The New York herald., 1867-04-11
EXTRAORDINARY RAID UPON CHURCHES.
Church Bnrslaries BY whslesaIe In VERNE

Church Burgtnrio9 0y Wholesale In Vermont
From the Burlington (vL) Free Press April 81
An extraordinary raid was made by burglars last night
on the various churches In city, In the Of
which every church IN Burlington but one was entered
The Unitarian church entered BY prying open
window In the basement The Sunday schoo, lbsaSy
was broken open and the books tunblcd the floor, al
the various drawers and closets broken open and ell the
communion service stolen, including baptsmai bowl
OF solid silver.
door OF the coal vault IN the rear which was split open
nothing here though all the doors and closets
we're broken opon the coverings stripped from The PAL
pt aud everything searched for articles Of vnlue
The Third Congregational church was apparently an
tered By breaking . pane in one Of the rear
s'Sr 10 ssIrs !. ali, but rsnsscrsd the lower 70 roons
breaking open all tho dFawcrs spilng tho contents
on tho doo; and Carrying on quantity q s Ss yys::
Al present no house Of his own, he had orsd u his
study 10 the church. The property taken eompviesd
humber Of wedding presents 70 Ma Stafford, amouasng
70 some $500 In value -
the Baptist church was entered a,so D hs sr 49, 80
left little open enough 10 admit the burglars bar -
the spring Of the window wks not damaged. NoshisG
r aSs1d I'M u s sas and down quantity ssvss
used At Sabbath school picnics wsre oens and
70 sss sa and no place which might
have bad valuable contentA
The Episcopal church was still more eaeiy entsred .
the front door was left unasensd the church being In
the hands OF workmcn for repair and enlargement The
contents OF the Sabbath school contribution boxee two
uOll0rs
sot here the communion service plate, which was In
during the evening. having been removed 70 private
Tne door Of the Roman Catholic church O. Mary'O
wasorced open, after an ineiectua attempt bad been
made 10 unlock Il the contribution boxes robbed and
silver robcts and church ornaments stolen. The rob
bers drew down and lt the large lamp In ths veslbule
TO aid them In their searches, and also 1t and carried
round soms Of the wax candles from The altar
they left in Tho lock an iron key they
had tired 10 use and made an Iron draw
bar much bent which was identified BY tho
sexton Of the Unitarian church the used by him
for poker The closets IN the Unitarian church were
apparently forced open By help Of this poker well -
the Of the Catholic church The marks In the other
churches show smaller iron 70 have been uss0 On
table In the College street church lay The tool evidently
used there, crooked iron with wooden handle very
much like 'fifern of kitchen stove Thsss circum-
stances indicate shAs the burglars wsrs not profss
sioualn s4 1M
Ths Methodist church wss not broken open, although
Il may have bssn visited II has no cellar Windows ane
the shutters On the main windows ars tgnsy nsnsr ,
Instances have occurred before Of robbery y s.SS = 4
churchss but before were Al hs csssS
city rebbed Ia one night No clue has yc Deen
70 sheburrlars . far as ~ learn Taken y ocaneoo1
win ihs rsosnt incsndiay Are y y svas. - - - -.
deousrats characters are Operating amonl -
citiasns win DO well 70 BE- generally On 'nss