Evening journal., 1896-09-02
TRACKED WITH HOUNDS
Slayers Of Henke to Be Hunted
Down by Dogs.
DEATH CAN BE THEIR ONLY FATE


Are Supposed to he In Hiding In BeaI
swamp, N. j. - There Are Three o,
Them, All Neeroes-They Are All Wen
Armed and Desperate.
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 2.-Somewhere In
the fastness Of Bear swamp, an impenetra
PIE tract 20 miles square near Indian
Mills three hunted negroes are in hiding.
Wniio an armed posse OF over so officers
ana citizens Is searching for them, and the
I. Woous are being secured in every direction.
Death stares them in the face, for II
VIII be the reward of surrender or capture
while II they succeed In eluding their pur
suers starvation or suicide are their only
alternatives Trained bloodhounds wert
put on their trail this morning. They arr
only partly clothed, being without coats
hats or vosts, and they have had no fooi
save unripe cranberries since Sunday.
kyer since the brutal murder of Johaan
Henke of Burlington last. Saturday week
TIE officers and citizens have been most
active In their efforts to capture the ne
groes. The murdered man lived alone In
his little shop, and the murderers visited
him near midnight, stunned him by
blow on the head with coupling pin and
then strangled him TO death with o piece
of railroad bellcord. After robbng his
clothes and taking all else Of value they
left.
Thomas Cromwell is the only one of the
negroes whose identity is positively
known. He was seen to enter the shop,
remain IN hour and depart with CHEEKY
GOOD night, Johann" to tho dead man
In the chair. Then he disappeared and
was not heard from until last Sunday,
II hpTa xuord poaohaA Ill hot bo
had been seen and recognized at Indian
Mills, 10 miles south. Three negroes were
met on the road noar the swamp, and when
one of them was asked II his name was
Cromwell all turned, jumped the fence
and took to the woods.
A Posse Organized.
Constable Miller at once organized a
searching party and secured for it the
services Of several men who are thorough
ly familiar with the paths in the thick
woodland. Fast horses were procured,
and the ride to the spot where the men
had been seen was made in quick time.
The first party came upon three negroes
lying on the grass by the roadside. They
jumped to their feet as the team approach
cd and appeared frightened. Constable
Miller got out and began questioning
them, and, their answers being evasive,
4 he reached out his hand to take Crom-
4 wells arm, saying;
'You must come to the hotel with me- -
Whereupon the trio made q quick leap
4 backward through the thicket, and before
y the astonished official realized the situa-
3 tion they were out of his grasp.
Then he drew his revolver and sent
4 three balls at Cromwell 1t is believed
& that the last one took effect, for the man
fell. and, on arising a second later, grab
bed his leg as IN pain, but he managed tC
8 make of In the direction his companions
had taken.
Constable Miller returned to SMALL
hotel, at Indian Mills, and told of the es
cape. More men, heavily armed, wer'
procured and the spot revisited. The ne
groes, In their haste had left two coats
the pockets of which contained six dressed
chickens, sweet potatoes, rice, green cori
E and bag of salt. They also left thre
& slouch hats and pair of trousers.
Reward of $500 offered.
Monday morning there was a rewarI
Of 5000 offered in the name of the coun
ty for Cromwell, dead or alive, and search
ing parties were sent out In every dlreo
tion. Dawn was just breaking yesterda.
when the watchers were treated to a sur
prise party.
schoolhouse stands at distance from
Small's hotel and just on the edge of th
dense woods. Two Of the searching party
taking an early start, were passing th
house when In the dim light they saw tw
or more indistinct figures silently glid
from the doorsteps into the heavy under
brush. A few moments later they hear
81 eraokling.of twigs beyond the ledge, an
the rest OF tho party was at once notified
But the trail was cold when they return
X ed and the men could not be followed.
Aside from locating the negroes by the
baying, the special demand for the blood
hounds comes from the knowledge thu
the men are armed being provided wit
two revolyers, stolen from the Inurdere
German. They will fight for their lives
cornered. IL is hoped that the dogs wi
draw theirsammunitioR, and by this NEAR
their capture be made without bloodshe'