| Show YOUNG ROBBERS I HAD A ABig ROOST Big Cave and Elaborate System of Tunnels IN INTHE THE HEART OF THE CITY GAVE OA v gATi ILD ALL Alili THE COMPORTS COMFORTS OF OP HOME HOMB An underground underground cave with a 3 laby labyrinth of tunnels which fe is said to have bave been used as a rend by hy a gang of f youthful tt thieve l v B was wu discovered In Inthe the lot north of the Knutsford by the police yesterday afternoon and kat night two members of the hole inthe ground gang who were round found drunk were placed under arrest a t The beys bc 8 who gave their names as Charles White and Isaac Taj Ta Taylor lor were found hiding In the hay loft of Sellers livery stable near the I cave and were so drunk that they could hardly walk wak w k The Thc cave upon examination proved to tobe tobe tobe be fitted out with ail all the requisites of apartments and the indications pointed to the fact that the lads had been making their home in the place for several days Some stolen prop property property erty ert which h was found there indicated the purpose for which the cave eave had Men been dug For some time past the people In that vicinity have been making com cons complaints complaints plaints to the police that everything of value left lett outside disappeared dur during during ing the night and many complaints complaint have hav come of the robbery of chicken and hens nests The police were unable to solve the mystery of the thefts until yesterday when Of Officer Officer fleer Pack accidentally discovered the cave tv by finding a tunnel which kd led to It The officer says there was a stove in the Che cave a table some dishes and some fried eggs on on the table evi evidently evidently evidently dently having been left by b the fright frightened frightened frightened ened lads who disappeared through the three or four tunnels that led away from the main room This Thin room Is about six by eight feet and one of the tunnels is no less than twenty feet long lone There were some potatoes in the cave which are to have I been stolen and a bucket which was I stolen from Sellers livery stable was wali found there Last night three of the boys were found hiding in Sellers nay hay loft but the third who was not so drunk as his companions escaped by jumping out the window White and Taylor who said they were e ea 15 1 1 years old admitted that they had been living the cave but would not tell who t others were The boys were k kup lock lockup lockup up on ana a charge of trespass |
