The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-16
PIRATES AT LARCHMONT.
THEY LANDED FROM a BLACK sLooP
WHICH HAS SINCE SAILED AWxY

They Battered House. No One Know. How
| and stole Only Solid Silver. Which They
First Tested with Acid--More than
$4,000 Tnken-Mrs. r. II. Crocker md
Manager Frederick +. Proctor Robbed.
New ROCHELLE, N. Y. Sept. 15-Thc village
| OF Iarchmont has been excited ',r the last two
days over the raid OF gang of burglars on
Wednesday night In which the houses of three
| OF it's wealthy residents we're looted OF all the
solid silver in sight without the awakening OF
single sleeper.
The houses robbed were those OF Mrs.
Croker the widow OF =. b. Crockcr. the Cali.
fornia millionaire. whose daughter married
j. Sloat Fassett: Fred. I. Proctor tho mannrer
OF Proctor's Theatre. and Thomas McCanc. n
wealthy New Yorker whose summer residence
is in Larchmont. Tho houses were all entered
some time between midnight Wednesday
night and daybreak the noxt morning The
most serious loss was that of Mrs. Croker.
who was robbed OF lot of old family silver
that was almost invaluable
The most mysterious thing about the bur
glaries Is that In no one OF the houses entered
was there any trace left by the burgla lars show.
ing how they got into the houses. The next
morning every window and every door was as
securely fastened as the night before when tho
family retired Nowhere were there any
traces OF the robbery except in the silver
closets. and there everything was confusion
All the plated ware was lying about on the
floor. and every piece OF 1t had been ruined by
some kind OF acid which the burglars used to
test it. The solid silver ware they took along
and the plated ware they left behind The en-
tire amount stolen is valued at between $4,000
and $1,000
grave air Of mystery when they permit them
selves to talk about the robberies. and throw
oq aea hat he 81 the n
thing about their identity.
seems to be th ,I sensTsl opiniSn that the
which was seen cruising about off Larchmont
all tho afternoon before the robberies. The
which 1t carried aboard have so scared the
village that tonight no woman or child ven
strong bodyguard
There Ie, are at least half q hundred men who
terions soop and that she had no name un and
was painted perfectly black Many, say she
Of IN onnd the
night she. was boarded and robbed several
So great is the burglar scare in Iarchmont
that ut several houses where THE Sun reporter
called tonight for information it was with
called at the handsome residence Of Mrs.
Crocker In response to repeated knock
s the and door maid whose seu ha tTs
was a, heavy club. asked what was wanted.
Behind her were several other woman SER |
wants all trembling with fear and each armed |
with a club. broomstick. or some other do
quickly and dpubly locked. In a few moments, |
however, the maids seemed to be reassured. |
and the reporter was allowed to see |
Mrs. Crocker who said that the night OF the |
burglary no man was In the house and she |
was entirely unprotected. Not a sound was |
heard during the night. and nothing was |
ing. when it was found that her solid table |
silver. to the value Of about $1,000. had been |
taken.
She reported the matter to Supt. Byrnes in |
New York: Mrs. Crocker's household retired |
between eleven and twelve o clock Wednesday |
night. She does not think any one in her |
house was connected with the robbery.
which co6perated with those aboard the black |
s!oop. This gang. 1t is said. had wagon. and |
several OF the villagers say they saw the wagon |
in the early part Of the night going toward the |
shore.
Jim Carroll hack driver. says that he saw
the black sloop approaching the shore about |
Sho has not been seen IN these
waters since.
1t is thought that the shore gang are tho
men who robbed tho station master at Harrl-
son. station on the New Haven road.
Just above Larchmont. on Tuesday night.
The station agent was Knocked in the head
with an axe about l. o'clock. Just as he was
closing up his office and robbed OF $500. 1t Is
not known whether the agent will recover.
Larchm ont alone. but here in New Rochelle
and the other neighboring towns That black
soop Is tho one theme Of conversation. and
to- night many woman Is going to bed to
dream about the pirates coming ashore to
carry away all her vauables.