Bainbridge Burglary 1882 - Greenlawn Cemetery 1883

 

Burglary in Bainbridge

Chenango Union, Aug. 17, 1882

 

Last night, the room of G.M. Harby, of Delhi, who is visiting friends at the Park Hotel, was entered by burglars, who robbed him of a suit of clothes, a gold watch and chain, about twenty dollars in money, and jewelry belonging to  his wife and daughter.  After securing this they descended to the bar-room, and forcing open the money drawer with an ice pick, found about three dollars in small coin, which they confiscated.  Evidently they were bibulously inclined, for they did not forget to take half a dozen bottles of rhine wine, together with the silverware belonging to the bar, after which they adjourned sine die, leaving a front door open, which they fastened open with sticks of wood procured from the woodshed at the rear of the house.  In their haste, or through carelessness, they dropped a bunch of keys, which Mr. Day says they can have by calling for and proving property.  There is no definite clue as to who the parties were, although a couple of suspicious looking characters were noticed around the village in the evening, with a horse and buggy, and when they left said they were going to East Guilford.  It is surmised that these are the burglars, and officers are in pursuit.  A report was circulated that they paid the Central House a visit, but it proves to be incorrect, although they could easily have done so had they wished, as several windows were carelessly left open.  Mr. Day will pay a liberal reward for the arrest of the parties.  Omenzo Benedict, of Oxford, an old offender, was arrested in this village on Sunday, by officer Graham, on suspicion of being the burglar.  He was given quarters with Sheriff Hazard, and on Monday taken to Bainbridge, where, after an examination before Justice VanHorne, he was discharged.

 

Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY

Chenango Union, June 21, 1883

 

The laying out of the new cemetery into lots, roads, walks, etc., was completed on Saturday last.  The Cemetery Association is incorporated under the laws of the State, and has the following officers:  John Banks, President; Lewis C. Taylor, Vice President; Gervis Prince, Treasurer; Irving L. Pruyn, Secretary; H.D. Copley, J.M. Roberts, T.J. Lyon, Don A. Gilbert, Lewis C. Taylor, Gervis Prince, L.R. Clark, John Banks, I.L. Pruyn, Trustees.---Republican