New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-05
THE SHATTERED MONUMENT
MR.. FIELD VISITS ANDRES MEMORIAL.

THE SHAFT SLIGHTLY
THE BASE TAKEN FOR RELICS.
At 1920 o'clock on Tuesday night mOmen-
tary fash OF light umned the spot on the summit oil
Treason HILL Tappan where Major John Andre died as
spy lO5 years ago deafening report followed the ash
and while the ground tremhled with tho shock tho ohu
ct erected by Cyrus W. Field to mark the spot OF
Aros execution was hurled from its shattered pedos-
tsl dynamite cartridge. evidently used by an expert
had destroyed Mr.. Fields work again
Tho monument erected by Mr. Field shorty hiler
Dean sanleys America and bears an inscription
written by the Dean. In APRIL 1887
George Hendrix destroyed the pedestal with dynamite
After that the overturned shaft lay neglected within the
enclosure surrounding the spot where the gallows ana
grave were In October OF this year the monument was
reset on baso OF Quincy granite and Mr. Field ex-
pressed HE intention of making marked improvements
on the property. Last week he visited the place with
Arohdeacon Farrar. Yesterday with detective he went
TO look at tho shattered What will be the re-
snlt OF Tuesday nights work will probably soon DC
known.
The shock severe. In wagon beihg
driven from Sparkn to Bauveltvile there were
three men. Tho horse became frightened ana
ran away They were thrown ont but were not injured
I'm the house OF Kaufman Simon the State lne about
thirty yards south OF tho monument Gasses
ana many small household articles displaced. MT
smon's family were badly frightened. but at once
Guessed what had happened. In many houses window
frames were broken or cracked, and in instance
lamp near the edge OF table knocked off and the
house narrowly escaped being burned The report OF
the explosion distinctly heard by many
PERSONS at Nyack. Blauveltvnc, Palisades
sparkill Norwood and Piermont, and som" people
saw the flash at considerable distance
The residents of Tappan, with scarcely an exception
condemn the OF destruction rs m outrage, ana are
loud in their denuncatiUn OF the perpetrators MT fleu
will probably follow up every cew, and the guilty per
sons II found will suffer the fulpenay OF heir offence
To TRIBUNE reporter one OF the Oldest residents Vi
Tappan said: ,,..
The stone dill not harm one The first blown
was had enough but this is worse Mr. Field wonld 3e
good friend to Tappan II he would carry out ms uns
about his property ana TINS may dTuS Ven MIN "a WIS not
even to his memory 1t was good mar ,h e %i
hope the will be set up again ana that the ,
who tries TO upset it VIII be more knocheo "p0I'
than the monument . ,,,- A.. .,,,,o,n, 30
nineteen people out Of twenty and much Interest -
manlfestf the matter scores OF relic hunters VISITED
as me,neuoes Tue monument Ia now sealed ana broken
sshty in places TIES eSpOso anu na ug WeRs to
half the houses in EOckand County. $50 ~ =,
After his return last evening from Albany where he
attended The stockholders meeting OF the New orR
Central Railroad TO atfy the lease OF the "rst Sn"e
Road Cyrus W Field said IN regard to tue latest over
~ know little more about this occurrence Than what
patches we're received my ONCE to-day IN which
said TINT the monument ITSELF h% M rs,"e" %tne
but the sha was sim nn w5s 9Er Thursday
whom went with Archdcacon F1Trar. who was at my
house at Irvngton, and one or two othcr iri'aS or
se OF the monument has no inscription ana hl my re-
quest the Archdcacon wrotr one winch was nst on i'
ro OF having cut the vacant side Here II i III Ms
own handwriting:
Brave cited. young.
lie did ami cared. il -
HI .countTy's M,
Anu s Gia dca'h
England buried h''n in we'tm,ns.er abbey $3.50,
washington molnrG i1t ~ aH fag ~, ,, ~"
Raises ms monument The spot whic hi sbbi stood
and ne body , la ,..ro,c
Arch Deacon o. Westminster.
The other inscriptions" Mr. Field continued have
on another was u sentence written by Nn-nntt'h, a'
on the third was the lpscrlruoh ~
ment was erected it is not generally known
prrhaps, how came 10 put mp the monument ono
morning at breakfast when Dean Sian.ey wa. ~ uS
house several years ago. lac asked me Wh'l' MAJOR
Andre was executed, saying that must De s"' mere
in the reighborhood t"ld MN th4' AZ
not know tho exact spot. After some tuihcr
conversation. III which was ashamed to hnd ti't hh
Eaclshman knew considerably more a,oni an lnl'Ig-'
i'm event in American history than ! did, VINO was
living near tie scene started ont to discover thr
spot. We spent Ge"T{ ,d i.e W Sn% stana
ing on the spot tho Dean d s1'd II "a.
It ought to be markcr for the ocn.at oil
would build monument had TO guy Mn"l, ,''n ~
.ei the part that | waited. Tor the m tier e" hoeI
Intended to convert the farm into par I
Indeed had offered 10 bu.o a, ,i
historical society Tor The preservation oi -, -
Revolutionary relics with which the neghhorH""i i
modest sum 10 Keep the PARK ana n,','"- - ~
order; but after IN" monument was tHI""h uo""
| simply changed the Will . a., ito. ,,,o-
whether shall attempt to restore The MONUMENT Z"
let II lie where 1t Is have been nioi,nea t"n'L ''
TO the perpetrators OF ms IiHt ouI4-' NV
been found, but whether they VIII lrdd 10 thcI Hct' '
cannot tell vet. the Iuni-hmcnt for the ohrnrn ~
severe and will be imposed II the persons can be iouh'