The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-17
THAT RAKISII BLACK SL00P,
.rry rHfNtTER ROBBERIES ARE
,,ouYIIzED ALONG the SOUND.

rOYnIIzLD ALONG me SOUND.
-.u,x.d 10 Rc Manned by New York River
,,,.,,.. whom tho Police Drove Out Of
no,vp-f Yacht Clubs and Private Houses
Ioo,,d by Them mud Boats PiiinEed.
r,ocatiyes along tho New York and Con-
..o,icnt shores OF Long Island Sound have
.n.ir ewes peeled nowadays for rakish black
,ioons. The raksh black sloop first attained
sotoriety when. loaded to the gunwales with
,ol5 ,irates it swooped down on young Mr..
Nation of New Haven. Conn. who was in
.,immIns three miles of shore. and stole him.
Ioter f. will be remembered, Mr.. Norton
.,olo the sloop got wreck ed. and noated ashore
an a plank at Atlantic City. Nobody ever
,ourd ont what became OF the pirates. but,
,,on, facts which have developed since then. it
4. concluded that they set about getting an
o,her rakish black sloop, and In 1t have begun
areign OF terror.
TuE srN told vest orday OF the robbery OF the
houses Of Mrs. L. d. Croker. J. Sloat Fassetts
mothsr.in.law: Fred F. Proctor OF Proctors
Theatre. and Thomas McCane. along the
shore nj Iarchmont. The robberies occurred
esrly Wednesday morning. The rakish black
sloop in this instance appeared Tuesday az
ternoon and camc to anchor a mile or SO off
shore. she was seon by a great many citi-
yens OF Larchmont Manor but she didn't APP
near to bo loaded with men. and she wasn't
inspected OF being n pirate craft. She was
hardly tho u ght of. indeed until the next morn
ing, ut daylight. when the fact OF tho rob-
berries was discovered. and before that she
had disappeared. Nobody saw her 60.
Tho three houses which were robbed were
all OF them along the shore. and were each
guarded by dogs. The dogs usually spend the
night out in front. For thieves, to approach
sides the dog guards. 1.archm ont has police
man on duty every night II he can't Keep an
syo on every house IN, in the y'lass he can ct
and il strangers camo he would know 1t and
could watch them
As he didn't sec any one. and as the dogs
didn't bark, the evidence is considered con-
elusive that the thieves must have npproache cd
By water. and as the rakish black sioop was
the only strange craft around. and 1t was gone
when the thieves had gone. ( he evidence like
wise is conclusive that the sloop was u pirate
But those robberies Wednesday morning
along the whole shore west OF Bridgeport but
clubs have suffered. Boats of ali kinds have
been rillaged. Everything OF value has been
the thieves have been particular to take moth |
Ing but slverwarc. iewelry. and money. They |
haze M spoiled ste as hey spoiled
and tho record OF the robberes. so far as it is
their way down the sound The last place Wis
tied before Larchmont Manor was Harrison.
ShSEs tho New York New Haven yer Snd Hartford
axe and the station was robbed OF 5000 The |
one before that was at Orienta, where several
houses we're entered and little was stolen
The rakish black sloop appeared Off Orienta
a about the SANG hour Ia the afternoon that
sign OF life aboard OF her after she came to
anchor. and in the morning. she was gone.
towns There were. to be sure. burglarles in
some towns whore nobody rem mbers having
tie that W e. ps Sn
along shore began to suspect that maybe the
black stranger carried thieves. Now It would
didn't; and every blac X boat. that sails the
Sound Is under suspicion. II a strange one
themselves or If they attempt any violence.
that's what native at Pelhamville told THE
Nun reporter Yesterday.
thieves. she probably Comes from uG this city eity.
and the men aboard may be the remnant Of
The old gang Of riv,r pirates which the Now
here. There have been no river robberes in
New York lately; and the police have been
gang they did not succeed In getting into JAIL ALL
The police are also wondering what has b.
. come Of tho gang Of Post ONCE and railroad
,acent to New York some m onths ago. They
are more than half inclined to believe that the
men VINO have been rohbing the shore towns
thieves. in leu Of a rakish black craft, travel
led oil hand cars however
The shore towns have not been tho only suf-
'erers recently. Theirs has been almost an
Epidemic Of small burClaries in the annexed
district. Bedford Park. Ford ham. High Bridge.
AingslrdEc. fremont and MorrIsania have |
NJ suffered more or less. The robberies here
have All been laid to tramps. and the police
house full.
n In kingsbrdge the other night Policemen
'liIer. morrison. Bishop. and Aud raidsd O |
amp and captured eleven out OF the twenty
re. " ''
The tramps made their HI adquarters about
ne railroads. and. when a raid Is made jump |
N passing trains If any happen to come along.