Evening journal., 1894-08-21
H0USEFuL OF PLUMBER
+ ri 8 OF Thieves Run Down In
New Jersey.
TWO WoMEE ONLY WE'RE CAPTURED
Tho Men, After n Desperate Fight with
The cons:abies, Who Had set a Trap Tor
Them, E,caped-A Box Fnled with Gold
AmDng the Booty Captured.

--tsuif ssHcAlei--A hoA hlled WIN GOLD
Among the Booty Captured.
TRENTON, Aug. 2L-The Clarl, family
OF Glenmorr, y. IT,, a pretty village in
Mercer county about five milos across the
hills west Of Princeton, owed 10 wholly to
their nerve and the Iapidiiy and excellent
quality of thoir shooting that they are not
all now bUhinc prison bars They have
just given the consiahlcs and n posse of
men two excellent opportunities Of iudg.
ing of their abilities in these directions,
on each ocoasion escaping after an excit-
ing encounter
As it IS, Mrs. Clark and her daughters
werc taken and are now locked up In tho
Hopuwcl Jail. The father and son escaped
The Clarks, 10 WAS recently discovered,
are a family of thieves. They lived by
rohbing houses i'm towns all over the cen
trai portion OF New Jersey. They havo
lived Quietly in a small house in GleDmoro
for the last two months, and lt Is only re-
Gently that tho character of the family
was suspected. Their house was found TO
be full of plundcr, and box containing
Sl,O1O In new gold eagles was taken
hir. Woarts Wanted Rrvonge.
Robborics have been recently reported
from all over that section of New Jersey,
but the perpetrators could never be traced.
The country affected is the ridge Of hills
lying north of tho Pennsylvania railroad
and south of tho New Jersey Central. IL
IS dotted with small towns of which
Princeton and Pennington arc the largest.
There are farmhousos everywhere, and
the citizens are many OF them wealthy.
Perhaps the largest part of these rob
berries occurred about six months ago near
Mctuchen. The summer house of Spencer
Wcartsi corporation counsel Of New Jer-
sey, was entered, and articles Of value,
about go In ALL were taken.
Mr.. Wearts is not man 10 be imposed
upon. and as the village authorities were
wholly puzzled at these and other robbcr
les ho took matters in his own hands and
became his own detective. He spent con-
siderable of his leisure time I'm following
up clows, and last week he got upon the
hot trail Of the robbors and followed them
to Glonmorc. They proved TO DO the
Clarks
Counselor Wearts arrived in town last
Saturday. He had located his prey and was
prepared TO make % capture on tho spot
he camo armed with warrants and was
accompanied by three constables-Phi-
lips. PerIine and Jones.
The party wasted no time Thoy drove
to tho farmhouse and boldly entered tho
door.
But the Clarks were not to be taken so
easily as that. They had seen the party'and
We're prepared. A buggy hitched to a fast
horse was all ready AS the four men
burst through one door the four Clarks
fled through the other. The young man
whisked his sister into the waiting buggy
and drove rapidly away.
Mrs. Clark made q dash for the railroad
track, which was close to tho house and
ran down toward Pennington. Clark
himself plunged into the woods.
Fired on Their Pursuers.
For a moment tho pursuers were DASH
ed by this division of forces. But they
had noticed that Mrs Clark labored undtr
the weight of a heavy box, presumably
booty, so they gave chase to her and soon
caught her. All the others escaped.
But one Of the constablos ran down to
the road as the buggy dashed away and
fired a shot from a rifle, with the hope OF
bringing the party down. Young Clark.
however, wheeled around i'm his scat and
returned the fro with q revolver with
such excellent aim that the constable re-
treated, narrowly escaping.
The woman was brought into tho house
and the box opened. 1t contained $i,O1O
in brand new gold eagles. Then the house
was searched and was found TO bo liter
ally full OF plundor.
It was veritable curiosity shop. There
were articles there of every description.
an of which are believed TO have been
stolen. Mr.. Wearts was delighted 90 rec
ognize many Of the articles which had
been taken from his country house I'm
Metuchon. A carpet was also recognized
as one stolen from the house Of a professor
in Princeton college which was recently
entered.
There were also large quantities Of
clothing, harness and iewelry and box
after box Of goods unidentified, but be-
lieved to have been stolen.
Two Women Captured.
Only the woman had been taken, how
ever, SO a council OF war was held TO de-
eide what next to do. 1t was finally dc
terminod to set trap for the others The
woman was to be the bait. 1t was hoped
that if she were given her freedom others
Of the family would venture 70 return and
might then bo taken. She was first placed
under arrest and taken out Of town. Then
she was liberated.
VI NuAihb 70 hilltl WaUCu ndu Dcon SeN
around tho house, and Mrs Clark when
set free was shadowed True to expocta-
tions, she made a beeline for tho farm
house at Glonmore. This was ON Sunday
The trap was well conceived ana well
laid. A few hours after Mrs. Clark re-
turned 10 the house those on watch saw
the son and daughter return also Clark.
the elder, it seems had already sneaked
back in the house.
As soon as the son and daughter reach
ed the house the signal was given aud
the posse moved upon thrm The young
man saw them and shouted, and his fa.
ther ran out armed with club Consta-
bio Phillips ran up TO the elder man to
arrest him, but was beaten back violent
ly with the club.
Young Clark meantime had drawn his
revolver and covered three constablos with
it, the constables foolishly having left
their rifles a distance back. So the elder
Clark, having beaten of Perrine with his
club, had a free field before him and ran
to the buggy and loaped in. They escaped,
firing as they rode at the constables. The
two women arc now in prison.
The authorities are now puzzled Gs to
what to do with the captured gold. They
are content TO set no further traps for tho
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