The evening world., 1910-12-10
POLICE Enjoy
FLATBUSH LIFE,
50 Do BURGLARS
3-Cottage Station More Allur-
ing to Bluecoats Than Thief
Chasing, Neighbors Say.
MANY HOUSES LOOTED.
Citizens Talk of Vigilantes if
Appeals to Mayor and
Cropsey Fail.
MANY HOUSES LOOTED.

~ " Gil 't'W w ~
ahAde Of the company room window
In the Kouenhoven home In Kouen-
hoven Lane. Flatbush, and squinted
through tho diamond-paned Glass at
three little frame cottages across the
commons. IN chimneys OF which wisp.
Of smoke were curling in a CHEEKY.
homeiike fashion.
There they be, those police" ne
said. and his infection was anything
but friendly. with their chairs drawn
W TO the IRE, s-whittling n ~a-playing
pfnochle inc checkers or else nibbling
dried apples and cookies. II they were
In . store at The Corners instead of
representatives Of Greater New York's
nest police force sent out here TO
protect the citizens OF F~latbush-and
every man-jack of those citizens a-trem-
bling In his boots for fear o. burglars"
The cottages at which Uncle Joe
directed his ~malevoient gaze are the
headquarters Of the new 17+th Precinct,
New York Police. and surely the stran-
ssst quarters hat any member Of this
cfty's Finest eve found himself in.
When tho Fiatbush citizens decided
some months ago that their locality
wa becoming too popular with tho
Independent and Benevolent Brother
hood Of Burglars and appealed to the
Mayor and the Board OF Aldermen for
moro police protection they were APP
psased by the assignment there OF n
captain. two li%eutenants. four sergeants
and forty patrolmen.
A Thrse-Piy Station.
Instead of building a station, the
heads of the department. yielding to
the siren voice OF a Flatbush real
estate agent. leased the three dainty
little cottages In East Thirty-nfth street,
near Flatbush avenue. and for twenty
days the protectors of FNatbush have
had their quarters In surroundings de-
signed for commuters whose artistic as
pirations are supposed to run TO golden
oak bedroom sets. administer rug
horse-hair sofas. rubber plants and
cuckoo clocks.
The middle cottage-the three stand
alone In the midst OF a s~now.covered
plain not far from the weatherbeaten,
century old Van Rensselaer, mansion,
with Its low-hanging Dutch caves and
it, vihag pump in front-is used
~ap. 'ohh i'eilh ana inc heuten-
nv. Win Tue oesA IN the front room
o".'n' i"e o'ier TWO are tseu
'osa"'S an 'hc men, ai Oh
"S' "ave so"e IN ior country ire so
n-N"o~iy 'hat the b~eheVoieh'
Burglars have continued their opera.
tons with Joy and vigor u~nrostraaned
Burglars Don't Mind.
"eo 'n'es III as many weeks Dur
s'a's "f"a W enter ahe nome OF L. IL
NeNe'son' one OF fiatoush real estate
ope'"'oIS-s"' the one VINO erected th'
'ease OF the three cottages however
anu wednesday night one OF them go
into the vestibule. The Ackersons
French bulldog bit a piece out OF hi
leg as he got away with Mr.. Acker
son's new fur coat ana high ba,
~ ran out N tho iron, Soor an, cr.,
, .ho, -, ~. ,auam" s.t. A." .e1
cram. ..hnt mls.el ~. ,,ho,a 80,
bcrhood was aro,r.ea and thsr. u,as
c,... hu, uo ai,,,, ~
yra- ~ seo " ponee"'an
~ 'o'.n'''ee sooh'
Sharies OSBORN OF NO. Aus Avenue a
q Republican leader n righthan
man OF Naval Officer Kracke. went I
a performance OF IlltDEsn'A flyOTlt
drama "'Wav Dawn East" wi,h n,
,amu, ,a,, n,vh..
'n,"' SSH "eo'
"heh 'hey re'urheu 10 their nome IN
silverware had vanished. the chandelier
had been tarn from the ceilings. tn
knobs from the doors and the plumldn
from the bs
.I,,., -, r.,
~" " oAe~eu " van u
10 ue uoor' saiu MT. osborn. IAN
they may have done so for all l know
II was a cleanout for fair. ! thin
those fellows over az the now nrerIn.
station are so stuck on conntrv lI,a
pu.,A -.
yacs,inn Th.n 49, ,ha, ne are .
,an, .'.e par'ie
r.rnaan - " o"aNs W u
III. 80 . aus ahu may
M 49, 49, y VI = Know Dut !
~ 10y So many OF the
n " pronn-they ave tofsottt
'' ~ s"'" 'H'hsS az oursIhrs'
Even Nicer In Summer.
And i'm be pleasant for them I'm I,
summer. They can string up hammoc
on the porches and there's plenty