The sun., 1893-07-19
ocRE-LIKE FARMER DAYTON.
.rsrp OF TRYING TO DROWN SIX
LITTLE CHILDREN.

o-,,, Them Into /. Deep Rrook-The
1ws,er Over the Heads Of the I've srnsli-
W.-t,,. Motive Alleged TO ne Envy.
n.,x,ur,p. L. l.. July 1a-There promises to
,Iye,y time at the examination OF Farmer
y,,,,ar b. p. Dayton, before Justice James l.
!sa'",.rd in this village on Saturday after
noon next ..,,
. cir little children by driving them
uio . brook where the water came over the
sI. =, the two youngest children. Il Is as
ne. thot the two smallest children were
se slSI ,rom going under only by their elder
oo Tho story becomes known harsh things
..j,p said OF Farmer Dayton and his &C.
,'p.vton lives in Fresh Pond. little hamlet
.,ont erbt miles from this village. His fam
a.. ,onsists OF his two daughters, Nellie and
Io,s, lie is said to be quite wealthy Both
I.nahters are good-looking young women.
u.nry Prayer 10 the father Of three OF the
.hlldren who make complaint against him.
Thav are Mary. 10 years old: Rosie, 8 years
Ia. and Otto, 9 years old. The other chill
S..r are Lucy levin. q years old: Karl Levin.
s.a.rs old: and Kasher Won Baskey. 8 years
old.
ornday week ago. The children were spend
AZ the afternoon on the beach on Long Island
annnd That part Of tho shore front is known
ss Luce's Landing.
reward evening thoy started for their homes
,r tho North road by way Of Luce's lane, which
i..ds M from tho landing across Dayton's
,.,m. II was the only outlet from the beach
m the direction the children wore going.
On this lane their adventure began. When
they reached the gate opening from Dayton's
arm onto the lane they found Dayton thera
With his daughter building barrier across
the lane from fence to fence.
Tho children say that with an axe in one
hand nnd q big pole In tho other he drove
thsm out of tho lane back to the beach again.
MA daughter Nellie is alleged to have been
energetic In the pursuit.
At tho landing the children climbed on
hsap OF cordwood belonging to Prayer and
pled ready for shipm ent, and sat down to wait
until they should be missed By their parents
sIt Il Is sii alleged that Dayton ordered them on
The wood pile. and drove them toward the
brook. through which the tide was running.
the sSGe Of ifs his and
and they retreated into the water before him.
tSsm hfp II te9 wso
bis daughter Nellie ID said to have ENCOURAGED
water came almost up to the chins Of the, elder
children. but they managed to keep the heads
ones SeoSs she III &. n.rv
but she was stiii a little BIT frightened yester.
DAY. and her voice dropped to whisper when
Eve ali had on our Sunday frocks." she said.
sss Az Il: NJ bsSt1n into sId Nss
DAYTON They were putting big poles like .
isRee across ths lane % pg one could pass; 49,
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is yf1s ss .%a f. f. t6s 5st.s brock 81;
50 deep We we're afraid to CROSS. but Mr Day.
ton and Nellie were after us: SO We Just sat
ssa Es:f back S but ~ s anu
MI sheet H yGT Il you come CONS @ back; !,
t$s is$s fds and
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and
through. and we went homo as fast as we
Tho brook theycrossed Is a small inlet about
100 feet wide, between the sound and pond
some distance back. At low tide one can al.
three three iees @ Of water In the broof at high ide:
through the water, but did not know they
WsTe ~ oSnEsT OF Wna. 5ne aast h wa
MED the story told by the. children when ar.
Later he said that il he had known the Levin
children were in the party he would not have
driven them acrosg
some Of his neiehbors. It 10 said he wants to
act the Prayer family of their farm. Of which
they have a fifteen, years' lease from him.
Pager Pa es Is hsfrSS.Torkfns rS German; When he
out Now he has got the place, In primo con-
dition. and his fine crops fill Dayton with
Notwithstanding that he has both money
and lands. Dayton lives In o wretched tumble
down farm house. He is o widower. and his
daughters run the place.
came Into notoriety through an alleged White
cap scare. which they attempted to foist on tho
people In that section.
ne made complaint to the authorities that
cap letters. and finally his barn was set on fire
99ne night and burned to the ground. Tho
Hhiverhead authorities made an investigo-
written by one OF Dayton's daughters. al:
though the belief was never positively, proved
70 be true. Dayton is tall and lean. He has
Both his daughters are trim-buiit Women Of
y.s2n. 9ths sGnBss1on 6Is Nellie tho eldest is about