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New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
1T WAS A TALKFEST.

Toward midnight Of July 2S last a party
OF five men stopped the watchman of the
railroad station at Dobbs Ferry and gos-
slped with him. II there's one relaxation
your average rural constable chiefly en-
ioys 20 relieve the tedium Of his lonely
ratrol tits talk. The Watchman told them
al he knew. He looked after the safety
Of Dobbs Ferry. and another guardian Of
railroad property watched Ardsley station
~ a. nm. the Ardsley guardian went
Of duty Well that was all right, neigh
rors. for didn't Hempstead. the ticket
the Ardsley ticket office?
Must YOU he OFF," said the Dobbs Ferry
man to the folk who had helped him while
away q dull half hour with Interchange
of gossip. Camping a piece up the river,
arc sc? Good night then, and good luck
10 ycr
The five men got into motor boat, put
off shore and buzzed noisily northward up
tho dark Hudson. The Dobbs Ferry
watchman returned to his vigil.
About two hours later occurred a ter
rife explosion OH the ground floor of the
Ardsley station that struck terror to the
hearts o. the tlmid in the club colony and
caused l.. w. Hampstead, the village ticket
agent and postmaster, to leap ont Of bed
and run 10 the head of the stairs. yelling
Justify He smelled smoke and he noted
that the electric lights had been turned off.
Selling a revolver. he started TO inves-
tigate the trouble
But Mrs. Hampstead, frantic in her fear
that her husband would be killed. pulled
him back. An armed stranger was guard
ing the ticket office door. Another man
with a revolver stood guard on the west
side Of the tracks adjacent to the river.
Hampstead went on the elevated footway
over the tracks and took a shot at this
man. The fire was returned. There was
fast gunplay on both sides; the town was
rousing and the members of the Ardsley
Club were now runuing out to Hampstead $
assistance.
And then In the sCmi-darkness, when hdd
rendered the shooting so ineffective came
running two men from out the door OF
the station across the tracks and down
so tic yacht basin Of the clrh, which -I'e'
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
Their Last Big Haul the Brokaw Estate Was Only One
Of Many in Recent Months That Have Proved Highly
Profitable to These Modern Buccaneers, Who Are
Aided by Swift Motor Boats in Evadng Pursuit

into the Hudson River. The outdoor
picket, whom Hampstead had shot at, was
just a few yards ahead of them. He
Ferry "buzzer' Of two hours beforehand
started the engine. His companions clam
bered I'm after him. The boat shot out
into the stream at fun speed. The rob-
bers had taken with them the contents Of
the ticket agents safe, which they had
blown open with nitroglycerine. They
were far out of range of possible pursuit
and capture when the police patrol at
Yonkers started up the river.
These desperate river pirates know the
Hudson like a book and 1t is likely that
they have several hiding places along the
Palisades of the unfrequented west shore
A gang Of them came perilously near capt
ure the other day. IT was apparent bit
Of police stupidity that saved them.
Sneaking across the Hudson to a nearby
suburban city one dark night they stripped
an anchored launch of her valuable motor
engine. lifted Il from that craft to their
own and stole away with il. A few weeks
later there came to a machine shop in the
same city an understood lad, who said he
had been sent 10 get broken gasolene
motor repaired.
Workmen from the shop went down to
the water and fetched Up the engine. which
had been transported across the river In
rowboat. The lad went his way after the
job had been promised to him in a few
DAYS time
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
THEFT ABOARD FERRYBoAT.

II was reported TO the Sea Cliff. Long ISL
and noIice one morning not long ago by tho
Oakland Steamboat Company. whose prince
nal occupation is ferrying rich automooihstS
oyor from Rive Beach 10 Sea Gin, that III
tho course Of the preceding night some one
had entered the ferryboat Rye Clin as she
Low idle IN her Sea Clff slip and departed
with the entire contents OF the cafe, ex-
cepting only the furniture ana the cas-"
reoietor which was nailed down. There
were ten men on the ferryboat al the tirne.
The engineer and his assistant were sleep
ing in the engine hold, just below wner"
the robbery occurred; the deckhands were
sleeping i'm the main cabin. on the oeck
Immediately above the robbed care; tho
captain and his mate were sleeping IN tne
nilot house. somewhat removed from the
scene Of the depreciation.
The evidence OF a broken window In the
cafe showed how the thieves had entered.
Dents and scratches on the WINDOW frafhe
showed how the booty had been removed.
Vet the ten men slept on. they said.
Drinkables weren't the only things tnat
went out through the window, either ac-
ccrding TO Frederick J. Kemp, who leases
the cafe from the ferry company. He said
he had lost all the cigars and cigarettes.
some glassware and the change he had In
his cash register. He placed his loss at
betwoen 500 and $500 Even the ice that
kent his drinks cool was gone.
Frederick A. Wenck, secretary or tho
company, said that 1t would havo taken a
van TO cart away the plunder had tho
thieves departed from the ship by way ot
the pier He therefore held IL probable
that one OF the pirate motor boats which
had been terrorizing Hampton Harbor for
weeks had tied up TO the side and drained
the cafe dry.
Much merchandise Of sorts, particularly
coffee is stolen while in process OF light
erage across the bay. The 'junkies,' or
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
ROBBERS TANK EXPLODED.

Early i'm June of this year there was a
lively chase of six youths, believed TO oe
Sound pirates, who had moored their craft
i'm the creek near Stoneberg's shipyard,
New Rochelle AS the suspected robbers
started TO make off something went wrong
with their boat and the gasolene tank eX-
ploded. scattering the blazing liquid in all
directions The six young men then leaped
into the creek and swan to the shore OF
Premium Point Park, opposite.
Dashirg across the narrow neck OF land.
they climbed into a black motor boat and
raced away toward Long Island Sound.
They were followed by three of Oscar
Stoneberg's boat builders in one of his
boats who chased them as far as Glen
Island A lively exchange Of revolver shots
between the buccaneers and their New Ro-
cbelle pursuers marked the chase. but in
the end the latter were outdistanced and
gave up the struggle. The six elusive
pirates we're believed TO be the same as
those who stole a brand new motor launch
which Mrs Margaret NJ. Leamy, of Home
stead Park, had recently purchased.
About a month later the anchorage OF
the Seawanhaka Yacht Club in Flushing
Bay was visited and the 26-foot motor boat
George. owned by Anthony Novey. the
clubs secretary. was stripped of its con-
tents In this case two men were captured
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

7 After Johnson's Robinson Crusoe effort
had been read In court, Captain II. A.
Bagger, the company's marine surveyor,
took the stand. Bagger, so he testified,
had bagged the Marjorie. While Johnson
had been dickering with his principals he
had taken a little run down to North
Carolina. At an out-of-the-way harbor
called Goose Creek, n. c., he had found a
freshly painted, recently overhauled craft
ramed the Helen, which seemed to him a
satisfactory replica, If not the original, Of
the Marjorie How did 1t get there? The
natives stated Captain Moran had
| brought the 40-foot vessel up the inlet last
March, had taken II to the local shpyard
and had ordered extensive repairs The
shipmaster was getting keen about the pay
ment of his repair bill, which amounted TO
siO0. And the description given of the
mysterious Captain Moran tailed with
Johnson. On this and other testimony
johnson and his janitorial friend Sundsten
were held in the Tombs court on the charge
Of making fraudulent representations as to
the loss OF motor boat at sea.
1t is quite unlikely that the slick Scan
dnavian and his pal will ever get another
clans South to tap the riches of the Flor
idas The boldness and adroitness of the
piracy must be commented on. Not only
were the motor boat owners. but big in
surance company was fair game 10 the
energetic Johnson.
Pirates in the city's waters are tackled
ny the harbor police almost every night.
! There are only sixty-three of these guar
dans and they have TO cover 46i square
miles OF bays. rivers. sounds channels and
inlets. They have eight motor launches.
doing twelve knots an hour. and tho
steamer Patrol. doing fifteen knots. Most
OF the thefts are of merchandise. and the
| tricks OF the water rats" are legion.
| It's no small task protecting the city's
property alone. Take for instance, the
/ bcld mariner who actually stole and carried
away on "A lighter from Blackwelrs Island
the steel beams used I'm the first temporary
structure of the greensboro Bridge IL
was In broad daylight and with well
simulated air Of authority that he did IL
He took the stuff down to South Brooklyn
and had he not carelessy aroused the sus-
\ pcons of the lighterage firm which he mad
employed he would have got away win IL.
! His next Job (he escaped scot free for
the first one) was to steal l.iOo pounds OF
white lead paint from tho Charities De-
partments warehouse on BlackweiIs ISL
| and Workmen on the island, eN-conVlcts
working for a paltry $40 or so a month";
were In collusion with him. Here tho har-
/ hor police arrived In tho nick OF time and
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

craft, suspicious not only as stranger In
the Seawanhaka waters, but also because
! il bore no name.
Aided by detectives. Mr.. Novey and his
clubmates set watch. Screened from
observation, they covered the anchorage
and the stranger boat with powerful ma
rine glasses and awaited developments.
Something like twenty-four hours later two
men came down to the shore. placed In a
rowboat a heavy object, recognizable az
part of an engine, and rowed out TO the
strange motor boat. which they boarded.
Quickly, at a signal. rowboats belonging
TO club members shot out from different
points. surrounded the stranger and caught
the occupants. Aboard the pirate craft
was found more than 800 worth of equip
ment, every article OF which was subse-
uuently identified as stolen property, the
police said The puzzle of the many petty
thefts around Flushing waters eliminating
in the loss of the Georges valuable motor
and other equipments was explained
The ancient pirates nailed their Jolly
Roger TO the masthead, took cutlasses in
hand, flung boarding bridges from bulwark
TO bulwark and were at open grips with
the foe. But those in whom the spirits of
Kidd and Flint and Morgan are reincarnat-
ed around New YORK fight rarely in the
open and never except when compelled to.
The cunning and mastery strategy that
some of them display would enrich them
I'm business did they not have a consttu-
tional aversion to honest work. List to
this story OF the Squarehead and the Sloop:
A Dr. Jay Egbert. Of Willimantic, Conn.,.
had a 2S-foot auxiliary motor sloop, the
Dorothy, scraping her paint at the New
London wharves and costing pretty
penny for upkeep. In the sailors quarter
of the Thames River he met Scandi-
nayian engineer named Johnson, who had
a plausible way and slick tongue. There
was money to be made with motor sloops,
Johnson declared. Down I'm Florida, or
elsewhere in the busy Atlantic resorts,
such a tight, fast craft could be let to
pleasure parties for from $40 to $50 day.
He. Johnson, could take the boat down and
act as skipper-engineer. The profits, after
salary and expenses had been paid, he
would turn over to his principal. DR.. Eg
bert.
Well. johnson got possession Of the hand
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

-HE raid which gang Of burglars
made Just the other day upon MIR
yana. the estate of w. Gould Bro
uaD,. at Great Neck, Long Island, focused
attention on the unusual activity that has
hoeu displayed by the so-called Sound pi-
rates IN the season just closing. They stole
valuables estimated to be worth $4,000 from
tho Brokaw place alone, and that was only
one out of hundreds of summer cottages
and lighthouses and yachts that have been
stripped by these rogues in recent months.
The Rrokaw raid was preceded by the GUS
tomary appearance of strange naphtha
launch in the bay at Great Neck She was
large craft, of the hunting cabin type,
The estate is guarded on the land side by
2 tau iron fence On the water side 1t lies
omen 10 the invader. The pirates landed
from the big launch in small boat in the
night and had sailed away with their
valuable booty before sun-up next day.
George II. Hume, wealthy Philadelphian,
WAS the tenant at Nirvana the last sum
uer. having leased the place from Mr Bro
kaw. Before Mr.. Hume took possession
Mr. Brokaw stored many of his paintings
and tapestries in quaint little stone Dulld-
ing used as a theatre for private theatrl-
calls as Mr.. Hume brought some of his own
art collection with him. In october some
valuable rugs that Mr. Brokaw had bought
abroad arrived and were stored in the min
iature theatre with the other articles, many
Of which were in bulky crates. The build
ing is midway between the house and the
shore Of the bay After the pirates landed
they 'iimmied" one of the windows OF the
tcmporarv storehouse facing the bay. There
must have been at least half a dozen OF
them. as it would have taken four or fve
men TO carry some Of the crates, out they
got away with almost all Of them
So YOU can see that the spirits or cap
Kidd and Capn Flint and Sir Henry Mor-
gan are stin walking at the coast resorts
a. nights. but these ghosts Of old nave
learned modern ways. They squeak ana
c,bber ;n the vocabulary of the motor age.
Nay. more, they go marauding in poWerfu!
easolene launches, and their loot consists
Of enEinery. Yacht furnishings household
goods and other up-to-date articles When
pursued or endangered they don't hesitate
to shoot to kill Let us study a few exam
lles of this revival of the ancient bucca-
neerinC. which has beer particularly active
,ais summer around New York.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
DEcEITFUL UNCLE GEORGE.

Senator Sutherland. of Utah. said at 4
luncheon I'm Washington OF bill that had
been defeated:
at deserved defeat. for IL was full OF
graft The grafters. in their disappoint-
ment over It, reminded me OF the heirs
OF old George Smith.
"Old George Smith was millionaire
and his nephews and neces had done very
little hustling since their childhood, be-
cause they expected TO inherit all his
money.
We'll old Smith died in due course. and
a short time after his death | met one
OF his nephews.
so your uncle is no more said.
What Old he leave"
The nephew answered with bitter
sneer:
"A golden-haired young widow Of whose
existence we had never dreamed
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

, owners OF junkbosts standing in with disA
honest watchmen, rob the warehouses
along the waterfront. Acting Captain
Dwyer saws the new breed OF water rats
is harder TO deal with than the old. They
will never show fight and they will scurry
off at the police boats first approach.
But graft holds the sea as 1t does the land.
The twentieth century rat succeeds be-
cause he is in "cahoots" with the thteving
employees of big firms and corporations
that are continuously bled In this manner
by dishonest help.
Probably Kidd and Flint and Morgan
would scorn kinship with such petty rogues.
But the pirates of the Hudson and OF the
coast resorts are another sort. Just think
how Kidd and Morgan could have harried
the Spanish cities with motor craft!
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
RECOGNIZED STOLEN MOTOR.

/ Now. the mechancan at that shop knows
thing or two about the local motor boats
and he was astonished to find that the dis
abled engine was the identical motor OF
which a yachtsman of his acquaintance
had been robbed a few weeks back The
owner Of the stripped launch completed
the Identification. Then the police were
called in. They had only to await the boys
return, they argued, and it would be all
over but the shouting.
Sure enough, the boy came back for the
motor at the stipulated time. lie was
placed under arrest A severe grilling fol-
lowed. All he could tell was that some
men making their headquarters near the
old powder works at the foot of the Pali-
sades had hired him to take the disabled
motor over and get it repaired. And when
the police went to the vicinity of the pow
der works the birds had flown. The simple
expedient of letting the boy go back alone
with the motor and shadowing him hadn't
occurred to them. The gang of water
pirates is still at large.
II is estimated that property worth many
millions of dollars lay unprotected this
summer in the anchorages Of yacht clubs
and cottage colonies within "A radius of
fifty miles of New York. In the New Ro-
chelle district alone the yachts and other
summer craft, with their furnishings, are
valued at S2,OOOOOO. The pirates of Long
Island Sound got so bold that members of
the New Rochelle and Huguenot yacht
clubs were obliged TO maintain night
patrols. Sometimes small yachts and mo-
tor craft had been towed off bodily but the
commoner practice of the thieves was TO
rob the anchored yachts Of their valuables.
Robberies ranged all the way from petty
theGs of gasoene from the tanks TO un-
shipping and carrying off the motors.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
THE DOGS TASTE.

Representative Gardner OF MaSsach~
setts, apropos OF an immigration case no
had Investigated. said the other day
The trouble with this Immigrant was
that he didn't know what was good for
him We are all mere or less Ike that
The things that are best FOR us are the
things we most dislike.
Mr.. Gardner smiled.
"A woman" ne said. was complaining
about the dcpredations OF her dog
"'Only yesterday. she cried. he broke
into the larder.'
Dear me-! said her interlocutor. Did
he eat much?'
"IIe ate she replied every blessed
thing except the dog biscuit
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

and bound over in the Long Island City
police court for trial.
Mr. Novey first learned of the robbery when
he went down to the dock with small
party of friends whom he had invited for
a fortnight's cruise. The George was minus
its motor and every other movable article
of value. In the offing (as the marine nov
elsts say was TO be deserted an anchored
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

when summer girl begins to call YOU
by your first name, sho has designs on
your last.
The evening world., 1911-01-13

Don't Fail to Visit our Famous Restaurant
On the Eighth tloor-whcrc You will fnd
excellent foods, prompt and courteous service
at moderate prices.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
ORGANIZE SOCIETY TO
AID STAGE CHILDREN.
Christmas Tree Fund Incorporates
and VIII Broaden It's Field
Of Activities.

The Stage Childrcn's Christmas Tree
Fund has been Incorporated under the
OF the State Of New York and In
lends to broaden Its activities. Since
he days when proc;or's Theatre was a
ttSck company house It has been giving
cNistmas tree parties to the hl,dren
b4 actors and to child actors. At FIRST;
IN parties were given at the Fifth Ave
hue Theatre. The last was given at the
criterion Theatre on the evening OF New
Yeas Day.
l II Is intended TO organize an education
hl branch for teaching children whose
parents rave no opportunity to instruct
Them at hofnc and give monthly parties.
Permanent quarters will be secured and
whilst and euchre parties and lawn par.
lies will be given TO raise funds.
! The officers are: President. Mrs. Lilly
chorne: Vice-Presidents. Mira. Ruth
Lit. Ida c.. Nahm. NJ. D.. Mrs. Edwin
krden. Mrs. Leonle Ross and Mrs. Sol
Smith. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Borden Rtchie. Treasurer. Mrs. James
II. Vaniine; Directors. Mrs. Claude
paran. Mrs. Ella Clarke. Mrs. A.. NJ.
kAlmer, Mrs. =. l.. Neidlingcr and
Miss Payson Braham.
The membership Includes representa-.
lives of the Professional Womcn's
League. the women's Press Club, and
The Three Arts club. All the mem-
bers have ut some time been connected
tith the stage.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
WOMAN SHOOTS
sYOUNG STUDENT
!, AND HERSELF
Had Written Letter to Mother
Telling PlanS-PoSed as
{ Married Couple.

| INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. l3.-Arcr hav-
ing written a letter to her mother. In
(which she said Carl had deceived her.
land she intended 90 kIl him and herself.
MIS-. Alice p0cN.or. ~ Guthrie. Ind,
,sift and seriously wounded Car SO. oy,
b S~ophonore In the University Of III
inois, and herself, 80 a room at a hotel
yesterday. They were taken 20 a hos
tpitSl and have an even chance OF re-
Eovery. Fash has a wound near the
ihes-t. .
! Mrs. Poea'o- vas separated from her
ts5snc. She had been az sac hotel
I DO weeks. storey. whose home g. IN
Ijlusnous. lao, 3oi7cd her here. and
hty were registered as "Cari Storey
bid vi!e. Lexington, Ky"
The clerk hearing the shots. ruahed -
fcbm occupied by TIE couple. Bcfo g
fl3 la. reached the door Il was thrown
bren and Storey staggered into tho cor
rider n tumhled at the clerks icct
ftned!ate'y hehind him was the WON.
who fell az his side. The revolver
fvus found on the aoor OF ;hei room.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
Breaks Up Cold
Thousands Are Using the New
kell0d viii MOBderiu Results.

Cut out this prescription, Madam
YOU are the one that must look after
the health of the household, and you
are the u In these days OF high
prices that must manage taiHg5 eco
%nomitally.
Some one in the family may have
a hard cold this winter. IL may be
in the head. perhaps In the chest.
IL matters not where; here is some
advice and "A prescription that will
break up any cold in a few hours.
and without taking harmful drugs
or strong drinks into the stomach:
First Of all, look after the bowels
The tongue Will show whether the
liver Is right or not. II the bowels
need attention a good d1gc OF castor
oil made tasttloss with a little or.
angc Juice will do The trick. although
any reliable Cathartic Will do.
Then try this economical treat
ment: Into a bowl Of boiling water
pour a tcaaJOOuful OF HYOMEi (prO.
nounce II High-o-me), cover both
head and bowl with a towel ami
breathe deep into the lungs the
soothing, healing vapor.
Breathe This yapor for five or ten
minutes until the head feels fine and
clear. then 20 20 bed and sleep sound
~ until morning.
A bottle Of llYO,:EI costs 80 cents
AZ druggists everywhere. 4 CON.
plete outfit. which includes a hard
rubber pocket inhaler with which
you can breathe I. any time or place,
costs only Si.00. Il is guaranteed %
eur Catarrh. coughs, colds. sore
throat and Group, or money back.
The evening world., 1911-01-13
VERDICT REDUCED.
Allows Teacher Only $1,000
Out of $1,000.

WHITE PLAINS. y. Y. Jan. I3.-The
verde; for H,Oc whleh a jury IN tho
supreme Court gave Miss Grace Roy
hond. a Mpunt Vernon school eacncr
IA a suit for SANDER against Mrs. Naomi
p. Ring. was reduced to-day to $1,000 by
fupreme Court Justice M~orschnuser. .
The Justice stipulated tina: unless
counsel agreed TO accept the ;l,Oo0 with
N hve days he would grant tho app!!ca-
lion OF toe defendant for "A new MIA ON
tc ground thai the verdict was eNccs-
live.
This was the second trial % the suit.
" tfrst resulting In a verdict FOR Mis-
Raymond of $500. The ALLEGED SANDER
fonsin.ed OF four words watch have not
been published.