles from Paterson. and
nat place was reached before dark and
ne prisoner was put in Jail.
constable Post had tried to get some
Inhabitants of Preakness to go with him
5 guide, but they had ali refused as
ney were afraid Of the Terror" as
hey called him. Riker made FREQUENT
aus on the hen roostS in the vicinity.
no as ne was always armed the farmers
ave him a wide berth. He has been
wing IN that cave for about two wears
lie was highly indignant Yesterday he
ause he was not permitted to take his
Jun INTO the cell with him. His wooden
,oMuer horn is curiously carved with
,,SIl0us designs of nude figures. evi-
ientIy done with a jack-knife. When
le was stripped it was found that he
,oIe three pairs of trouser inside his
'dBRIaoonS of skin.
nike, mixer was soldier in the war and a
S customer, audit has Just been learned /
-aI ne has been in the habit of putting
Ian an oIa but well-kept suit of civilized
,o.llng, and coming to Paterson once
y very 'hree months to draw his pension.
Is eso was never recognized by any of the
ncers.-N. Y. Sun.