New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16

From the New forB Herald March -
About o'clock on Friday evening the private
residence Of Mr. John ?. Moore and family, iocalea
at No. 10 Madison avenue, between lhirteth and
Thirty-frst streets, was entered by some person
or persons unknown, who, having approprla,eu 10
their personal use several articles Of trllng Value
abstraced from the premises llh n9A 11 a,5
other valuabes to the amount OF SHAUN, WIN
which they escaped. The house INTO "hlch lne
"sneak thieves or professional burglars oblainea
entrance with such remarkable facility IS hahd-
some high stoop brown stone residence located on
the western side of Madison avenue. IL would
have been utterly impossible to gain access to the
interior of the place through the basement door,
which was always secured by lock and spring
bolt, and the fortunate monopoliser OF the yaiua-
bles must have opened the front door OF the mouse
with false keys, as the family state tnat the excel
lence of the lock will defy any OF the con n s
door was opened noiselessy, and the thieves nav.
inr accomplished their mission retreated in good
| order and for the time escaped arrest.
On Friday night Mr. Moore ana MS fanny ana
first floor Of his residence. Towards O'Clock, as
night had closed in, Mrs. Moore, danghter;in-law
| of the owner of the residence, proceeded up
stairs, and lighted gas Jet IN the i nS GeaFoo
ceeded down stairs, and about half an hour later
Young lady leaving the paror, assembled the STAIR
| way and entered one of the back rooms on the
| second floor without, however, hearing any noise
intruder. The young lady having joined the com
pany in the parlor one of the family com
menced playing on the piano, and continued per,
forming for some time. At twenty minutes past
O'Clock Mrs. Moore proceeded up stairs, and hay
ing reached the front bedroom door, greatly to her
surprise, found it locked Fearing at once that
burglars had entered the house. she called for as
sistance when one of the family accompanied her
through small sewingroom adjoining the main
apartment and fronting on the avenue Ihey thef
gained access to the bedroom. where they STUN,
bed over the drawers which the thieves had
drawn from the bureau, but had neglected 10 re-
place. ~,
The burglars work was then apparent. They
, had ransacked the drawers and stolen thereiFom
purse and portmonnaie, each Of these reeepta
ces containing ten dol liars III United S'atSs .feas
: ury notes a gold watch and chain valued al seV
: entv dollars, and sundry trlnkets, more highi!
. priced by the family as mementoes OF departed
relatives than rs articles of Intrinsic worth luth
inr from the bureau, which was locked IN the PIE
between the two large windows that lighted III
Y apartment. they had entered pantry. pViIt ne
E tween the front and back rooms. "lthln th1s pan
! try was small closet, such as is usually bile
4 with dresses, and within the closet a trunk. II
/ lid of the trunk had not been forced open, as
was unsecured by either lock or paddock. IN
thieves had merely to lift the cover ana sleze upo
4 the small tin box which had there been lying 10
. some months past, the owner little snspecthg Una
q any one would discover the place of concea!met
Il of the fortune represented by its contents. Ono
r in possession of the box, the unwelcome Visit9i
d are supposed to have made their escape, "in!e III
q sound of the piano prevented the noise OF the
i footsteps from being heard by the guests Assem-
h bled in the drawing room in the rear OF the nous
d It is believed that The thieves hearing the your
: lady coming up stairs and not wishing to be di
y turbed in their operations locked themselves j
= and made their escape Immediately after the !
II strumental performances had commenced.
Is their flight, as stated above, they neglected 10
he place the dra 1ers in the bureau and left "pock
e, jimmy about twelve inches in length-an instr
tie ment, however, which they had no occasion
l. use,