The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-06
WOMEN PROSECUTED.
Strange State of Affairs In Fishkill-on-
= the-Huds0n, N. Y.


Mrs. Lang. wife Of Lieutenant Clarence Il.
Lang. Is safo from the prosecutions of burg
iars at the present time, for she Is snuRly
IN sconced in har husbands quarters. behind
the battIements of Fort Warren. Boston.
But Mrs. Lahg has not recovered from the
shock TO her nerves by any means, and She
will not soon forget the days aud nights OF
terror which she put in in tho homa which
her husband Ind fitted mp for her just outside
OF Glenham village, near Fishkill'on.the.
Hudson. in New York State.
"we were terrorized. there for days." said
Mrs. Lang at Fort Warren yesterday. "snd
the prosecutions lasted until my husband
came up and brought myself and the baby
away"
Glow do you account for the prosecutions
to which you were subjected 2"
"We can't account for IT," said Lieutenant
Lang.
"when did the persections begin 2"
"Just after Lieutenant Lang left to return
TO his duties here In the fort
"Just before no left we engaged q boy about
10 years OF age, named frank Carey, to do
chores around the house and run pyramids.
He came on SUNDAY, the 18th Of last month.
He is a very peculiar boy, and acted strangely
from the very frat moment he entered the
house-ho scanned. to be afraid of his own
shadow all the time.
THAT day we noticed a man walking around
the house and barn. apparently sizing things
up. Lieutenant Lang, mind you. had gone 10
Boston, and there was nobody In tho house
but myself. the baby. Miss Sloane. the maid.
and the boy. Frank Carey. We thought IL
strange that anybody should be walking
around the house, tut we were positively
friOhf.nad Whan I'm tho ayfninU QomehOQy
came around and began peeriug through the
blinds and in tho windows. Miss Sloane
tainted. and I thought / would 60 into hys-
terics. The boy also appeared TO be scared.
and we could not get him to do anything.
"The next night we had pretty much the
same experience. but on Tuesday night we
got tho worst shock. I had asked Frank
several times to 60 upstairs and look after
the fires. rs baby was aleep in one OF the
rooms up there. The hoy did not seem in
clined to 20, but finally did. He hadn't more
than got upstairs when we heard a noise, and
Frank rushed down stairs and into the room
where we were sitting. We asked him what
the platter was, but the would not or could
not speak. He almost tainted. aud Miss Sloane
and myself worked over him for some time,
in fact so absorbed were we in trying to get
him back 10 consciousness that we. for the
moment, forgot all else.
After about Is minutes the boy told US
after much urging that there was q man up
stairs, and that be had the lamp ON the floor.
~ then told him to 30 cut and notify the
neiRhbors-our nearest neiebors lived not
more than 800 feet from us-and after putting
on his boots he started out and lcit us there
alone. That was about $50, and at 1913 he
bad not returned. Then ] decided TO start
- Il. - H. .lo- -
the boy accompanied by three mon, who
carried revoivers.
81 returned to the house with the men and
they went upstairs. There we found the lamp
on the floor. as tho boy stated, and n bag
which contained silverware, two watches and
two diamond rings. One OF the windows was
open. and there were tracks on the snow on
the roof. Whoever had been there had left in
a hurry, and the only thing we missed was a
So bill.
9Th next evening. about O o'clock, we
noticed the same man wo had seen sunday
approaching the house. just as bo was pass
ing the kitchen Miss Sloane opened the door
ana asked him what he wanted. The man
simply looked over his shoulder as he passed
toward the barn and sneered at her. We then
went over to the barn and looked around. but
it was so dark that We could see nothing
Have any other families boon prosecuted
in this way :"
az cannot say"
Lieutenant Lang paced uneasily up and
down the room during tho above narrative.
He Is rather short and dark, with a full
beard. and looks TO be about IS years CT age.
His wife ia. perhaps, taller and rather slim,
with dark brown hair and animated expires.
sion. Their quarters in the fort are very
beautifully fitted up with rugs and souvenirs
of all kinds.
The home at Glenbam village consists of
about 10 acres. mostly devoted TO orchards, and
it has about 1000 feet frontage on tho street,
and is very disc To tho village itself.
The on,ife village is thoroughly worked up
over the matter, and Lieutenant Lang IN not
going to leave a stone unturned IN ihs efforts
to find the miscreant.
The boy acted very peculiarly. One night
no was sent to the postofice for the mail, and
he did not return until morning. When he
did return no told a rather peculiar story,
and said there was no mail. Mrs. Lang found
that there was mail in the office, and she in
stantly discharged the boy, bu. he seemed To
feel so badly about the matter that she took
him back again.
Since the prosecutions have begun. Mrs.
Lang and Miss Sloane have received several
anonymous and threatening.letters.
Here Is one OF the letters, which was found
pinned 10 n tree In the garden
"Ellza Sloane, you are doomed. IL you do
not rocede from your position. there will be-
harm done. Don't forget. The Hidden Man."
Miss Sloane Is stiIl mt the house in Glen.
ham. and She is being protected nightly by
citizens OF the village.
IL Is really uncertain as yet whether Miss
Sloane Is the object Of tho prosecutions or the
Lang family. Both r,ceive letters. and in
both cases they are threatening In their
nature.
II would be u little unsafe for the villain OF
villains TO come face TO face with Lieutenant
Lang at the present time, for he appears to be
very much wrought up over the matter.
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