The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14

painted s!sslsr from q n, head to foot with the
in front Of the man. face. They then rpped
over the old man. He submitted as cheerfuiY
| as man can who knows that resistance will
be Of no avail. and even tried to laugh it of rs
nReady. now ?, Jack Cooley asked.
boys you've had enough fun with the old man.
s5,l ESa S Sia rascal" they said to
was and made him walk up the road lii 70 Hay
ooolsyss end the hod kSmssy ys and when they
they could hear the, scrapins Of a fiddle and
tho shnffis and noise Of the dancers. They
Absn sa nSn az e w SSS open and
ing, ladies and gentlemen. this, Is Nj.
sissler." pushed , the unhappy, man into the
sissler's unconventional entrance. but the
dance went on. The matter dropped, there.
Me his sad ana
sympathy 10. him. ana to this day they all say
H' low e days later the Gooleys appeared again.
but this time It was In another, part Of the
TINT runs from Mount Bredd9cx to conneis:
| vile In the COKE region; lie had often henrd
q the Cooley gang. but had not suffered at
standing near the fence In front Of his house,
| at ono end OF his farm. waiting for his son,
His little daughter. haxen-hairSd tot. was
nS SPADE Fou E4as nyas hn
seen before came out Of the woods a short dis
T his S ana Bsy h
but before he could reach his child to take her
into the house they We're standing before him:
frs%s W. il reed Fl So WA Ike to
hsysH Ss to srs sEsZ Who
We're. gentlemen Of leisure" the young
# sstrsr at Rs he
same time one Of tho other men--i! was Ted
Carl az The story was aferyard tola.picke
PLACED his hand over } her & mouth. ,,,
I'm give you the money. Don't brighten her"
Carl turned about with grin and brought
the child back III He 'n held her fast. though:
money Tor he did not know but what he would
also bring out gun. The farmer came out,
lar note in CARTS. hands and took his child In
his arms, Then he turned and went Into the
nionssd WITH the result Of their work The9
did not leave the neighborhood immodiatey.
however. hut spent several days in robbing
people Of the township were SO enraged
that q largss, posse started out t. cap
Kearney, who impored all tho men before
hand not to shoot at the outlaws unless It was
avs Try That ana the
started out the four outlaws stole horse and
oeopshG to es s
for the neighborhood Of Fairchance 1t was
about o'clock ut night and they were driv-
All at once they came upon three men. armed
middle Of the road, They knew what those ts
men were after. and 1t did not take them mo-
mept t" act They drew tier rTsSyoyers one in
iIsiilade iriGhtensd the three men out Of their
na Snd sd p b their
aoned their wagon and. took to the woods
Within ten minutes perfect swarm Of indig-
peE ther out e ip the a %ason One
OF the last men to step up was James Sullivan
o as
n, tf9s 9 m my ma,s Jess and II that amt
we'll as their pursuers. and at GaybreaE they
were safe In Fairchance again.
A few days later Frank Cooley was arres ted.
farmers bean patch In broad daylight and
was helping himself to all the beans he could
In amazement Frank saw him and said:
your business. ' Know min Ra" An0 A''ena 70
Milt Mcrormick's store, in Fairchance: The
Sheriff was there. and In less than ten minutes
HIM NIT to hs Ss
| the Queen. his mis- stress. and found him there
in the act Of d%HmpnE the beans he had stolen
screamed. But before the outlaw could touch
bis revolver dozen others were pointed at
| took things very philosophically, and said:
Never mind. Frank. It'll all come out
The Sheriff took his prisoner to Uniontown.
charge Of robbins and assaultne Moilie Ross sse
warrants that he had in his but it twas Wes
for this crime that the Co0leys have beea the
legal fuss the outlaw was taken to Gree burgh
and tried. Ida Pastorus Of her own accord
Of the Mois Ross AFFAIR Frank Cooley .' was at
her house. With the most Deliberate cool ess
she periured herself and sullled her own
il and the look that h her lover nor gave We,
for him the only sympathy that honest nest
men In that region ever ielt Tor him. But the
aEsnsi h e. too and
70 the Un1ontoxn ian 70 await Sentence. II
Transferred to the SSiId schooiholse near St tie
| cuke VI LILO Town. nero placed FRANK
Cooley, and from there in the middle Of, the
night he escaped. Some one had provided him
wire, With these Implements 1t was very
simple matter to escape or course thore was
q great hullabaloo the next day. but Frank
Cooley was free And although that happened
| two years ago. he Is free to-day.
The story Of the gang for the next eighteen
m9nths would simp y be record Of Innumer-
casional outrage that would cause a pursuing
party to chase after them. The result OF
W a W ha A Inn "a
into the big forests. scattering. many. cries.
and few shots, then, a long search and q dis
y: outside Of Uniont9wn and the bigger VII;
the gang. was robbed from time to time.
There was considerable talk at one time Of
asking the Governor TO send q regiment Of sol.
| oilers to capture the outlaws. The Sheriff
spent many hundreds Of dollars out OF rs
%hoSS 9'sst p.p II to capture ooi
;S'o0 Vas Offered for the arrest Of JP lax
hundrsds Of families that were related to
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