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Nov. I. at Chestnut Hill village. In Windhsm
county. about twenty miles east OF b9it Ti,onS s
riiiase Jail on tho evening Of that day Frank
White was frightened, immed lately confessed
as bsns T mSm Is OF the bsndt band Wild
Ga M1amsST NT thsi Of Police eli
borough, having. searched his boarding piace
the G"%S OF rasHsres Canned goods
al Of witch ad been stolen from Mr. Nj n0s 50
ITol!sHnao niaI IL S5"Ss ,,, Isvn 5HH9 Nj,
$%"s ,oS: sT II
T"nsa there one day last week and bound over
charge rye Of grand larceny. lie, was, committed
10 tho Tolltud iail. Cheney ia still at large.
! frank White were y shotgun and a pair Of
overaIs. his share OF robbery ner.pettrated in
oS III. a , Vi HAT White and CAP Maddox had
been arrested WAS kent from the public for
G1s ost ni"nt ion
robbers was yet to be acc"a,rlishcd. n9mely.
81" 2 r SnnI b W ws@ More
y Hat, and ! NAV tsat thss ilrs. asssmsied
difficult Of access You have to approach It
sf oo ss is to be SSTs
rocky gorge seventy five feet below. Before
the .I took nrsrtSrs there am satisfied
many summers r The cave is =, feet sluare,.
nary house dor. The doorway is completely
concealed ny u growth OF hirchns.
Sooy isy had
rlunder.d from ToIand county farmers; They
and cooked parts of them, in the cave, stole
horses from barns and fields. frightened chill;
rs hh nn o srlsl pos
sessed half the county.
ne 81 the the r9H o,sr at
Andross at Eolton Station not long ago. There
IL. robbers 60, gold and silver watches worth
TO )" tax" II. y the robbers in their almost i'm
rregnabe., fortress. above a frichtiul nresi;;
added the constable" of sours" was a DIM.
cult. perhaps an limos; ihl": undertaking by
a footing on tn. narrow ledge at tho front OF
tho cavern; | decided to capture them b.. by
arrest 81 their accomplices in Chestnut Hill
wsu ISE S:a2 il sSs
nll Of them sta wart. ncrvy mon. some Ct them
being veteran huHtsrs iamilsr with the vii
voivers. and posted them about the mountain
nt a time when knew all the robbers were at
rom the nS suar each Within shoot
Ing distance OF his neighbor at his right and
two nights ncior. the robbers mado a
break to get away H:m nv rrTss.ixsv being Ing
slarye them into ,surreudsri1g. Of course Il
didn't take them long to flnd out that they
nSsnG w Ss heard
.lrrary work enough keerinE guard. nut then IN
Finally tho robbers we're literally starved
ont wns ,ct hn mi Al il nj n q
their part, Of course. they made desperate
"" had massed about all our men At ne b..
ginning OF the narrow ledge that leads along
bers must make their break along that path
or hcm First @e heara o.
in the neiGhborhood of the cave. like
road "nd tie next moment they came rel.
nell upon us. But they were poorly armed.
n 81 hs lot T he1 rev
and saw with what force they were beset and
made nS ysr RRoss Mrs 5
sa e aks sSns. Of ii .nsE de-
s5s" out It" e. s5s lie s sSsi
prson at the Village wtR thu
exception Of one, the unknown robber who
part OF tho forest. dived hcadlong into copse
and escaped into tho remote recesse5 OF the
retaken. unless he returns to the cave and un-
dertnkes to resume tho business OF robber
Il should say here that. on late visit to the
cave. recovered there deacon Androsss pa
from the house OF Mr.. Black. Tolnnd citizen.
We recovered from the prisoners so worth Of
liquor in hotties was also found in the cave.
All the prisoners had n preliminary hearing
before a Justice, Wore bound over to the Supe-
| 'nlIrt Tor
c"nty 'I Jail will the s exc"p,ie e" Of the ioc"
offenders all the robper; "re unknown
i" that they lad Gathered ' int? their or.
III. soms of them T GSab
three or four local Tobsers. the ban nd numbered
laws. How deeply tho former were concerned
in the deprrdatons it is Of course. i'm possible
actrn nnd sesreye and evden s
say nothing that will incrtinlnate each other
thk IA ID 1Ht rail and ram srue
ture-they made daring attempt t" break
s jail thu a dsr e day. T55s soH n%
the back wall OF the prison. near an addition
TINT is being made. had hsen partly broken
III" prisoners. with -, old shoe knife. had cut
ta at the fa ss GI his fs and
tsr r: material ma Of the wal vile he lad re-
Hut for the iailor's discovery the whole hand
would have escaped easily on the ensuing
night.
There is little limestone In Connecticut, and
deep and commodious caves are rare. The
den OF the robbers Is q seamless chamber
rough hewn bv elemental forces in some con-
vusion OF nature in II prehistoric age OF the
world. 1t is curious and wonderful in the rec
tangular symmetry OF it's architectural con-
: struct on. 1t is n huge. solid stone sarcopha-
gus. + ceiling. walls. and floor are tho mas
sive pillars Of the mountain.
Its Noor is smooth. even rock. Its shapcly
doorway. with straight frame of granite. cleft
in the face Of the hill in freakish mood Of
nature. Is like tho portal to q stone palace as
described by travellers in the dead city of
Petra. In the Stone chamber the human voice
! has Suberrancan tone thut rcycrberates
strangely but not loudly.
In this cavern the robbers spent the day.
whence they set out after nightfa on their
! marauding forays. They slept and ate there
; and drank stolen whisksy. They smoked and
wished to overlook the world. they stepped to
the shell IN front OF tho cave and from their
tioity eyrle looked down on undulatinC noun;