Bush, 425; discharged, 426. f^v Robberies. See also Plunder,- Robbers. Robberies, committed by persons from British lines, 25; released deserters commit, 39, 40; ran- gers employed in suppressing, 48-50, 52;. rangers hunt for stolen property, 48, 135; fre- quency of, in the Helderbergs, 50; system and laws for sup- pressing, 52-55; persons sus- pected as accessories in, 52; I. :: - . r . ■■•"I.I {..'«. ..• -f 192 State of New York Robberies — continued. prisoners confess, 52, 133; per- sons acting as fences for, seized, 52; in Dutchess county, 52, 243, 246; disposal of stolen property and money, 52, 54, 137, 138; frequent, on east side of Hudson river, 53, 181; accom- plice in, turns state's evidence, 53, 103; address of senate to Governor Clinton about sup- pression of, 54; laws to prevent, 54; frequency of, especially in Manor of Rensselaerwyck, 54, 128; Albany board orders arrest of suspect, 97-98; com- mitted against Elizabeth Wil- liams, 99; in the Helderbergs, icq; committed against Henry Van Rensselaer, 106, 121, 122, I3i> I33> nh Hi> 146, 147, 280; against Arent Van Schaaclc at Coxsackie, 108, 133, 250, 278, 280; four men com- mit, at house of Nicholas Michel, 119, 133, 149; com- mitted against John Van Ness, at Kinderhook, 122, 125, 129, 135, 147, 251; committed in summer of 1 777 against Mrs. Baker, a widow, 128, 149; committed against Van Alstyne, 129; committed against Cor- nelius Steenberg, 148, 150, 155; committed in Livino-ston Manor O 150, 251, 393, 403; committed at Freehold, 168; committed by Neal Taylor, 199-200, 252; committed by Esack Mosier, Robberies — continued. 202, 252, 261, 276; committed by Nathaniel Morgan, 229, 233, 256; committed in Claver- ack, 251; houses plundered by militia, 270; committed against one Bacon, 276; committed by John and Robert Sloss and otliers, 278-279; important witness in trials for, 279; per- sons charged with secreting stolen goods, 305; secreting of stolen goods confessed, 308; committed against Teunls Van Slyck, 329; committed at Lon- enburgh, 331-332; committed against John Bradt and Michael Halenbeeck, 334, 335, 340, 392; committed against Albartus Van Loon and Coenradt Flake, 335, 341, 342; committed at house of Mrs. Jacob Luke, 335-336; stolen property secreted near Peeslnk, 336-337; on certain conditions torles will prevent, 341; John Clttlmon concerned ifl,''349; Peter Seger examined regarding, 353; threaten ruin to well affected people in Hel- derbergs, 354-355; attempt to rob house of Jacob Cooper, 366; frequency of, in Helder- bergs calls for protection by rangers, 377; committed by deserters from Burgoyne, 384- 385; committed against John Leonard, 396, 398, 534; con- tinental soldiers encouraged to engage in, 419; persons con- 1. li ■-' ■ 1 .1 1,1 .1 : Ss: : I... n 1, Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 193 Robberies — cpntinued. cerned in, secreted in Living- ston Manor, 475; committed against Frederick Berringer, 480, 547, 548; frequency of, near Peesink, 492; committed by tory at destruction of Cherry Valley, 528; person, accused of stealing horses, sent from Pough- keepsie to Albany, 584; com- mitted against Casparus Conyne, 685; committed at Claverack, 711; committed near Coxsackie, 742, 744, 746, 748, 749. Robbers. See also Plunder, Robberies. Robbers, Albany board employs rangers to ferrit out, 4S-50; system and laws for apprehend- ing, 52-55; informers against, 52; persons acting as fences for, seized, 52; the Helderbergs a nest of, 53, 354-355; pardon of, 53, 209; "patronage" given to, by British, 54; accessories as well as principals to suffer death penalty, 55; order for arrest of suspect, 97-98; arrest of suspects for robbery df Henry Van Rensselaer, 106, 121, 122, 133; at house of Nicholas Michel, 119, 133; confession of, 133; arrest of suspect for rob- bery of John Van Ness, 135; suspects lurking in Livingston •Manor, 143; Peesink infested by, 143, 144; order for arrest of, east of Hudson river, 181 ; sus- pect confined in Albany fort, Robbers — continued. 200; arrest of principal in numerous robberies, 202; watch taken from one, 214-215; one taken in Nine Partners, 215, 251; one conveyed as prisoner from Kinderhook to Albany, 250; persons in Livingston Manor accused of harboring, 252; information about, offered to Albany board, 259; Captain Shaver to go in search of, 259; pay for bringing several to jail, 278-279; one pardoned, re- leased on recognizance to ap- pear as witness, 279; search for, at Peesink, 328; one captured by continental troops, 331; secrete stolen property near Peesink, 336-337; one sen- tenced to death, 337; attempt to capture party of, 339; ac- count for conveying, from Claverack to Albany, 344; Gen- eral Clinton unable to aid in apprehending, 355; capture sol- diers in Helderbergs, 364; re- pelled while breaking into house in Helderbergs, 366; soldiers to search for, in Helderbergs, 366; Albany board to direct search for, 367; intend to rob Jan Bradt