The sun., 1896-02-05

On Jan. Lieut.. Lang employed Frank Carey
. Glenham youth. to do odd jobs about the
house. Carey was not in the house long before
he showed himself to be q practical joker. Miss
Sloan says that one day he locked her in the
cellar. When she got out he placed a red hot
poker on her dress skirt. just for fun. Later he
branded Lieut.. Lang's dog like IA cavalry horse
Carey had been in the larg household two days
burglar. lie promptly went into Mysteries. and
by the time he had recovered the burglar had
An investigation showed that the thief had
put about 81 900 worth of icwelry and silver
ware into "A bag. but had forgotten them. On
from Boston. Mrs. Lang had lost II hand kerchief
and a knife md Carey was suspected OF steal
Lent: Lang ischarGed the boy. William
Steinberg was employed in his place,
three days ai,Sr tnrey C was q, me me
appeared On Jan. IA Mrs. Lang aud Miss
faced faced man. with a tattered overcoat. and a
iU1f Zoo feet from The House Mrs. Lang asked him
what he wanted. lie did not answer. His con-
Mir. strong, WHO lives, nearby; and Mr.. strong
spent the night at the house. The man did not
appear again. but on the next day Miss sl9am
her to have Lieut., Lang withdraw his charge
against Carey, or else something would happen
Since Jan. ! 3 there has been little peace in the
Lang household. The mysterious proTler has
tuttened against the window panes. When he
hasn't been looking in the windows he has been
pinnng notes addressed to Miss SLOAN on the
trees around the house. or sticking them through
the stats in the blinds. These notes have all
contained threats against the Langs, and Mrs.
week her husband made u trip from Boston to
tilenham. He went back to his post on Mon
On Thursday evening of last week Miss SLOAN
saw the prowler In the yard about Ole O'Clock in
the afternoon, She determined to cat catch him.
SLOAN ] ran behind the barn, but the man had
dozen men searched high and low for the man
for an hour. They didn't find him, There is So z
the prowler had evidently secrcted himself
among the trees. On another occasion he en-;
tered hs and pa5y Of men Who arrived
When all had entered the bnrn Miss Sloam
who had remained in the house. heard step
grinning at her through the window. She
grabbed n revolver and fired it through the
Six letters have heen received from the man
within two days. % On IhuEsdHy night ne naN, threw
"pemna the door, M he Soa not sec s anytSna
In the morning two letters were found. They
were almost identical in language. Oneof them
was:
you were away from here could have accomplished
ny To a"S nsa %
Where is Ny Wandering boy To- night g. y sounded
My hand fell down. but will You go away so can do
my work. Please do II. could not shoot you because
you nre brave girl
Bob had good sleep last night lie ia brave watch.
and watch. hope you did not cntch cold by COM
%n" ss J. ir s5si sS 's
Of ' w n@ soss sran my Il s Ha
and always remember HIDDEN Tom
These notes were printed. Frank Carey g
father received one n.Monday telling him that
he shOuld mako Lieut., Lang rctract the charges
| against Frank. Miss Sloan is the only one con-
cerned who Is cool and collected. She Is deter
mined to discover who Is annoying her. She
said to-day that there would be an arrest In the
case to- O-morrOw.