The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11
MAN AND WIFE ARE BURGLARS.
Both Enter . House Near Fsnwood, but
Arc Scared on By Young Mrs. Darby.

- HOUSE FenWOO0s
Arc Scared on By Young Mrs. Darby.
In a large old-fashioned brick farmhouse.
about mile from the Fanwood. N j.. railway
station. 1.-Two Mr.. and Mrs. Low Darby. and
with them their son Douglas and his wife.
Last Thursday morning at 4 o'clock an at
tempt was made to rob the house. Douglas
Darby was away from homo that night In
bureau drawer In his room he had left consid-
erable money which ho had drawn from the
bank to pay his farm hands. Mrs. Darby's
gold watch and some jewelry were also In the
drawer. Entrance was made by burglars
through the door In the basement kitchen.
which had been left unbolted. A lamp is al
ways loft burning in the upper hail. This the
burglars turned almost out. Young Mrs.
Darby says:
Il must have been sleeping very soundly.
for have no recollection Of hearing any noise,
but awoke with u feeling that somebody was
in the room. Then seeing that there was no
light apparently in tho hail. which thought
strange as we always have lamp burning
there. raised myself 80 as to look out into tho
hull. As I turned toward the door was
startled ut seeing two heads. one on each side
of the door. looking in cautiously. As soon as
could collect myself called out:
What are you doing therer
1.-TWO figures ran to the head Of the stairs
and jumped. One of them was woman with a
kcrchief on her head. The other was man.
He had what looked like a club under his arm.
After calling my father-in-law. went into my
room to get u dress on. There found the top
locked and half open. The key had been taken
from tho second drawer. which nlso was open.
Tho c9ntents OF the top drawer were not dis.
turbed must have moved just before l
NV, nwoSe; and thus scared the thieves away. as
the W. drawer Nir was only half opened.
Kitchen they overturned q ab table covered with it
tho oWard Sse Mrs Darby Who Is
volyer and Started after them s as Soon as she
was Joined by MIR and Mrs Darby. ST., and by
two Of tho farm hands. who had been awaken
Sarsars Of course Sere net IN ssh wheS
a reshed the rd The
and the marks Of shoes began. showing that
tine iugtyes 6ad stopRed to put on their
led into the woods. which are very thick here.
hns pareyS did not attempt to follow any
pursuit was useless in tho dense woods '''''
The Darbys feel certain that the ATTEMPTED
robbery, was the work of man and woman
ago. and had left on Oct. very suddenly. The
t%S n i, come rS from an employment agency in
ton and Joseffa. What their other name was
the Darbys could not remember. Mrs. Darby
The man n1f, Was aSeut Is years DID, very
about himself The woman was 80 years old.
fair with blue eyes. and as pretty Q woman as
married. but a Pole, who lives up the road
they were not. He said he had known
not S as s9G N he but st he wq Md
weeks ago Anton and Joseffa had a quarrel
and no Knocked her senseless with trunk
strap She was in bed for four days When
cred. On thei LIST Of October they left
very suddenly. and said they were going back
to New York. They gave no reason for their
going into another kind OF business They
were good workers. Anton was employed as
q farm hand and Joseffa helped about the
but they seemed to understand what was sail:
all about tho house. The burglars must have
been we'll acquainted. with tho house and all
my ROOM ! know that one OF them was a
they are Anton and Josefid."
. It is thought that the ,Pair he'd heen lying
into the Darby house. and that the absence Of
they sought. Some Of the farmers there think
ton after the attempted robbery and took tho
train for this city. Others believe them to be
living somewhere in the almost impenetrable
woods. awaiting chance for further rob-
bcries.
The other farm hands employed on the OAR
by place describe the man as large. quick. and
great strength They sfy tha while
wanted to. he was silent and, reserved and re-
fused to say anything about himself