Palisadian., 1917-06-02
Palisade Has Fun
Poked At 1t In Chunks
By Fort Lee Pape,

The following article from last
weeks Fort Lee Sentinel is de-
cided slam at Palisade. 1t shows
that Mayor White was right when he
spoke recently at the Palisade mass
meeting and declared that under his
administration all sectional feeling in
the borough had disappeared. This
article from the Sentinel is really
very kind, and is gratuity besides.
The article follows
Burglars Bhsy IN Coytesv7EE f
"Coytesville got small sample of
the burglar epidemic that struck
Palisade recently when three resi-
dents were robbed in one night last
week and another attempt was
frustrated on Monday evening.
Though visited frequently by burglars
the past week, Coytesville is not in a
reign of terror and have no intention
of calling a mass meeting for the
the purpose of discussing ways and
means of ridding the town of the
burglar epidemic. To the contrary
the Coytesville residents are brave
and anxiously await the next visit of
the thieves who will be treated to
a grand reception. That the thieves
did not make big haul is due to the
fact that Coytesville is awake and
always has been awake and also be-
cause there is no outside paper sell
ing few copies within the town to
let the burglars know who has
jewelry and who has not. And
Coytesville has park too. On Sat
urdays and Sundays thousands of
people from New York and elsewhere
cross the Dyckman street ferry or
take the Palisade trolley to walk to
the Interstate Park and enjoy them
selves quietly of an afternoon. Be-
sides this there is the local film
studio which has been hiring hun
dreds of extra hands, rough nevks
and the like from New York's Bowery
for the purpose of filming a big
circus scene. But Coytesville takes
this all very quietly, realizing that
calamity bowling only produces con-
tinual calamities, even as the con-
tinual striking of matches produces
continual flame.
Early Friday morning the homes of
James Flynn, of Fifth street, Mr.. Nc
Donough, of Sixth street and Henry
Heyl, of Short street, were entered
and robbed of everything valuable the
thieves could lay their hands on be-
fore being frightened away. No safes
were taken away while a neighbor
looked on, not that there were no
safes that could have been carted
away-to the contrary, every house
entered did have a small safe but
the burglars would not take the
chance. The burglars got but 81 at
the McDonough residence. James
Flynn was robbed of his clothes
which he had hanging on the line
over night. And last but not least
was the stealing of two hundred
priceless tomato plants belonging to
Henry Heyl These can never be re-
placed this spring without cash in
vestment of many, many dollars The
plants were we'll on the road to bear
ing their precious fruit
"The fourth attempt to rake in a
foiled. This occurred last Monday
evening about $50 O'Clock. The burg
lars thinking that the recently
McKenna, of Washington avenue
through ground floor window. Mr..
Kellenger, who was visiting the Nc
Kenna's at the time, heard the noise
and Immediately rushed outside only
to see the burglar run for all he was
worth down Washington avenue. An
alarm was given and chase result
ed, but no signs of the vanishing thief
was found"
Admitting that Coytesville has all
these undesirables is calculated to do
the village much good.