New-York tribune., 1884-02-03
THIEVES WORKING A NEW DODGE.

FLAT HOUSES ROBBED OF STAIR ARPETs-CoM-
PLANTS TO THE POLICE.
new enterprise has been started by thleves IN
an Fast Side district of the city which abOunds In
second-class fat houses. 1t is not dihcult toT q
thief to enter the halls of such houses III the nght
time but to break into set OF occupied rooms iIom
n hallway would be q more dangerous undertakIng
for burglar than to enter smaller dwelling. Inc
halls of Hat houses usually contalnnohlng OF Value
except the carpets. Some clever rogues latey con-
ceved the plan of carrying on star carpets wicn
can be removed quickly and With little noise. Ihey
stripped the stairs of half dozen houses In East
Forty-ninth Fifty-secOnd, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-sev-
In the Arlington Flat, No. 100 East Forty
ninth-st., they made their VISIT TOT plunuer
about a. m and were frightened away before tncy
had completed their task, but they removed car
nets worth 5000. At No 346 East Fifty second-st.,
they let the stair carpet on the top door probably
having been alarmed by some noise III the house;
Early last week they went to the house No. 2OS
East Eighty shortly before daylight, and
took away all the stair carpets. Some oil the inmates
heard the thieves, but took no notice Gi t oneli'
thinking that they were authorized by tho agent
to remove the carpets. An occupant OF the Idaho
Fiat No. 153 East Forty eighth-st., returned nomo
from theatre about midnight on thursday hBht,
and walked up the stairs to hls ro0ns Inc caIpets
were i'll place then. Two hours later, when another
occupant traversed the same flights, tne carpets
were gone. Inmates of the ,lroquols tlat, NO 10Y
East Flftieth-st, discovered yesterday morning
that all the carpets had been stolen from the
stairs i'll the nlgnt time, 80.
Complaints about the stair-carpet thieves" have
been mnde every day. for week, t0the PoIce OF the
Nineteenth Precinct, and Captain Mount mas lssueu
orders to the patrOlmen of that district to arrest
all persons who are seen lolterng ABOUT iat n1uses @
with suspicious bundles at night An appeal was
made to Inspector Byrnes at POhce headquarters
Yesterday by the agent of several nat houses IN Ie
district and were fS STi o1S
carpcts 1t was SAID that number OF real estate
agents were having the stair carpets III
Hat houses nailed down securely as q means
of preventing the thieves from removing tnen.
IN MEMORY OF DE LONG AND HIS MEN
The arrangements for the reception of the bodies
of the late Lieutenant Commander George w. De
Onp and his ten comrades surgeon James vi. Am
bier Jerome j. Collins, II. II. Erickson, ii. ii. Koch,
c. W. Boyd, w. Lee, n JuersOn, A.. Drissler, All
Sam and Alexy, the Indian, are nearly compieted
The bodies are expected 10 reach hamburg to-day
or tomorrow, and will probably be forwarded ON
the steamship Frisia, which IS expected TO arrive
here about February 20. They will be taken from
the steamer through the streets leading TO tue
l5rooklyn Bridge and thence to the Navy Yard,
where all of them, excepting that OF Jerome J Col
lins VIII lie in state in the Eq9pGent building M unI
be taken in charge by the seth Regiment,
of which he was a member and conveyed 10
the regimenta arnOTy, where it will lie III state Tor
two days. 1t VIII then be taken 70 tue cale1i9l,
where a requiem mass will be said, and it viii be
buried in WOOdlawn Cemetery. The bodies OF
some of the dead men will be taken IN charge by
friends but those of De Long and the rest VIII be
buried in the Naval Cemetery at Annapolis. lnv1-
tations to attend the funeral services were sent
yesterday to President Arthur and the CABINET,
Judge Charles p. DAILY. General Hancock and ms
staff Mayors Edison and Low, and other local and
National officials. Chief Engineer Melville, Lieu
tenant Danenhower, AoTos and Nlndcrmann, De
Longs classmates, Army and Navy officers on duty
or detached service at this station the 23d ana 69h
Regiments. and several civic societies have already
been assigned positions in line.
A meeting of the graduates Of the nautical
schOol-shp st. Mays will be held on board the
shin at the foot of East Twenty-third-st, on Thurs
day evening, at o'clock, to make arrangements
for participating in the reception of the remains ot
Lieutenant C Commander De Long.