Show VANDALS RECK I EXPENSIVE HOME HOMEI I Trousseau u of Bride Stolen Theft Teft Puzzles Authorities NEW EW Aug 6 Vandals G have hn wrecked the coit costly home at attal Malba tal a Whitestone Queens given to 10 Mrs Dorothy Merritt White b by her father I I. I J J. Merritt Jr Jr head of or the Merritt- Merritt Chapman wrecking concern when hen s she he hc I married ex Major ex-Major Ralph Lee White on June 21 I The house on the ho Malba road rond rotc so I cunningly equipped with mechanical I aids to lo domesticity that the Whites hart had planned to live there In a s cluM j slon unbroken by servants ants when hen the they returned from their honeymoon In InI I Yellowstone park was devastated by Intruders who spent hours in it and andI I who escaped taking with them much of ot Mrs Whites White's trousseau anil aid some I of ot her hr husbands husband's clothes clothe After Aler examining the wreckage the I Intruders rs left lef of ot the pretty Interior I detectives were at a loss to lo account I for Cor the crime Valuable gifta of ot allI all sll- I and art objects at first be beI believed be- be I to lo h have Ye been sto stop n n. n were found I to have ha b been n removed to tho Merritt I home in for tOI safekeeping but some sore worthwhile bits of ot silver s1 cr I I were left heft lef behind and these were UnI un Un- I disturbed I Whether it was a case of oC malicious i iI I mischief po possibly perpetrated b by boys or whether the person who mado made I havoc of or the place fel felt himself himsel or or or- herself herself her here self aggrieved ed h by t the e WhIte Merritt-White I match tho the police were puzzled to de de- de cide They considered the tact fact that I Mrs Whites White's trou trousseau seu seemed to have ha I been tho the object of ot particular attack atack I but drew no definite conclusions s. The They I ha c ha c taken taleen photographs yielding disI dis- dis I fingerprints of tho the p persons who I I jimmied their wa way Into the place some somei i time prior to last Monday Monda hut but thus I far have not progressed be beyond ond that j I point In their Inquiry Arthur Winters a watchman n on onI I the Malba alba property noticed that a arear arear n I rear ral window of or the house was open I He sent for the superintendent of ot the place and an Investigation in w was s maae I The Intel interior lor was In disorder from top lOp to bottom and a conservative estimate held that it would cost to lo re repair repair reM re- pair the damage A screwdriver a monkey wrench a chisel and ond a hammer hammer hammer ham ham- mer were were ere found on the dining room floor The hammer and chisel had hadI I been used to smash ever every lock in the house Cutglass pieces were broken and tho fragments scattered over o the floor Coor The bridal cham chamber r especially presented a scene scone of ruin Tho The dressI dress dress- I ling Ing table was br broken len to kindling wood and the mirror smash smashed d. d Chairs were r broken and anti the bed overturned In ever every ro room r th there re was as broken fur fur- The plastering had been gouged and pieces broken out ont Cigarettes Cig Cig- had been used In abundance by the intruders and the ends were scattered oV over r tho floor In some someI places they had been thrown alight aUght I upon costly costy rugs and holes burned in tho rugs rugg Mr Ir Merritt Merrit could offer no explanation explanation tion of ot the invasion of or the home The police at both bolh the Hunt Hunters rs Point de detective do- do bureau and at the Flushing precinct were notified At the latter precinct It was said that one otie of or tho the thoI I detectives had the matter mater or under under- In In- In I I |