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

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Ssd temper that his often feared he would
whom the outlaws called tho Queen" and
Who :. wanted money very badly. Ida Is
Frank Cooley's mistress. and she lives with
her father about two mile from Fairchance.
She Ia very pretty girl. not more than - or
hair She is passionatey devoted to her .o out
sT Gyer; and altth nj she was once an hon
often concealed ,e stolen goods for them. In re-
inner than any woman in Fayette county ever
wore. and. when his business prospered. kent
ThsH Msrs oaRs WITH m.psss Of
gion.needed money. and the Cooley gang were
The Victim sci sslseted d by the gang was Molll.
Ross. an unmarried woman. rs years old. who
ReF nS
lance from the road. and as she lived in this
out-oi.the-way spot ell alone. and was never
the neig hborh ood that she had money boarded
In chests and secret places. She Is a very
but she Is always cheerful and smiling;
The four outiaws-the two Cooleys. Ramsey
Sf a . her ho1s s ph
was dark as pitch. and not a light was In
sight Tho nearest house was a mile away.
men, Frank Cooley pounded on the door with
sn5y IS H0 ~ha0" ana asked
There hSa been no robbery Of any e5.sn. IN
aHs5 yst
tors were other than strangers Or bel beIated
.Ss9sS i. - ara ri shelter Frank Cooley an
She became alarmed and hastily drew her
dd THEN H men '? hres
their united i weight against the deor and with
ID i1 very @ One n the " oastsws
lamp, and the others calmly proceeded to
search the sSSpbosrd and the closets and
there They found nothing. They went up
Isy trs@RlIpG IN her bel. As they entered,
Tsd Carl holding tie lamp lamp her syes di1Atsd
nad at rs Sns
proceeded to search tho room as they had
ths f 4ns Ps9% cooev ordsred
The woman obeyed and seated herself In o
chair h t1a tsn the e6eddng
tore the blankets. but found no money.
Where's your money! Jack Cooley then
demanded Mss in savage tSEnsi, .,,uouo, 90,
III y you don't tell toll " where your money is
This was said in q tone. so cruel that the poor
bsF Burn ian ss as1 " b.,
and rushed to the door, They seized her md
Into her mouth One Of them procured long
piece Of twns and taa while the other three hsd
aer ct to the and
ertion on their part, for the poor woman. with
all her terror, could muster up, hardly the
they tied her bare feet to the runss Of the
chair, SO tight that the Irvine cut into the skin.
stepped back to look at their work.
,"Wtll you tell US now whereyour money Isl"
by the expression OF her face that she either
had no money or else would not tell where it
something; The poor woman fastened her Ter
eyes upon her tormentors In an agony OF ter
FOR: The man came UP stairs bearing can OF
sruppl,s,sd paper and then placed the heap uu-
0s%ill You tell nowS" they asked her. at tho
tine Of the Of on her es
Her face was pitiful to see She worked her
feet until the blood came, and. the outlaws
laughed st her efforts to free herself Jack
slant 1t was mass Of flame. and the woman's
feet were becoming black.
She writhed under the cord which bound
her Loud moans OF min came from her Lips.
coal Her eyes closed ths tension Of her frame
tainted. They imme d ntely extinguished the
flames. cut the cord which bound her and
naiIy she came 10. and tho moment she opened
her eyes and beheld those men she shrieked
money. ' rs In The closet thsr %f Please dont
hurt t me S Sny m9 h,ts I'm an old woman Oh
rushed to the closet She had indicated. and
there II, u broken cur they found $l.s0 In
s saa c the wnr Tas oil the money the woman
They turned to the bed and would perhaps
aud rushed from tho house
The, next morning man from Fairchance.
rsus and in hsh feysr Rs ran for Us docf"r
At II rst ' i was thought that her re feet Would
have TO be ampu,ated. but the burns healed.
and Mollie Ross is sanle o-day to walk about
The story OF the affair spread like wildhre.
end within day i was all over the county.
Mollie Koss did not know who her assailants
Cooley gang had taken to the mountains dur
ipG the might. and suspicion at once foil upon
brSther n na Ss HSrm"k tH Ii" s"eT q
Faye,te COUNTY, inmrdift.y organized a
pisse " IHI She ~ hhl,-' FiI'y H"h IeeDoHu-
ell. and for three days the mountain was COW
cred with men win rifles in their hands ready
to shoot the outlaws on sight. But tho out
laws knew the hlding places OF tho woods
better than any OF their pursuers, and man;
aged to escape, Frank Cooley was arrested
been punished for his crime.
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When, the Cooleys take to tho mountains
they hide In caves or In little huts built at the
bottom Of some ravine. They keep such hid;
Ing places stocked with provisions at all
that Is after them intend to remain In the