The sun., 1903-12-17

followed. While he was cooking supper
ne stood over the stove with his gun con-
stantly in one hand and when he sat down
az me table the gun could be made out rest
The. Sheriff said he would not attempt
to rush the house, as to do that would cost
life at least
Eleazar saw the Sheriff during the latters
visit to Riverside this evening and offered
TO try to effect the capture of Reeve
His plan was to go to the door and knock
ne had no doubt that Reeve would admit
him.
The Sheriff refused to allow this tonight,
put may consent in the morning. He be-
darkness In mistake for one Of the deputies
Eieazar thinks he could overpower Reeve
when the insane man opened the door and
pinion his arms SO that he could not shoe.
When the Sheriff again reached the Reeve
place plan was adopted which may freeze
Reeve out. Reeve was attracted to one side
OF the house and when il was certain he
was not in range shot was fired through a
window, shattering the panes of glass and
permitting the wind to enter. Reeve
rushed TO the broken window and fired into
the darkness straight ahead where there
was no one, the destructive shot having
been fired from sharp angle. Reeve was
about to fire again when another window
was shot out in the same manner, and he
rushed to that and fired as he did before.
80 as to break all the windows.
his having keen accomplished. the be-
slegers retired out OF range again and took
up the watch. Some Of the men forced
an tnt rance into the far side of the barn
ON Reeves place this evening and gave
the live stock attention. II is believed
that Reeve may attempt to attend to their
wants in the morning, and il he does, an
attempt may be made then to rush him.
IL he leaves the house for the barn in the
morning Will take -SiCp of tbt,
house
Nathan A. Downs, Reeves uncle. has
been assured by the Sheriff that nothing
violent will be done Reeve will have to
give in sooner or later. as he will be worn
out for want of sleep.
District Attorney Livingston Smith ar
rived here this evening from Smithtown.
He has taken Eleazar's sworn statement
in writing.
The only important thing brought out
from Eleazar which he had not told before
was that some days ago Reeve said to
him that any person who came on his
property to bother him about money would
| not leave it alive
Eleazar says that Reeve usually had
! considerable. powder and shot in the house,
as he went hunting frequently. 1t Ia Bit
terly cold here tonight and the members
Of the posse. despite the frequent reliefs.
are suffering considerably.
The Sheriff came in at 10 o'clock for q
conference with District Attorney Smith
and left again at II.
Capt. Rafiord was 4s years old and one Of
the most popular men In Riverhead, He
had been a warden OF the county Jail and
deputy sheriff for fifteen years. He was
member of o. o. Howard Camp. Sons
of Veterans. He leaves a widow and three
children.
d. Wells Reeve. the father OF Tuthl
lived on the farm where the murder oc-
CURED. He was run down and killed by
a train some years ago
REEVE STILL SAFE AT 1 A. NJ.
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Reeve is now in a room in the upper part Of
the house which it i said has no no fire and
has withdrawn his men further from the
house and no action will be taken until
daylight unless Rec We makes the first move.
The work of making openings into the
house has proceeded. ana the lower part is
now pretty well open. Reeve fired several
shots between II o'clock and 1890, but no
one was hit.
The sherir's determination to do nothing
more until daylight was reached after he
found that Reeve was on the alert. One
of the shots fired to break window re-
vealed the situation Of the man firing il TO
Reeve. who fired back. But the man had
dropped behind an obstruction and was
unharrned, although the duck shot ratified
about him.
~ After firing one of his shots Reeve leaned
out Of window and called cut something
about dying game to the besiegers The
exact words could not be made out. The
Sheriff now thinks that Reeve can be kept
on the top floor, where he probably has
no provisions,
Some OF the deputies wanted to end the
whole affair this evening by starting fire
and burning the house, but the Sheriff
etoed this suggestion. Some Of the resi-
dents OF Aquebogue think that Reeve will
hold out as long as possible and then kill
I,