Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-04
THE BUsY BURGLIKs.
They yisii several Houses while the
pccuphnis are Locking al the
Parade.

0ecupnuis are LOCKING at the
Parade.
A gyne Of professional burglars, sup
posed 10 la r. iladelphans, visited VII
iniugton lest hight week and Piled tn ir
vocation Wig r0uslS while the parade as in
proRr' IS From th= glimpses obtained of
them 10y dill rent parties, there Serd at
least three OF theui operating together and
they are uniformly described as large men,
wearing heavy oyercoats and stiff felt
hats
The htsg house visited reems 10 have
boon FrRGB Gury'- at Adams and Oar
peht-r ste Is. Mir Curry and hi4 wife
were away from he huuse tween AID
s o'ctuek and upon their return found that
eotue ono had gone into the yard aud tried
10 riy open the back door. The lower
part Of the door frame bad been forced
nearly cut Of the place at tne bottom and
thecs were numerous marks evidently
- made by jimmy.
Au old lady liyiDg on the opposite s.do
of Carpenter street taw two big mel, clad
IN hc&vy nyercoats, come out OF MIR.
Curry yard, during his absence, and two
men, supposed 10 be The same, were
noticed by another neighbor, standing on
NhN pAsA@WH'iA tffPVo4NNs hhbaAAl RNiFAb Wv
Cu1ys lett the house.
Mr.. Curry desires the hntgifr. to call
again, when ho is ut homa, and ne viii try
to make things pleasant fer them.
At George w Rus5elrs grocery store
andreaidence, Seventh and Adams streets,
the burglars had no better luck. They
visited there about 10 30 O'Clock, (neigh-
bors sGw lights in the house Mt that time
l.,
open the bach cato And kitchen door, and
rassncked every room taking out bureau
drawers and oyerhanliHg their contents.
Ia Que of the wgrdr0bes which they ran
Sucked was bandbox containing gold
watch, some jswelry and II considerable
sum of money, which the burglars fortu-
nately overlooked. They aisu examined
the till in the store but MIR. Russell hGd
emptied its contents into Lis pockets be-
fore he and his family started out to look
at the parade. TIE burglars left behind
them al old hankerehief of brown silk but
do not appear to have taken anything
away with them.
The supposed burglars were seen by
neighbors, and their description corre-
sponos with that above given. They
came TO the back of W. W. Woodward 4
house, close by, but were frightened off
by the presenoe of his next door neigh5or,
Mr., Graves, who was engaged in his
kitchen making gun wads.
Edward Lummis' grocery store, at
Seventh and Monroe streets, was entered
evidently by tine same parties, through q
back window. Here the burglars made
quite haul. They went through all the
rooms, ransaAking bureau drawers ard
closets and ,umbliug over beds Rnd secured
an assortment of jswelry and between 81
aud 500 ia money Among the articles
taken were plated table cutlery, napkin
rings, Cone of solid silver, Il christmas
gift to Mr. Lummis little daughter),
moss agate ring two small goC
rings, geld br' asst gpip, gold watch hool
aGd oar, gGt'a percha nam, sleeve bu.toui
and shirts. In the till of tha store wa
about T3 u small change, y hch was alsC
teken. The robbers Were seen in this
locality also and answered the same de
scription already given, They locked tht
front door and either took away or hid th,
key, aud set fire to three lamp mats by
their careless handling of matches or can
dies. The mats were about halt burnet
up, but tad not communicated the FIRE h
anything els=.
At John $. HaTscker's house, Nintl
and Madison streets, the burglars force,
Gn entrance by breakng open the hacl
door. Hote they got gold ring, hslf
dozen silver to1 spoons, butter knives an
other small Articles, but no money.