New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-11-27
DULA HOME ROBBED
BURGLARS CARRY OFF
$4,000 LOOT.
TdFrytOycR Police Seek Men
Who Entered Tobacco
MaRs House.

The home Of Robert r. Dula. vice.
president of the American Tobacco
Company. in Broadway. TarrytOwn. was
entered by burglars on Tuesday night.
and about $1,000 worth of silverware
and ivory antiques stolen. il became
known yesterday. The burglars entered
by a cellar window. from which they
pried three heavy iron bars. Thence
they entered the buffers pantry. by this
means gaining access to the dining
room and drawing room. where they
found most of their loot
The exact time at which the burglary
was committed has not been determined.
but it is thought that IT must have been
about midnight. Although there are fif-
teen servants in the household. not one
appears 10 have heard the burglars make
their way into the house Besides the
servants, Mrs Dula and some friends
are living in the place. Mr.. Dula and
young son being abroad
According To the story told to the
Tarrytown police. the butler al the Dula
home closed up the house. locking win
dows and doors securely. at 10 O'Clock on
Tuesday night. at V hich time all except
the hall lights we've put out Mrs. Dula
and her friends lad left earlier in the
evening. intending To remain away all
night at the home of friends. but she re-
turned Unexpectedly at midnight. and
did not notice that anything was missing.
The house is n oommodious building.
with a score Of rooms on the first floor.
and II is not strange that Mrs. Dula
did not notice anything wrong when she
came home, she going directly To her
room on the second floor. II is certain.
at any rate. that nothing 10 disturb the
quiet Of the Dula household was discov-
cred until = o'clock on Wednesday MORN
ing. when the butler opened up the
house.
SILVER CHEST FORCED OPEN.
He had no sooner entered the large
dining room than he was surprised TO
see the silver chest lying iE the centre OF
the room. its lid forced of and all the
silverWare missing Running into the
drawing room. he saw pieces of ivory
lric-a-brdc scattered about ON the floor
and the whole room in complete disorder
Making hurried survey. he found that
many Of the almost invaluable ivory
antiques which Nr. Dula has spent a
lifetime in collecting had been stolen
cnly the cheaper specimens being left by
the burglars.
The butler lost no time in arousing the
household. and soon ssrvants were
svarming about the house In a search
for the hcuschreakers. while Mrs. DuIa
directed their search When this failed
20 bring to light any clew the wife Of
the tobacco merchant informed the chief
of police of Tarrytown. and local de-
tcctiy's We're soon at the house. They
discovered that the burglars had gained
entry by way of the cellar window and
the buffers pantry. but beyond this
nothing that would serve as clew was
found.
Private detectives from this city. who
were then summoned. put all the ser
wants through an exhaustive cxamina-
tlon. at the end Of which they an
nounced that IL must have been "au in
side job'-;hat Is. they were inclined
To- the tn cory that somebody in the
household must have had knowledge as
tn the burglary. In this the local no
lice agreed with the men from New
York. The only possible clcws left to
work upon arr the finding of a bunch
of skeleton keys in the cellar and the
story told by maid In the Dula home
that she had seen a strange man bitter
ing about the grounds on Tuesday even
ing.
LOOKING FOR TWO MEN.
Tn, police also learned from the sta
tion agent at Tarrytown that on Tues
day night. shortly after IL O'Clock. two
men had come 10 the station and asked
the agent what was the next train to
New York Cit No more trains were
running To this city. and the men then
took a late train for Ossining. carry
ing three heavy suit cases with them.
one of these men was Of light com
plcxion. smooth shaven and young and
WAS dressed in a light colored suit and
ovcrcoat His companion was dark.
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The police learned that the two men
had lcft the train at Ossining. where they
hired carriage and were driven off in
an 1asterly direction. No arrests have
Vet been made and the police will not
give out any information beyond admit
ting that there has been n burglary.
Robert l. Dula. besides hts connection
with the American TobaccO COnpaD,- "a
president and director of the Manhattan
Briar Pipe Company. of No. Ill Fifth
avenue and director of the Conley Tin
foil Company. the International Cigar
Machinery Company. the thurman &
Wilborn Tobacco Company. the Number
one Wall Street Corporation and the
SpauldiaG & Msrrick Company.