New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-19
NEW.JERSEY NEWS.
ROBBED AND LEFT UNCONSCIOUS.
AN OLD NAN AND HIS WIFE BRUTALLi
ATTACKED BY RJFFIANS IN A BARR0OM.

Woodbridge. Feb. IS (Speciar.-Meno Park mas
added another crime to many that have been com,
mitted there and the perpetrators nave eS'"'
without detection. The hotel OF John "eish' ""o
ia seventy years old was entered by purs'a's' u'
the old man. with his aged wife. was hano'eo
roughly Welsh and his wife live IN Muraere's
Gully at the foot OF Meno Park HILL Inc o'u
couple keen a small hotel. and by this means 'hey
make their living and have managed 10 save
small OF money. ,,
Last night Mr.. Welsh retired early ieavihs Ills
wife to look after the bar business. with insrue
,ors "a cIose the doors at $3.50, but the old woman
anxious TO take the last cent kept open untii IL
o'clock Then she closed up and started lor oeu
As she was about ready for bed she heard 'io
sounds of a vehicle In the Gully. ana withm wv
minutes II drew up In front OF the saloon door,
Mrs Welsh looked from the window of her ped
chamber and saw three men alight from the
wagon They banged on the door with CLUB ana
demanded that IT be opened. Mrs. Weisn a"oke
her husband, who got out OF bed ana went W '''o
saloon He lit the lamp on the par anu '"e
opened the door to admit the three men. Ihev d"
rushed In and the biggest man Oh thc 'heo "e
manded whiskey.
They were served and drank freely. after wh'ch
the big man pulled out hve-dollar bill and' haho
ing 1t to Welsh. said. Take your money out VI
that" The feeble old man took the money WIN
trembling hand. and opening door IN the iceooA
pulled out a big drawer filled with bills and IN MS
exc,tement paced II on the bar, where the three
rufflans could see its contents. AT TINS JuhcturS
the big leader Of the three walked to the end OF the
bar, and. drawing a revolver from MS MP POCKET
demanded the money. The old man. with tears
begged for mercy. The robber then drew from MS
pocket a blackjack and dealt Welsh blow over
the head innicting wound and felled the
old man to the floor unconscious. The noise OF the
fall attracted the attention Of Mrs. Welsh VINO ran
to the barroom AS she stepped over the threshold
of the barroom door she also received dow tnat
rendered her unconscious While the old couple
no tha ma
searched the place from attic to cellar carrying
away about $3.50 In money. and escaped In the direc
ton Of Woodbridge. ...o-o
The ruffians had made good their escape before
Mr. and Mrs. Welsh had recovered sufficientIy 10
summon aid and tell their pitiable story: .
Murderers' Gully has a reputation when IL mas
gained within the last five years. ana is known
from one end Of MddleseX County TO the other
About a year ago Danny" Dabney. colored man
who lived in the neighborhoOd of Murderers Gully
was called from his house in the evening by 10
seph Epps and found later In the night with MS
throat cut from ear to ear. Epps Is now serving
sentence for the crime.
About two years ago John Dunn, a respectable
citizen, was driving from Weshs saloon to his
home one mile distant but in the Gully ne was
dragged from his buggy and killed. Then his body
was placed on the railroad tracks TO cover up the
bloody crime. The body Of Dunn was found by the
trackwalker. but the murderer escaped