The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-09
BURGLARS UP TIE HUDSON.
AT UORK ~ THE RESIDENCE or LEX
iNDER HiNTLTON's SON
A Night OF Terror for u Household nr Women
In Wcuchct:er Count. - Eobbcrs who Ate,
Drank, and Operntcd ut thcIr I.elsure.

Night OF Terror for - IEousshnia rr women
In Wcstchcs.er Count. .'- Robbers who Ate,
Drank, and Operated nt their Leisure.
Tho residence of Col James 4. Hamilton,
son Of Alexander Hamilton. the first Secretary
of the Treasury of the United States. IL itlo
moro than milo from the railroad station in
Dohb's Ferry. II stands on rising ground. not
far from the bank Of the river. in n park.
On Wednesday evening Inst the occupants NJ
the mansion wcrc Cob Hamilton. who is 90
years old and an invalid; Miss wchh mn ngcd
lady who constantly attends him; lady who
was visiting Miss Webb. Daniel Wallace. an old
man Of 40, who has boon COL IIanlton's body
servant forforty years Ellen Gibbons. the laun-
dress. and three other maid servants. Mr..
Alexander Hamilton of * Washington square.
who Is frequently AT his fathers house in the
summer soason. had gone away that day. The
family retired carly and brforo IL o'clock all
were IN bed except Patrick Corey. stable boy
who sleeps in the house. but who was busy with
the horses. The stable is abou, 800 yards from
the house. "-fi,o Hamilton mansion Is fully an
eighth os milo from any other house. the near
est residence being pagoda-likc structure be-
longing to- Philip Stincr. the New York tea man.
At IL :. Wallace who sleeps down stairs was
awakened by the furious barking Of n large
watrh dog that was let loose every night TO
guard tho premises. Before he could rise and
partially dress himselfthc barking ceased and
some one began to pound vigorously on tho
heavy door leading to the basement on the south
side oi the building. He went to the door ~
fast ~ he could and asked. VINO Is there"
=. Never you mini;, replied sruf voice.
lie heard other voices but could not be cer-
With With cvl intent. Wnllacc rcs,isod 10 opcn tRe
door and went up stairs 70 ciycthe algrm to the
other members 9f the household. Meantime
] Ia Ia.
dow a fow iSet welt Of il Mis- Webb and her
sumbrrs 10y the cries OF Wallace. hastily
/ dressed themselves. AMI before the BURGLARS
| had offcotrd mn entrance. they were down stairs
Bvthis tim" the burglars who seemed To- 90 about
! thcir work with a desperate disregard OF con-
sequNnccs. had broken n pane of glass in the
window AMI could be heard rafting the inner
| fastening. Miss Webb who is not hacking in
courage. cried out To- them. " II you enter will
shoot your This threat had no effect which
leads many TO believe that the burglars know
| there were no irearns IN the house. Finding
! that the. burglars still continued their work.
| Miss Webb called for George and Acxan Ter.
! hoping thus TO deceive them into the belief that
her liu,e garrison vas no, wholly feminine.
! For "A few seconds the noises outside ceased.
but soon the invaders hogan work with in
creased cnersy. and Miss Wchb serin, no
to t room 81 whnfn hr tbe b' fAmiy fAii"" paras" ra" Was Was
kept. Haying hidden ili- anl her own
lrwelry. -he won't down stairs again.
/ III" 'ra-l lins oi another pan" oi glu-- and tue
rais ns 90, h' window si-n told her that IN"
/ hpl;lnr- had Effected an entrance. AMI TN" Noise
/ "i hhmi1"rinE gn door leading from tnc din
/ ins room int, the han showed that th.J w.ull
/ soon have n''e~- % q. w'iol" house. Thrn v s,
/ Mehh. hor friend. oll Wallace. and tho four woe
! men 'ryuut- fled up stairs. They were "lnSr ly
| pursued hy three oi tne hurslni.. armed W IA
| rtvoly,r- AMI oarrying dark lanterns A- ih,
thieves nscrndci the stair. IN ~ pu; out ali ih,
| lights except those in their own lanterns. The
| iriShtenld women, huddled together On tho at-
tie landing. tremhlngly awaited their advent.
One Of tho burglars fired his revolver in their
direction. and this redonbled tlcir terror. The
| shot struck the ceiling beneath tllo.r feet. and
was probably frcd TO friEhten and not 10 hurt
then. n., ,...,,. ..,, 49,. ...,. ,..n0 -.
| that Wallace had beard outside the door We
have been out "t work for eighteen months.
! Give rs money!"
All The men had their fare= hlackenel hc-
| youd rrruEn tion. hut whether hy charcoal or
by nn-k- of dark stun could not hr as 'rtain"d.
one of the burglars hnd piece of pink mos
| quit" netting over his face Ia r'ply To the de-
maud for money, Miss Webb threw down a so
| note. Llch Gibbons gave the gruil-Noir" man
81. amt two other servants gave th.m, a. and 81
Respectively. A. Miss Webb handed down her
m9u. - she said, For Gods sake dom; harm
Col. Hamilton. H. is old and f'rhin.' The mon
made no reply, and Miss Mrbh. her friend. and
the servants took refuge in ia" cook room n
! WHO blew out TN" lamp that WAS burning ther
Then ono OF th" thieves pressed the mu@ll" of
his pistol CLOSE 10 tn" head OF TIA" curk. ami de-
! pitcousy fIr her life. tut II WAS not until She
had proved that she had no money that the p.s-
Alter this the BURGLARS went down stairs. hav-
| ing first procured the key " the pantry, and
| the women locked themselves in onr Of the attic
| rooms. to wait for the morning. In the Kitchen
| the unwecomc visitors found coodly store of
| provisions, of which they were not sparing, and
choice old wines. This not being exactly 10
they drank freely All this tine there was no
apparent iear on the part OF the burglars Of in
tri'rrner from the outside. III" sentry whom
| they had posted in the front portco to prevent
the cErr-s OF any member Of the family to alarm
the noighhorS, was duly relieved ana allowed 10
| refresh himself IN the Kitchen. Al the stable
| His duty WIS 10 guard Patrick Corey. the stable
boy Who las already hftn mrhtiunrnd' ir i ms
| WIS seized IN the lawn hy the burglars at IL i.
~, a- he waS walkng a.ross ne gwn 10 IN, t9G
| mansion. ~ on nr"dn I 10 any iurthcr. sa'.l
one ol ,le men. pointing Il revolver at his head;
well tnko care OF you" From that time until
80 \. VI. Gorcy was kept in the stable under
strict guard. The burglars in the mansion.
Treasures. A. far a. can be- learned. they Oh
ialned nothing Of value "xrepi two silver pInt, :.
At / 80 \. NJ they went out 10y the hasemc nj
door. soon ait"rwarl the women went down
pantry in confusion.
On Thursday evening there was another
attempt ut burglary in the village of DOhh's
Ferry. Daniel Icc. an employee of Peter NJ.
Bi"grn, the brewer, WAS SICK in his cousin ;
Iar n1r N m TX M9rY H. sTSgd7f "rd fodisc s Goua Gn nT. i6
stairs. They continually approached the door
OF M room, wnirh WAS partially open and ho
was pushed open and the glare of n lantern
was thrown straight into his iacr; It was what
is known ~ u bun s-eyc. In the doorway stood
a stout man of medium height whose face was
covered with striped mask, not even his eyes
being visible. For an instant the intruder
stood moionlrss, peering into the room, Then
ne iurnnd anu started down the stairs. Who =
that What do YOU want r Lcc called out. as
he jumped out OF bed and ran in pursuit Hi
cries Of" Thieves thieves alarmed his cousin
Peter Lee, and he gayr chase to the fugitive,
The burglar escaped through II window
Not long ago the safe in the Office Of Bicgen's
brewery WIS blown open and robbed Last
week a safe in the office Of Mr. Ferguson. Il
lumber dealer in Hastings ono milo below
Dobbs Ferry, was forced, and within u few
days an attempt was mndc to rob the house OF
Jacob Unglebuch. a butcher in Dobbs Ferry
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