The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-09
BURGLAR RAID At MTNEOLA
TWENTY HOWES VS.
ITED ~ 4 SINGLE MIGHT.


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Nsies-Ne Clse 70 the lntFuder-
! livery time you lifted a gate latch
Mineola Yesterday a dog barked
Throughout the town there was a notice
able missrust Of strangers and a dis
position % carry on conversations trou
behind locked screen doors In the EARL
hours ot The morning nearly tWentl
families had received visits'ions from
burglars
MTs Fila Patterson lives on Harrisor
avenue she was called from her bed
in The morning a. O'Clock by her mex
door neighDor On the west Mrs. Walker
who wanted 10 know what Mrs Patter.
sons papers we're dong all over her yard
II happens that Mrs. Patterson's hus-
band was IN his lifetime County Clerk
and the papers % which Mrs. Walker
! referred were ancient and useless docu-
ments from the former clerks desk
Mrs Patterson found that a side window
had been forced that there were burned
matches over her dining room floor
and that the kitchen door was open
Further she discovered tina, so in cash
had been taken from her desk BESIDE
several postage stamps and a few dolE.rs
which her daughter had collected by
selling tickets for a school entertainment.
On the street behind. Cleveland ave-
nue. and a little further 20 the west d.
Howell. a Brooklyn lawyer 81 $50 Non
tague street was sleeping uninterruptsdly
until AZ about O'Clock next door neigh
Dor Schwartz called him IN the window.
There's a ladder up TO your pantry
window, your back door Is open and
you've been robbed. began Mr. schwartz.
without waiting 70 hear more Mr. Howell
went downstairs a. he was He found
the silverware drawers in the sideboard
thrown open. but not spool was upset
A desk in one corner was topsyturvy
and rImpled bits Of paper sprinkled the
floor. Mr.. Howell knew that he had
left no money in the desk. and 20 he went
through the swinging doors into the
pantry. where the iceboK stood. The
ladder tilted against the sill and the
kitchen door wide open marked the en-
trance and exit A quart bottle Of milk
had been drained and a bottle Of grape
juice was nearly exhausted.
Further down the block on the same
side a yellow coated collie, a. big az a
bear. had been permitted TO romp IN the
SchaufelbergeT's kitchen overnight The
family. including Mrs. Charles A. Knecht. /
who lives with them, had gone 60 he'd I
a. Of other nights secure IN the prOtec- |
tion Of their ample dog From the way |
this same dog protested yesterday after |
noon from the business end Of his chain /
IN the yard you would think that a very /
hardy man would have faced him in the ]
night time. Apparently such a one I
there was. For Mr. Collie never uttered I
an audible squeak Hs had been induced 4
10 swallow a large amount Of lard ard I
after that he took no interest in burglars
With the dog ont Of the way. the visitors /
prOpped a broom against the IN swinging
screen door and took their time about
book
Mrs Charles e. Mellen. whose hus-
hands house on Harrison avenue marks
the end % the row Of which Mrs Patter-
sons u the beginning. heard a noise on
he porch q little while before daylight
but the frat she knew Of burglars was
when Mrs. LORENZO Terry rang the he'll
20 say that Mr. Mellens coat had been
found a. her pantry window Then she
roy. who found that bis toy bank. holding
something over -. had been removed
A number Of checks payable 20 Mr. Mellen
had hem examined and thrown about
the dining room a. nOn-negOtiable mat
ter.
BY this time the neighborhOod was be-
ginning % ring one another's doorbells.
and on every side was heard the query.
Did you have burglars too7" Mrs. p J.
VlHsas
was able n report that though a side win
dow had been pried open nothing had
been stolen. The Ellisons. who live be-
tween the Mellens and the TerTvs found
a broken shutter and a board leaned
lRaInst the house. but the entrance had
stopped there. Shattered window lambs ,
and footprints wer reported b. the .
Davisss and the Schwe'tzers on Harrison (
avenue and by the Corneliuses and Hol-
ands on Cleveland avenue
Over on the other side Of the railroad {
racks there was another experience :
meeting In progress. A. Andrew Hop ]
linss house Mrs Hopkins's wedding ring z
md another ring we're taken while the !
amily slept Over AZ Richard Marvina ;
he burglars had come upon a few empty y
lay envelopes and had carried them y
way. Mrs Charles Kinsella IA a widow .
With four children Out Of her house 4
't.D hau utaaptFn-u Iiile IlTther
hong the street William James aWoks 70 :
earn that the early morning visit had
net him $50. And ~ u was al along the 4
me Most NJ those who couldn't mourn :,
he loss of actual money were able 20 dis
'lay evidences ~ violence upon the
Iroperty For example a number ~
raduate nurses who have been studying J
y the Mineola Hospital and who live IN ii
house owned by Ernest JOhrens found
hat a shutter tightly closed before they "a
rent 20 bed had been nearly pred on - 10
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