The sun., 1891-07-11
GENUINE ROBBERS CAVES.
~ ALMOST INCREDIBLE STORY FROM
IsLIR, LONG ISLAND

.s. Comsorts or . Home-Hundreds of
Men Securing the Woods to shoot Cow.
,ov Tom Richardson-Did He Mean TO
p,,.on III. wife In One OF the Cnvess
Is,rp. juno 10.-Nearly 200 men armed with
.ho,cnns rifles. and revolvers secured the
woods north Of this place to-day. and searched
Saxton's swamp. mile ana half away. for
rror Richardson. cowboy, robber. and bandit
rwo caves have been discovered cunning,y
eons,ructed in tho sandy scrub oak
isnd between here and Brentwood. 10
rhich he has concealed the booty OF
numerous robberies and In ono OF which. It is
n,osed. he meant to cage his wife after he
spccesded in abducting her forcibly from her
fathers home. whore she lied for refuge months
AGO For ten days tho country reopie have
hecn looking Tor him with guns. meaning to
sboot hir, down on sight.
ue has been seen four or five times. His
brother, a supposedly reputable young man in
town, Is now under arrest accused OF COM
n,icity The town authorities are trying to
suppress all reports Of the affair until Richard
son is arrested.
the two Richardson's were born on William
Gainess handsome place near here. where
their father was gardner. Tom is about so
rears DID, James is about 20. The family
moved away sons years ago. but the young
men returned. James won't into store. and
Tom made off to Texas. where he lived an ad-
,sntn1ous life. being by turns cowboy and
Mexican cout.
This at least was the story he told whom he
n,urued somewhnt over a year ago, wearing
pictu,eslue clothes. long hair. and a SOM
treo He cut quite figure in Islip. He was
erect we'll built ard good looking He had q
dainty black moustache and wonderfully ke, n
black eyes. He nstonished the town folks by
his workmanship. He could pierce dime at
shaudred feet. He took we'll with the girls.
and be married the pretty daughter OF Police
Justice Waller Of Bay Shore very soon after
bis arrival
Then he was made a constable, and he was
on duty nights In Islip earning a comfortable
income from merchants and cotagers whose
places he guarded. but no got frghtfully into
debt. and he trea ed his wife 60 badly that she
ran home away from him four months after
marriage.
About eight months ago he found It was .
goot deal more comfortable for him out Of
lsiip than in 1t. Justice Waller kicked him
out OF the house. 1t Is said then that he swore
psese ,shoss4s he had
iisp iii ,"e brentwood. % and me- ehSorins ' towns as
shl;SI I,.s soss!sa tie sS,@naPisy sIss,: ;,
iar nature, and seemed as often to
be epr"voksd BY hHnger % ,. as by greed Of gain.
was broken open one night ana an, AIderney.
which he valued at $500. was fonnd with her
sHs ~. o ana
fsst Of the csrcess remained.
4 raid was also made upon Foster & Locks
yss broken into Ana o;.y-two fowls 81 choice
ssyer ssiss ersst pride In lis Chicken
s.s is Sss sss a. si Iss
!skes. Isashsr traSeiiins bas vas
tools. ''' The thisi had made himself a.
@' n tho ne s.rrst o,s readns smofne 'G%d snd
ls'' ls' behind him large nunbsr P q fine
Eorled IN the country, all around. The Austral
.vsr @ siorn ST. ea lawyer Tfs Frank efia Lawrenses @
rns country house wa; broken into and
4a'y . on 1.ssa assa ssaS1as g $685. s''Ver"AF' und
ReWal ds lad beer % otiered Tor the % Arrest Il tie
ssmss near islip One % reward named s.nG5
pns,yG Tbs wGs oe e th'1ugh the town tLSrities
lyn, from he, cellar in whose country house
nussaiiy q wine hat Leep stolen, oilersa
Who @ ead a, he oss o
nney 6, ,w increased the rewards BY $3.50. Thus
a.iD was coming to whoever should CAPTURE
"A ont May = pig was STOLEN from. Joseph
sn1 Maryln' livery man ard Slate Jackson;
BOY boy famed LuLns!rong was also arrested AZ a.d
Jackson ! when 9e s,ois ,tSe pig. Jackson was
did ptE hs aeas aad e1
Bren woo rond. lost a cow and found lis hide
M wco.s.
.ASw.ok nso last Thursday Lot BENJAMIN.
ss.r!5hsd s,sI IhS.1 u, re ssish5orhoed: They TsTs
wsy Getw'ea Islir an and ss Bsen,wo"a. v1ose " A1 D'
o ,ne eonntry ack " lslin isyery wild. l. was
now and
many pncs 4 ssses s in
.oss .. 0rowo., Brook crosses this country.
snMrsn sna runs q to to ,hs sen west OF lslin its
6ramIS,lcs; h ami mile and a half north
o. % lslir M II slrGads out inlo saxio swamp
wntsr wns.r tlS ne Foan !, cIy"red loot deep witn
a. s'isht r.s. OF ground covered with thcket.
annn Snd on us west lore spreads out a more open
mere BENJAMIN and toombs were berrsing.
:s,',,. :A.,nt no they saya thin line Of smoke
r.''"s VIZ ''H tEe bushes upon mo 0lILOp
s,ney WrEthver TO investia:ate.und found fire.
pnN WIN raa'oes ard peas boiling. II was
r. r. cln," cam -r whose d. nsr WAS cooking
AVG iIellare was well c0ust rurted.
u.ln ney told tho oks In IslIp about 1t. and Will
tha;' tn' Gut TO investigate. He ,conIectured
Nm sm night mrRn robbers lair.
io,.ee rrSok some men Amred with pitch-
Al iiaA Ihey searched the bushes carefully
encsn, c,uhu, , bpt could find nothing SUSPICIOUS
bavsMT.som bIsM some heaps OF sand which seemed to
iast @ Useh du: from somewhere. About 200
moi csat saSt q the fireplace Jones presently
tinrs sem ~ bit Of grass growing in thu, sand
bsao ,wIe wwIe no Indications Of any one havi NJ
tnra e nele before. but he thought It Iueer that
In th, snol,d be grass here and nowhere else
ana NJ uv no woods for in this san.y country moss
s,rno n aroplus Is the orest's only covering He
woos of@ ne NE snot with his piehiork and struck
suuhd swni and h called his mon. They scrared
frsaS fH%SS a,e me sand and found a shallow wooden
"Ey athIee iert square.
d,SSdnnuer this AN opening OF tho same size was
na.o.eted dug downward for four feet and
ii iIIV% ck k'honting back ward and downward into u
hoarkt. vk underground cave. Tie ,passn was
Se S1LLasd Lassd 70 hold up the sandy walls. Thinking
yolyad o asd i9nld tho robbers lair. he drew re-
'vWfnsr and shouted.
ou,CSms Come ont Of that, you wretchesl Come
WEE Call out, for Pm going to shoot"
inio eto was no response. 30 he fired down