Evening journal., 1896-09-17


but Enrarcd Farmers Were Beating
thr Woods aud cornneids For Him
with Dogs and shoiruns.
F1ENINeToN. \. J.. Sept. l7.-Mlss
Kate Van Fleet OF Newark, on her way
70 spend summon holiday with friends
near Cnlifon. n j was followed and at
Jacked 10y an Italian tramp in a lonely
piece Of woods
sho fought the nond and shricked for
help but he was big, strong ruiiian, and
She slender girl, could not beat him of.
He choked her into silence, and her strug
Dles were almost at an end when q farmer
and his wife drove up They were just In
time Tho girl, her clothes torn almost off
her and nearly unconscious with fright
and exhaustion, could not have dofondcd
herself much longer
AT sight of thoRi ,he Italian loft his in
tended victim and dashed away into the
woods
Miss Van Fleets resouor was Richard
Boatiy Beatty and his wifo were driving
slowly from Califon TO High Bridge A
child was leading a COW ahead of thom so
/ the Italian was not aware OF their ap-
pronch until they woro very close to him
close enough to eco his face as no sprang
away from the girl IN tho road
Beatty lifted tho girl into the wagon
and Airs Boattys ministrations soon
brought hor back 10 fun consciousness
and she told her story The farmer brought
her to her friends, and after sending for
physician, drove off to notify the neigh
bors
Each farmer notified passed the word 10
| tho noxt, and soon this whole section OF
| huntordon county was aroused and seek
Ing the criminal Then began one OF tho
hercest man hunts ever engaged In IN this
| part OF the country
The pursuors were out with shotgnns
] and dogs, and moro than ono Of them, bo-
fore hestartod on the hunt, threw q coil OF
ropo into his buggy that was not meant to
.ie his horses with.
Hunted Like a Wolf.
Then thoy hunted the fugitive as they
aunt wolf IN the west Tho line beat the
woods and searched the cornhclds IN tho
torn of q huge half circle the ends OF
which were miles apart Tolerrams had
boen sent Co all points ahead that could
be reached, and there was little ohunco OF
the italian escaping. II he went forward.
he must fall into the hands of officers who
had boon warned to look out for him; IL
he turned, no must run into some OF tho
pursners.
The constable had persuaded a number
of cool headed oitizens TO accompany tho
onragod farmers and urge them, II the
man was caught, 60 let the law take its
course, but he realized that n they onon
got their hands on him the only legal pro-
ceeding that would result would bo a ooro-
ner's inquest.
They hunted all night In cornneld,
about midway between High Bridge and
Bound Brook they found the tracks they
were looking for. A man had gone
through thore on the run. The cornstalks
we're trodden down, and the footprints In
thu soft soil showed that whoever hnt
made them had not picked his way. Som'
OF the farmers had their dogs with them
and an attempt was made to have then
/ follow the trail
Bus tho dogs Ind not been trained {,
hunt man and could not be made TO un
derstand what thoy wero expected 20 do
However, the trail was a plain one, and
the moonlight aided the pusuers. Fortu.
nately for he fugitive rhe regular officers
and not the farmers first got word OF him.
They found he had stopped at tho Crager
farm and begged permission 90 sleep IN
the barn. Crnger's folks, of course, know
nothing Of whnt had occurred on tho road
noar Caifon and gave tho tired italian
permission to rest IN tho hay He told
them be was going TO German Valley TO
hnd work next morning
Tho officers concealed what they had
learned from the voluntary posse, and
that is how it happened that Daniel Cali
bra IS safely IN ihl at bloomington in
stond Of hanging TO a treo OF trostle at
German Valley.
Caught In Quarry.
He did nnnanr nj Gnrmnn Nnllnu and