The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26

His Bride.
From the New York Herald.
The story Of the robbery and torture of
David Slocum and his wife in Washing
ton township. Erie county. Pennsylvania.
and the elopement Of one Of the robbers
with young girl from Binghampton, N
Y, was made public through the arrest
OF one of the thieves in Paterson, y. J..
last Saturday. and another in this city
yesterday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Slocum were more than 20
years old. They lived alone In a secluded
part OF Washington township, but for
many years it has been suspected that the
old couple had secreted large amount
of money in their home. Stories about the
money reached Frank Anderson in the
Meadville Pa) prison. and there he
formed plan for robbing the helpless
old couple He took into his confidence
jeremiah Casey. James o'Connen. who
We're fellow prisoners. and two tramps
known as yellow and Dick"
Anderson and O'Connen, according to
confession made by one of the men,
were released from prison last summer,
but the plan of robbery was not executed
until the night Of Dec. Is. With masks on
their faces and armed with big revolvers.
the five men broke in the front door of
Mr.. Slocum's house that evening, just as
Mr.. Slocum was about to go to bed.
The old couple were quickly bound.
Then, with threats of shooting them, the
masked men drew their revolvers and
commanded them to reveal the hiding
place of their money. But with the de-
termination they had displayed in saving
gold, they refused to reveal the hiding
! place. Then one of the men took a lamp
| and held the blaze to the feet of the old
couple and tortured them until they We're
forced to tell where the money was con-
cealed.
From bureau drawers and old boxes Mr..
Slocum pulled out shining gold pieces and
piled them up until he had placed nearly
$4,000 in front of the robbers. The old
couple had an enduring confidence in
| the yellow metal and had exchanged
bank notes and greenbacks for gold coin.
| Only a few hundred dollars of all their
money was in bills
/ Before leaving the old couple one of the
/ burglars proposed gasing them. but Mrs.
/ Slocum pleaded with them. She said they
/ would die if left alone and gagged as
/ they could not make an cutlery. Her
/ pleadings touched the heart of Casey, and
/ he urged his companions not to put gags
/ in the mouths of the old couple.
| After a wrangle as to whether they
! should give Anderson-who had formed
/ the plot-a share of the booty, the masked
| men decided to go to Anderson's home in
/ Meadville and divide the money.
Love led to arrest. To the fact that
/ Casey was in love with a girl in Bing-
! hampton, n. Y, and the further fact that
the money stolen was in gold, is due the
arrest of two of the robbers. The old
/ couple gave a good description of him.
/ and he was easily traced. Casey went to
his old home in Bnghampton, and began
to scatter gold coins. He gave his sister
| $50 and his brother-in-law $50 and spent
money literally. This lavish display of
suddenly acquired wealth attracted the
notice of Detective Stevenson, who had
previously arrested Casey on various
charges, and he telegraphed to the Buffalo
police to learn if a robbery had been COM
mitted there The Buffalo chief of police
told him TO communicate with the dis
trict attorney of Erie county, Pennsyl-
vania. Stevenson did so, and the district
attorneys detective, j. i. Sullivan, Joined
/ Stevenson at Binghampton.
Casey in the meantime had renewed
his attentions to Kate Bachter, a pretty
girl II years old. Although her mother
opposed the marriage, Casey eioped with
! Kate and they were married at Deposit
on Thursday, Dec 20, by the Rev Mr..
Leggett. Then they came to this city,
but under pretence of seeing friends in
| Paterson, Casey took his bride there, in
tending to come back to New York on
Saturday and sail for Europe this week
Learning from Caseys brother that
| they were going to Patterson, Detective
Stevenson telegraphed Chief of Police
Grant to arrest them
The telegram was received at O'Clock
Saturday morning, and Sergeant Hewitt
Ha1efpq6 el1TDriGGd ('aGQV
and his bride al the Bellevue hotel an
hour later. Casey pulled two revolvers on
the officers, but as his wife pleaded with
/ him not to show any violence he sur
! rendered. She knew nothing about the
robbery, although he had given her 800, Of
which $62 was found upon her. He told
her he had saved the money to take her
to England. About $1,000 was found in a
handbag in his room, and Detective Ste
venson took charge of it. Both were COM
mitted to the county Jail on the charge
4 of disorderly conduct, to await requisi-
/ ton papers.
After he was locked up Casey told the
story of the robbery and gave the names
/ of all who were concerned in it. He said
James OConnell was in this city, and the
/ detectives hurried here. O'Connell was To-
Gated yesterday in the home of his sister,
Mrs. Frank Barneycot and her husband,
at Worth avenue and One Hundred and
| Seventy-fourth street. He was arraisned
| in the Morrisania police court and held to
await the arrival of requisition papers.
O'Connell appeared to be very indignant
1 at his arrest. He said he had never heard
! Of Erie comfy, Pennsylvania, and most
certainly had never been there. He re-
fused to account for s112.9S found in his
pockets for new suit of clothing that
! he wore, and the new travelling bag which
/ he had in his room. All he would say
was that he would make some one suffer
! for his unjust arrest, because he was in
| his sisters house at the time the robbery
was committed. His sister would not
| say anything, but her husband Frank Bar
neycot, said that O'Connell was away for
several days, and did not return until Dec.
/ IS, three days after the Slocums were
robbed.
Erie, Pa, Dec. 23.-Frank Anderson, the
/ leader band which tortured and robbed Mr..
| and Mrs David Slocum, has been arrest
/ ed and is in jail here Ralph Fanauler,
| Anderson's brother-in-law, who is be-
Iieved to be one of the robbers, has also
1 been arrested.
Three Tugboats Chase Pig.