The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-14
BURGLARS GAVE A CONCERT.
WRECKED 4 HOUSE BUTCHARMED
THE LISTENING NEIGHBORS.
Stole the Cornet They Useti. but Left the
Piano. With the Lid Smasheti-Got
Away WIN Mucl, Sil, erware and
Jeweiry-An Happened IirfOre 4. ".

The police Of the fremont station are
working on what Capt. Donovan said las,
night was the quo-rest burglary of his
experience. According to the stories told
TO tho police the burglar, wrecked every
thing in house, stole jewclry and plate
valued at several thousand dollars and
then before they carried away their swag
gave piano and cornct concert for which
all the neighbors opened their Windows.
Here Is the story as the police and n
reporter of THE Sun got i, from MIR. Charles
$. Stark Of 2il? Valentine avenue in The
Bronx and her neighbors:
Mrs. Stark's husband is travelling
salesman. His home j. private one in a
good neighborhood. Of late George NJ.
Laird and hi wife have OCCUPIED two rooms
In the house a. boardors.
Wednesday night all four went downtown
to the theatre When they got back al
A. NJ they found the glass in the front
door smashed and everything in ia" house
upside down. When the party left for tn"
theatre Mr.. Stark had Cautionrd the l.airds
to loci; their doors securely. az he had heard
Of burglars He also had locked several
inside doors. These doors. eight in all,
had been smashed open, bureaus had been
ransacked and closets cleaned out.
Among the article that wer1 missing
were two gold Watches a heavy gold clasp,
a $500 diamond rim a pair of Valuabl"
diamond studs, an old jewel case which
MR.. stark had kept for years and Which
contained more than on" hundred small
pieces of jCwelrv most Of wh,ch were
valued chiefly for their asso, iatIons
Several hundred dolars' worth Of silver
ware which Mrs Stark's friends gave 10
her when she was married twelve years
ago was also taken. From IN" Lairds'
rooms the thieves took jewclry valued al
500.
In addition Mr.. Stark lost gold cornet +,
which. according To Mr.. stark az given
TO him on his twenty-first birthday by
Pauline Gidden Chapman c"in"t player.
II was an espe Cially fine instrument. she
said, and was valued at more than $1,000.
The Starks soon told their ncighbors Of
the robbery, and ono of them, Mr~ John
W. Robertson said:
"Why. you were homo all the evening,
weren't yOuP"
The Starks said they certainly were not.
well. said Mrs. Robertson, "wo all
thought YOU were. anyway, because some
body was PLAYING Tia" COrnet there and
somebody else the piano during the evening
We had often heard Mr.. Stark play his cor
not, but we thought he was better than
ever this time. The music was simply
grand, and We raised our windows and
listen "a.
The Starks soon verified this story Pieces
of cornct and piano music were scattered
over the piano, where the Starks did not
leave them, and all around were signs Of
u concert.
TIA" floor was covered with cigar ashes
and cigar ends. The cigars had been taken
from Mr.. Stark's best box. There were
also a few fragments of food on the chairs
and floor. The pantry had been emptied
of all eatables
The piano was badly scratched and the
lid was smashed a. If with an axe Mrs.
Stark said last night that she thought she
knew why the burglars had turned vandals.
Il have an idea" she said. that they
knew we had two very large and valuable
diamonds here. Mr.. Stark told me when we
went 10 the theatre that | could leave them
here with safe'v. but withou, telling him
! put them in my pocket book, The burglars
didn't find them and then they probably
started TO get even
The Starks think the burglars got in
through the cellar door and not the front
door, although the glass in the latter was
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