The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-05
BEHIND THE BARS
AN ORGANIZED GANG DISCOVER
ED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW
YORk-FINE MEMBERS ARE
CAUGHT--THOUG TO BE
NOTORIOUS GANG.

Five men were arrested at Falls
burgh last Friday night in whom
the authorities believe they have
about one-haf OF the members of
an organized gang OF horse thieves
that have been operating in this coun-
ty with startling success for several
weeks past. Indeed it is quite pos
siOle that the men belong to the
notorious coterie OF crooks who
make horse stealing their business
and have been known to have had
headquarters at Ceuteryille for years,
and members of which are from
time TO time brought to justice. The
men we're captured after patient eff
forts on the part OF the Sheriffs Of
fee here to get track OF them after
the stealing of a horse from Cor
win Beach at Kiamesha, and one
from the stables of Flagler q Nor
geustein at Fallsburgh. Benjamin
Brown, a Hebrew living near kiam-
esha, was arrested about week ago
suspected of being implicated in the
stealing of the Corwin Beach horse.
Brown told enough to give the Off
GERS proof that there were several
men implicated in the theft.
1t so happened that Brown was
confined in a cell in the temporary
jail here next to that of another He
brew in for some minor offense.
While Deputy Sheriff George Neu-
mann, who understands German per-
fectly, was looking after things at
the Jail Friday, he overheard Brown
confiding to his cell neighbor that
certain men were to come to Falls
| burgh that night. Mr.. Neumann
! quietly gathered in al. he could and
! . haV DZ1f nrln
Neumann of this village and Con-
stable Vally Smith, and telling them
what he had heard sent them to
i allsburgh to look for the men,
being unable to go himself as the
! other members of the sheriff's force
were out of town,
On reaching Fallsburgh the Off
GERS found every resident of that
/ community, with the exception of
some who were implicated, more
than anxious to assist them in every
way to apprehend the horse thieves.
1t may be said in fact that II was
due to the Jealous efforts of many
of the Fallsburgh citizens that the
officers were SO successful,
When the train known as the
"Scoot" reached Fallsburgh, sure
ChOuSh luClG SlGDpGu Oll Den Ieu-
ner, better known as "Pinky," who
was known to Constable Simpson of
FallsbuTgh, and whom the officers
took into charge at once. "Pinky"
was horror stricken. His two pals
were coming on the night line and
would assuredly meet the same fate.
He glanced over the crowd and saw
Mike Steiglitz standing with a SINH
larly worried look on his face
"Pinky' managed to write a note
and hand it to a boy, together with
a sum of money, telling Steiglitz to
go down the line, meet the train on
| which the two men were coming,
and warn them of the situation. The
officers secured the note and in a
mighty short time Steiglitz also was
in their care. Nothing remained but
to wait for the night line and grab
the other two men, who have since
proven to be Samuel Wolf, supposed
to be the ringleader of the gang,
and Isidore Goldstein.
1t seemed so easy that the officers
perhaps relaxed too much. They Sc
cured Isidore without trouble, but
Wolf taking in the situation eluded
the officers and ran into the woods
near the depot. There was great
excitement as the crowd and the
constables put out in pursuit. They
practically surrounded the strip of
woods. A man walked up to Con-
stable viii Simpson and said:
Did you see him, WHIP"
Simpson, supposing it to be one
of his conferees in the hunt, said:
mo, didn't see him!"
At this the man, who was none
other than Wolf, darted past him.
He had come upon Simpson una
ware, and recognizing him, realized
that this was the only way to get
past. AS he ran, however, he went