Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1891-06-04
DRIVEN FROM HOME,
IAE TERRIBLE lNDIGNITIES
OF ALLEGED "WHITE
CAPS.''

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OF ALLEGED "WHITE
CAPS.''
Great Excitement Among the
Residents of Dutch Neck.-.
Soaring Women Away.
The inhuman brutes, who under the
guise of white Caps" are creating
such terrible indignities in the locality
known as Dutch Neck, are still at
liberty, and it seems indeed time for
decisive action. that the perpetrators
should be brought to justice.
During the past three weeks the
PIONEER has reported several offences
and only Monday on. of the grossest
outrages was depicted in these columns.
The PIONEER desired to know more.
and if possible form a theory which
would lead to the detection of the viii
lians.
Monday afternoon two reporters
were driven down through the peace
full locality known as Dutch Neck
down the uneven roads, past the
pleasant looking farm homes, and in
terviewing many of the residents, who
in all their long years of residence
there, have never experienced fear.
and nothing unusual was it when a
latch was left up and the door of the
bouse open all night. But now all is
different. The latch is securely fast
ened and the door barred There is a
feeling OF unsafeness and the dread re.
port OF a gun is heard with fear.
white Caps" is the guise of the
trouble, but in the hearts of some evil
doers without conscience, there is a
feeling of deviltry almost unlimited, or
in the mind of somebody a purpose
strong to do somebody an injury.
Horses have died mysteriously, car
riages have been cut and hacked to
pieces, and blankets and harness se-
creted ia trap doors known, or sup
posed to be known, only to a few mem
bers OF particular family. Warnings
have been sent to two young men who
are not known to have an enemy, to
leave tow1s and two women-mothers
both of them-and one a widow, to-
gether with nine small children, have
been compelled to leave their homes
and go away to another city, where
they have at present no desire to 10
cate.
1t was impossible for the reporters
to find motive. Not one who has
suffered, or those that are greatly in
terested can give any idea, why such
things should be done by anybody.
Suspicion points to no one, and yet
everybody believes it is someone di-
rectly in the community. The work
of the reporters is detailed below, and
the stories of the people there given.
Sometime in the early part of last
month, Robert Parvin, the hired man
of Isaac Hustled, living in Dutch Neck,
on farm adjoining the Isaac D Wood.
ruff farm, had been out to a party of
some sort at the school house of the
neighborhood. Mr.. Parvin has nice
buggy, and Of course drove out to the
place 10 his buggy. Returning, he
put up his buggy as usual. The Eext
morning his boss, Mr.. Hustled, dis
covered his robe ehd blankets laying
under a tree In the yard, and asked
Parvin how he came to throw his blan-
kets, etc. there. The reply was he
left them in the buggy. Going to the
vehicle, it was discovered that the cur
tains to the buggy had been cut and
slashed with a knife.
This was wondered at, and it was
thought to have been the work of
some person evilly disposed to Parvip,
perhaps on account of Parvin's having
been attentive to some lady. though
Parvin disclaimed that there was any
such cause existing
The next night the parties returned
and again cut the cushions of the
buggy in pieces, and taking the cur
tains and blanketsplaced them through
a concealed trap door, under the barn.
The popularity Of the case was that
in the neighborhood knew of
this trap door. Mr.. Smith Woodruff,
has lived in the vicinity 5S years, and
had lived on thevery farm six months,
did not know of the existence of this
trap.
Mrs. Hustled, herself, who was born
oa the place, and has now lived there
a dozen years, did not know the trap
was there.
Mr.. Parvin is an exemplary young
man, and has lived with Mr.. Hustled
seven years.
The next thing happening in the
was the receipt by John
Glaspey Of the following White Cap