The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-31

story has place in the annals of Con nectcu than that of oe and Whaley commonly called the Regcdes, those two Judges Charles the ton of Charles II to the throne of his father obliged tO flee the kingdom Arriving in Boston, July 2 66o they to New Haven, March :, i66i.
 ''f' But the news of the Kings Proclamation being brought to New Haven, they obliged abscond h they returned and lay concealed in the house of Mr. Dav enport the minister until April 3On2 Mr Davenport was threatened with being called account conceamg comforting traitors but the Judges who had before removed from Mr Davenport house upon inmaton of his danger generously resolved to deliver themselves the ties of New Haven.
 They accordingly the deputy governor Mr Leec know where they but he ok them the next day of their friends them advised them not to surrender.
 Having publicly shown themselves at New Haven, they had cleared Mir Davenport from the suspicion of conceang hem after which they returned 10 their cave which this day still goes by the Judges Cave
 Ii is situated at the C0 of West Rock about half a mile from the southern sxtr, ny It is place well chosen for >oming into the harbor from this rock be easily The is formed base of perhaps forty square by huge pillars of stone fifteen twenty high standing erect and elevated above the surrounding supercies mountain surrounded with trees which conceal from obser vaton The aperaures being closed with branches of trees otherwise well covered and convenient oden might be formed as these rocks bng contiguous at the top furnished below large enough to contain bedding and two three persons.
 Mir Richard Sperry who lived the side of the rock about me from the supplied them daily with food sometimes carying it himself and at other times sending by his boys, tied up in cloth with directions to a tain stump, from which the Judges would take it.
 The incident which caused them to leave the was this; the mountain being wild animals one night as the Judges lay in bed panther catamount putting his head into the aperture of the baed his yebas rghtfu greatly to frighten them of them look to his heels and fled down to Spey house safety Considering this situation loo dangerous to remain any longer it abandoned
 place their abode in New Haven was at spot Icaed The Lodge. It situated in valley spring abou three miles west of the last residence North of was all emnence called The Fort to this day from which there full view of he habo to the southeast seven miles off, There were several other places about the Rock winch were used by them for places of conceamen The tNo ntoned, however. were their principle places.
 Among the many radonary anecdotes and stories, cng events which took place about the time the Judges pursuers al New Haven, foows:-
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