The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
A POLICE FORCE OF THREE.
EXPERIENCE OF A NEW lRRITAL IN
n SUBURBAN PARK.


why the Residents wake ut Hair-IIouriy In
tervnIs, ana the Result when the Rorce
Takes n Might On-Conseaucnces OF n Ninn's
Attempt to HIrcak Into His Own House.
"yybencyor I pass n New York policeman
now" said tho man who recently took a house
in a New Jersey Park" II feel like taking of
my hat TO him and saying You are the real
| thing Did you ever live In q Park l don't
mean an ordinary suburban town, but an end
of-thc-ccntury real estate agents Parkf MOI
| Neither did I until this summer. and i have
been devotins my spare energy to an attempt 10
comprehend tho Park police. There arc three
OF them in the Park where l live, and they call
themselves watchmen. 1 wonder II that Is n
misnomcrf
1.-Two days after the moving vans had loft our
furniture Mrs. Blank and ! wcro sitting in tho
dark on tho piazza discussing the advantages
and disadvantages of n deaf maid, when sud
denly threo men doomed up over tho piazza rail
rs if they had sprung from the ground. Mrs.
Blank gave q little scream. I grabbed my chair
| tightly md Just ma I began to speculate on what
sort Of club it would make the three men said In
chorus:
"Good evening. We are the Park watch
men,
".ohl' I gasped. releasing my hold on tho
chnir. Good evening" and then. not being quito
sure of their social status. for Parks are peculiar,
] added in a non-commlttal way. Yes, of course.
l am glad to SEQ you
".we called said the spokesman. to ask you
| II you would like TO have US watch your house !
THAT was thoughtful I replied. What
prompted you to do it
"'It's this way replied the spokesman. Every
man whose house we watch pays us 30 much a
month. We keep away all burglars and notify
you whenever the house is on fire.
.ssThat sounda fair. particularlv tho fire mo-
tees: but are there only three of you for this big
Parkf
"That's all. but wo are moving all the time.
and nothing escapes u.s.
This is u good neighborhood for dogs,'I
said thoughtfully, and my house is we'll locked
every night. In fact. the front door has a com.
bination lock that l have succeeded in working
only twice myself. would like to see q subur-
ban burglar in captivity, however, even II he
were captured before he had successfully broken
into the house. Do you suppose that you would
capture all of them that came fooling around
here
Every one
1.-THE spokesman's air Of assurance almost
carried his point for him then; but l told him to
call around in the week following, and would
ar aroused "iaa h regularly tMi ' eyery half hour BY hearing a
Waterman rap his club on the sidewalk IN front
70 andd Mnan', over epI them. am and the only way their
employers, can tell that they are doing their
duty is by keeping tabs ON their club.rapp!ngs
q catnaps; but after living in the Park 2
little lit ,bot while You YOU wake soon I'm get on " sSe hoar
or Or hall sinihs hour, as the case may be, and as soon "'a a.
the wntchman raps You go TO sleep again. Al
and whenever you IRE forced to sleep away from
the Park you hnye to hire n man to stand out
every hour. Otherwise you will find yourself
unable to close your eyes. l have since learned
go eeH to 81 Sleep aiS or take T"s a night Ha 10 of, every man in the
Park turns up for business the next morning
ow.lTsyed and as }. II he hadn't ,hl SLEPT sle pt for for a r week;
we went to the other end of the Park to call on
the Smiths. 1t was exactly IL o'clock when we
door. The frst key that / tried lifted the lock
but wouldn't move ii. In quick succession I
them would even nj the lock. | again tried the
first key turned it twice to the left and then
You should turn it vice TO the left and once
to the right. suggested Mrs. Blank.
every rsa p 30 M,In c aS IiatSi 5esI that i i could t iliep
Of. and the lock wouldn't bulge
I've must ring up the maid said.
III ring the bell long enough she will hear.
and in the mean time let's watch out for the
Il pushed the electric button in and held It
there for ten !, minutes so, The ringing S Of the bell
a series OF short rings. and followed it up
with ten minutes more Of continuous ring
lup. No TtSpOIist. L uluH L lho " ly INC
pressed BY the fereeness Of the watehmen,
me- for a burglar. It became apparent.
however. that the maid could sleep through a
shin sira@. fsr fSn's sSc " %in dt ni:So Foe Ss'n ths s1iE Tss
time since we moved into the house every win
dow was securely locked S / G re thn ed to the
reported progress, or rather lack OF 1t, to Mrs.
Blank;
That is just what 1t isn't
":IIaye you tried the cellar windowsf
Ne replied; that's q good suggestion.
THE cellar windows were all securely locked.
The nearest hotel was three miles away and the
prospect of sitting on our piazza all night was
not pleasing. l remembered hearing somewhere
mat throwing WIN small stones g Is a bedroom =
sleeper. Knowing the deafness of the maid. l
filled my pockets with stones Of a respectable
size and went quietly around TO the rear of the
house. hoping that the .ncighbors' dogs were
sound asleep; The maids bedroom was on the
and they went high, hitting the sloping roof and
bounding down ii with a terrific noise.
was the 1rst response. This was answered by
eighteen different dogs IN the ncighborhood and
me in full cry, Tho formation was a flying
Wedge. with q big white bulldog at the apex.
l Rt% ! Of f@ iRa h oh; mo- saying ssu 'Sies d ssSasd d TO !he
doggie; good old fellow so that Mrs. Blank
o %9q tho rai fes Of fF' .he pislza She "n Gaf / %I so1 ap be- Sp
ssiac Der; because / Va afraid she %hlsh,
, because l have perfect confidence In tho Pas.
teur treatment. On came the dogs. Lights
I around the house in fun cry twice. and then two
: of them came up on the piazza. They looked at
US up on the rail and then trotted of. Surely
down and pushed the bell again for ten minutes.
1t all.
AT 1920 We decided to try the key once
more. and II ii didn't work we would walk to the
hotel. l turned the key twice to the left and
once to the right and the door swung open.
Talk about men who are rescued in the Arctic
regions! | know what their feelings must have
been. When, we were safely inside ! locked the
door and felt pretty sure that no burglar could
try it IN perfect safety IL he wasn't afraid OF