Burglars at Cold Spring

New York, 1895

On Sunday night for the second time within three months burglars broke into the post office and the store of Seaman & Bennett, at Cold Spring Harbor. The safes were not disturbed in either place. A package of 500 pennies was taken from the store. The burglars failed to secure anything at the post office.


Mrs. Goodale Gets a Divorce

Mrs. Lillian Goodale was granted a divorce from her husband on Tuesday by Justice Barnard, sitting in Long Island City. The husband's name is Howell P. Goodale and he is a well-known resident of Port Washington.


For Passing a Worthless Check

August Stemker, of Long Island City, was sent to jail for twenty days and fined $10 by Justice McKenna of Whitestone for passing a worthless check on Andrew Seaman, a butcher.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 19, 1895, p. 1.