New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-02
BURGLARS HAD A FINE FIELD
THEY TOOK THEIR TINE ROBBING THE
HOUSE OF HERBERT L. TERRELL.

OTHER HOUSES IN THE TwENTYTHTRD PRECINCT
ENTERED JEwELRY VALUED AT ABOUT
$4,000 TAKEN FROM MIR. TERREIL;s SAFE
Acting Captain Steinkamp and other policemen
Of the East Fifty-frst-st. station are much dis
tressed because burglars found an easy way into
the house Of Herbert L. Terrell at No. l6 East
Fftieth-st.. and made a good haul there in the
absence of Mr. Terrell and his family. Mr. Ter
relI who is a lawyer at No SO Broadway. took his
family 10 Seabright on May 8. ana closed MS
house for the summer A week ago he sent his
coachman to the house. and the coachman dis
covered that burglars had been there. No locks
on the windows or doors OF the house mad been
broken but the thieves had got in through base
ment window from the rear yard, and mad gone
out through the front door, leaving that door un-
locked.
Apparently the burglars had taken all the time
they wanted to rob the house. They broke open
a safe in which the family silver and jewe'ry were
kent They took from the safe 500 In gold four
dozen ornamented silver knives. three gold
watches. a gold triple chain about five feet long
which had been used a grdle gold cigarette
case. an ivory box with miniature painted on
the top. an old-fashioned gold necklace Of heavy
links a string Of gold beads. six gold bracelets.
two of which were set with turquoises: a heavy
gold-clasp bracelet with silver bangles and the
figures $50" In turquoises and three miniatures
painted On ivory and framed In silver There
were two other family miniatures in the safe.
These the robbers left behind. after tearing on
the heavy silver frames. The alcOve In which the
safe stood is dark, and the cracksmcn used cam
dies TO work by. Mrs. Terrell found the small
end OF a candle on the floor.
In the drawing room nothing was disturbed.
except a large cabinet of inaid wood. with
glass front. which stands near the front WIN
dows This was opened and from 1t were taken
az old Spanish fan that had been brought from
Mexico fan from the West Indies. lnlaid
with gold. set with precious stones. ana III
fany fan. with pearl sticks lnlaid with gold In
order to get these fans the burglars had 10 re-
move n large article Of carved ivory which stool
just inside the glass door This they dld. ana
evidently thinking mat they would nav" SOME
difficulty In pawn.ng the ivory. they kindly re-
placed IL The value u property stolen from
the house is about $1,000.
There have ben other robbcrics In the neigh
hood. and II war IN the house OF MI borden
at 40 - West Fff,y-oighih-st. that the colored
butler Harris was KILLED nj midday by TWO men
who were supposed 20 have been thieves, nut
have never been caught Just before MI Ter
rell won't 10 the country the house q: his next
door neighbor. q. Is. DE Forest. was entered ana
robbed by thieves In broad daylight, and IN The
day after Harris was Killed two thieves GOT .n'o
the house 81 Or. Il. W. Bisscll NO. J. Nes'
Fifty-eghth-st and escaped with some booty
one Of the thieves was caught later.
Acting CAPTAIN Stcinkamp snid yesterday thd'
there were 343 houses In III" precinct when "cf'
closed because the families we.c away IN IN"
country In most cases the families INFORM the
police before leaving the city. and the police
keep close watch on such houses
Mr. Terrell did not give Information that
his house was 10 be- closed. Stc!nkamp saiI.
and II was not possible for policeman To tell
by the appearance # the outside q the nous"
that thieves had been there. Consequently the
police DID not know Of ~" burglary until they
were informed by Mr.. Tcrrells coafhnan.
Acting chief C0nlin said yesterday: 'Thcr"
have been fewer burglarlcs in IN" city during
the last six weeks than during any six weeks
for months past There has been Do Increase Of
crime in the city lately. although n" police
force has been reduced In number and mas hah
n larger area 20 cover. | know that Sieinkano
and his men have worked hard T. keep thieves
away from the houses In the precinct when are
closed for the summer. Tn" force In the pre-
c,nct has been smaller than usual. but have
directed men from The Detective Bureau 10 pa
troll the precinct at night.