The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-01
USED TO THE ANCHOR GANG.
BUT VEST FARMERS oBJECr TO gBE
"FElsH BEGgARa"


Tns Arsher es-r Trs-s. Are Ianssr.ut
uor~ss sss Rather Fistpreraus. whuo
tse Newcomers Are Regular Roraes.
A gang OF eight trannp s took up their quarters
In big strip Of woodland opposlts the west
Farms station Of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad. about A week MO and
aroused the ire Of a larger gang Of trsmps
who have canned in the woods for mora than
nfteen years INST and beliere they own them
nv right o, long posses.Ion. The newcomers
have also aroused the ann .eban sions Of the
few residents Of tho neigh borhood, and the
woods have been searched for several days
to locate the gang and warn them to leave.
There nre eight men In the new rang. md
they are hard-loosine lot. On their arrival
they constructed a hut OF broken branches
and underbrush and covered and rooted Il
with queer collection Of old rags. carpets
and the like They covered the grassy floor
with straw and salt hay. The rude hut il
about ten feet long By eight feet wide. They
slept In IL several nights unmolested. Then
they learned that searching parties were look.
ing for them. and since then they havo had to
reconstruct the hut on different sites several
times to avoid capturc
But little IL known Of the gang. exeept whit
10 told BY the older tenants OF the wood, who
have been there so long that they have come
the new gang are band Of flash begears."
who steal rather than beg aud Obtain monev
by trick ami ,Ieyi,e uhen obliged IN hsc. 'rhey
"n.hr -. 10, mi. -. I'll : t,,,i Iii
key poured on and ignitel to make n surface
burn which lo,ka Lady but ia not oyersorc
or else they tie up an arm OF leg to excite m.
patty. The Anchor gang addthat their RIVALS
much prefer to steal. even at risk. thnn
'Voes'
This report led Station Agent Miller Mt the
~. wv, " oa.. 80. e "u ~, on
SUNDAY. put ne n'u not nnVh,he ramps Ihey
hs, n 80, sod '" np. nmar 1 n".o ,ao .sn
Miller located It A few weeks ago a gang Of
niah, AMI do.,rovsd 10, ~ nrorsr,y Because
ms .o on no, snS anv 10 ,h,ir IiI,nS
A. , ,Ss W.s. Fsrm. ssa,IoO soa awoss ,Irs
Miller by their clumsy efforts to break In.
They were fred on by her husband, and re-
fear that the fash beggars may be equally
vicious make. them undesirable noiGhbOr'.
ana no. .hey are 70 % dIiseh on. o, tne WOODS.
shey nave NOT M annoyea 'nereaen'. ,s .,
the neishoorhood' Miier 10 member Oh the
ba was s.nt n tho .ta,ion thirtson vs,r. ago
s, rr, ~ , %, ,ha c . hnnts% ~ ~.
tramps and warned them that they wouli
drive them out OF the woods with shotguns II
they molessed or robbed any one 10 sns od iicn t
By tho tramps. and evidently Needed. and it
vas no. until s6Sa. two yssT,siase .9stth Io;:
hedas SSears W wess stolen IRE from the watson
estate. The larceny was traced to n member
him out O. 81 tsa TH n and would have
AnsSSr sSps iSsIr sn%G merely to
members scatter at night q and lodgings IL
the bushes and a fireplace formed by n biz
overSsns Ins rock is where most Of their cook.
Jobs Which viii bring in u or 20 cents, Tut no
one day The sTo Sr rn rush sh nrnn,n
Of how 70 s,l', With tho least possible effort
"Barp.r Tom" does the shaving aud hair
cutting for hs Gals 10 cT ,P S1 ,ao
wn,sH he O. loans ns B.asp rom ne
which the Sorber perfor@s. The man he
with Water bought from a brooS witch inter- %""
sects the bit OF woodland. The wateris brought
mato oS can and the isther /. mapmiaetnred and
swabbed on the face with the tramp,s own
tyee As more iather ia wanted he swnbs IL
on his face while the barber stnnda and mows
OF the stubbly beard This is usually A Sun
DAY morning occupation, and is followed with
tbe lass than Is usual in a tramp's toilet
Philly tile Dude" Romeo'" alias "Ths
wldder." "Csrpenter Jack" and "Toor House
JacE ara mmone the nicknamss Nv which
ysTious members OF the Anchor gang are
Known. One Of these is now an ex.menbar'
"Iarnenter Jack" Abandoned the gang
stopped drinking. and resumed work at his
trade about a year ago and is said to be doing
~ IN. Gang He IL about .JS vaars old ana