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LONG ISLAND OvsRRUx NJ HORs.
THIBvks AND A0USK BREAKERS.

Rsss1sats. Terrified ~ Their BslAness. Talk
q Orsaaisins 10 Protect Their Property
-Thsy Waat the Night Patrel at Jamaica
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JAMAICA, L. l., July 80 Residents Of
Long Island are terrified by the increasing
number Of robberies In the rural sections.
Every section Is being systematically
visited by the thieves, horses and wagons
are being stolen. and houses. stores and
railroad depots are being entered and
robbed. The officers Of the law have been
unable to catch any Of the burglars who
seem to have no difficulty in making away
with their booty The residents are
threatening to organize vigilance COM
mittees to protect their property.
Within the past week half dozen horses
ave been stolen in the vicinity Of Hunting
ton. three horses have been stolen in Queens
borough. and not less than fifty burglaries
have been reported In Queens and Nassau
counties. The farmers are asking how II
IL that the horse thieves can so easily get
through the streets OF Brooklyn and Man.
haitian With the stolen animals and escape
detection. In nearly every instance ac-
curate descriptions Of the stolen horses and
rigs have been sent to the city police.
Only few weeks ago horse thief was
confined in the Queens County Jail. While
there he made q confession to the county
detectives in which he stated that there
was well-ofganized band working on the
island. The head Of the gang. he said.
was In a convenient place In Connecticut.
The chief Is a regular horse dealer and he
does just enough legitimate business to
cover his tracks. The man goes to the
horse markets in the city and buys several
orses. While he Is doing this his agents
are securing some territory out on the
sland Here they have men who are In
league with them and keep the gang in
formed where to operate. The horses that
are stolen are hurried to New York city
and are mixed with the horses that have
been purchased In the market. The whole
batch is then sent from the city by boat
that leaves one OF the downtown wharves
In the night. These horses are taken TO
the upper part Of the State where they are
sold
The thief was let on with light sentence
for making these disclosures, but up to
profited by the information which he gave
them.
As to the silverware, bicycles and other
valuables that are stolen the police Of Queens
borough assert that there are places in
the outskirts Of Brooklyn where they are
received and held until they can be dis
posed Of without detection. Two OF these
places were unearthed about year ago
and a lot Of stolen plunder recovered.
Before consolidation patrol Of the roads
leading 10 Jamaica was maintained at
night Every suspicious person who came
along in vehicle was stopped and taken
thieves were caught and considerable
property was returned. Inspector Clay
ton, who is in charge OF the Queens borough
station received yesterday request from
the Farmers Association to re-establish
this night patrol. The farmers also noti-
fed the inspector that they were going
to appoint officers Of their own and they
asked for permission to deputize some
OF their members for this work.
Stanley Bell, owner Of bakery at 6i
Union street, Flushing. and his wife chased
a burglar through the streets there early
yesterday morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Bell
we're attired in their night robes, but they
kept up the chase for several blocks and
would have caught the thief had he not
abandoned stolen bicycle. -
The couple were sound asleep when they
were aroused by noise In the bakery.
Down stairs they found the street door
Of their place open and outside saw a man
running up the street with bicycle. Their
cIie, awakened many residents, but no one
ran TO their aid They were rapidly over
t,king the burglar when he dropped the
wheel, and made his escape. Mr.. Bell
was surprised when he picked up the BIZ
cycle to find that II was his own.
He swore out warrant for the arrest OF
James Bundy. a mulatto residing in Flush
ing, and charged him with being the burglar.
Bundy was held in $500 for examination
on Friday.
Burglars broke into the Long Island
Railroad station and express Office at South
amption on Monday night. They smashed
the automatic candy machines and carried
of whatever coins they obtained. The
burglars we're unable to force open the safe,
but destroyed several express packages.
Burglars made a raid in Port Washing
ton on Sunday night. They visited the
residence Of Charles Wansor, but were
frightened away. The house Of Jacob
Wetmore was the next place they entered
They carried OF pair of god-rimmed
eyeglasses and a child's bank William
Rnowlton's house was also visited, but
nothing OF value was taken. William
Story, a railroad brakeman, while on his
way home late that night, met three men
going toward Roslyn They we're strangers
and one of them carried a large hammer.
The Jamaica police have also another
burglary to enter on the botter. IL was
the sixth within a few days. The victim
of this burglary was William Poggenburg
OF Jefferson avenue. Richmond Hill. The
thieves got into the house by prying open
night and they carried OF quantity OF