Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1877 — Curiosities of Crime. [ARTICLE]

Curiosities of Crime.

The novelist who should make and tell in a romance such a story as that which Mr. Floyd tells of the recovery of his recently-stolen property would get himself into trouble with the critics. Mr. Floyd’s house at Englewood, N. J., was robbed recently. The detectives have been busy searching for the thief and goods, but have been able to make nothing out of it. Yesterday a man came to Mr. Floyd’s office, and, declaring his purpose to right the wrong, took Mr. Floyd in broad daylight to the house in which the stolen goods weise stored, and, within sight of a detectivo policeman, loaded the goods on a truck and sent them home. He declined the proffered reward, too, only asking that no description of himself should be given. Here is a strange story, whether we regard the strange recovery of the property, the strange conduct of the man who restored it to its owner, or the stranger inability of the detective police to in the case. Another story, not quite so singular, comes from Long Branch. A theft there, which had excited a great deal of comment, had been traced to a negro parson whose reputation was so good that no one suspected him; and we hear of another case in which we have a singular prayer-test to wonder over. A fire occurred on the evening of the 4th of July, in the village of Chester, in this State. It was at first believed to have been the result of a careless use of firecrackers, but after a while incendiarism was suspected, and, after the rural manner, the people of Chester made the matter a theme of town talk. One pious young man even made it a subject of prayer. In the weekly prayer-meeting of one of the village churches he entreated the Ruler of the Universe to bring the guilty person to justice; to bring about his detection, in order that he might be properly punished; and we now learn that the 7 prayer was so effectually answered that the pious young man is securely lodged in jail, with a fair prospect of serving a term in the State prison for arson.— New York Evening Post.