The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16
BURGLARY.
Daring 900 worth
or gDry Goods and Hardware
SlOien-Liycly Times and q Des
pcrAle RObber.

SlOlcN-u.lvCBy hbmes ANA u Des
pcrAle RObbcr.
April appears to be harvest
tine for burglars on this part OF the
foo,stool. Upton walked up last Sab
bath morning to find that three Of its
best stores had been pretty thorough
" overhauled and about one thou
sand dollars worth Of plumber carried
away. The thief, or thieves, appear
to have first entered Reichc,t's Hard
ware Store by breaking out pane Of
glass in the rear window, which was
without shutters. Once inside they
gathered up the revolvers, most val
liable cutlery and plated ware, to the
extent Of about three hundred dollars.
dropped them into grain bag and
moved operations one door north, to
VIM. II. Cobb's Dry Goods Store
Here the thief entered in precisely
the same manner, hunting around for
the most valuable gods, and TO k
away lot of silk ,elvets, ks, auze
wells, gloves, ETC., valu d 'y Mr.. Cobb
at from two hundred and Fl ty to three
hundred dollars. The rascal coolly
changed his ind nc othlng, lesv-
ing on the floor by the stove. buck
skin undershir,, fearluily dirty pair
of drawers, and the identical pair Of
cotton stock ngs which he had pur-
chased from Cobb Saturday, when in
there Recommending. Attention was
next paid to Dean, lngman & Young,
one door still further north. The rear
windows of this store were provided
with shutters which were pr ed open
with framing chiscl taken from
Reichert's. In doing this he cut his
hand quite badly, as the blood on the
chisel and wood work testified. In
this store, silks, collars, laces, ETC..
were taken, amounting in value as
nearly as could be estimated, to four
hundred dollars. Here also the ras-
cal added to his personal cleanliness
and comeliness by investing in fine
white shirt or two, and some other
clothing. The grain sack taken from
Reichert's was found here with one
spoon and one butter knife in it; APP
pearanccs indicating that after select
ing his goods he carefully tied them
up and packed them in couple Of
leather travelling bags. In all the
stores matches were burned along
the shelves Tor light, although lamp
was left alight on the floor by the
stove, in Cobh's. The selection Of
goods was made only with tolerably
good judgment, more valuable laces
and other goods being left than those
taken from the same places. On COM
pairing notes after the burglary, there
was no doubt in the minds of the
business men, but that the burglar
was man, who had on one pretext
or another, visited all the stores on
Saturday. Indeed, Mcnamara & Ca
sad, and Rowell, SO strongly suspec-
ted the fellow Of evil designs that the
| former put all their valuables in the
safe, and the latter had man sleep
in his store. 1t seems a great
pity now that the officers were
not informed of these suspicious,
and watch placed; but it is always
easy to lock the door after the horse
is gone and you know which one he
went through. The losers by the rob.
berry did not spend any time in vain
regrets about what might have been
done, but went actively to work &c
see what they could yet do. Mer
we're at once sent out in all directions
to try to dis over traces and to spread
the news. Dur,nt, Wilton, Mnsca
tine, Moscow, Rochester, Gowcr's
Ferry, Mechanicsville. Louden and
the intervening country were Motif
ed fully of the 81 uation. Handb1ll
and circulars were printed and circu
lated and as soon as possible Monda,
morning, mail and telegraph were
both called into requisition to spreae
the news. A close description of tn,
suppo, ed burglar was given on tn
bills and circulars; but with all tn,
effor $. up TO this writing, Tuesda.
n on, no track or trace of thief o
gods has been obtained. This give
some warrant for the suspicion tina
, he, or they, had friends and hidin,