The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-02-01
ROED NIGHT tsEsE&.
Several Residences Entered
and TaiuabIcs Carried
Away.

0na of the most successful and dar-
;,,, buroIars raids that has been at
fanntpd in this city was accomplished
Monday night and yesterday morning,
ma several families were yesterday be-
,yoiIiup the less of money, diamonds,
ievrrIry and ether yaluables. The thief,
who was white man, seemed to do the
work all hy himself. and entered
bouscs by raising windows
md entering sleeping apartments
iro.,u. the residences visited were those
# Col. W. 4. Taylor, who lost a gold
watch and chain and Sl5 III money. DIR.
! hoe Willis residence was visited, but
! the burglar was scared off before secUr-
mo ANYTHING. Mr.. c. II. Jones lost
! roIj watch and cham and Mrs. 5. 7.
! Mallory lost her diamond ring, chain and
several bracelets. Mrs. NJ. NJ RosenthaI
lost her gold watch and chain, and W.
H. Watkins was relieved of gold watch
and $3.50 IN money. Messrs. j. L. e.
gin and \. Il. McCollum were called
on. but both discovered the presence of
tine thief too soon for him
60 accomplish his purpose. Mr.. Ben.
Alexander, very late in the night, heard
the click of the patent spring fastenings
on the window of his sleeping apart
ment, and turned his head to see what
was the cause. Seeing some person
on the outside, he reached under his
pillow, got his siX-shOoter, and as quickly
as possible was bringing it to bear upon
the man who, seeing the motion, jumped
/ aside and disappeared. MI Alexander,
! by tho aid OF the moonlight and the
! lamp which was burning III the room,
could see the mau plainly and
believes i.e could recognize him
/ if he shuulu see him again. He was a
| white man uuqucstionably, and every
act indicated that he Is an expert at
/ the business. Mr. McCollum was
/ awakened by the raising of the window
and seeing the mans form IN the window
asked what he wanted. The only reply
[ WAS the Slammlng of the window, and
an instant afterward the burglar was
seen to vault over the fence and go
. hastily up Fourth street. Mr.. Alexander,
who remained mp some time standing
/ in the bay window of his residence
after the burglar left, saw him come
/ out of an alley and pass along the
street in aueasy sort OF a way. All the
. North Texas papers for several weeks
/ have been full of accounts of turGlarles
committed 10y professionals II Denison,
. Sherman. Dallas, Fort Worth and Corsi-
cana, and uo'doubt the party who did the
nuusc-hreaking Monday night was one
/ of the gang. They seem to be making a
. raid on all the towns IN the state, and
residents of Waco might as well prepare
F to meet them with the shotgun when
( they call. for when once here they will
not leave until they finish their work
/ or are driven away. Such persons al
ways mature their plans, know every
/ officer IN the city and DO their work at
such hours ANA in such localities that
no ordinary police or detective force
can catch up with them. We would adj
+ wise all our readers, when they discover
/ that their house has been entered or
/ even find suspicious characters proving
/ around, not to stand still and shlver,
raise a biz alarm among the neighbors
and scare the thief of. or wait until
morning to catch INN, but send
quietly and at once for George
/ Oglesby. who can always be
found III the room on the top floor,
south corner of the court house. he
will at any time of the night take the
hloodhouu1S and make every effort to
catch the ,li-creaujs who are perpc-
tratiug these midnight rohherIes. We
have only one word OF advice to give
George. and that is not to follow the
dogs so close when they get on "a trail as
90 iufurc his horse Rather let the dogs
chew mp a burglar OF two than to run
good horse TO death i horse Is worth
something. but q burglar l. ~ ""i 'l1
rope enough &, h"us MN