New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-16
THE RATTLE OF THE TRAMPS
S,cccssFUL RAID IN wEsTCHEsTEK.
.co1oyY OF TWELVE sURRoUNDEp AND CAPTURED
BY MAsTERLY GENERALS lP

. .coroxy OF TWELVE SURROUNDED AND CAr '0
BY MAsTERLY GENERALS iIP
yUoOtchcster County is the paradise oil tralhpS'
o,a,,on IN the wooden nutmeg State has caused tue
- snccies to shake the dust OF tnaV i"hu "
w. r,na laws from their clumsily shod teeV al"
oye 70 The happier hunting grounds OF "es0ne'''i
The town Of Rye, being near the boroer Is oesS'u
= .nn.ranundance OF transient humanity Aoo"' h"
v het weon the stations OF Harrison ana hye' on 'no
w. ~nl aud New-Haven Railroad and TO the right OF
,,o track OH the property OF Harry Hunt s'"nuS
-, :, &c b,p black and lonely dwelling being "lthh
har mile. In the daytime IL Is o'o"P"
>, hay and bats In the nights the bats go OH uu'! ~
,ho tramps lake their place. Acting from 'n'S ' :"
centre dozen tramps have been collecting H'e
,h srrroundug country for the last month or Two Inc
,us of tbe wealthy residents who do business III
N.v-york furnished ample supplies, ana "heh III o.
Ind the souawk OF the domestic FOWL IA IL was 'o
from ITS midnight perch and disappeared .o,a
Tie grasp Of an armed NI'"'" t,
of the way in which the larder of the tr""pS A'.N
was repcnlshed ,.,,,o. % hay.
any ,nrkey, left for that festive season gre" oS
and less as hanis.and potatoes ana eggs "'" - +
various other articles that the true 'i'"'l - -,
dime upon disappeared with alarming rreu'a''' w.
,ho ,ramu.riddcn people OF Westchoster reOeou " INV
,oonpt OF triDuto exdcted from the"' r"'''
p,.o- -, Harrison, complained to the aulh"II'i'''
.od,o Abraham Thcal aud others. and the o'"o'is "
,ustice whose court is at Porichester' loSoi' w..
they would organize an eNpedltloh WHY" S a,,d
W. h. iand which the tribe OF tramps had se'%'"
nnnn Justice Connolly healed tho cruSS"0' "
constable samuel Graham down to spy OUT 'uo ,'"'
., .o,s HE re ported that the traps spent 'uc' "!
In n big sanJ-pit about h'Il
from HARRISON Station. Yesterday
connolly took his trusty officers, Gr'h'h anu 49,
- -, ,,o .,,eci,l const ables Christopher MIer an"
Charles Kraft, engaged Justice Fowler oi N.Y. ''
second in command. and prepared 10 iuo'0 0u a',
,,,,s sand.ut FIRST he ordered forced loan VI a.
the handouts to be found in tue two towns As
tb.rxuei,tion went around with miscrI'ueo"' ''''
non of eight pairs OF nppcrs' that coul" pe u''
Oh to shut and lock at least once u cN'I1 '"'0
and TWO pairs which were physically ncapaca'cu HUN
shutting al all %. 49,, -, tho
The expedition left Rye oil the 2;ol tram III III,
afternoon The matter had been kept qniet%, - "' ~
naturally every Ooiy h TOW" nae h ,, an ~ se the fun ana
Inc resi- uf The abir-hOdled inhtbtd"tS stu , il
,i trIl of bdIe A. the train passed tue sul .I & 'a
t"e e & INNS were sren as they peerrd over Inel
fnrlhcatluus, but the officers Clt hoV yuan ,t. A.
iIrrr ,rn'.,Ir 1' and Constable Kraf, who was Wmy
vita a club duout the siLc .! - h : nj, ni
t n,HH"r OF Iao ne mleut kll. Al the Dsuron
Slarn hr parry lei, the tr"in ANA dI\l',' q nv 'lo
ton, Justice Connolly ieadIuS one ana 'NS'''e ''"''
thr o:Lrr. ,,.., .,,,,s .,viorinc. Justice
COuuul,y's dv.Sun moved directly upon 'orIv d,fk
" ,rk. IuStIce Fowler eNrcuoi III S'cl'S S,.''' '
movement, 4nd thus inc sn-p NV wa, 81 tlry nnd IL,
When The uc>l"grrS appio"ch'u ia" Wv, - ,,,.,i ,;c
voluucrr forces from Rye aud the moro IN. M t.,H
air
i Win -n,cs and other weapons OF offence n d'
feu-. aud nolning hut the lack or lcaucI pr
~, II, fr.m mik,ug the capture ana N"u> va -
-,r themselves ruOniy nlcht III l' -
pc OF iamr. Tte plans of Justice COMMON! T ,.,s
gut la uel fec tio and the Two divisions Oh uS ''oi
a e. @ Du opp.sltr sides 81 the sthd-il a. III "a, n
titr. bowu ne pit the tiuHpS were -, 81.
fr, To- stlug their feet, while vegetables ana p1'"' ~
scrird cncaens strcwrd TIE sr"nni "oHt hrn 1us,ic
what are you doing here Z d"u'hue' the 1Us''o,
with a mixture Of military aud Judcia steiunea9 !" NJ
NI,hin' On'y keepin warm" replied the tr'm"''
.'Onicers do your duty" continued tho justice.
The twelve trtnps bmitied Pdur"i VIZ
tic Officers ala Their drly a"u aug ,o',,u t'uu
=, make tho handouts do theirs. At lenIjt
AL the risoucrs haHdCuhtd together except an "'
rruy-liairPd man with game c- VINO is N"IIu'sl,
known about tue country as lhe igaho" the bu,'
nunler.' etc. Inc supply OF a"r-Dod'eu n,nu ,t
cuffs ran out before he was ie'cn'u'
and he had TO he pat on parole o., no. not
10 run away "Forward, march :! coinhAh"eu ine
Jns,lc, and Inc chan-gaug moved. The ht-t dihcHIy
encountered was bar''u r.,,,n,r MnT when a
=, an ia tr g. but when he Is htchc"
t. nno her ike iir Of ame,c twins he sltn&ti" nt-
cnurs rave indeed. At last all the 'I""l an" pin ~.
ovcr thr renee the me al march was akeh "p i'"
tnr railroad track 70. POrlchestcr lhe distance ido"'
T. ,ruer. along the limo came ont 10 view the it-
al the head then cane the cdpttN cam chains tr gn'l"r'
volunteer. and lA-tly the Io1uiace There was on,
one ming that marred tho perfect halhluo'7 o.
the cguor- Ihe black cook 1f th'' COZ
ony of tramps carried revolver. an B
Was reported have said that no man hho.i' lNe h,l
alive When the raid was made he was uu'" ''h"''''
absent. T., ,..,,. tr.,1or.
eou. le court al POrichrstrr. Three Oi th"lh p" re-
ds hargrd rest were cent 10 White IdIs Jan
for ~ lew months.