Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-27
ATILL THEY CONE.
Another Batch of Bu-gIaries-GOId,
GreenbRcHs, Diamonds ana silver.
ware ora the MOye-Haye We Pc
Ifcemaa AmauC UsP

GreenbAchs, Diamonds and Silver
ware ora the MOye-Haye We a Pa
Itcemaa Among Us?
The burglars are holding high carniva
in Nashville. Every day-break reveal
their depredations, and leaves somebod,
the poorer for them, aud detectives ant
police cannot or win not prevent these out
RACES About half-psst twelve o'clocl
Tuesday night burglar was discovered il
the room Of two ladies, al the residence o
X. Il. Cheatham, Eco, near the corner o.
Vine and Broad street, creeping stealthily
along on all fours and making a survey o
the apartment, preliminary TO the appro-
! priation Of whatever galuables il contained
/ The terrified ladies screamed for hello
when he rose to his feet and stood looking
AT them in an undecided wav, as if debating
! in bis mind whether he would silence
them and proceed with his work. or leave
the premises. He decided on the latter,
however. and moved noiselessly out, de-
scendIng the stairs and gaining the
street as quietly as a superannrated house
cat could have accomplished the feat.
Springing out of bed, the ladies ran to a
north window and gave the alarm, calling
TO Mrs. Seawright, who lives next door
Mrs. :. hearing the screams and cries
fastened to the porch of lie house, and
learning what had occurred, called to a POI
liceman who was passing toward Broad
street. Thinking he had not heard her.
she sent negro boy after him, who, how
ever, failed to attract the attention of the
officer.
A few minutes after, Mr.. Seawright
stepped out to the street and hailed a Do
hcemsn going up toward Church street,
who was finally made 10 understand what
had transpised, and entered the house of
MIR. Cheatham 10 investigate the matter.
The ladies state that he appeared to be in
toxicated. Ii was found that the burglars
had secured in the rooms Of the lower por-
tion of the house, two silver goblets and a
email ring with nine diamonds. A silver
waiter had been tested with some kind of
acid, and a silver pitcher was found in a
char IN the parlor. The latter he had ey-
identity intended to pick up on his way odt,
but the discovery of his presence so has
tened his egress that he did not undertake
any risks. Lights were burning in the
house at the time, and partially burned
matches were found scattered about in va
riOus portions of the building. 1t is
thought the burglar secreted himself
in the house early in the night, as all
the doors were securely fastened before the
family retired. There was no gentleman
about the place at the time of the robbery
An unsuccessful attempt was shortly after
made TO enter the house Of Mr.. Charles
Thompson, several doors above the real
dence Of Mr.. Cheatham.
Between two and four O'Clock Yesterday
morning, an extensive burglary was com
mitted at the house of Daniel Hillmsn.
Esq, corner Of Broad and McLemore
streets. The burglar entered by parlor
window, the fastenings of which he re-
moved by means of some instrument, and
lighting the gas, started on a reconnoiter
Gaining Mr.. Hillman's room, he cleared
the dressing stand of q splendid hunting
case gold watch, valued at two hundred
dollars, along with a magnificent gold
chain of FIVE or six links, tinted with three
or four different colors. The chain was
valued at one hundred and fifty dollars,
was very peculiar and beautiful piece of
workmanship, and was one of the only two
of the kind in the United States.
The watch was marked Cd. Hill
man, 1885," the letters considerably
worn. After securing the watch and
chain, the burglar snatched up Mr.. Hill
mans clothing, and taking it into the hall,
relieved il Of pocket book containing two
hundred and fifty dollars. The wardrobe,
in a room in which DR.. Carter was lying i'll,
was opened and emptied, and its contents
carried out and thrown into the hall after
examination. Mr.. Hart Hillman and DIR.
Newsom, who had been sitting up with Dr.
Carter were robbed, the former of
diamond cross and twenty or thirty dollars
in money, and the latter of some ten or
fifteen dollars. The diamond cross was
valued at six hunrded dollars. and was
taken from the neoktie Of Mr. Hiliman.
Three gold watches, lying upon a dressing
stand IN one OF the rooms, escaped the OBJ
seTyation of the willy explorer.
As the burglar was preparing to leave
the house, his maneuyers were discovered
by the elder Mr.. Hillman, who atartsd
after him with revolver, but the villain
reached the street in time to save himself.
The empty pocket book of Mr., Hart Hill
man was fonnd lying halfway down the
stairs while that of his father was lying at
the foot. A negro servant was arrested
yesterday afternoon on suspicion of having
assisted the robber in gaining an entrance
10 the house.
These burglaries go to make up some
twenty-five or thirty which have occurred
within the past two months, to say nothing
of the hall robberies which have been COM
mitted, and it is time steps were taken for
the protection of property. We are by no
means disposed to find fault with the police
under ordinary circumstances, but when
negligence 30 cuipsble is exhibited, we
cannot refrain from asking why such a
state of things is permitted to exist 1t is
necessary for the good name of the police
department itself that something be done
to mitigate these evils, for community is
NOT slow to accuse a police force of COM
plicity in crime when such wholesale rob
berry as the people of this city have lately
been subjected to is allowed to go IN
checked.