New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
BIrRGLARS KEEPING THEIR WORD.

NO CLEw FOUND To- THE MEN WHO sET FIRE TO
MR.. ByIsER's HOUSE AT ARINGToN-A GILMAN
OF NUMEROUS CEIMrs.
The buruinc of the house OF GEORGE H. Briser nj
Arlington Y. j.. 10y burglars. Thursday morning. "l
winch mention was made IN HE lRnUNE Nes'Vrcr
day was apparently the climax Of long series Oh
operations by thieves IN that neighhorhoHu AT
hugtOn is 4 pretty village OF about 900 lhhau anu,
ard is situated in kc3TncV township. i'uU>""
County. eight miles from rScY CIV on 'le -'cW-
York and G?ccIwood Lake Railroad. in"l2ntN
of the owners Of the neat cottages Il the place are
men who d0 basluesS In New-Iork. -Four wears aH3,
Mr. Bciscr. who, untll fortnight agow"N esip'oHca
as cashier 10y Narhart WMtiOrj ~ Co.; on NO. 10
Broadway. built handsome honse III Hhfslhn5-SiiI
Arlington and has since lived i'll H. Ills hou>eiolI
consisted of himself his vie ana tEo cNnorTn,
his wifc's sister ana servant couc NeehN
aso Mr. Be!seys family Went TO pay a
visit on Long Island. aad the house was lett IN
charge of the servant. with the additional prccaU-
lion n az IN alr.nccncnt was made with man TO
sleep n tn house at night This precautI0n was
taken bee use last summer IN ne absence OF the
houscloin. the house entered by burglars VINO
packed up many articles o. value lncluuiNg some
silverware aud were upon the pont OF escaping
with their booty when they were discovered and
put to hastv fight by ncghbor As other a'tenpts
at burglary bad been made IN Arlington before inns
n patrol Of citizens was organized Whlch KEPT VIZ
liant watch for some time. paying cspecal attention
10 the roads to Newark and BeeVlllc Atshough
this patrol did not succeed IN catching any thlcNcS,
lis existence had the effect of driving away the night
providers and restoring feeling of security. The
quiet Of the place was not disturbed again until
about two months ago, when several at'cmptS at
Late at night SIX weeks ago William Affair saw
two men in the act of breaking into the house OF
man named Alderman, ana gave an alarm when
aroused Alderman and caused him TO fire upon the
bnrgars. Other attempts It burglary, some real
and some fancied. have been roDorted Wlthln a
month. and the signal calls of proweTs have been
heard In the streets at night. 1t was the knowledge
of this state OF facts that made Mr.. Beiser uneasy
and caused him 10 spend tuesday night al nome.
lie appears to lave had premonltion OF lInpel.he
evil. aud was Wakctul duIlng the night, without
noting anything more suspicious than the sudden
extinguis 'rmpnt Of the CIS-lanps at an unusually
early hour On Wednesday evening he again went
To Arlington to keep watch IN ms house. lie
noticed that the gas was AGAIN suddenly put ONT
shortly after midnight and tins incident maze MN
determine to keep watch carefully. shortly
after l O'clock n. lie saw two men ciinD
into his back ward and approach the kitchen win
dow which was just beneath the window at when
he sat. Waiting until he was sure that they were
houscbrcahers, he fired down at them. One OF them
uttered an exclamation and an oath. winch lildl-
Gated that lie had been ht, ana WIN VnIeat 10
get even the burglars fed. Mr.: Bcser permitted
drowsincss 10 overcome HIM. and awoke some TWO
hours after discover that his house had been SET
on fire in the cellar beneath the parlor, and that
that part OF IT i'll flames. Ii is thought thai
fire brand was introduced through the cellar WIN
dow by one OF TIE burglars An alarm was gwen,
and the peOple OF Arlington made every poSslDie
effort in the lack of fire Department. to put the
The house of Mr.. Bciser was entirely de-
stroycd. with al ITS contents. a vacant
house 20 the moth of Cbestnut-st., owned by Law
renee Moran was burned. and the house OF Robert
BARCLAY was saved with the great ST dihcGtY. The
loss Of Mr. Beiser on the house Itself is about oO
while his furniture and ornaments were valued ar
nhout - 900. There was an insurance o1 S!,Uoo
on the house aud contents most OF the amount BENG
with the A.'na, OF Hartford. ana the NahulactuI-
ers' of Newark.
The attempted burglary and successful incendiar-
ism naturally created a great deal OF excitement
in Arlinct a. and have aroused feeling OF lnsccu-
rity especially as there police force and there
is only one constable III the village. No cicW mas
We. been obtained to the rcvcngetu CRIMINALS, WHO
made their threat good quickly after /: was Ut
tered Dr. = W Ciascn, ii was stated 10 a lRIBUNE
reporter at Arlington. went yesterday Afternoon 10
attend n meeting If the Township Committee,
called to discuss the prOpTiety of 0hcllng reward
for the discovery and arrest of the CRIMINALS. he
police OF New-York. jersey City and Newark have
received notice to he on the watch for Il woIndod
man Of suspicious character. Nj. Beiser was not at
Arlington yesterday, having gone to reloin MS
family