The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-13
MT. LAKE PARK
Quo Xadis

nave occurred IN Cne Hafk during Cne
past several months.
The long series of felonies of this
character, beginning last winter year
ago, ended with. the last Tor is it the
last p when the Allegheny House was
entered, makes US wonder whittier We
are going. Evidence seems to indicate
that at least two persons were con-
cerned at the Allegheny House, as
marks on the lattice enclosing the I'M
derneath portion of the. rear of the
house was broken and several spots of
mud from the ground up looked as
though some one had been boosted
by second person, and thus gained
entrance. The paddock and hasp fas
tening back door. leading from the
porch direct into the kitchen had been
''jimmied" off, breaking the wood to
which it had been fastened. A heavy
refrigerator, which had been left
against the door on the inside had
been moved away. Finger prints were
evident in the accumulated dust on a
secretary in an office in the front of
the house with evidence that it had
been hastily ransacked.
Whether anything of value had been
taken or not, makes but little differ
ence, except as the. loss might effect
the owners. The main point is, that
every incident of this kind batters
down the sacredness Of property
rights and lessons the security of
property owners, 1t brings home the
truth of the statement frequently
heard these days that we evidently
have some undesirables in or about
the Park.
What is the remedy? We confess
we do not know. There are 300 acres
within the Park area, with houses
scattered here and there, widely sapa-
rated. The very nature of the place,
with trees everywhere and consequent
deep shadows, makes the Park an
ideal place to escape observation. We
have only one policeman to patrol the
whole area, and he drawing a very
meagre salary. Bailiff Wiley, we be-
lieve, is alert, fearless and anxious to
do his duty. But thorough night in
spection Of the Park by one man is
physical impossibility, The smallreve-
nue. received from taxes by the cor
poration raises an impossible bar
rier to additional expenditures by the
Mayor and Council. After the pay
ment of the necessary bills for light,
road and street improvement and
Other small items, there is but
small surplus.
However, some scheme must be de-
vised to put a stop to house-breaking
and other fragrant violations of the
law about which we hear but know
nothing.
There is widespread confidence in
States Attorney Dawson. He is i'm
partial, fearless ard honest. Give
him the evidence to place before the
grand jury and see petty and other
crime here disappear as mist before
the morning sun.
Furtive, Sinking, looking neither
to the right or to the left, with Shout
ders hunched, dressed all in black,
black caps pulled low over the eyes,
long, black overcoats-Who were the
two men seen walking along one of
the streets, in the middle Of the road,
after ten o'clock on the night before
the Cuppett fire?
Were they on an honest mission
bent? or were they?
Waa the Allegheny House broken
INFO that night?
For what purpose were the five
pistol shots fred just before the fire
was discovered? Did the same per-
son fine them that fired five shots just
before q previous fire was discovered?
Mysterious? Yes, but facts. The
answers might prove interesting.
Further: Were the low mumbling
voices and the dull, scraping noise,
heard by a lady of the Park as she
passed the Allegheny House, return
inc around ten o'clock Wednesday ev-
ening from a neighborhood call, the
voices of the men who broke into
that house as they moved the heavy
refrigeration?
Fire Hydrants Tested
The fire plugs recently installed by
the Mayor and Council. at least the
one on the Winchell corner, got real
test last Thursday morning. For
over an hour a constant stream from
lines laid to the plug were played on
the fire which destroyed the Cuppett
house and on the adjacent buildings
without apparently diminishing the
water supply. The pressure was all
that was expected. Other hydrants
placed at strategic points would GER
tainly lower the fire hazard in the
Park.
Boots Disappeared Last
Having occasion to return to his