The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-07
WHERE THE CUOLEYS HIDE.

A Cave in the Pennsylvania Mountain
Harbors the Outlaws.
Situated on the road leading to Hayden.
town ia one of the most remarkable eaverns
to be found in The mountains of Pennsylva-
mia. saya the New York Recorder. It ID
known a. Sam Linn's cavc. aud for grandeur
scribsd Delaney's and other caves that a
scription Of the wonderful cavern. Here
the notorious Cooley outlaws have their re-
treat. TIL cave 10 situated on the land of
Alfred Stewart, a brother of Tariff Andy
Stewart. 1t ia about seventeen miles from
Uniontown. The only means of ingress is
through = crevics under one OF the high
rocks, just large enough to admit a man BY
lying fat upon the ground and drawing
himself slowly through the marrow aper-
ture.
It 10 necessary to travel in this way for
about ten feet, when one finds himself IN q
or twenty feet wide. The cave has a
amooth gravel floor, and At the end furthest
from the end Of the mouth of the cave the
way seems to be blocked by huge rocks that
at n time must have fallen from the arch
above. From under these rocks flow a
inc striking aRainst the high walls of the
chamber it sinks through the Rrxvelly bed
OF the cave and can DO heard splashing as ii
falls from rock to rock through the dark,
damp crevices 10O. feet below. The only
way to reach the second room Is by crawl
feet, when one fnds himself in q chamber
one-fourth of = mile in length and Of irreR-
ular width.
The spectacle that greets the eye in this
room ia grand. From the arch above hang
hundreds Of stalaotites, white as snow, that
dazzle the eye and bswilder the mind of the
stalactites and stalagmites also meet and,
forming column after column, pass through
a wid opening on the north side of The
room. aud along one side the crystalizsa
lime has the appearance of a frozen cataract.
From an elevated position on the
inso'''' an you un.rp Ssa '0' chamber ats , nsSn
the roof Of which hang myriads OF the
most beautiful formation that constantly
dazzle the eye. Passing through the cham
Der you enter n that 10 narrow and long,
without formation OF any kind to gtest
the oys.
On either side Of this room are ~crsvices
in the rocks through which can be seen
chambers of unknown size, through which
man never trod, and the beauty of which is
yet unknown. Follow this narrow chamber
for half = milo and you suddenly find that
You are perspirinR. unnaturaily. You feel
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taper refuses to burn. and you discover you
are surrounded by deadly dre-damp, and at
once return to the chambers of indescriba-
ble beauty.
Returning to the FIRST chamber, you see
far back into a chamber cut of from tho
first by fallen rocks, and unexplored to this
day; also q number OF huge logs that must
have been put there by men many years
ago. but for what purpose or by what race
OF men il unknown. This wonderful cav
err 10 but four miles from the famous De-
laney cave, and from all the Investigations
that have been made it is believed that the
two connect BY passages yet unknown.
It. IL known, however, TINT thu famous
Cooley gang makes its headquarters in these
two caves, and that, with the thorough
knowledge of the subtsrrauean haunts the
gang must have, il can be seen how useless
il for the authorities to attempt to cap
ture them. There may tie a dozen exits and
entrances, and the wisdom of the gang in
choosing 30 safe an abiding place is a point
in favor of their good Judgment and cum