The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-22

TRACED BY A WAGON
Spencer WeaTt Tells How
He Tracked the Men
Who Robbed His
Home.
STARVING OUT YOUNG CLARK.
Constables Have Him Surrounded
in a Corn Field History
of the Family.
STARVING OUT YOUNG CLARK.

Corporation Attorney Weart, who SO
cleverly ran down the thieves that ROD
bed his summer home, told a reporter
the full story of the affair.
Last January my dwelling house" he
said, lin Somerset county, was entered
Being used only in the summer months
it was unoccupied at the time. it was en-
tered. There was taken from the house
a wagon load of general housekeeping
goods, including silverware and clothing
l commenced an examination of the
country neighborhood and was assisted
by Constables Grover of New Bruins
wick, Gill of Princeton, and Phillips of
Pennington. About five hundred miles
of country were traced and our efforts
We're directed to tracing a carry-all or
small market wagon, somewhat dilapi-
dated.
TRACED BY A WAGON.
1.-The painting on the curtains showed
the wagon had been a grocery wagon
at Hightstown Neck, N. j. The letter
ing was exceedingly faint, as the cur
tains were painted and old. The wagon
had dark green body, paneled, and small
projecting fare-board on the sides.
Attached to this was a well-worn
side-bar buggy. The two wagons We're
drawn by a fine, large-sized bay horse.
The family or the carry-all consisted of
a man of about geo pounds weight, light
age about SO; a young man., aged about
80, slightly round shouldered, light col
ored hair, a small mustache, abut 6
feet tall and agile. The family were To-
December last, and a very large number
of families were robbed From Me-
tuchen they moved to Middlebush. at
which place my house was robbed. While
near Middlebush they occupied a small
house. formerly used by Jacob Vance,
the Illicit whiskey seller.
MANY BANK BILLS.
From there it was difficult to locate
the family for a few weeks, until Nc
Gill located them on Canal street, Prince
ton. They were watched while there,
on the road from Pennington to Hope
well. / decided to search the house on
Friday. and found all my stolen prop
erty. Other claimants of property came
from Franklin Park and Princeton and
identified goods. When the house was
entered for search the young man was
preparing for breakfast n escaped. He
was partially dressed and is believed
morning the woman and girl escaped,
but were r~ecaptured and in their pos
session Twas was 8, oal. Many of the notes
Broad Street National Bank of Tren-
ton, Peoples National Bank of New
brunswick, Pennington National Bank,
R~hinebeck National Bank, and First Ma
tional Bank of Poughkeepsie.
YOUNG CLARK'S ESCAPE.
on Saturday night the young man re-
turned, but ran away. The elderly man
returned to the house on Sunday even
ing, and had a violent encounter with
the ~constables and fed with the buggy
and horse he was using. This family
has received letters and given their namr
as Clark while living at Princeton and
Pennington, the young man taking the
name of Charles Clark, and received his
mail at general delivery, Trenton. The
supposed name of the family is Van
Wagoner, the fathers name being Har-
liz Van Wagner, the sons Oscar Van
Wagner.
81 Yesterday lodged the woman, Sarah
Van WAGNER. alias Sarah Clark, in the
Somerville Jail. and am hopeful of get
ting the OLD and young man. In each
house they lived in large pits were found
in which chickens feathers are buried.
The men had a collection of 152 burglars
keys, and are supposed to have COM
menced their offering in New Jersey
after being pursued out of the Hudson
River counties of New York. These men
have New Jersey confederates, and every
community should be on the lookout"
Dispatches say there is still much ex-
element in the vicinity of Glenmore
over the discovery of the notorious fam
der. Many of the farmers viewed the
house with much curiosity during the
day. All the articles found in it are
being guarded, and Constable Phillips
has Charles Clark, the son, corralled in
a cornfeld: and is going to starve him
somewhere in the vicinity, and he may
vet be captured.