The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
DUNMORE.

The residents Of Dunmore have for a
considerable time been troubled by gang
OF tramps whose headquarters We're situ-
ated near No. q. This band of outlaws
has become so outrageous Of late as to
set at naught the vigilance of the police.
Houses were robbed. stores broken into
and innumorable henneries invaded, all
OF which depredatiOnS We're traced 10 this
gang. To capture them seemed an i'm
possibility. Several attempts We're made
but each one was fruitless. Yesterday the
climax was reached the band put to
flight and their stronghold destroyed. To
Burgess Burschel is given the honor of
the raid, Under his instructions tie fol-
lowing officers We're detailed under the
leadership of Chief Healey: Officers Bull
ger, Dolphin, OIIara, MCHale McSwcc-
ncy and McGrail.' Aiming themselves for
any emergency they proceeded by
roundabout way to the hobo headQuar-
terS. Their coming was totally uneNpect-
ed, and they swept down upon the g9us
like an avalanche The weather beina
exceptionally fne, the hODoeS, fOtr in
numl Ct, lay out upon large fiat stone,
summing themselves. They were COmplete-
ly SUI prised and had not even tine 10
offer resistance. They We're quickly sub.
ducd and placed in the hands Of the
officers. The police then inspected their
den. Which ran a distance of twenty Tee:
Under the bank, to see If anything N:tlu-
abe Coulc be found. The interior pre-
scented IL regular tramp den. At the FUR
thcc end n large iron sleeve, the prop
Crtr uf the Scranton Gas and Water
| company, was being used as the ire
place, over which hung kettle contain
ing some unsaVorable liquid. The ground
was stIewn with Il miScellanCo is CCl!eC-
| tion OF broken plates, cups. knives ant
| forks and tomato cans, with here an
| there rug which served for n bed.
| Several shelves had also been erected up
| on which the SpOils of the day We're lay
! ing. Tobacco and clay pipes We're in
| abundance. These together with lot of
! broken kettles and pans furnished their
! entire outfit of the gang. The place was
! one which would do Justice to many
| carpenter or mason. 1t ran for upwards
! of twenty feet under the ground and
! was about eight feet in width That part
! Of the sides which did not run under
ground, We're built up with railroad ties
| and covered with mud which had become
| baked. The entrance was covered with
| Il large piece of canvass and the whole
! place presented one of great security.
! The band contained over twenty mem
| Ders who We're under the leadership of
| the notorious "KoOns.' The police, how
| ever, destroyed everything, the tramps
! being compelled to become witnesses to
! the destruction of their home and its
contents. The four captured include their
! leader. a watch was set to capture their
| companions The tramps will be given Il
hearing before Burgess Burschel this
morning. The police say they will not
stop until they clean every tramp from
out of the borough.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Presby-
terian church met at the home of their
| president, Mrs a, ID, BlaCkington, of
| Elm street, yesterday afternoon, ana eX-
pressed their deepest sympathy for the
sad bereavement which had come upon
them by the loss of their esteemed MEM
Der, Mrs. Elizabeth Young. Mrs, Young
had been one of the soCictys most active
members ever since its foundation, and
the vacancy caused by her death will
| never be hard to fill a committee was
appointed 10 send a letter of coincidence
from the society to the bereaved family
and also 10 purchase flowers for the fu-
neral
The funeral of Edward Angwin, sr.,
VIII taEetplaCe this afternoon at o'clock
mterment viii be made in the Dunmore
cemrterE
Miss Jessie Glencross, of Grove street
was rendered "a birthday party last night
by the following of her friends: Mr.. and
Mrs, William Golfer Mr. and Mrs. Alex-
ander Glencross, Mr.. and Mrs. John Glen
cross; the Misses Acy Golfer Nellie
lInycock, Name Siegle, Lizzie Mead, Lii
lie fudge, Margaret Stewart Jane Glen
cross Lizzie Brady, Ida Brunng, Edith
Crawford, Agnes Glencross Mary Bul-
lock, Lizzie jeffrey, Mertie Finch, Bella
CaldarwOod, Agnes Bgart, Grace Love
and Messrs John Morrison, Wesley Finch
Samuel Davis, owen Jones, David Lewis
William Golfer, Ernest Finch, William
Davis, John GiencroSs, Joseph Segle
James Dryden, George fudge, Charles
Gearey, Edward Harper, Bruce Milard