The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-01
4 THIEF APPLIES THE TORCH,
pr1 ryEsT NE RiASiCKS TIE oRLNGE
rtuS TEAMS cum HOUSE.

Aucr scuing the fince o" Fire lie
trnw,- Through window and Escapes.
N,nr'y all tho pretty girls in tho Oranges
H., ,y,re not engaged otherwise yesterday
,l.,,l tho orange Lawn Tennis Club grounds
y, Non,rosc, and inspected tho halfburncd
-I,, Lnusc noting with many obs" and
.h. ,L. rl,ccs where tho daring and mys-
,.rt,ps burglar and nrchuG. who went to
~. ,,,,h hons, ON sunday morning. had
,or ,,nrcs Of hia presence. All the morning
r ci,,s cnmo and wont In village
,,., lurcics, road wag ans, and other vchi-
,. an of which were very handsome. and
,..,iy s,iritrl hors"e. Tho girls. OF course.
,,,,., t,r NOR, interesting. and many of the
,,n,i.d Mr. William Savage. the custodian
-, ia, r,uh. his opportunity to tell them Just
,,,oli,, burglar looks and acts. II would
osoto 10 wager tina, some Of the fair visitors
,not,,un,cr their beds more carefully than
,,.,,l Inc, might and il some OF them didnt
h,vo nightmare Il Is because Orange girls
nrs mot ruilt that way.
rh, oropco LAWN Tennis Club contains
ABOUT 100 n,,nbrrs, all Of whom are residents
~ ,ho Oranges aud the other arstocrntc
s,,ur,or towns Of the vicinity. 1t was or
,ori,ca .wclvc years ago, and some OF tho
-. ,r,or,or. lawn tennis contests have oc-
n,rrod mon its courts. Hero Miss Mabel Ca
hi', On ,,,re, successive occasions upheld her
,ii,tn.nc chnmri5nshtp cup for women of the
iri.., states. and Dwight and Sears played
,h'ir championship cont, csts. The club leases
its grounds. but las built n onc-nnd.a-hnlf-
story house. which contains two club rooms
nm .hc mnir floor and three small rooms
!, M, a.Hr which are occupied by Mr..
., Ia. ,.if, ,pd th,,a childror In III,
HaN"s"' Ms wy "",' ~ 49,,
club roo"s ARC tho lockers OF tho members.
Int -, attcmlt has ey or been made to do any
,.,,, t,rri.bi,r or dscorotino although
offensive '|'"'''',- " o''".'"-, "'t"o -
most fashionable 200, 10 in tho Oranges John
, W. na,,xn ., nrown 1,rothnrs tho Wall
street bakers. Mr.. winslow Of winslow and
Inpie;. y J. Cross, and Henry j. Hitch aro
eN-Pr"si!en's. Mr.. Hitch IeinG Inc founder.
The present officers are: Charles A. Num-
President: C. Z. Watson. Treasurer: r. Griffin.
secretary. We ''uo Is nialaSeo os tneso
trustees: ]. Walter Wood. Henry T. Hitch.
''e' .'." ~ .i. ,,,, .,.
sunday morning Is usually very dull about
the exception OF TWO line houses "ithin nan
milo. the club house Is Tar removed from
neiChbors. Back Q. it is n large wood filled
with unl,rbrush, and the main road is some
distance away.
According to all accounts the burglar who
caus. oll this cxritnmcnt on sunday was
mean emss." Mr.. Trenchara is tho marshal.
policeman >aiier' ana general ponce 'orce OF
South Orange. lie has special charge of the
work OF detecting the burglar IN addition 10
preserving inc peace at 'ne "'no'' na,ro''l.s
the streets, feeding and otherwise caring for
NAV advanced in yrnrs ana look = very much
ike Chuun"uy ST. nepew.
Girl and one hoy nj /, o'clork On sunday morn.
Inv /" attend I'D the services at the 5'athaic
away. There remaimei at hVm,, hi, Vile nm d
lO-yenr- old boy Philip The latter was III. and
lay in bed n i in hi. rom Mr.; Savage was
He was we'll dressed. Mrs. savage thought he
was slightly under the Influence OF liquor. He
inririrnt moilstarht. He wore IA light Irau
ovcrcont ana a brown derby hat. Mrs. savage
recognized him as a man who had call ed n, the
club house on the previous sunday. and who
had tnen incurred for Mr., Savage; asking at
DO w sseopu VISIT h. Was
polite than on the first.
Where is the lanitor?' he asked. hruspuey
Savage. ''''' S'"' ''N
When will he be back?"
"All right said the man. sharply. " that's
al want OF you. am going to look at the
Mrs. savage snid nothing but went ur stairs.
Although she and her husband have leen
members as many rarely visit the club ex.
cept on special occasions. Mrs. Savage con-
cludcd that this man was member. and
therefore entitled to the privileges Of the
club. although she was surprised at his rude
ness. She Went up stairs. therefore. to her
own apartments leaving the man below.
man moving about down stairs She was sus-
picious. and determined to lind out what he
was unit to. BY curious chance she was, able
to do this without leaving her rooms. Seven
years ago tho officers Of tho club tried to dis
cover a thief who stole from the members
lockers They hired Pinkerton detective
bu, the stealings ceased while he was around
and were only resumed after no had gone.
Then Mr.. Savage did some detective work on
his own account. He bored holes in the floors
OF his rooms. so that he could see what was
tho thief who proved to be a mem Ter ami a
son OF one Of the wcalthiest residents OF tho
Oranges The matter was compromised and
hushed. although the man was expelled.
Mrs. Savage thought Of all these things. and
rememt cred that she need only remove the
corks which had been put into the holes AS
plugs to BE- lbio to SEQ all that went on below.
She removed several OF the plugs n4iseltssly
picions were soon verified. The man was