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THE GREAT NORTHAMPTON BANK ROBBERY .
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STORIES FROM THE AROHIVES OF THE PINKERTON DETEC a
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laFr10E f Over O'Neire Bank.
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By fall their money began to run
short and they decided to look about
for another job. In the Quincy rob-
'
bery they had. broken, their agree-
ti with Evans, paying hire only a
wt
small sum for the use of the air -pump
which he had. furnished them, Now,
however, they called. upon him again,
and, partly by threats, partly by gener-
ous offers, induced him to assist them
again. A series of unsuccessful at-
teznpts at robbery were made on banks
in Sasatoga, Nantucket, Covington,
Kentucky; and Rockville, Connecticut.
In several instances failure came at the
very time when sueeess seemed. sure. In
the case of the Covington bank, for he.
stance, nitro-glycerine was used. in
blowing. open the safe, and. the explo-
Sion was so violent that the men became
frightened, and. fled. in a pa ata • leaving
behind untouched, although exposed to
view, two hundred taousand dollars in
greenbacks au d one million five hurl-
dred thousand dollars in negotiable
bonds. In the case of the Rockville
b
hank their• had. worked out per -
' ' ' plans /
fectly,
- and they had removed everyth-
.
mg from the top of the vault but a thus
layer of bride, when Scott accidentally
forced the jimmy with wbich he- - was
workingthrouth the rout of the vault,
and let. t fall inside. As it was too late
i
tu complete the work that eight, and.
as the presence of the jimmy Inside the
vault would inevitably start an alarm
tbe next dee, they were obliged to
abandon the attempt. entirely.
The gang's most desperate adven-
ture befell in cortenct ion with the at-
tempt on the it National Dula of
Pittston. Pennsylvania. This was made
late in the fall of 1875. The bank es-
cepied a one-story building covered
with a. tin roof, and the robbers de-
vilest to make the attack from the roof.
But there was a serioue cliffiettlty in
fate that in case of rain coming any
time after they had 1 egua operationke
water might so::.'s.' through the open-
ine,ss they heel made and betray them
Duniape ingenuity. however, was equal
tO I ki... t•mergiary.; and. each night a:
ter finishing their excavation. they
carefully retail the sheets of tin that
had been disturbed, protecting the
,
joints with red putty which matched
the roof in color. So •well did they
put on this. putty, that, although it
rained beastly the very day' after they
began, not a drop leaked through.
o t only
On the nightf November4 h
one layer of bricks separated. them
from the top of the vault, and it w-ae.
detided to finisla the work and, do the
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robbery that night. Two hours hard.
labor with "drag" and "jackscrew"
suffieed to effect a " d Scott
n opening, an .
and were lowered into the vault.
' I Dunlap-
They found three afarvin spberical safes
rot eeted by a burglar -alarm. But
tu nlap was somewhat of an electrical
expert, and was able to so surround
heavy i r
thei I l -with h 1 dsI
airg ar-a arm oa
as to render it of little or no danger.
They experienced much difficulty,
though, in blowing open the safes. The
fIrst one attempted, -leaded on the sen-
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n and they secured. five
dexplosion,
acompromise,
hundred .dollars in currency and sixtY
t housand dollars in bonds. The next one
was far more troublesome, not less than
ten explosions being required to make
way into it. And jest as tha task
t lastaccomplished,d they was a. an ey were
Oil the point of seizing a great sum of
money, there came a warning call from -
Conroy, who was doing sentry duty on
the roof, and. it was necessary to fly.
When Dunlap and. Scott had. been
dragged out of the vault by their as-
..• 't they f dbl
soaa es, sy.were oun scarcely a e
to run. Daring aal the twelve exploe-
ions of powder and dynamite they had
., ni. crone mg e-
never left the vault t t h' b
hind the boards that .guarded the bur-
glar-alarm, Ind remained within arm's
of explosions so violent that.
they tore apart plates of welded steel,
anel shook the whole building. Worse
than the shock of these explosions were
the noxious gases generated. by them,
Seott and Dunlap had to breathe. On
coming out, their clothes were wringing
wet with eaerspira.tion, and they were
So weak that their legs tottered. under
them, and their -comrades hell to al-
moet rarry them for a time. But,
nevertheless, they manage' to walk
thirty miles that night, to Leigh, where
they boarded a. train to New York.
It was on this. occasion that there was
left behind in the vault the air -pump
which Rcibert Pinkerton afterwards re-
called so shrewdly to Evans' disadvan-
tage.
Coming. in his confeseion, to the
Northampton Bank robbery, Evans:
said that the gang had. considered mak-
ing an attempt there for several months
before the robbery was actually execut-
ed. For a. time they had designed to
rob the First National Bank, where
Evans had. been employed to put in
new doors, but this scheme they after-
wards abandoned- Enjoying the full-
est confidence of the. Northampton Bank
officers, Evans had made repeated vis-
its to the. bank, and g,ained important
information for his associates. It was
through his influence that -tin bank di-
rectors decided to give the whole com-
bination of the vault to cashier Wittel-
sey, who had previously been entrust-
ed with oriltr half of it, the remainder
being given to one of the (aeries..
On the night of the robbery Evanet
was in New York, but he had gone to
Northampton a day or two after, es
already stated. Then, for the first
time, he realized what immense wrong
and suffering would be inflioted u.pon
innocent people by the robbers, and he
said it was this that had prompted him
ave the securiti
in his efforts to hes re -
stored to the owners. •
Returning to New York, he at once
communicated with Scott and Dunlap
by means of "Herald" personals, and
had several interviews with them in the
eity during the month of Fehruary.
While they were anxious to dispose of
the. securities, it was plain from the frit
that they distrusted Evans, and propos-
ed to les.sen his share of the profits.
17iThlpretendingtth steps.sPent
i e o approve . e011
he was taking for a compromise with
the bank they were really, without his
i
knowledge, carrying on secret negotita
tions with the isa,me object. The sus-
picion on either side grew until final-
ly it could no longer be concealed. Meet-
ing Scott in l'reepect Park some time
after the robbery, Eva,n,s said, "'When•
areyou eine to settle and give me
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" `You'll never get a cent," answer-
ed Scott; "you've given the whole
gang' away."
For some time they did not meet
again , Evans continued. his vain. ef-
4, .
A arts for a, settlement, growing anore
and more anxious as the months went
by end. he saw the dangerto himself
become more threatening. • On the 9th
-•
of November he met Scott, -Dunlap, and
L
"Bee Leary oa the outskirts of Brook-n
lYis, and a violent quarrel occurred a
about the division of the spoil. Re- $
and. threats were exchanged b
with stormy language. wad at one time It
Evans" life was actuallyin danger. t
fter this nterview that e
. It was soon ai
Evans decided, under the management e
of Superintendent Bangs, to save him-
eelf by makiug a full confession.- He a
bad fewer sertip.les about betraying his s
ae•seelates, because he had became •cone a
vineed that in the previous robberies, 0
notably in the one at Quincy, 111inoie, a
he had been treated most unfairly be f
Scott and Dunlap., r
Evans said that for several weeks. t
preceding the Northampton robbery the 0
gang had concealed, theraselves in the 1
attic: of a schoolhouse which stood four a
or five rods from the highway, and
apart from other houses His state- I
resent was substantiated by the diseov- a
ery in this attic, after the robbery, of v
blankets, satchels, ropes, bits, pulleys, b
and provisions, including. a bottle of a
whiskey bearing the •lakiel of a New a
York nem. .1
After tae vault had, been rifled, the ,(1
money and. securities were placed. in a ;
Lag and a Pillow -case, and carried to z
sehoolhouee, where they were stow- ,
ed away in places of concealment that e
been previously prepared. One of 1
t lleSs was underneath the platforra a
where the teacher's desk stood. An- L
other was a recess teeth) behind a a
blackboard, whith was taken off for the a
purpose and their screwed carefully in a
place. For two week.s this treasure, e
amounting to over a million dollars, lay '.
uneuspected m the sthoolbottee, the f
teacher walking over a part of it, the .t;
children NV orkitg.r out their sums on the
beickboard rt lech concealed anotber '
pert. It WAS left there so lung because r
the robbers were unable to return for f
it, owing to the strict watch forst.rang-
ers thett was kept at the railway sta-t
tion and along all the routs. Finalise e
Scott bought a team of horses for nine ^
hundred dollars, and, with Jim Brady, t
drove over to Northampton from Spring- e
field, After secuxing'the booty, they
trouble n getting away.
hid. serious i
13,rady fell into the anillerace which they F,
were crossieg on the me, and this acte- "
dent necessuated their camping. out all I
night in a cabin in the woods. t
nese h •a
.. x earug Evans' story, the ques- f
Lion foremost in Mr. Pinkerton's mind i
WIIS where the stolen securities had been
emended. m a
rom w at Evans saidand
from what he k b' If "about th
new mese e 2
he was satisfied
methods of the gang, h
that. Duneup possessed. t es secret, and
would intrust it to no one unless abso- i
lutely compelled to do so. The likeliest i
way of compe .
Iling him Ives to put him z
under axrest, which might very well
be done now that E had consent- 1
Evans_
urn evidence. For weeks ;
ed to t State's•
le
inkerton "shadows" had never been (
of Scott and. Dunlap who spent most
err time in /New York, the former liv- 1
th • • ' ' '
•
mg with his wife at a fashionable
in Wasbington Square. ]
Instructions were accordin I .'
v green 1
the "shadows" t 1 • g '
o c ose in upon them, 4
and on alearuaxy 14, 1877, oth, men '
were arrested • Phlo.d 1 If th '
ua i e p la, as ey 4
were on the point of taking a train for 3
the South. 1
espi e the large sum of securities in i
D 't
eheir . possession, the men bad run short 1
of ready money, and while awaiting a •
were starting out to cora- 1
mit another robbery.They' were tak-
en to Northam t d. 't .
Jen e • 1). OTI an comma tea to
o await that.
It ha ened as Mr. Pinkerton fore- '
PP
saw. Brought into confinement, Dunlap
se, Scott were compelled, in the con- '
Au -
euct of their affairs, to reveal the hid-
n ig-place of the booty to some other
mean -tier cia the gang. They chose for '
their confidant " Red " Leary. The se- -
curities, as subsequently transpired. '
were at this time buried in a cellar on
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L7IXILL tl t eine, near Thirty-third. Street,
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New York. The precise spot was indi-
cated to Leary by Mrs. Scott, who, in
.
doing so, reminded Leary of an agree-
ment entered into by the members of
the gang before the robbery, that any
one of their number who might get
into trouble could, if he sew a necessity,
call upon his confederates to dispose
of all the securities on whatever terms
were possible, and use the proceeds in
getting him and. others -if others were
in trouble also -free. At th.e time
Leary scoffed at this agreeraent, but
wa.s perfectly willing, even eager, to
have it enforced. a little later, when,
by the orders of Inspector Byrnes, he ,
was himself arrested. on the cbarge of
complicity in the memorable Manhattan
Bank robbery, which had occurred some
time before. Easing failed in a, pur-
Pose of ' shadowing" Leary to the
place where the securities were hidden,
Robert Pinkerton decided that the best
move to melee next would. be, to arrest
Leery for complicity in the Northarap-
ton robbery. Steps were taken to have
reoui.sition papers prepared, and it was
Pending the arrival of these that Leary
was held on the other charge, for it
was not thought that he had really
taken part in the Manhattan Bankrob-
bery.
The crinaboal annals of the United
States contain no more thailling chap-
ter- than that of the adventures of
`Red" Leary. .He was a typical dos-
P erado in appearance,. with his shock
of red hair, and his bristling red mous-
tache, and his ugly, heavy -jawed face,
while his huge neck and shoulders, his
big head, and powerful hairy hands im-
P reseed one with his enornaous physi-
cal strength. He weighed. nearle
three hundred. pounds, and his "pals "
used to point with) pride to the fact
that he wore a bigg.er hat than any
statesman in America -eight and a
quarter. Long before Salm L. Sullivan
had been heard of, "Bed" Leary was
known throughout the countryas the
" big fellow," and, on witnessing the
historic fight between Sullivan and
" Paddy " Ryan, he ha,d remarked that
.
ef his eyes were " right ', he could thrash
both of them in half an hour. The
trouble with his eyes came of a safe rob -
bery wherein Leary had stood too near
the safe when the explosion was made,
and had had his eyelashes burned off
and his eyes nearly blown out of his
bead. • ,
While much of Leary's life had been
in deeds of violence he haelshown
0 , _ _ _., _
masons, sued splendid bravery, and
even heroism, as almost atoned for his
crimes.. There are few soldiers who
would not be proud of Leary's record on
the laattle-field. He was among the
first to respond to his country's call
im owe own Civil War, being a v,olun-
teer in the First Kentucky Regiraent
under Colonel Gutherie and he was a
,
good soldier from the time of his enlist -
e
men up to tae moment of his honorable
discharge. _ . _
• Leary poseessed fax more intelligence
than most men of his clam, being well
vaned in European history, and hay -
.
mg a good, knowledge of Frenth, Ger-
man, Sparaeth and. Italian. There was
also a certain refinement about the fel-
low ,one of his good pointe being that
ha would never 011M any profane or
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=lean talk in the presence of women. ) or had not been concerned in the Nor-
te was generous and hospitable to a thampton robbery, he had in some way
ult. Many a New York politician obtained abundant money. He was vis-
nd sporting man haa been entertained ited constantly by his wife.
t "Red" Leary's house at Fast Ram -On the afternoon of Ditty 7tla, 31,11.s.
ton, mid the guest was always perfect- Leary smiled at about five °Salo& with
sure that, though he went to bed "Butch" McCarthy, and the three were
Some that, though he wout to bed aline itt Leary's room until nearly
a very helple.s,s condition, whatever eight o'clock, After that Leary stroll-
oney or valuables he might have with ed, about itt the prison eneliosure, and
ins would be as safe there as in the at about a quarter pa,st ten keeper Were•
trongest vault. And, no matter how dell who had charge of the first tier, In
ard Leary% luck might be, or how low which Leary's room was located, saw
is exchequer, the friends who stayed him going up -stairs from the second to
der bits roof were sure of a good the tlaixd tier. Although irt this Leary
eakfast peepared. by the hand of his was going direotly away from his own
ithful wife Kate, - room, there was nothing to excite sur -
Leary was also a man of great wit prise, for Leary had been accustomed
nd repartee, and his comic stories anti to use the batbroont on the third tier.
ayings are repeated by his acquaint- A quarter of an hour later Wendell
•noes and. those who had raet him. One started. on his rounds, according to the
his great redeeming qualities was prison rule to see that each one of the
lways wanting to see faisr play in any men in his tier was securely locked
ght he witnessed, whether in a bar- up for the night. When he came to
oom or ring. He was known, in his Leary's room he was a little surprise
ime, as the best man in a bar -room ed to find him still absent, but sup-
ir fight in America. posed he would be there shortly. But
his was admitted by John alorressey
nd all the best judges a his day.
His generous qualities had won for
eary, among Iris osvn class, a large
after waiting a few minutes and find-
ing Leary still absent, the keeper be-
came alarmed and began a search. Ete
first went to the bathroora, wad not
nd raost loyal following; and when it fuadmg Leary there, searched m otbe
ass learned. tbat he was under arrest, ex- places, high and low. Then he re -
da friends burned. with sympathy and turned. to the laathrocan, and there made
dignation. The word was passed a disoovery which filled hira with eon -
bout among them to gather at the sternatioaa. Ile saw in the brack waN,
efferson Market police court on the what at first had escaped his attention,
Lay set far his having, ready, if need a gaping hole large enough to allow
, to take the law into their own the passage of a man's body. The bole
eds. opened into a tunnel that seemed to
So it cause to pass that tbe jefferson lead. downward. The alarm was at once
farket ?Mice eourt was crowded, on given, and it SQ011 appeared that the
he afternoon °a December 17, 1878, with keeper's fears were only too well found.-
uch a gathering of well-known orim- ed.. "Red" Leery had escaped.
als as seldom sit in 'voluntary audi-
nee before a judge. They listened with To 13e Continued).
TRAINER OF LIONS.
ger interes when Inspector Byrnes
Gated that, in spite of every effort
ade by bitaself and his men, it bad
en impossible to secure evidence We -
Heating in the Manhattan 33ank rob-
ry the two prisoners, John talkie
Red" Leary, and, John alias "Butch"
IcCartby. Having received this state -
lent, Judge Morgan, the presiding nut -
karate, said, "John Leary, :John Mc -
artily, you. are discharged."
At tlais a, buzz of satisfaction ran
brough the court room, but. it was
hart -lived. As the discharged prison-
rs started down tbe aisle, two men
topped forward and blocked the pas -
age. "Butch" McCarthy was allow -
d to go by, but Deputy -Sheriff Hassan
nd Robert Pinkerton laid bands OR
eery, at the same time presenting pa-
rrs for his arrest as one of theNarth-
r?pton Banta robbers.
Who serves tbis xequisition?" ask -
d Counsellor Peter Mitchell, speak -
for the prisoner.
"I do," said Hasson.
Then you are responsible) for thie
nazi's body."
"I am."
At this the prisoner's counsel drew
rout his pocket a writ of habeas corpus
ssued by Judge Daniels, and return-
ble the following morning. Having
rved this in the ordinary way, he
urned to the prisoner and said, "Now,
Fahn • eLetshaleryif f3 ut ostt hgeo Lquudileottivy SItyrleteht itahilis,
nd I -will meet you there in a little
The prisoner was at once taken by
Pinkerton and the eheriff to a private
room at the back, from which a private
ntrance through the jail ledout into
enth, Street. A carriage was waiting
t the door. No sooner was tbis move-
ent made than the whole gathering
f Leary's friends hurried from the
urt-room and formed outside in three
roups, one in front of the private en -
ranee, and thee -other two on the two
risers of Tenth Street and Sixth
Avenue. Inspector Byrnes,- looking
hrough a window, recongized in the
rowd a score of men capable of any act
f violence. He noted tlmt their coats
were buttoned. tight, with collars turn-
ed up, and that they bad scowling reso-
lute looks on their faces. He saw a
ight brougham waiting at the corner
f Tenth Street and. Sixth Avenue,with
strong- horse in the traces, anti a sin-
ster looking fellow on the driver's seat.
n spite of some attempt at disguise,
he experienceri officer recognized. him
asfiinke; Ryan, a desperado who had
ately finished a five years' term at
Suzgopening the private door, Robert Pin-
kerton went down the steps, looked
along the street, and then went back,
closing tlue door behind him. At his
appearance there was a sudden
ovement in the groups wait-
ing. outside, but they grew quiet
gain when he withdrew. A moment
later a man wearing an overcoat trim -
ed with astraken came running- up
nd joined the group at the jail door.
He seemed to whisper some order from
one to another.. A short wait follow -
d, and then the door opened once more
and. Mr. Pinkerton came out with both
hands in his overcoat pockets, He
pushed his way through the crowd to
the carriage and opened the door. The
eyes of the crowd. meantime were fast-
ened on the private entrance.
"Here he comes," cried several voices
as Sergeant Suttee of Inspector Dilks's
staff appeared followed by Leary,whose
arm was grasped. by Deputy -Sheriff
Hasedn. Instantly the man in the ace-
trakan coat and 'jimmy Burns, a no-
torious criminal, dashed up the steps
past Suttee, and threw themselves vio-
lently upon Hasson.Leary's hands
were not manacled, and Burns tried to
force himself between Hasson and the
peisoner; but the former made good re-
sistance, and held Leary in a desper-
ate embrate. A fierce struggle foalow-
ed, a dozen men from the crowd rush-
ing up the steps and, with blows, cry-
ing out, "Let that mah go."
.Pinkerton and Suttee sprang to the
rescue, the sergeant seizing Burns by
the collar, while Pinkerton, forcing his
way through the crowd back to the
steps, hurled men off to the right and
left .Reaching the top of the steps, he
turned on the crowd, and drawing his
revolver said., "I'll shoot the first man
that comes this way.", • And he point-
ed. the pistol straight at the man in
the astreleasa coat The crowd. fell back
in confusion, and Leary was quickly
dragged. bark inside the door. Then
his friends made a final rush; but Mr.
Pinkerton stood. in the doorway, ready
to fire. Hold hard; not another step,
he called out, and his warning was
heeded,
The carriage was now driven round
into the court -yard, and the prisoner
placed inside guarded by Robert, Pink-
erton and Inspectoe Maks; while an of-
ficer was put on the peat beside the
driver, and a squad of officers summat-
ed into twe other carriage,s, Then the'
gates were opened, and the three car-
riages dashed out on Tenth street and
started at a fuli gallop for LtUllavv St.
whioh they reached safely.
But Leary's friends although baffled
in this attempt to rescue him, were
not discouraged. The ablest lawyers
were secured in his defence, and by ev-
ery possible method of legal obatrue-
tion they kept alive a controversy in
the New York courts over the extradi-
tion until the early days of May, 1879.
Meanwhile Leary eposed in Ludlow
Street jell where be enj,oyed all the
privileges ever accorded to prisoners.
In return he paid the warden the sub-
stantial sum of thirty dollars a weeka'
and it was evident that, whether he had
Queer ream Or a Parisian Conntess and
the /Possible Tragedy That May Come
Oen.
The desire for novel. sensations has
led. a Countess in Paris to engage in
the training ef lions. After
a few months spent in conteuding with
the fierce beasts she has begun giving
public perforxnanoes. In order to pre-
vent recognition she wears a mask -when
giving exhibitions and. for a tizne the
tan was wild, as to her identity.
TEE LIONS DO NOT LIKE IT.
The cage of lions eontains some aartic-
ulaxly vicious beasts and the handsome
trainer does not seem to have them, un-
der the best of control. The lionesses
do their pants with bad grace, but when
sufficiently urged they will inountped-
estals and jump theough hoops and over
bars. The lions seem to feel that such
trifling is beneath their dignity and
they respond to entreaties and. threats
with snarls and. growls, showing their
ugly white fangs and red gums. They
do not deign to notice the meskea wo-
man except when she approaches them,
and than they assert their royalright
to be let alone.
The Countess Pallavicini, far that is
tee lady's name, has not bad an easy
task i.n training her lions. She appears
on the stage with bare arms and a low
corsage, and the somewhat generous
display she Makes of her charms' shows
numerous scars and scratches which she
has received. from her pets. Her arras
and breast are covered withthese mute
evidences of the fact that the lions are
genuinely wild and that they are not
thoroughly cowed. '
While in the cage the Countess makes
no display of weapons. She sometimes
has a wooden shield which she raps
against the floor of the cage to startle
the beasts, and occasionally she flour-
ishes a whip. Then she frequently ear -
ries a short polisbed steel bar in her
hands. She never uses these weapons
on the lions, but apparently trusts to
her pleading voice to secureeobedience.
The lionesses seem to yacht to the gen-
tle tones, and when Orme noses are tick-
led with! the thong at the end of the
whip they respond to their urging.
The Countess comes of a high fata-
lly and it is said. that she performs
with the lions from pure caprice. Par-
isians are wondering how soon the ani-
mals svill eat her and be prepared to
give the same excuse when brougat to
task for it.
FLOWERS 3,000 YEARS OLD.
The oldest and most curious herber-
!um in the world is the Egyptian muse-
um at Cairo. It consists of crowns, gar-
lands, wreaths and bouquets of flowers,
tell taken from the ancient tombs of
Egypt, most of the examples being in
excellent condition, and nearly all the
flowers have been ideiatified. They can-
not be less than 3,000 years old.
SAME OLD JOKER.
WILL SEEK BUTTED GOLD
A SEARCH FOR $260,000 ON BOW-
MAN'S HILL, FENN,
British Soldiers Hid It -For Gene:moons
• Where Was No Cute to the Treasure
Except a Tradition.
On a hill three miles below Lambert-
ville, Peen., there is aeported to be bur-
ied. fabulous treasure in English gold,
The hill is known as Bownian's moun-
tain, and is part of the range of Buck,.
highaan mountain, running through
Bucks County, Pee aliniest to the shores
of the Delaware River.
Bowman's Hill is familiar to all the
older inhabitants, arao say it has a
history connected with Revolutionary
,times. English soldiers camped there
duxing the wax. On the very top is a
plot of ground inclosed by an iron fence,
In this inelosure soldiers of the British
army lie buxied.
At one time the graves were marked
with tablets giving the birth, age and
rank of the dead, but the tablets have
fallen to pieces, and the inscriptions
bave been entixely obliterated, en that
nothing remains to mark their last rest-
ing place but the little mounds of earth
in the inelosure.
It is a story that has often been told
and handed down, that gold was buried.
on this hill by the English soldiers,
wbo, being hastily ordered away, sec-
reted their money, expecting after the
wax was over to come back and get
it, But they were either
KILLED IN BATTLE,
or depa.rted, from the country, leaving
tho money where it was blamed.
Gen. Bowman, from svhom the hill
derived its name, was an officer under
Gen. Howe at the time his army was
encamped in this vicinity. Gen, Bow-
man's body lies buried ua the plot on
the hill, but cannot at this late tirae
be distingniehed from the others.
A short time ago Aaron McCarthy,
who lives at the foot of Bowman's Hill,
was on a visit to 011 City, Pa. While
there he became acquanatea with an
Englishman. Upon learning that Mc -
earthy was from this part of the coun-
try the stranger pulled an old, crum-
pled, up piece of paper from bis packet.
On it was a chert et a hill. McCarthy
at once recognized it as Bowman's
Hill.
The man told McCarthy the chart had
been given lira before he left the
=then colliery, and he said that on
this hill there was lauxied 4260,000 in
English sovereigns, placed four feet
under the earth in four canvas bags,
He assured McCarthy thataf be would
assist him in the search fox the gold
he would pay him well.
McCe.rthy event home but failed to
get the man's name. After waiting
awhile
Bluely'e impecunious brother writes
that he is in hard lines now and that
he deserves something better because
for every hair in his head he has done
some generous and expenses% act.
• lae's the same cultivated. rascal. The
fellow is as baldas a door knob. ' „
I
DELINQUENTS.
Pompous mistress -Who is that man
at the door, Hannah?
New girl -He says he's the rent col-
lector, ma'am.
P. M. -But Hannah, we don't pay
raenin.HE CURED BLINDNESS.te.w
Ng
Irl -That's what he says,maa
An eminent German oculist, Prof.
Deutschmann, according to a medical
paper, has succeeded in curing blindness
by injecting the liquid of a rabita eye
into the vitreous humor of the human
eye. This is considered the most deli-
cate surgical operation ever performed..
• CROWS HAVE THEIR USES.
It is estimated that one crow will
destroy 700,000 insects every year.
The Queen is exceedingly fond of bag-
pipe music. Its skirls awaken her from
her slumbers every morning at eight,
and her pipers play under her windows
while She breakfasts. They are ar-
rayed in jackets of black velvet, while
the plaid. aed kilts are of the royal
Stuart tartan, which has a good deal
of scarlet in it Tale buckles, seides,
elasps of sporran, the arnaguards, and,
in fact, all the ornaments0 are of solid
silver. The 'jewels worn with the
Highland dress are always cairngorms,
one of these showy stones figuring be
the shoulder broad and another at the
top of the dirk. Silver powder horns
are worn suspended to silver chains
that pass over one shoueder and under
the opposite arm. Tb,e,ehoes have dou-
ble silver buckles, edonned with the
royal crown. • The bag of the bagpipe
is of blue velvet, the ribbons are • the
royal Stuart tartan and the banneret
is of blue silk, with the royal arme
erabroidered in go1d.1
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoth0
HE GREW UNEASY,
and made another trip to Oil. City to
look the stranger up. He learned. be
was dead. .
After returning home again McCartby
told of his talk with the stranger, say-
ing thee the chart was an exact repro-
duction of the hill. On the east side,
near a clump of trees, a spot was desig-
nated by a cross. The trees have been
cut down, but he ts confident he can
locate the gold.
He intends to start at once, and, if
necesszery, he says, he will search the
whole side of the hill.
ELECTRIC FARMINe.
--OP-
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
would include the cure a
every form of disease
which affects the throat
and. lungs. Asthma, Croup,
Broneb.itis, "Whooping
Cough, and other similar
complaints have (when
other medicines failed)
yielded. to
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Results of Experlineuts Made at Cornel
The agricultural department of the
Cornell University recently published
the results of some experiments ex-
tending over a period of six years, up-
on the effect of the light of the elec-
tric axe lamp upon the growth of plants.
There were two houses, both of which
were exposed to sunlight during the
day, and ons of wlaith received in ad-
dition the light from an arc lamp dur-
ing a part of the night. The arc lamps
were inclosed in clear glass globes. It
has been observed that the effects of
the light of one enclosed in. a, glass ;
globe are markedly different, the
former in some cases proving injurious
instead of beneficial to the plants. It
was found as a result of these experi•-
ments that there was a decided bene-
ficial influence on the growth of let-
tuce, and that there can no longer be
any doubt as to its advantages in forc-
ing this plant. With seed sown under
ordinary conditions, and the young
plants placed under the infleence of the
light after they are well established,
will show marked. Improvements up to
a distance .of forty feets,a One curious
thing was noticed, that 'the effect of
the shadow of a beam. or rafter mit
by the electric light showed plainly on
the- leaves. It 'is stated in this report
that Mr. Rawson, a fancy truck farmer
near Boston, now uses the electric light
in the commercial forcing of lettuce.
He has three lamps of 2,000 candle pow-
er each., which run all night. The hot-
house covers nearly one-third of an
acre. Mr. Rawson finds that ha ob-
tains a gain of five days per crop gain the winter, which makes a gam of
three weeks for the three crops during
the winter. The gain from one crop:
he estimates, is sufficient to pay the ex-
penses of operating the electric lights
during the -whole season.
Prof. Bailey's experiments at Corn-
ell confirm those of Mr. Rawson, as he
states he -finds many plants grow more
rapidly when under the influence of
the -electric light at night. Among
,these axe the dalsy and the violet. He
is convinced he says, that the light can
be used it forcing certain plants.
NOT ALTOGETHER HOPELESS.
I shall never marry,' declared Miss El-
derly in, a tone meant to be firm.
Don't say that, answexed her best
friend, Florence. • Women older than
you have had. proposals.
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