Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-21
a BIG BURGLARY.

Tho Residence of Chris Stahlman Entered
and ltobbed-Nine Inmates are Unlis-
turbed During the Extended Search by
the Burglars-Chl0roform Nippers and
Other Expert Dodges Used:
About 4:3O O'Clock Sunday morning the
chief of police was made aware of the fact
that burglary and extensive robbery had
been committed at Chris Stahlman's resi-
dence, near the brewery on the Fort road
Officer Gruber gave the information. The
scene of the burglary was visited and the
full particulars of the affair were learned as
follows:
About O'Clock Mr.. Henry Stahlman got
up to begin his days work by seeing to sun
dry orders left at the brewery the night be-
fore. The first thing which struck him odd
was to find his bedroom door open. The
night before he had closed and locked it, with
the key on the inside. When he began to
pull on his clothes, he missed his watch, q
silver one, from his fob pocket. This
alarmed him, and he followed with
careful look all around the room to find
that matters showed up in very desordered
state. The bureau drawers were opened and
contents tossed about, and other evidence of
systematic searchfwere manifest. All these
signs indicated robbery, and Mr.. Stahlman
soon aroused the household, and made re-
port. Nine men and four women, inmates
of the house, answered his call. When he
told them what he thought, tqere was great
running to and fro. The house was searched
from top to bottom, and soon all hands con-
gregated again to give full confirmation to
the belief that the house had been enter
tanning midnight visitors, who had robbed
the inmates, while fast asleep.
Mr.. Chris. Stahlman reported the loss of a
$3.50 gold watch.
Mrs. Stahlman found that her $75 gold
watch had been stolen.
Henry Stahlman reckoned the loss of $15
in money besides his silver watch, which he
had already reported as gone.
Somebody else spoke of and said a revol-
yer had been stolen.
During the frantic rush around the house
Mr.. Stahlman had ascertained that $500 in
gold, which he had stored away, had not been
taken.
Mrs. Stahlman was much elated to find
that 1000 worth of silverware was un-
touched, even to single article of the valua-
bic stuff. But she did deplore the loss of
several articles of jewelry, aggregating in
value $3.50 to 5000 or thereabouts.
LII tuo ulluSt III LILO CO1AluSAOu ouScuuoIctA
by all these discoveries of loss and again of
property safe and sound, the foreman of the
brewery came in and said he'd been visited,
too. The robbers got in the brewery, came
| to his bedside, removed his pants from q
chair, took them out of the room, rifled the
pockets and were enriched to the amount
| of-three cents.
Further search found that several of the
| bureau drawers were missing; these were
found in outhouses afterwards, stripped of
their contents, which were scattered around
about in all directions. When the excite
ment toned down somewhat, every one de-
clared his or her room had been visited.
This was SO, for in each room throughout
the house there were evidences of the robbers
search for plumber. Drawers, trunks and
wardrobes had been opened and subjected to
search, and every person an inmate of the
house was wholly unaware of the visit
and the prowling of the visitors. The won
der is that, having all before them, the rob-
bers did not make bigger capture. But
judging from what was taken the robbers
were only after portable valuables, such as
would bs easily made convertible.
In the meanwhile Chief Weber arrived on
the scene and instituted search on his own
account. He found that entrance had been
gained through a skylight, the robbers
having gotten up Oh the roof of the l. part
of the building, assembled to the main roof
and made their descent through the sky
light into the interior of the dwelling. Here
their work began to show up as that of ex-
perts in the business. Every bedroom
visited by the burglars had been locked by
the inmates, key on the inside, the night be-
fore, and when the alarm was given at
| o'clock all the doors were found unlocked
and wide open. An examination showed
the impress of burglars nippers on every
key. From the evidences of an extended
search made by the burglars through the
| whole house, and the fact that not single
sleeper was disturbed, leads to the suspicion
| that the operators administered chloroform
to the household though no trace of it in
odor or in the sickness of any of the family
| is perceptible. From what was
learned on inquiry suspicion attaches
to two individuals who were loiter-
ing around the brewery Saturday after
noon. They were in and out the brewery,
and paid frequent visits to Sherman Shades
neighboring saloon. One is described az a
stout man, red face, heavy brown NOUS
tasche, and wore dark brown clothes.
The other wore full whiskers and had on
| grey suit OF clothes.
During their stay around the brewery and
saloon, both let it fall that they were from
Memphis, and had fled to the glorious climate
of Minnesota to avoid the yellow fever. The
unusual presence of these two loiterers
fastens the work, or at least the suspicion Of
it, upon them. Then, tdo, to some extent
their description tall;es with that given OF
the two cheualSers d'SndustrSe who have
been conidencing grangers out of surplus
cash quite frequently of late.
Be the suspicion worth what it may, it is
| about the only clue obtained to the robbery.
Good luck has it, in view of all the valuables
at hand, that SO little was disturbed.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
A Gentleman Sitting on His Own Porch Re-
ceives a Pistol Ball Under His Eye.