The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-09
BURGLARY.


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BURGLARY.
The Perpetrators Use Chloroform and Make
Big Haul,
The Westinghouse Ct Mr.. j. V. Childers,
book-keeper at the city compress, was bur-
glarized Saturday night. When the family
awoke Sunday morning they all felt Ian
guild, had headache, and were in fact in a
that burglars had been in the house, and
realized the fact that they had all
been chloroformed. They saw that the
| shutters had been broken on the windows,
and the sashes raised. Wardrobes had been
opened, bureau drawers pulled out and
their contents scattered over the floors. The
entire house seems to have
BEEN RANsACKED
and overhauled from end to end. The in
vestlgatlon of drawers, ETC., was made in
the yard.
in money had been taken from
him, but close investigation showed
elderly lady. the aunt of Mrs. Childers,
was all that was found in cash by the
thieves. In addition to the money, some
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
worth of jewelry was taken. The stolen
| iewelry consisted of three diamond rings,
one valued at 800, another at $3.50, and the
other at $500. Some cameo stones were Ia
lets thrown aside. The contents of small
casket, consisting of several
diamonds, pearls, and ancient
coins were taken and the casket left behind.
Three lockets with photographs in them
| family heirlooms, and therefore most high
! ly priced, with several pairs of earrings
and breast-pins, gold watch and chain, a
balancing
girls of the family, and seal ring were car
ried Off
Mrs. Lipscomb, the aunt of Mrs. Childers,
was relieved of quite a quantity OF fine
iewelry also.
The clothes of Mr.. Childers were taken
INTO THE YARD,
and there searched, small
tobacco being all there was IN
the pockets to reward the burglars. His
KEYS were not taken off, but were laid on
his gallery where he would be sure to see
them.
The family consists of Mr.. Childers and
wife, who, with one child, occupied one of
the rooms of the house; two sons in back
room, and Mrs. Lipscomb and Mrs. Per-
kins in another room. The doors of the
house had not been opened or bothered
with, so that it was evident the burglars
had entered the rooms through the
windows. Mr.. and Mrs. Childer's bedroom
has two windows TO it and both were open.
In one of them broken knife was found, it
having been broken evidently in opening
the shutters. Wood had been piled under
the windows to enable the thief to enter
easily. In one of the windows near Mr..
Childers bed was wicked looking Ratchet,
and it is evident one of the gang was stand.
ing guard at the window while his pal was
going through the house., ready to
hrain ha Slappipo man If Me aWOke,
A similar Ratchet was found
in the window near Mrs. Lipscomb's
bed SO it is apparent that at least three
persons participated in the burglary, two
on guard and one on the inside.
All over the house there were
BURNT MATCHES
scattered about showing that the thieves
were not professional craftsmen who are
always provided with dark lanterns, as
well as skeleton keys with which TO open
doors from room to room. No silverware
was molested, although it was on the din
ing table and could have readily been
taken.
Suspicion points to
TWO NEGROES,
Simon Sallid and Gabe Davis, both of whom
have been arrested. Simon is youth
about nineteen years of age, and having
been formerly servant in the family, was
perfectly familiar with the premises and
knew Dtslute Vi tht DOoNg "
He was out at the house Saturday seeking
re-employment, and it is suspected that he
was then getting the lay OF the land as TO
the servants on the place, etc. Mr.. Childers
has a ferocious dog that will not
permit strangers to come into the yard day
or night, but as this dog made no disturb
ance whatever Saturday night, the suspi-
cion against Sallid is strengthened, as the
dog knows him well and is obedient to his
Command.
There we're two diamond rings on the
hantle-piece carelessly laid there by Mrs.
Childers on going to bed, which the thieves
did not get.
Mr.. Childers lives beyond the city limits,
on Ross avenue, and about op.
posite the city park, at the end OF
the san Jacinto street railroad and is some
what in the country, though he has few
neighbors about him.
This burglary hardly seems TO be the
work of experts, hence II is that Marshal
Arnold Il ~ prompt TO suspect sallid. lie
has as vet no clue 20 the locality OF the
property, but he is shrewdly laying plans
10 find il and the perpetrators of the crime,
II he has not already gotten them.