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

they had found in f The Kitchen and said 70 Nm:
voT ~. Y where your money is or we'll burn
The women screamed With tsrrG To.s The old
was. They found It and were about to leave.
whsR the hired gil began to cry and sob 20
s aoI snt OF tnas o mSney belongs 10 mo
Give 1t to her. Frank said one Of the men.
and thS outlaw handed the sirl two;dol IL
clothes and portable furniture they could lay
the hands ths had the
and they all fastened to q secret spot where
ssiI .hsfs pa Win t %srs the u Belonging
Mr.. smith would never tell how much money
thss hay taken S% him An
laws to the house OF Maria Meats, Jack
pSa Sfss sn'
end he
unpleasant things 70 Maria Mo.t.. but ali they
sndsd the hss sm,R nd F3 his Kitchen That
After that the gang committed half q dozen
burelaries in small towns and held up few
hess h
issS Fs hSSss dS ard nss
they divided. II is said. among forty families.
ind s Sss Ass %ess a vet RboSs Ss
%Iil! send YOU Ssek s the iS wishhonss." "
would do svsryth,ns il their power ' to o shed
them from the lay. the outlaws, would fire.
ss
shot. and many balIet crashed into tree s,e or
outlaws skull. They never spent thoir money mo- s
for drink: for. curious us 1t may seem. they
S.s The to
to live as easily as they can on other peoples
stole. week after week, month after month
and three years passed, The entire county
won a, right to levy tribute. and the Cooley ley
gang had become established AZ one OF the
institutions OF the country side.
Cooley. his brother Frank. and three OF the
other members Of t the gang were returning
some Of their relatives. and after pleasant
evening had left shorty before
they passed the house Of Thomas O,llier. a
stands 6sck sfSrt distance from the resd.
Collier had been robbed only a few weeks be-
fore but Instead Of complaining about his
They'll never steal anything from mo
A. they passed tho house. Jack Cooley said /:
boys. I'm thirsty Let's get some milk"
1s ss IT, asy
members Of the gang he S was only
old, out he was as desperate and as daring
his S5othGr Frank H. ass % On ahead
assertain wIethy5 there was any man or dog
~!Ga on on h "oSs "Pss' al r aGS
He raised tn, .t bar that held the door shut
ns ssf s
set e position inside fig dooI had done It's
shot and scraps of iron struck the young out
law the groin lie VA IL intense Pan for
pantona hastened forward and carried him non, ON
iRo F9sa oys. !hIes icy PASSED Fhey t esr.
it Mas as bis as . mans fss-snd he knew at
hem the sa HS. Jack s5oR poted ths%
f fRd n asf . Sbsfs sS 4 !s ~ tb ss
what, he meant. and before daylight all the
law. was alone with his father all that day and
M ntS he Plight sat H most uat In
shot. that his heart ceased beating.
The news soon spread over the county and
tho relatives and thousands OF friends o. the
dead man denounced Collier as q murderer.
The Sheriff, however. took precautions to
guard the farmer rom the vengeance OF the
ture the rest q the aang Two weeks ago to-
gest funeral that ever took place IN Fair
q last look at the, face Of the dead man. and
ineera IS Services. The Rev. Mr. McGartky 1u Of
the Fairchance Methodist Episcopal Church
oificiated. and after Q short and simple SER
vice, nearly two, Thousand men: women and
lowed the remains to the cemetery. There
catch any OF the gang who might attend the
funeral. but they did not see any.
The day after the funeral the Cooley gang
broke into store, near Mt. Braddock and stole
over Sl00. They have committed at least ten
crimes since then. The death OF Jack Cooley
has not had the slightest effect to check their
rohberies They are a band Of desperate. COW:
ardly crlminals. and , II they 60 unrestrained
x record Of all thei!E; crimes would iiil many
recorded are sufficient to, give the world at
large A peep into kind Of life that Is led with.
in the raiding grounds OF the Cooley gang.