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cooked guns, soaring all belated tray
elers with "Haltl Who are youi" And yet
the object of all this terror hasn't killed or
injured any one-on Long Island at any
rate.
Tom Richardson is n native of Islip and
the oldest Of a large family, all respectable,
as be was. He went west, became a COW
boy and returned a dashing hero. He was
the best shot by far that Islip, Bay Shore
and all that rural region had ever seen.
The girls were captivated by the dashing
fellow and he soon married the beautiful
daughter of Justice Waller, of Bay Shore.
He "lived on the old man. as the phrase
there goes, till the Justice ordered him to
get out and not return till he was able to
maintain a wife. He disappeared and soon
a system OF miscellaneous robbery began.
the articles taken being chiefly clothes,
food and furniture.
At length he was seen in the woods, and
a systematic hunt resulted in the discovery
OF two caves. The larger was ten feet
square, well boarded up on the sides and
overhead and lavishly supplied with stolen
furniture and bedding. The other cave
was II palmer affair, and was evidently his
retreat and stronghold. In the main cave
was a stout post, and to that post was fas-
tened n very stout chain, which terminated
in a smaller chain, 30 arranged that it
"SHAA JAoN Nv "AohAAN a una y
waist. And finally the entrance to the
caves and their airshafts were most in
geniously concealed, being so covered as to
look like ordinary plots Of grass.
Out of all these and other facts Justice
Waller constructed the theory that Tom
Richardson intended to kidnap his wife
(the Justices d%aughter) and chain her in
the cave TO starve to death. What he
wants is revenge on me-" says the squire.
TIT n%eighbors are a little more charitable,
and but little; they think Tom intended to
hold his wife as n prisoner till she agreed to
leave the country with him or something
else was done. All the same they went af-
ter him 200 strong, and many ludicrous
night alarms resulted. The Giving cave,'
as they call 1t, is AN artistic affair. The stove
pipe came up in such a way as to make an
imitation stump. The ventilator holes
were fitted with little tin tubes, also fixed
like stumps. All this in a low and swampy
tract, where, nevertheless, the sandy sub
soil kept the cave dry. And about this
cave half H dozen men watched day and
night for some time, with rifles leveled to
shoot the outlaw when he came home"
but 1t seems that he got onto' their
scheme too quick.
, 1891-08-01
Evidently n Confirmed Criminal.

Is there any means by which n profess
sionRl criminal can be reformed and his
feet once again set on the path of honest
endenvori Thief takers of all sorts say
not. They declare hat the culprit grows
more hardened and desperate with the
lapse of years, n they may, Ethey choose,
cite the case of Timothy Sheedy, alias
Shields, to prove their accusations, The
man is well known to the police OF Troy,
where, within ten days, he committed four
burGlarics. He was arrested recently at
Broadway and Fourteenth street, New
York, by Detective Sergeants Mccarthy
and MCCuffery, Of Inspector Byrnes' staff
Sheedy has just been released from Gin
ton prison, where he served a term of ten
years. On his person was found a check
for a satchel Mt the Morton House. The
satchel was procured, and In it was found
silverwRre belonging to the Mansion House,
Troy, gold watches, several rings, n bag of
money, principally in five and ten cent
pieces, revolyers and several other articles,
the proceeds of various burglaries. The
bag Of small coins is "A portion of the money
( stolen from the Office of a Utica street car
road.
Sheedy was arraigned Mt the Tombs
court and turned over to the custody OF
Chief Detective Markham and Superinten-
dent Of Police Willard, of Troy, who came
on with the proper papers. While their
complaint VIA being prepared Sheedy took
IA desperate chance TO escape. Standing
within the rallied Enclosure, each entrance
to which is guarded by "a policeman, Sheedy,
apparently unnoticed, vaulted over the
railing and was making his way to the
door leading from the courtroom to the
street, when he was grabbed by Rounds.
man J. Campbell, Of the court squad, and
led back to the Enclosure. The handcun,
were snapped on his wrists and he wa,
taken back TO Troy to stand trial for hi,
rriunpa
, 1891-08-01

ed of it. When Brock was brought to
trial a jury acquitted him, and on regain
ing freedom he began a hunt for Woosley.
1t lasted until the other day and cost him
many thousands Of dollars.
A few weeks ago Captain G. b. Wells,
Of Macon, Ga, took up the case. He had
heard that there was a Frank Woosley liv-
ing at Benton, Ark, and when he reached
hat place he was convinced that his find
was the right one. Brock was sent for
and came at once. On pointing out Woos.
ley he cried: my Godi Yes, that is Frank.
Arrest him quick" Sheriff NJ. II. Patter.
son was ummoned and Woosley was
placed in his charge. Woosley admitted
his identity, but declared that he had
never entered into any conspiracy to rob
Brock, as the latter always insisted. He
declared that he had lost his mind before
leaving the ranch, and for twelve months
was insane. When he reached Benton he
opened a crockery store, and has lived
there ever since. He admitted a thorough
knowledge of the search that was being
made for him. He was taken to South
Charleston in custody and there met his
mother and other relatives.
According to a Cincinnati paper, Brock
alleges that the whole affair was a con.
spiracy to defraud him of his property. in
which Woosley ana his half brothers were
parties. 1t is now his intention to institute
a suit against Mrs. Woosley for false i'm
prisonment and one against her and her
son to recover 10000 that he has spent in
the hunt. All Of the parties are at South
Charleston, Woosley spending the time
with his brothers and sisters who incurred
him as dead, and Brock renewing old &C
Quaiutances.n
, 1891-08-01

The critical editor of the Denver Re
publican pretcnds that he is unable to un-
derstand this plank in the Maryland
Democratic platform!
mo state can coin money or make any
thing but gold and silver COMA tender in
payment of debts. Congress only can
coin money aud regulate the value there,
of. The dollar is the unit Of value in the
United States. The power of congress to
coin gold AMI silver ought not u be cXer-
cised so that gold and silver coin will be.
come a commodity and so disturb the
operations of trade, but in such man.
ner that the dollar IN Coli coin and the
dollar in silver coin shall be OF equal ex.
chaueeable value in all the markets Of
the United States, Any attempt 70 de
preciate by legislation either OF thes,
metals ought to be deprecated and con
demned.
We commend the Denver editor to tn,
expressions on the aue subject in tn
Ohio Republican platform.
, 1891-08-01

Now that canine allies ave been found
useful in outpost and patrol duty, dogs are
being taught to seek for wounded in the
Prussian army. SheepdoSs, wolfhounds
and Pomeranians are the best for the pur-
pose, as other breeds are likely to be led
astray by their sporting propensities If let
loose in a game district. The Prussian
JAEGER battalions made the first experiment,
and will probably have a regular number
Of dogs attached to each regiment in future,
To train the animals, some of the men lie
face downward in a wood, or under a
hedge, and the dogs are set loose with
orders to seek" They soon find a soldier
and the faithful dog plants his front paws
on the pseudo wounded, and bowls till the
ambulance men come up with n stretcher.
"Nan he begins n fresh hunt
, 1891-08-01

G.. A. r., Attention.

IL is a long time yet before you will
have YOU knapsacks packed for the great
encampment to be held at Detroit. Mich,
but some OF you are even now inquiring as
to the best route.
lfyou will ask any ticket agent or hotel
clerk for a folder containing a map of the
Great Wabash route and will examine
that map, you will see that this line offers
inducements unequaled. For instance,
you will see that the Wabash can take
you from either Kansas City or Council
Bluffs, by way OF st. LOUIS and Chicago.
or Toledo, or via the direct air line straight
to Detroit without change of cars.
Write to me for full information and
valuable pointers. @. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Com'l Agent, 1927 Seventeenth street,
Denver, Colo.
, 1891-08-01

If 1t b. but irradiated by good health, is
shorn of half of its distasteful features.
Hosts Of distinguished men and women
have uttered regrets for a past when
young, full OF vigor and Lope, though
battling with obstacles that seemed well
nigh insurmouatable. their pulses beat,
their veins tingled with the glow Of
joyous health. Chronic invalids, would
you once more feel that glow, would you
-as OF yore-sleep, eat, digest periectlyl
Then use. with PERSISTENCE, Hostetter'
Stomach Bittcrs, foremost among %tonics,
most reliable OF vitilizing medicines.
Nervousness, dysrepesis, hYuochondria,
n loss of appetite and sleep. this grand
reparative of debilitated physique anc
impaired constitutional vigor speedil,
prevails against. Rheumatic and neuralgi
ailments, malarial disorders, kidne!
troubles and the growing intirmities OF az
are successfully combatted by this benigl
specific.
, 1891-08-01

esting case of the kind is that of the two
year-old tot picked up in Battery park,
New York, the other day.
There are indications that she was pur-
posely abandoned, for she had on changes
of clothing-twice or three times as much
rs the season required; but she was evil
IDENTIFY used to good treatment. wanted to
go home the worst way, yelled for "Pappy,"
and refused to be comforted by the matron
ut police headquarters, In a day or two
she was sent to the children's HON on
Randall's island and called Maggie Bradley
as a temporary name and her picture taken
and circulated, and still the wonder grew
that no one came for her. There is no end
to the romances suggested. She is a
healthy, pretty child, however, and stands
a fair chance for a good home though no
one should claim her.
, 1891-08-01

The popularity OF these springs is fast IN
creasing, both as n summer and a hellth re-
sort. The cures effected by lts waters are many
and marvellous. The altitude OF the place
CS-DO feet makes the atmosphere eNhilerating
aud absolutely free nom malaria. They are
surrounded by wonderful freaks of nature,
and delightful scenery. The elegant new
plunge hath go feet long by 30 feet wide, Just
completed hasadded n very attractive feature
to this resort. The hotels are fitted up with
all modern improvements, and accommodate
lions are ample.
The Fremont, Elkhorn Il Missouri Valley
railroad goes direct to the Springs with palace
sieepers from Omaha without Change. Tourist
can be had all the year round. For pamphlets
concerning these Springs or any orma
AS TO rates, etc, call on or address any agent
OF the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
and Sioux City & Pacific railroads, or
j. r. General Passenger Agent,
Omaha, Neb.
IL. q. BURT. General Manager,
, 1891-08-01

safe became undone, and the show of dia
monds dazLled even the diamon wearing
clerk.
Duncan's employers identified the stones
as their property, but no trace was got of
the thief until the other day, when he called
at the hotel and asked for the package.
On being arrested he said that he had dis
posed OF a part Of the plumber, and with
the proceeds had Travelled extensively in
Europe and north Africa. Getting to the
end of his pile" he returned to secure the
gems left behind. When arraigned in
court he pleaded guilty and is now doing
time" Had he read the American papers
he might have learned Of the discovery OF
the Aston gouse bundle, and thus kept
out Of the clutches of the law. His rela
tives, who are well to do and respectable
refused to aid him after his arrest
, 1891-08-01

The Nineteenth century Dogberry has
not changed much from the type existing
in the days when Shakespeare held the ig.
norant country justice up to ridicule. In
fact it was at Sh~akespeare's own town of
Stratford-on-Avon that, the other day, n
man residing at Ellington was summoned
on a charge of drunkenness. The sum
mons had been taken out by a private per
son, and there was no evidence whatever
TO support the charge, but, nevertheless,
the worthy magistrates" inflicted a pen.
atty of fifteen shillings siNpence, appar-
emily because the defendant had been
heard using profane language.
, 1891-08-01

DID THEY 81 %

The Laramie Republican prints wha
purports to be interviews with Sheriff
Hund of Albany county, Sheriff Hadssl
of Carbon county and a deputy sheriff o
this county IN which they are represented
to have said that not only WIS there nj
cattle stealing going on in their respective
counties but in no other part of tn,
state. The Republican will pardon u.
for expressing doubt that two such wei
Informed officers as llaiscll aud Iund
ever committed themselves to the state
ment that there is no cattle sterling 70.
ing on that anybody knows anything
about aud there was never less compliant
of the ~rustlers bv ranchmcn and stock
men. big or little, than al the present
time
This would be ridiculous on its face as
applied to the section north of the North
Platte river and it would be doubly ridicu.
lous coming from such a man as Sheriff
Hadscll who is alleged to have lust
finished a trip Through the whole
northern country" We are therefore not
prepared to believe these statements until
there is better evidence that the gentle
men mentioned have made them.
But suppose that it were true that there
was comparatively little cattle thicving
going on in Laramie, Albany and Carbon
counties there would be still nine other
counties in the state to hear from.
Laramie county is not even yet entirely
free hom cattle thieviHg, although the
industry has been discouraged by the
arrest and conviction of kiugcn and
Kinch Mckinney. Nobody has set been
able to figure out Just how much
this gang did steal. They had
been at work several years and the
cattle were spirited in punches into
Nebraska by way of Goshen hole.
If no thicving Is going on in Wyoming
how did the late lameutcd Wargoncr,
whose case is ever now beng considered
In the courts, starting in Weston county
without a dollar, accumulate IN a brief
space of time a fine bunch OF cattle and
|, 100 head Of horscs2 Probably the
blo'ched brands when decorated tue sides
oil the stock were Indicative OF aggoper :
honesty as they certainly were oil his
limit Nobody now resume to denv
thai Naggoncr and his gang accumulated
their stocN by ruttlng' inc prahds speak
for themselves.
The high handed occurrence IN Johnson
county recently mentioned by the Buffalo
B"i'e'ta certainly docs not indicate that
the rustlers oil that section are n meek
aud lowlv lot trembling under
the la9h oil the cattle barons'
These rustlers SIMPLY held up a
round up and overawed the mon IN charge
OIL linen they TOOK out thlrty caves
, 1891-08-01

an icepick, and soon put The hors de com
bat, Then The's gang jumped on the Ital-
ian with "~knucks," beer bottles, slung-
shots and other things too tedious to men
ton, but he broke through them all and
ran a square before the police could collar
him. The surgeon who dressed his wounds
says they CLOSE up like wax" but they
would have killed most any other man. So
Cararo will live until The kills him, as he
swears he will do.
, 1891-08-01
TOUGH IN MANY WAYS.
The Allen Recovering from Wounds FaU
to Most Other Men.

The Allen Recovering from Wounds Fatal
to Most Other Men.
Those whom the gods love die young, it
Is said, but The Allen, "the tough" is get
ting we'll. A long icepick was thrust into
his abdomen, and there was, perhaps, one
chance in 10000 that it had not punctured
the intestines, thus insuring death, but il
would seem that The's extraordinary luck
held good and no p~eritonitis resulted.
Theodore Allan is probably the most no
torious man New York city ever produced.
He refrains from intoxicants because he
has no taste for them and is not in other
respects Incorporate, but Is a dealer in
vice, n wholesale merchant in depravity.
With no temptations TO personal indul-
gence, because Of mere GOODNESS of tempera-
ment, he deliberately manufacture crimi-
mails and outcasts for the money there Is in
it. As the owner and manager of low dives
and vile saloons he has been notorious for
Rgeneration, as a tricky politician and ward
heller his reputation is great, and generally
his sly ways are enough To defeat the
shrewGest detectives.
In 1859 he Joined his fortunes to the Re
publican party and was its stand of in the
slums against the strikers of the Demo
Gratis. In 1863, when elected alderman from
the Ninth ward, he gave his age as thirty
six and Is still ms spry as the average man
of forty. lie was the eldest Of five brothers
n received "A fair education, but joined
one Of the fighting gangs in which Bill
Poole and his murderer, Baker, were ON
inent in old "Knownothing times" Allen
himself was arrested some years ago for
the murder OF Eddie Malloy, gambler and
private detective, but was released on bail
and the Indictment was not pressed. He
was once arrested for burglary, but escaped
In the same way. He has been arrested on
other charges. Two of his brothers nave
served terms in Sing Sing, and another
officer.
The's last exploit was an attempt to do up
an Italian named Cararo, who entered his
gambling room. The Italian, however. got
, 1891-08-01

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81 per bottle at Roodei's drug store.
, 1891-08-01

Lost children" are common in the cities
too common for one to have confidence
in all nurse girls; but rs a rule they are
called for as soon as the police gather them
up, and even before. Now and then, how
ever. a child is found in the parks for
which no one calls. and an extremely inter
, 1891-08-01

Nhllt W Z AlIs hilF
Mrs. Allowitch were present, he assumed
n new role. and thisi is the way Mrs. Kush-
neer tells the story in her formal demand
for justice: Suddenly he began to cry, and
we all LOOKED at him In surprise. He said:
"'Unhappy man that I ami God is pun
fishing me-
ave asked him what was the matter.
He then cried harder than ever and said:
God is furnishing mel God is punish
ing mel My own dear wife does not recog-
nize me and my child knows me not as his
father. | deserved 1t, but It is very hard.
l am your husband come back from Aus
tralia' Then he told me things only
known to my husband and myself. But
still | did not believe him. He said my
eyes were weak, and asked me to 20 with
him to see Mr.. Miller, for whom he worked
in the old country. Once there the young
man told Mr.. Miller a lot of things that he
thought were known only to himself and
my husband. Mr.. Miller is very old. He
said to me; 'Whyare you so silly; can you
not sec this man is your husbandi Go
with him and be happy, you foolish wom-
an, for he has now repented.'
"Then | cried and was glad, for | now
believed it really was my husband come
home to me. So | welcomed him and we
were happy for ten weeks. Each day he
came home at o o'clock and left the house
at 6 o'clock the next morning, saying that
he had to keep these hours on account Of
his work, At the end OF ten weeks he dis.
appeared and | got a letter which | have
burned. 1t read something like this:
Mrs. Esther Kushneer:
IL am the man who has been living with you
as your husband. am not your husband nj
all, but Joel Pagan, your husbands cousin.
Your husband Is not In Australia. Ho is la
Elizabeth street all this time"
The blow nearly mad the woman frantic.
Then she figured as defendant in n divorce
suit which her real husband won. He
promptly married again. Some wealthy
people have taken up Mrs, Kushneer's
cause and are now fighting to have the de.
cree annulled aud to punish Kushneer and
his latest wife's relatives for conspiracy.
, 1891-08-01

Father GInpressively)-That gentle
man is Professor Greatmind, the emf
nent scientist, whose marvellous discov-
cries have excited the attention of the
entire civilized world, a man whom
even to nave seen is an honor.
Daughter-How his pants bag at the
kneesl-New York Weekly.
, 1891-08-01

Cholly (energetically)-I want to do
something for the world, Mabel.
Mabel Gnnocently)-Why don't you
commit suicide2-Life.
, 1891-08-01

wife Esther. Mrs.
Kushneer. who is
very short sighted,
alleges that her
husband a b a n
doned her and
{ b Q C d.
Months afterward
a man called at
The deserted wom-
ans humble home.
He first said he
was a cousin and
then a brother of
X h neer. On
making n third
call kuhap NJ aud
, 1891-08-01

A new design Tor our subsidiary silver
might very properly be a ten cent piece
supporting the national treasury. with a
picture of the surplus vanishing upward.
, 1891-08-01

Wisdom's Robertine Is the only thing
now used by fashionable women TO per-
petuate a beautiful complexion.
, 1891-08-01
LONG ISLANDS OUTLAW.
He Lived m n Cave and Is Regarded ms
n bad" Man.

1t will make the festive cowboys Of the
west laugh to read that n common ten cent
"desperado" has held n section Of Long
Island in abject terror; that in a region ten
miles square women and children were
afraid to venture into the woods and that
farmers patrolled the roads at night with
, 1891-08-01

ingalls, Is going to the Holy Land; per
haps he wants to shTivc himself of that
fling at the DecaloRue.
, 1891-08-01
New York World.

The startling headline, Gold Found in
Washington" means the state, not the
the city. the fifty first congress having ex-
hausted the lodes there.
, 1891-08-01

Go to Germania Hall if you want a
good. pure and undulterated 8 year old
Stonewall whiskeY, sl.00 per quart.
, 1891-08-01

Young William c. Duncan is not n com.
mon thief, or for that matter a very sharp
one either. Although yet in his techs, he
WINS. a few months z the TRUSTED emnlnYe
, 1891-08-01
ne WANTS HEAVY DAMAGES.

A Suit at Law the CuImination of a
Long Man Hunt
Fifteen years ago the people OF Fort Grit
fin, Tex, talked strongly OF lynching
James A Brock, a cattleman from Ohio,
who had a ranch near that town, Now
they are glad they didn't.
AT the time mentioned Brock was visited
oy his cousin, Frank Woosley, OF South
Charleston, o. A few DAYS later Woosley
, 1891-08-01

Pay 81 n week and get $50 worth Of
furniture by joining Alex Turnbulls
Furniture club.
, 1891-08-01
PITH IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Cautious Weather Man.
Washington Post.l

Secretary Rusk says the next presi-
Dental campaign will be n one-sidcd affair.
but like a true weather prophet, he names
no side.
, 1891-08-01

Gods blessing to mankind, say thous-
ands who have been cured by Oregon
Kidney Tea.
, 1891-08-01
Hand In Hand with the Moth


Nav England rum left Boston for Africa
last week. Why should New England
lag behind the mother country in the
great work Of civilizing the heather?
, 1891-08-01
A Truly Beautiful Design.

soldier, but what are veto think Of him
as a prophet
, 1891-08-01

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Apply at this Off e.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

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For Information inquire OF c. H. Stocks Co., New
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