New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-14
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
CHURCH ROBBERS CAPTURED.
TWO MEMBERS OF BAND OF LONG lsLAND
THIEVES IN JAIL.

CHURCH ROBbbhS CAI iOhED'
TWO MEMBERS or A BAND OF LONG ISLAM
THIEVES IN JAIL.
On Saturday Justice Thomas Lawrence at Flush
ING L. l., remanded David Stiner and "hha'"
Muller charged with having committed numerous
church robberes in different places on Long Island
until next Wednesday for examination. 1t appears
that for several months some persons have peeh en-
cared IN regular system of robbery on Long lSiano,
deyoting their chief attention 10 the taxing VI
every sort of movable church property ana s'e"i"H
an occasional horse and wagon with when 10 carry
off their booty Five different churches were Nisteu
and partiallv sacked by these robbers during tue
Snring. On the night of June 2, churches IN Mas
meth and Newtown were entered and different aru-
dies besides the contents of the mite box, were
stoi,n. The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Msnet,o Hill near jericho. lost SiOO worth OF prop
erty. Consisting Of organ, chairs carpets, bipie
clock etc., through aburglary committed 10y persons
who also stole norse .nd wagon from the neigh
bOThOod. Robberies were subsequently, committed
in the churches at Great NeOL and Head-oi-the-
Weigh. and a few days ago an attempt made to
rob the Reformed Church at Queens. IL this case an
alarm arranged from OF the doors to the houoe OF
the pastor near by aroused the keV. Mr. HageHah ~
pa. m. Thursday. lie quickly ca.ieu s&iT ot ms
neiahboTs and they started for the chucn bnt De-
fore they could surround 10 one OF the hl,NeS, VINO
watching, gave the alarm ana the oshd
horse and wagon. the latter bearing the name -.
Sinner Ncwtown, l.. l." The thieves quit Queens,
aud IN passing through Flushing the same night,
stole a horse and wagon belonging 70 John Graul.
On the following morning, when he last tnclt
was discovered. a CO.Ored b " working Tor MI.
GTdul followed the wagon tracks until he found II
at a house on Maideu-lauo between NtwtOUn and
Column husvIlle and two men busy loading IT, AlitT
demanding n, he FASTENED 10 Ne"toWn ana tOId
Dcputy-Sherif Hicks, who went and secured the
horse and wagon. Constable lance, OF fIushlhG,
VINO had also been In pursuit of the robbers was
found ny the cOlOIed bow and conducted 10
where he found young woman ealing herself Mrs
StneT, and also several articles of furniture which
were recognized as having been stolen. seaIcn
warrant was obtained by Detective James W.
Smith, of Flushing, and a miscellaneous collection
OF furniture and other stun was discovered III tIle
house. Mrs Stluer became greatly alarmed, ana III
answer 10 queries sand that she always Thought her
husband was engaged III thel secondhand furniture
business although she did not understand why he
should 20 into the country after II at night. she
directed Smith and HauCe to a secondhand IuIul-
ture store ia Williamsburg, where her husband had
gone. There they found and arrested Stncr, ana
be accused Muller, who was standing by, where
upon lie also was arrested, aud both. together WIN
Mrs StlueT, were taken To Flushing ana locked IN
The ilil. Both men Germans and are old
offenders The goods found In the NcwtOwn house
we're removed TO Flushing; they tlled two wagons:
Tie trustees of the Manetto Hill Church ldcnilned
an organ as belonging TO their church, clock, lot
of carpet several chairs and handicapped table
Other article, the pastor Will be required 10 ldcn-
uIy. Trustee SImOnSOn sala that lie recognized
Muller a man whom he had seen IN Tic negl Dor
hood of the church before the robbery. The horse
found at Queens on Thursday has been claimed Dv n
man IN FIdtands from whom 1t was stolen. The
horse stolen when the church at Manctto Hlll was
robbed has not been found, but the wagon was at
Sinners house al NeWtOwn. Mrs. StIner remains III
custody although she processes 10 ne entirely
ignorant of her husbands having been engaged III
any OF these TODberIes.