The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-20
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BurglarIOus Operations In observation-disclosures
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BursiariOus operations In HestonyiIIe-Conra-
Re0us Bearing of n Lady.
Between / and 2 O'Clock on Saturday morning
last the residence OF Mr.. Benjamin File, at Fifty
seco u and Franklin streets Hestonville, was
entered by burglars. They first scaled porch and
then cut out pane of glass IN one of the full
length windows on the second floor. This gave
them room to insert their hands and draw back the
fastenings. The burglars then entered and passed
to the sleeping apartments of Mr., and Mrs. File.
The latter aroused by hearing footsteps in the
room. She called to her husband, but he made no
response. Raising herselftn the bed she discovered
the form OF man standing close to the bedside and
heard the footsteps of another man in the adjoining
room. Mrs. File, who is q woman of great courage,
jumped out OF bed and seized the burglar by the
The latter was then in the act of applying chloro
form to her husband. He dropped the bottle, also
shoemaker's knife broke away from his captor, and
made Off with his companion. Mr.. File was greatly
affected by the aniesthetic, and some time elapsed
before he fully recovered his senses His attending
physician at first much alarmed at his dangerous
symptoms, and expressed his opinion that another
inhalation OF the fluid would undoubtedly have
caused his death. The burglars had packed up a
number Of fancy articles for removal. They OBJ
Files pillow. This they carried OF. The goods were
left on one OF the lower floors. The knife dropped
by one OF the rascals was new one, and had been
vorng to ferret out the perpetrators of this bold and
daring act. Already they have been furnished with
a description OF one OF the rascas. The officer on
duty in this section OF the CITY has one square mile
OF territory to travel over While he is at one end
the other, and he could have no knowledge of them
whatever. Better police arrangements should be
provided the residents of this part OF the city.
ATTEMPT TO SwINDLE THE UNITED STATES MINT
THE WRONG Enthusiastically couple OF young
gentlemen who must have been very ignorant OF
the manner in which business is conducted at the
United States Mint, presented themselves at that
institution with some dozen fine bars OF what they
claimed to be gold OF Is carat hneness eXh-
biting at the same time a couple OF samples, which
they say had been filed of the aforesaid bars, for
assay purposes The bars had very beautiful ap-
peaTance, and to those not familiar with the weight
OF the precious metal, might very readily be mis-
taken for the real stun. No sooner had the stun
fallen into the hands OF the Mint officials than
pronounced fictitious, but the young men were so
hafd to convince that the bars were not OF the same
quality as the samples which they displayed, that
the bars were TO the chief assayer OF the
Enlistment, and by him pronounced at sight as a
fair quality of bronze, which had been highly
picked In acid to give it the appearance OF gold.
| The young gentlemen were still unconVinced,
bounced gold by the assayer were filed on the bars,
and therefore the bars must also be gold. Finally,
one OF the bars was broken in half and the TACT dis
closed that the bars were simply composition OF
tin and BRASS and the gentlemen departed avow-
ing that their uncle had sent the bars to them from
Mexico, and they sure that they were all right
1t is presumed that these gentlemen are part OF
| party who have come from neghboring city fol-
| the purpose of making little money for the ho-
| the lookout for them. Carrying spurious metal Ia
the Mint, however, is certainly gong to the wrong
place. That institution never accepts anything by
i sample
1 The police authorities were put in possession o
the facts but IL is almost needless to say that the
| party had left for New York on the first tram.