SECOND ATTACK ON CEMETARY STIRS POLICE St. Vincent de Paul Burying Ground Again Visited by Vandals Saturday Night. DAMAGE MORE THAN ONE MAN STRENGHT Work Attributed to Charles K. Burdeau's Enemies Rather Than to Irresponsible Hoodlums. MANY MONUMENTS BROKEN Inspector Reynolds Will Use Every Means to Unmask and Punish Villains. Vandals again desecrated the beautiful St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, on Piety, near Villere, and the police are trying to unmask the villains, for it needed more than one man's strength to work such damage as was revealed yesterday morning. Enmity, perhaps, for Charles K. Burdeau, the sexton, stirred the vandals, and now the police and the sexton are working together with a view of getting hold of the villain who led in the ruthless destruction. When the place was damaged before the police labored hard, detectives were used freely, and soon the story of the midnight beer party was had and several men were held for the outrage, but in the courts they were acquitted. It was thought, however, that the crime would never be repeated. CLIMBED THE FENCE Without resorting to a try at the locked gate of the cemetery, the vandals climbed a fence and made their way into the rear of the place. That may have been early Saturday night, though some believe that it was most likely that the fellows used their strength early yesterday morning. They tugged and shoved and pulled, and down went headstones and monuments, and vases and pedestals broke as they fell. No matter what the noise was, it could not have been heard unless some one was passing at the time, for the cemetery is in a rather isolated place. "I was working in my office about 8 o'clock Saturday night," said Mr. Burdeau, "and was there for some little time. Of course, I heard nothing, but it could have been that the vandals were at work at that time, for the office is a block or so away from the part where the damage was done. The cemetery gate was closed at 6 o'clock in the evening." It happened that Mrs. J. Heck, of 1511 Art Street, passed the cemetery about 8 o'clock yesterday morning and she noticed the damage. The lady was horrified at the second visit of ruin. Tombstones were toppled and thrown to the ground, and it was a destruction which made the lady feel as if she would like to hang the villains herself. Soon Sexton Burdeau was called and he viewed the damage, and his tember was not the best, for this is the second time since he has had charge of the cemetery that the vandals have played tricks. The police were told of it, and in a little while Inspector of Police Reynolds and Chief of Detectives Long, with a number of detectives, reached the scene, and Inspector Reynolds a heart-to-heart talk with the sexton. PROMPTED BY ENMITY. To the mind of Inspector Reynolds it was apparent that the work was prompted by an enmity for the sexton, and when that theory was advanced Mr. Burdeau agreed in a great measure, and he went over many events which may be used as clews to be run down. Mr. Burdeau, two years ago, took charge of the cemetery. It was purchased by an association or company which includes the Burdeau family only. Formerly it was in the hands of a Mr. Suarez. The cemetery was given the greatest attention, and Mr. Burdeau busied himself in seeing that the work was well done. Aside from that Mr. Burdeau has been quite active in seeing that cows straying around the neighborhood were impounded, and it may be that his activity prompted some enmity, though neither the police nor Mr. Burdeau will give out that belief. "I have spent three hours in that cemetery," said Inspector Reynolds, after a consultation with Chief of Detectives Long, "and I am quite convinced that there were at least three men in the vandalism. Who they are is a matter of speculation for the moment -- that is, some of his enemies are known and can be taken if there was ground to take them, but the hitch is whether or not these enemies would go so far as to desecrate a graveyard to obtain a personal revenge. Hoodlums would not be reckoned on as having done the work, and the motive seems to be enmity, I do not propose to let this matter rest. The right men must be taken, and I am utilizing every means to bring that about. Perhaps in forty-eight hours I will be in a position to name the men who did the work and will have them arrested; things look favorable for that end now, but then you know sometimes the best plans go wrong. There are two lines on which work is being done; the lines are independent of each other, and one will be a sort of a dragnet, and I am satisfied that good results will be had. It is an outrage of the worst type, and I propose hauling over the villains to the courts." POLICE STIRRED. The detectives sent word to a man to call at police headquarters, for it was thought that he would give some Continued on Twelfth Page.

SECOND ATTACK Continued From First Page. light on the vandalism. He shook his head and answered that he could not advance a theory, and he was allowed to go. Inspector Reynolds talked quite a time to the man, but the answer always was that he could offer no light on the subject. Mr. Burdeau, when the last vandalism was wrought, went over the great damage. Perhaps $2,000 worth of ruin had been wrought. Without a murmur he repaired the damages and the association paid for it, and it will probably be that the damages of yesterday will be repaired in the same way. It is quite a blow to the association, but Mr. Burdeau said that he would give a far greather amount than the damages to find the men who desecrated the graves. "Unless he was a very strong man," said Mr. Burdeau, "he could not have done all the damage alone, for some of the shafts, headstones and monuments are very heavy and were firmly set, and while I do not say that one man could not overturn them I am inclined to believe that at least two men were in the work." Mr. Burdeau mentioned different facts about how he with the others of the association secured the cemetery by purchase. However, he argued that he had nothing tangible which would justify him in an open association. He contended before that the work was that of some enemy rather than of hoodlums on a lark. However, he has given the matter over to the police and they are handling it. Captain Wheatley with a squad of men are working hard in one direction and Captain Coman, who was in command of the Elysian Fields Avenue police station where the other piece of vandalism was committed, has an independent squad. They are working on different lines from that taken by the detectives and Inspector Reynolds has drawn on private help in his anxiety to ferret out the mystery. LIST OF DAMAGES. The listed desecrations are: Carl Hahn, headstone broke in three places; Jacob Sutter, headstone broken in three places; J. Seymour, marble headstone broken in half; John Tobin, headstone broken; Charles Mohr, cross broken off tomb; John Gomer, headstone broken from tomb; Victor Jacquel, headstone broken in two places; Lawrence Guthness, Woodmen of the World monument toppled over and damaged; W. Lemmer, headstone broken in three places; C. H. Hefferenberger, headstone broken in two; Bernard Oranmous Jr., headstone broken in three places; Hunter and Ferguson, headstone broken; J. H. Strechker, headstone broken in two; J. C. Adams, headstone broken; J. Wipf, Woodmen of the World monument damaged; David Maulix, monument thrown down from pedestal; Jacob Wenzel, headstone broken in two; John Burke, headstone broken; Gibbons and Lee, headstone thrown from pedestal; S. D. McCoy, headstone broken in three places; Annette Schindler, headstone broken in two; George Goetz, headstone broken; Edward Winkler, headstone broken in two; Ford I. Glaesor, headstone broken; Charles Scaadord, headstone broken in three places; A. D. Waltz, headstone broken; George Arnold, headstone broken in half; Peter Rohr, headstone broken; Charles Prinz, headstone broken in two places; A. Strizinger, headstone broken in two places; Pedro Rodillio, headstone broken in two places; Jacob Ebbermann, headstone broken in four places; Mary Suzette, vase thrown from pedestal; Mrs. Kate Collins, headstone thrown off coping; W. [?]. Young, headstone broken in half; [?] P. Soldenstri, headstone broken in half; Tony Swan, headstone broken in half. The total damage will exceed a thousand dollars. WOODMEN INDIGNANT. Will Go Full Length to Punish the Guilty. "There should be some special law that would reach vandals of this class," said A. B. Booth, junior past head consul of the state, Woodmen of the World, in speaking last night of the work of the vandals. "It is the lowest class of malicious mischief, and should be prosecuted with the full extent that present enactments allow. "As an officer of the head camp of the state," he continued, "I am sure that if there is not at present a special enactment covering vandalism in cemeteries that we, as an organization, will seek to have one enacted, and will seek to bring it before the next Legislature. As a matter of fact, such legislation, except for the facts, should not be necessary. Desecration of the burying places of the dead is work wholly out of harmony with civilized customs. Such gorunds should be sacred and hallowed spots, free from the hand of the despoiler. They should not need any police protection; they should not need any special enactments at the hands of legislators for their protection. A civilized and enlightened conscience among human beings should teach them a respect and reverence for these places that would never allow them to be attacked. "But somewhere in our midst there is a class of people who are bent upon this work, and it seems singular indeed that this, a second attack of the sort, should have been directed against this partidular burying ground. "We, as an organization, will go our length to get the mischief-makers apprehended, and if apprehended, punished with the extremest penalty. Then we will endeavor to get through a statutory measure giving special punishment for such crimes, inasmuch as the circumstances seem to call for this."