Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1876 — Burgiars and Tramps. [ARTICLE]

Burgiars and Tramps.

'Thw whoif jonntiy is *u » «UU of apprtheauiou owing to the op qgatiom of thewe two elsnaea of outlaws. The burglars are not only booonring rtors ant more bold in their depredations but are Aow-' ing a recklesq disregard of human life which may well excite Alarm. They no longer hesitate to |iU, hr any means, tnoae who make fesiatjance to their mberiee. hn former' ■times the settlers on the frontiers, who were exposed, to scalping knife were objects of the world over. But we are now ip greater danger of life as well as property from midnight robbers {than they were from the Indians. Those who live in their ueibd houses in the city and those wljp dwell in tbe'peaceful hamlets of the country are equally exposed- Very few persons now |i« down at night, or wake in Die night from any cause, without’thinking of the bullet of tire Assassin. A few nights since a citizen otßooklyn was murderously assaulted^by a burglar in his room and barely escaped with his life. He is scarcely out of danger. The murder of the*weAlthy Mr. Nathan in this city by undiscovered burglars is now paralelled all over the country. And burglaries of loss fatal consequences are all the time occurring. One day dust week in the middle of the afternoon, Henry Freeman, a wealthy butter merchant of Rahway, N. J., while asleep on a sofa in his house, was abound, gagged and robbed by four masked burglars. When aroused by their attack, he made an ineffectual resistance and received nome severe blows. His family were absent at the time, and be wm bound fur half an hour before released. . A letter in the H. K. Timet states that on Wednesday morning about one o’clock, the residence of Mr. 'J. McCoy, near Waterford, N. J., was entered by burglars. Their presence wa« first discovered by Daisy McCoy, who was awakened by a dog in her room growling, when she saw two masked men. One held a revolver to her head, and said : “Keep your dog quiet, or I'll shoot you!” She quieted the dog,'and fainted away. But the noise made by the dog had 'awakened Mr. McCoy, in an adjoining room, and springing up in bed ; he saw three men standing by his side, each pointing a pistol at him. One of them said, “We are poor men, out of work, and we want your money.” Mr. McCoy handed them 175, his watch, and some other valuables. - The burglars then went to the room of Edward McCoy, who showed fight, but was soon quieted. From him they took 820, a S2OO watch, and some jewelry. The two burglars in Miss McCoy’s roqin got a diamond locket. Mrs/McCoy was robbed of a sum of money, jewelry, and silverware. From the servants they got a quantity of jewelry and to in money- A large amount of heavy silver plat 3 was taken from she sideboard in the dining room. The eight men were in ragged jclothing and wore masks. After ransackii g the house they left, threatening to burn the house and barns if any alarm was given by McCoy before 9 o’clock in the morning. , The region of Saratoga county has been specially infested with burglars and tramps, wh6 appear to be organized for criminal purposes, and who do not hesitate to commit murder, arson or any other outrage. Recently, eight tramps waylaid two young girls on the highway, near Ballston Spa,. and committed a gross outrage upon them. One of the girls has since died, but no clue to the perpetrators of the fiendish crime has been obtained. We record these shocking occur-

fences, and several more in another column, from a sense of duty, not to suggest any remedy,—for we have none to suggest, excepting that the civil authorities be more vigilant in preventing and in punishing crime,—but to put the people the country as well as tbe city pn iheir guard, * and especially to ware defeuceluH women and girls against the exposure which has resulted in sc many eases in horrible outrage and murder. The country 'is jwarming with whom it is not safe to admit into any house or to meet in any exposed circnna* s'tancea It is an alarming state of Wtofiß, and every person should be pn guard. — If. Y. Observer.