From http://goo.gl/DVurk
In the 17th century, West Rock served as the hideout for Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Gen. William Goffe, two of the three "regicide judges" whom New Haven honors by streets bearing their surnames. They had fled England, anticipating prosecution under King Charles II in the execution of his father Charles I, to New Haven; the rock shelter hideout used by the two is now called Judges Cave
As a local child, the story we were told was: When the Red Coat soldiers came by searching for the fugitive judges they didn't go in the cave because a spider had spun her web across the entrance. The judges were not detected inside. (This story appealed to me because I was afraid of spiders as a child and I felt less silly knowing the soldiers were apparently afraid of them too!)
67HonorRoad 2 months ago