The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-09

| RObberies and Arson Committed Almost
| Nghtly-YOung Girls Outraged-fasking as
| Burglars.
| Letter to the New York Times.l
MECHANICSYILLE, N. Y, August L.
| The tramp ques ION is ass ssuming serl-
| Gus aspect i'll this section uf New York
| State. A small army of tramps is march,
! ing through Saratoga County, and where
ever squad appears some serious
crime is certain to lolloW. AT least that
has been the experience of the past
| fortnight. Burgiaries are OF almost
nightly occurrence, incendiary fires are
frequent, and OLhe1 ouGrageS nave been
committed. The appearances are that
| the tramps are organized Tor criminal
purposes. The villages VI ConklingVllle,
Balchellerville, Waterford, Schuyler
vile, and even BallstOn Spa, the county
seat, and Saratoga Springs have been
visited by Jramps during the past week.
On the 2d uft. gang appeared in Conk-
| AugVllle. Becoming Impuuant, and even
| violent in their demands on The popu.
| lace, they were driven out Of the place.
| The next night Jenkins WoodenWare
factory was burned to The ground; the
loss to the proprietor is $35,OOO. A
similar outrage Was committed AZ Batch
| ellervIlle on Thursday night; during the
| day a number OF tramps had bee n
| treated as Lnose had been at the former
village. AT night De Grottia's wash
| boaru factory was discovered to be Oh
| fire, and it Is totally consumed; loss
$4,000. by each of these 1iIes several
| families are thrown out OF employment.
One day last week eight trampS way
| lalu two young girls ON the nIghWay
near Ballston Spa and outraged Unem.
One of the girls has since died. No C ue
10 the perpetratOrs OF the tiendish CRIME
has been obtained. Last Wednesday
morning, about O'clock, the residence
of Mr.. j. Mccoy, this side Of Waterford,
on the Mecnanicsvllle Nj road, was entered
by burglars. Their presence was first
discovered by Daisy Mccoy, who was
awakened by dog in her room groWl-
ing, when she saw TWO masked men.
One held u revolver to her mead and
said: keep your dog quiet, or III shoot
yUul' She quleted tne dog ana tainted
away. But ne noise made by the dog
had awakened Mr.. Mccoy, in an adJOin-
ing room and sprlnging up in bed he saw
three men standing by his side, each
pointing cooked pistol at him. one OIL
them SAID, "We are poor men, out OF
work and we want your money" Mr..
Mccoy handed Lhcm $40, his watch ana
some other valuables. The burglars
Mccoy, VINO showed fight but was soon
quleLed. From nm they took $40, a $500
watch, and some jewelry. The Two
burglars in Miss McCOy's room got a
diamond Iocket. Mrs, Mccoy was
robbed OF sum of money, jewelry and
silyerware. From the servants they
got quaint ty OF jewelry and $15 in
money. A large amount OF heavy silver
plate was taken from the sideboard in
Tue dinlng-room. The eight men were
in ragged ciothing ana wore masks.
After ransacking The house they left,
threatening to burn he house and barns
If any alarm was given by Mccoy be ore
O'Clock in the morning. Mr.. Mccoy did
not make known the burglary until after
that hour, saying that he had promised
not to, and he cOuld not break his word.
No trace OF the burglars or property has
yet been founu. The same night the
clearinghouse of Mr. Morley, at the
Springs, was entered and the guests
robbed of $50 in money and jewelry. A
gang OF tramps had been lowering about
Lne place during the day.