The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-26
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Nothing was then heard of Mon
roe for a year, when on August IL,
1908, he appeared at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Abram Deyo, wealthy
farmers residing near New Paltz,
Ulster county.
In the house were MIR. and Mrs.
Deyo and their infant child, Mrs.
Jonathan Deyo, the wife of a New
York lawyer. and servant. Mon
Abram Deyo for employment. Mr..
Deyo had heard of Monroe and re-
fused to hire him, whereat Monroe
knocked him down and tried to
stamp the life out of him.
Mr.. Deyo's wife and sister-in-law
ran to his assistance and Monroe
knocked them down and gave them
terrible beating. Leaving his vic
tins unconscious, Monroe entered
the house and attacked the servant,
injuring her. Then he kicked the
baby out of the cradle and left the
house.
While this was going on Jonathan
Deyo, the New York lawyer, was at
the barn watching four men press
ing hay. Monroe walked out to the
barn and attacked the lawyer,
knocking him down, and then going
into the barn he cursed the four
men at work there, and pulling out a
handful of matches lit them and
threw them into the hay NOV. Hav-
ing done all the damage he could
Monroe coolly walked away.
Posses were organized and Orange
and Ulster counties were searched
for days. Rewards aggregating $3.50
J were offered, but Monroe was not
| found. His sixteen-year-old wife
was locked up in Kingston for a time
in hope that this would bring the
desperate back as he dearly loved
her.
Sheriff Boyce of Ulster county,
swore in large numbers of deputies
and spent weeks hunting for the
fugitive. 1t was found that Monroe
had been hiding in the Shawangunk
Mountains and trying to send mes
sages to his wife and he was driv-
en- out of a cave and narrowly escap-
ed capture.
Monroe's next exploit was to noti-
fly the police that he would attend
the Orange County Fair and at the
fair grounds it was reported that he
had been present at the festivities in
woman's clothing.
The Ulster and Orange county au-
thorities then got close to the des-
perado and chased him to Campgaw,
near Paterson, N. J. Here he was
surrounded in a swamp and shot at
a number of times. He escaped but
left a trail of blood behind him.
Next he was located at Green
wood Lake. Here his wounds were
! dressed by a physician who did not
know him. A few days later it was
reported that dead body was found
near Branchville, N. j., and in the
pockets of the coat a message for
Mrs Katie Monroe was signed by
"BilI' Monroe, saying that he was
dying.
The body was not identified sas
that of Monroe and nothing more was
heard from the desperate until three
months ago when Chief of Police
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him saying, 81 am in California,
come and get me-" The police of
San Bernandino were asked to ar
rest Monroe and went after him
armed with shot guns but he escap-
ed.
Monroe had been staying with a
sister near San Bernandino, where
he was known as William Harris.
Other aliases he had gone under
were James Williams, William
Smith, Leslie Hunt and William
Brown, all being names of near rel
atives of his.
1t is understood that at the time
of the outrage at the Deyo farm,
Ulster county offered $500 reward,
the Board of Fire Underwriters $3.50
reward, and the Deyo family $500
reward for the capture of Monroe.
The two latter rewards expired, how
ever, in one year, which ended Sept
9th last. Therefore at the present
time there is only $500 reward for