Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-16


 York suburban Places Much Frightened by the My.terious Robberies Aided by "A Gang shore.
 NEw R"CHEIIE, \. \. Sept. l6 The village uf lArChmOut has ht.u excited for the last two days over the raid Of a EInE of burglars on "Wednesday night, in which the houses of thrrr uf its wealthy residents were footed ot all the solid silver in sight without the awakening Of d single sleeper. The houses rnhtvd wrre those Of Mrs- | Croy kcr. the widow of F. IL CruCker, the | California millionaire, whose daughter married ! SloaJ FaS~ett; Frrd F. Pr,Ctor. the mauaEvr of Prurturs thvAtrr, and | Thomas MvCanc, wealthy New orker. whose summer residence Is in I-arvhm0ut- | The houses We're all entered some time bv,- l twvrn midnight and day brrak.
 l The most serious loss WAS that of Mrs | Crackrr. who was robbed uf a lot ot old fam!l! silver that was almost invaluable.
 Took solid silver Only.
 The most mysterious thing about the | burElarie~ l. that in no one ut the houses euterrd WAS there any tracr left by the burglars showing how they got int" Ihv | huuscS. The next moruiuS every window and every d,or wtTr as securely fastened a- the night brfurr vixen the family rCtir,~t | Now here were then, any traces ot the r,'lr bery except in the silver closets and there everything was confusion
 | All the plated ware was lyiuS alsnut or the floor, and every picve ot II had t.~u ruined by some kind ut acid which Ih, | burglars used 10 test il. Tie solid silver ware they t"nk alonE and the plate,i war, they left hvhInd The entire amount ~toleI is valued al hetwvcn S>'u" and Ss,,NH
 II seems Io h, thr general opinion lha the burglars came Up [ he >,'uud on d hla, sloop, which was evvu cruising ahuUt oi | larChmont all the afternoon bcfnrc iE, ruhlNriv>- The story ahout the black ~lvri and the pirates which II carrjy,i a's'Jr, has sO scared the village that at ui-h' u' woman or child Nrutur,i ln feat tr'c' home without a strong M-yEuari There ar, at least ,st u'vu ', he Hrr N l.lr. to swear that they >s,w the luy-l, .... sloop and th,, she had uN ua,n, .,'.,. ', , | painted perfectly MacN Mmu> >> ~. l. was the same >loop S,vu cruising .trn. ' the yacht oi Richard N7r~.i,'d in H. sound the ul-ht she Ms leAs,tis d H:si rvl''. several We, k a-u-
 Y 50 great Is the burglar seal, M l-.rs.. mont that at several Luu>,> N uvrv d n porter called for information II w.,> MI difficulty that Lt gained eutraIc-. N nv he called at the Lu:.d>olne rvsIv..,> ,l Nl. | CrOCker, in rS>pcE>S tr yu",...t,l A:. t.--... ] the door WAS opened about TWO !uc. ,- .s' a maid, in whose ta.l.-> Wae a heavy c-u. asked what VAS wanted
 Behind her were srNrra, otAt- w,..-., servants all trembling with fear a:1I >.-> t armed with A club. brrum~;Ick ur ~.';. other domestic we%l'ou Then Jlv d, .,r NJ slammed quickly ald doubly lvArI l.. few moments. however. the ulAIL~ st, .Ils to be rr.I>surrd, and tLr rep, Tier w.,- :. lowed Ia see Mrs Cracker. who ~sl1 t.. the night of the burglary uo u.alt ',..~
 he house. and she WA~ entirely uui... ;r>.
 Not a >,Iud ws> hrstrd duiiuL tt, lr-. |, and nothing Was known t thv Nsr-.ti
 until the next morning. wArn il W.l~ t,'.l
 that her solid table silver. tn the N-.-.-,.
 about SI,,ssl h.,d been taA,u.