The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-23
FIFTEEN STARTLING CRIMES.
THE QUERY THIT 4 CURIOUS CORRE-
sPONDENT MAKES or 1HE POLICE

those who hOhhcd AnucttOr Asntetrns or
of the VI en- ~ ho stole 4. r. stewards body
Tho number of daring crimes In this and
reighboring cities prompts correspondent to
nsk II brigandagc is really more bold or fro
uucnt In l,aly or Greece than in New York or
brooklyn and If the chances that tho dcspera-
does will be- brought TO punishment are very
much greater in these two cities than in tho
mountains Of Greece or in the Apprentices.
Probably the correspondent WIS not altogether
in earnest, but the record that lie alludos 10 Is
certainly startling.
In the months OF June. July. and August
last there were remarkable succession of bold
Grimes. On the 10th OF June. ut o'clock in tho
evening. four or five men took possession Of
Third avenue cur Mt Nincty-fourth street. and
after stunning MIR. Joseph W. Lafetra. n collec-
tor OF the Third Avenue Railroad Company,
with tho butt of n pistol. they took from him
.satchel containing 800. which he was carrying
down to the main Office Of the company Tho
car was filled with men. women. and children,
including two members Of tho National Guard.
They and the conductor were held in check by
tho revolvcrs Of the dcsperadoes, who. after
they had snatchcd the satchcl. went out lcaped
into n wagon and whirlcd down n side street.
On the 81 VI August. Just after noon. while c.
II. Stone. cashier of Halo's piano factory. was
returning along Thirty-iourth street TO the fac
tory with t2.95o. which he had drawn from tho
West Side Savings Bank. two men stepped M
behind him. and one pinioned his arms. while
the other put his hand in stones pocket and
drew out n package containing rolls Of silver.
Mr.. Stone seeing an American District Telc-
graph messenger bow. tossed him "A package Of
money which he had been carrying under his
nrm Tho boy stopped TO pick 1t up ont Of the
gutter. and as he straightaj up he was knocked
over by confederate Of the two robbers, and
tlg package was sudtched from his hands. This
man then jumped inin butchers ca-t ana
grnsped the r'ins. The other two followed
quickly. They were driven rapidly toward
tween Ninth and Tenth avenues, ,ho place
selected Tor, the, robhery, is lined on
il wide. and many people are constantly
passing through H. There are no vacant lots
lr alleys through which sudden escape could
n, mndc. The robbers waited until "A police
Ulcer had walked along Thiry-iourth street
nui turned up Ninth avenue At the time the
assault wue nude street ours were approaching
from both directions. An ice wagon was rum
bling by. and pedestrians were on either side
walk. Only one of the robbers followed Mr.
stone In the butchers cart. the other two being
IN foot. The cart VIVA pursued hut all trace Of
avcuu".
On the following evening man walking
down seventh avenue. near Twcnty-third street
was ~ upon 10y lhrea young men VINO DE-
mandc1 his money. The man purity broke
away, but. while he was yet struggling with
th'm. one "i Ia" Nuuns men. Iurick Marian,
Ur"d revolver nj him. Police Officer McGlnin
seized the mun who had fred the, shot The
hitter turned the pistol on him and pulled the
trigger. hut the charge missed fire. The man
who ilr"d the revolver was arrested, but the
man who WIS assaulted could not be- found.
On the 10Th 81 August. In the early evening.
I've mon in masks boarded the s loop William
=. Hunt. lying IN Corlrars slip. and. presenting
cooked rcyolvers. robbed the captain and crew
Of 500 aud their clothing. Ross Carr, sailor,
who resisted WIS wounded In the leg by one OF
tho robbers with a pistol shot. The masked
men got safely of with their booty,
II was on tho Atm ~ June last that the body
III ri tha frtslu xcna MI
in some bushes beside tho Bronxville road.
near lonkers. Invest cation left little doubt
TINT he had been murdered in New York and
his body carried out OF the city and deposited
whore 1t was found
Still. within year from the present. but rs
early ms Saturday; March %; occurred the rob-
berry OF Warren Lane and Daniel McGuness
employees OF the Planet Manutacturlng Com;
drawn % 700 from bank IN New York to pay
the employees in the mills. They had recrossed
NE Terry. nnd were gong up hoyt street TO
Prssldent street s . when en-, Lane nay vas struck T9m
money was quickly taken from him There
were two robbers. Both then attacked Me-
Guinness. He backed up against fence and
fought brnvely, but he was soon knocked down.
Then he crossed his hands over the bag of
gold which he carried. and held itqp'i he WAS
kicked to unconsciousness. The robbers made
unsuccessful escape with the booty. in a wagon
which was IN waiting for them, THIS occurred
soon alter i o'clock in the afternoon. There
were many persons in the street
On the 18Th Of May Thomas Lynn OF 22O Mott
marked TS o1 SS s3 man Rr9 S sty wa
in the afternoon. and he was on his way 10
pasture near Fleetwood Park TO look at a fast
horse He noticed twD boys sitting on fence
and third standing in the roadway As he np-
proached. The boy in the roadway asked him
what time i was. and he replied; - Half past ?.
my boy" III passed on. and moment alter
ward he heard a shot and felt a singing sensl.
T6a bow we in IKE Ir,oaodwav fred second Shot
aud then asked: What money have you got
about yon| Lynn picked up stone, and then
the boy fired n third shot from his revolver.
The bullet entered Lynn's left thigh. He hurled
mo stone. and then turned and ran. while he
shouted Murder" again and again At the
same time tho three boys ran and escaped.
This happened nearly opposite the gate OF Mr..
James O'Brlen's residence. As Lynn ran up
the path to his house Mr.. OBrien met him. II
j. supposed the boys on the fence heard Mr..
O'Brien open his front door and therefore the
three ran away without committing a robbery.
The first bullet would have penetrated IA vital
spot u Il hat not struck heavy buckle on Mr.;
by thick memorandum book In his right side
coat pocket, The third bullet caused wound
though he had with him about 5000.
The assault on Alderman John j. Morris
avenue. near Twenty S% street it il was ,f
o'clock IN the morning, He had Iust exchanged
Street. While he was was OPPOSITE stern BROS
store man stabbed him three times in tho
Greast The morning was ioggyi and the as
no cutlery, but hurried back TO the officer he
had Just left. Pursuit proved useless. The
cnuse OF the assault could only be conIectured.
Many supposed the Alderman had been mis-
taken Tor another man. He recovered from his
wounds.
Onthe night Of the following day occurred
the Manhattan Bank robbery, at Broadway ana
Blcetker street. in which the thieves blew open
tAe vault and carried away over S2,O0O.0O0 in
bonds and other securities.
On the morning of November 6. Mr. A. Bern
hard discovered That a small hole had been cut
through n pune in the side OF his show window,
40 9Jl Eighth avenue. aud n gold watch and
0cvcrll solid gold rings ished out with q stuck
r. piece Of wire. At ~ o'clock the same
evening he heard crash Of glass and. almost
ID IN" spme instant, saw the head and part Of
mo hody Of % man lrotrude through lnrge
lrokrn pane Of glass into his show window.
Ihe thicl took upa tray continuing eight gold
watches, togrthrr with soma gold rings. and
He'd with H. Mr., Brrnhnrdand his cl'rk sprang
To- the front door. but found 1t iustcurd from
the, outside. i took their united strength 70
pull il open. How il WIS fastened they could
not atterward ascertain. Tho clerk Charles
Logger, chased the thief ana fired three shots
nt him, but all trace was lost nj Broadway and
Fiity-lihh street. In his flight he dropped the
tray three gold watches and a lantern.
On the night Of November & occurred the rob-
berry OF Mr. A. r. Stewards grave.
On December 10. in Brooklyn. the Rev r. S.
Francis, II years old. was riding with his wife
ia Franklin avenue car on his way 10 church.
AZ first there were no other passengers. After