The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-14
SAD FOR RIVERDALE BEAUX.
MORE SLEUTHS THAN SWEET
HEARTS IN THE VILLAGE NOW.
Unpleasant Experience of the Lawyer VINO
Called On MIR. kcnnedy's Trained
Nurse and Pound Himscff Mistaken
for . Bur Eiar-seryant Girls IN Despair.

Tho burglar scare at Riverdale-on-the-
Hudson, where within n few months no les
than twenty homes OF wealthy families
have been entered by thieves, has led 10
a queer state OF affairs there. The robbers
are taking q breathing spell. but there arc
~ many sleuths In tho village now that
ANYBODY walking the streets late at night
IL likely To he held up by tho detectives.
and the situation isn't pleasant.
why. snid one o: tho residents yester-
day, IL things keep on the way they havo
been going. thercn be- as many detectives
here a. therc arr people. Anybody out
after dark II likely 20 be confronted by
a detective. And the funniest part Of It
is, that with all these men here the rob
bcrs keep right on
The servant girls ara having an especially
hard timc Of II. Their swccthearts don't
seem at all anxious 20 take a chance o. Icing
shot or held up by a policeman In mistake
for a burglar Urgent business IL keeping
thcm away from the girls, til the robDcr,
derid" TO lot IA" town glono But there are
others beside servant having their rouhl.s.
young lawyer, recently admitted 10 the
bar. went TO 500 the other night a trained
nurse who Is attending Mrs John Kennedy.
the wife Of the President II tho Harlem Loan
Association. Mr. Kennedy lives In n large
stone house on a hill. overlooking tho Iiul-
son 80 far the bu-Rlars have not paid
him a visit, hut the Law yer, OH going 10 80.
the nurse the Other night. came within an
ace Of hcing shot for a burglar 10y Mr. Ken
nedy.
Tho lawyer had spcn, n few hours with
the nurse, who II "A Miss Condron. Then
h. left the house 60 go TO tho station. When
he started through the grounds, he saw
thr,c or -four men start up out Of the dark
ncsa, and come toward him. and thinking
they were burglars sure he ran back Z,
tho house. MIR Kennedy had gone to bcd
by this time. lie heard footsteps on thu
gravel walk and then an the veranda, ant
grabbing his revolver. started downstairs
As he pcered out through the front dour
a man passed him. and made for tho real
Of the house. MIR Kennedy followed
caught the man by the collar, and putting
his revolver 10 the mans face, urdereS
him To- throw up his ne
Don't shoot. please. Mr.. Kennedy sale
the lavyer's voice. Il didn't mean any
harm
The nurse heard the voice md hurryinl
| down saved him by telling Mr. Kennedy
that the mar was her l-au While thol
were talking half a dozen detectives whom
the lawyer had taken for burglars ap
peard when thev learned that Il wa.
a nurses sweetheart they had ssen they
were very much Disguised. Mr. Kennedy
apologized 10 The law yer. and then every.
body was satisfied
A SECOND attempt 90 rob the house o.
| George u Eldridge out Of which $3.50 WORT
81 property was taken two weeks az
while the family were az Ienox has ls-st
made The robbers upset a larg" vas
vhila they were packing up on the frs
floor and this aroused Mr. Eldridgc. Soy
oral shots were fired az IN" burglars, hu'
'hey got away When the excitement wa
all over two DETECTIVES appeared rubbing
their eyes They said they had been sittinI
On tho stone wall la front Of tho house an'
hadn't seen any bu rglars.