The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-16
TE8RORfZED BY TRAMPS.
Hoboes Hold Up Town in True Western
Style.

Hoboes Hold Up Town in True Western
Style.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-All New Ro-
chelle, so to speak, stood at its guns
last night. Monday night g gang OF
tramps held up the town in true
Western style, and as a result there
was not man in the town yesterday
who didn't admit that he was afraid
there would be repetition OF the raid
last night.
New Rochelle has long been favor
lie stopping place for tramps bound
for New England. The town force OF
blue-coals is only six strong, so it IS
easy prey for the hoboes.
An average Of twenty tramps are
rounded up every week even by this
meagre force, and once during the
height of the tramp travelling season
this autumn sixty were put in the
lookup in two days. Things have
been rather quiet of late and the peace
fui suberbanites and commoutors did
not expect anything like a concerted
raid.
Those tramps were nothing if not
bold. They reached town at dusk
and began their work at once, not IN
quiet by.streets, but in Main street,
the heart OF the business quarter.
"Gimme an overcoat, an be blame
quick about it..' yelled frowsy, tat
tered individual, bursting into the
clothing store of Samuel Cohen at NO:
S27 Main street. "If you don't I'll
smash the whole place up"
Cohen yelled; his wife screamed.
Upstairs lives policeman, and the
shop keeper lost no time in leaving
his wife to face the tramp while ne
summoned help. The tramp cldnt
wait for his coat but disappeared down
the street, while two other hoboes who
mad kept guard outside made OIL too.
Smash, crash, bang! It was sto2e
ripping through the window OF the
home of Mr.. Wells in Home Park. A
second later in piled grimy tramp,
who knocked over table and chairs,
yelling for money. The family was
Sitting in the next room. he dlcn
friehten them for cent, and when
they made a concerted rush for the
intruder be got 6at quicker 1n4e
came in.
Robbery was holding high carnival
down on Main street all this time.
William Weinstein had a case OF rub
bers stolen from under his nose. Two
silk waists were taken from the coun-
ter of a dry goods store. Butchers
and grocers were streaming into the
police station and telling of sudden
| onslaughts by hoboes, who made OH
| with Whatever they could lay their
hands on. Other people were com,
planning that the hoboes had been
holding up passers-by and demanding
money. Altogether the town was de-
moralized. .,
Catch him! He's run off with g
coat!' cried a small boy, running into
the clothing store Of another Coher
at No. 243 Main street. I'D have tolo
before but he said he'd kill met
Sure enough, there was a tramr
making off with one OF Cohen's S2C
oyercoats. He couldn't be caught
Then the other Cohen up the stree
had another visit from tramps. They
demanded hats all around on pain O.
demolishing the place, but they were
frightened off.
At11p. m. strapping big fellow
walked into Meyer S. Nathan's note
| No. 145 Huguenot street, woke Mr.
| Nathan, who was doing in q chair
and roared Gimme drink; l II noci
my shoes for i"
! Nathan was thoroughly terrorlzet
and handed out a glass of beer. The'
the fellow began to curse every bod,
and started to clean out the place
Nathan got back his courage, ant
with the aid of his waiter threw ou
the invader, who put up a stiff tight
The next minute a stone came crash
ing through his 1925 plate'glass win
dow. -,
':Help" yelled Nathan, and tn
tramp was arrested and locked u
after half the force bound him han
and foot.
He was James Gordon, twenty elg
wears old leader OF the gang. He sal
that he was from Albany, ana tina
he been drinking acohol. The pt
lice got Fritz Miller, Mount Vernon
James Bybee. of Cincinnati, and Jon
Kenney, Of No. 3 Laight street, Ne
!, York City.
Gordon was identified as the ma
t who had broken into Mrs. WelIes
2 house, and yesterday Justice Lam
den fined him $50 and sent nm 10 "a
. for six months. The others got hit.
nine days apiece in the Westchestt
: County jail at White Plains.
: All day long the tradespeople talke
OF their adventures. Then they poo
ished up their old guns and pistol
F.: prepared to stand any sort OF raid,