The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-23
Blood Thirsty Dogs
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(Continued from Page Oneo of the porch they entered a bedroom where slept two of the four Bedford children. They wen through four rooms, those Of the children and their nurses and turned the gas on in each When they reached the room of the tewises, adjoining that of MT. and Mrs. Bedford, they turned on the gas and set to work with the drawers of the bureau.
 Mrs. Lewis awoke with start at the sound of the fall of the drawer
 'Is that you, Arthur" she demand ed as the figure of man loomed up in the moonlight.
 For answer the man fled. It was with difficulty that she brought her husband to himself, and then realiz- ing the peril of the sleepers in the rapidly thickening gas fumes she flung open the windows and rushed through the house spreading the alarm. |
 There are several Bedford families in Greens Farms, and the Charles E.. Bedfords promptly telephoned warn ings to all their relatives, with the result that Frederick Bedford and two employees armed heavily hasten ed by automobile to the scene of the sensational burglary. They made a hurried tour of the roadways in the
 
 men.
 MT. Bedford has authorized the town officials of Westport to offer a reward of $500 for information lead ing to the arrest and conviction of the burglars.
 He made the following statement of the burglary:
 Bedford's own story of the robbery is as follows:
 with a view to having a burglary, evidently perpetrated by city yeggmen. which took place in the writer's coun- try residence last Friday night. given as much prominence as possible, so that others living in their country homes may take the necessary precau- tions to forestall a like occurrence, I give you the following facts, as in all probability you will care to give the notice some attention through your paper:
 "On Friday night at F o'clock two men entered the writer's residence, known as The Lookout. situated in Greens Farms, Conn. fifty miles from New York, on the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford Railroad, midway be- tween Norwalk and Bridgeport The men entered by climbing on the sec ond story of the piazza. which runs 150 feet on two sides of the house. and going through one of six bedroom win- dows which were open. They went at once to four rooms, and turned on every gasSjet in the rooms, after which they went down stairs and opened the front door
 They then proceeded to ransack the house, but fortunately a guest was awakened in the first room they en- tered, and, while the contents of the bureau drawers were strewn around the place. nothing of any particular value was taken except the money found in the garments in the room, and some of the writer's cigars were taken from down stairs.
 Any set of men who will deliber- ately attempt to asphyxiate an entire family for the sake of the proceeds liable to be found in a country house are. I think you will agree with the writer. particularly vicious characters.
 Undoubtedly the scream of the lady on noticing the man in her room frus- trated their plans. However. they must have been in the premises for some time, as the effects of the gas had overcome the lady's husband, three of the writer's children and the nurses.
 If you will give, this matter the at tention you think it warrants it will be appreciated"
 The recent escape of Tim Sheedy from Hartford and the renewed ac- Ativity of burglars among homes of the wealthy along the shore has led the police to couple his gang with the crimes.
 The arrest of one of the gang, Howard, at Greenwich, was made by policeman who was awaiting a midnight lunch from servant in one of the homes upon which the burg lars had planned a descent The comrades fled to their automobile and while Howard was being led to the police station he joshingly told the policeman he had resisted arrerst just long enough to give them a chance to crank their motor.
 Howard was sentenced to prison for two years.
 Pinkerton detectives gathered from rleagre information given out by Howard, enough to lead them to Schenectady where was found the automobile. This was kept under surveillance until Sheedy and Gus Palmer were seen to take it by night to Springfield. They were arrested in Springfield an Palmer was sent enced to not more than 10 years for having burglars tools in his posses sion and Sheedy to not more than 30 years as habitual crominal Sheedy was held in Hartford jail awaiting his removal to Wethersfeld when with the aid of a trusy who had no doubt been bribed. he sawed his way through iron bars. walked through a hospital wards, leaped oue from a window climbed a 10 foot fence and scaled fence where an automobile awaited them.
 Sheedy's gang is accredited with being one of the wealthiest. bands of burglars in the East His exploits range throughout New England. and the middle west. Gus Palmer who is now in prison has had notorious career as safe cracker, wieh a borther, George. Both Sheedy and