New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-10
LIGHT ON THEIR EVIL DEEDS
BURGLARS TURN ON ALL THE GAS
WHILE THEY WORK.

TWO RE1.RKABLE RoBBERIEs ~ HARLEM-Ths
HOUSES ARE RIGHT TOGETHER AND
THE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED
IN THE SAME WAY.
There were two extremely bold oursiar'es ~
Harlem early yesterday morning Two ho"ee'
entered, probably one after another ana al" Vi ."e
rooms on the basement floors were ioo'eu. -" '
thieves got $50 in money and lot OF Va'u"ve' =,
one house and about SO In money anu w
tewery In the other house. The losers by '"e 'oo-
hsrss arc Mrs T. T. Daniels, Of No. p East one-
hundred and-t wenty-ninth-st and ROBERT Uu"es'
of No. "a East One-hundred -and-twenty-nih'n-s'
The burglares supposed TO nave 'aAe" Pc
about s A. M A little after that hour the scr
Of the Daniels house went downstairs 10 get reauS
for the days work. Her name is Della Fiaher'y'
and she has been In the employ OF the Da'''''
family for long time. When she got 10 the oa'e,
n,ent she found all the doors OF the inner part OF
the house open On the floor OF the dining oo',
were papers books. bric-a-brac. tapie-cio'"s """
chairs while in the kitchen the moor was s''e""
with tinpans, cups and saucers, sait-cehais' MUS
and towels The girl called Mrs. Daniels WIN n'doo
a hurried search of desk in one corner OF the
dining-room in which she usually Keeps some
money for her immediate expenses. The money
was gone II amounted to between $50 ana sioo.
1t was also discovered that some sma SUMS VI
money, amounting to a few dollars eacn' ""n M,
had been placed in drawers which could DE eas"'
opened had been taken. Every drawer !" e'e'y
stand or desk or buffet had been dragged OUT ana
its contents deliberately tumhled out on tne i'ooi
The heat Of the rooms was intense All OF the
pasiets had been lit and they had filled the rooms
with an intolerable heat The family was anaNeu
TO see that the curtains the windows OF tne
dning-room had been rolled up deliberately 10 the
ton so that any one in passing the 'front.' oi INC
house could have seen the burglars at work. i"e
front basement iron door when examiner was
found 10 have been pried open. The amount VI '".
loss 10 the Daniels family could not be compu'eu
nv them to an exact amount. but with some a'u
ias =, vaIue which they always kept In the desk
&, tho d,ning-room jewelry and money IL VIII
probabl be something little short OF st''
While the Daniels family was examining 'he'r
rooms the Guiles family almost across ''e wy
were doing the same and were MAKING ai"o %
actly the same comments as to the roooer! nc"
d,nnp.room and kitchen were in exactly the same
STATE "a we're those Of the Daniels house. An ex-
animation showed that so in cash had been taken
,nor a Stand In the dining room, which had been
nried open A quantity of antique 1ewery WHICH
had been kept in the stand had also peeh TAKEN
This was of more value as heirlooms ana cur'os
than nrinscally But It's loss as goid anu s"'e'
amounts to about 1900 - - x,au Gun, NJ
Besides these Mr.. Guies lost smaii sum vi
money from his coat. which hung In the nan ~
The lights Of the rooms in both the dining room,
and kitchen of the Guiles house were on a. "e h
those Of the Daniels family. and the shades IN me
rooms had been drawn up so that any one pass LIZ
must have seen the CONDITION ha o. been pred open
in a manner similar TO the way the Dan'e's "o"''
had been entered. -. .,...- houss
had been entered by the burglars The police OF
the East hundred md twenty sixthst station
INFORMED OF the cases anG b the tbe pccema on
the beat Is but that will come out later