The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-01

locked his chamber-door with nippers fth
nippers always leave print. His suit o
clothes was taken, and along with 1t
double. case gold watch and steel chain an,
pocket-book with sG in money. This Qt /
now pretty certain) was also about A. NJ
The light was burning dimly in the room
The pants were thrown back into the yart
after they were rfed.
A number OF Mr.. Minors papers wer
taken away, but were returned to HIM b,
mail. The wrapper in which they wer
enclosed and addressed Sir. Minor turne,
over ID Detective Wren, who thought h
might be able to recover the watch. Th
wrapper may prove to be valuable evidence
indeed.
THE WORD ROBBERY.
Mr.. j. II. Word lives at the northwes
corner OF Cary and Fifth streets. Hi
chamber is the corner front room over th'
basement. IL was entered andTobbed Apri
10Th. On that day. he and his wife re
turned from Baltimore; in which city IN
had some time before suffered a serious &C
cident to his hip while getting off railroad
train He was asleep IN the front room
his wife had fallen asleep OH a sofa in tn,
back room adjoining.
/ Ht IL NttfliSs tOutu flpi
the front door. He therefore entered from
the rear, using nippers; and nippers also
on the back-room door. From the back
room the way was open to the front room
He seized most OF Mr.. Words clothes
and in them S30350 in money and a fine
gold watch and chain: retiring through
the back room, he took Mrs. Words gold
| spectacles. Going up stairs, he used the
nipperS again, and invaded the rooms ol
Mrs. G.. :. Darlington and her guest. Miss
| Hampton. daughter OF General Hampton.
From these ladies he took five or six pieces
OF iewelry Miss Hampton had valuable
diamonds, but they escaped his attention.
- did $500 worth OF silyer-pate belonging
to Mrs. Word.
The burglar had opened the front door
aS a means OF retreat. and in the front yard
he or his confederate sat down and ritled
Nr. Words clothing. Two pair pants,
a travelling satchel, and work-bOX were
left there by them.
Mrs. Word was up that night ut , O'Clock
to sec il her husband was resting comforta
bly. Nothing had been disturbed then
She thinks they were robbed about . or
A. NJ
No one on the train saw Mr.. Word,
money. He had occasion only to Use ten
cents in money. which he Lad loose.
PRESIDENT IYLER's WIDOW ROBBED.
Mrs. Tyler lives on Grace street. south
side. second door from Eighth Ii is the
new house between Mr.. Andrew PiZZinis
and General McDonald'S. Here the burglar
came on April DIST. As j. now known, Inc
entered by the front door. The print OF
his nippers is on the key yet. Probably the
first thing he did was to 20 into the parlOr
and raise window. Next he went to
picking up the most valuable small articles
he could select. Ii he Just had known il
he was in Il treasury OF precious CuriOS.
There were many articles there that had
belonged to Mr.. Tyler, and were brought
from the W bite House; many that were
presents to Mrs. Tyler; many that Mrs.
TYLER and her father had bought in Europe.
The burglar opened small cabinet and
took from it Turkish smoking-cap Of red
velvet that had belonged TO Mrs. Tyler's
brother. From the etdgere he took two
snun-boXcs Zone OF solid cOmelian, the
other OF solid moss-agate, both set in gold.
steel dagger-Shaped paper-cutter about
eighteen inches long, with gold and enamel
studding. and a gold-enamellcd seal-Stamp
10 lllultil lilt 'ti-Hfi. Nv 'bAN iti aAAN 'Nh
was OF copper or brass, but the seal had
not been engraved on it.
All these things were taken from the
parlor.
The thief took up and put down on the
floor a beautiful iewcl-case that had once
been the property OF Marie Antoinette, and
in the hall he passed by silver card-platc.
Going I'D stairs, the burglar entered
II. I'LL
used As Mrs. Tylcr's oratory. From
this room there was stolen little ebony
crucifiX set in brass, with the image OF the
Saviour also in brass.
In Mrs. Tyler's room was little skye
terrier. About . or 3 O'Clock in the
morning he set to barking in furious style
so fllriously that the ladies got up. opened
the door and went out TO the ball, but see-
ing nothing, returned quietly to sleep.
That terrier frightened of the burglar.
Next morning the servant found that the
front door was not locked. y search re-
ycaled the robbery.
TIL. CONDOLENCES.
From the above it will bc seen that these
burglarieS were. in all human probability,
done by the same party or parties. The
following facts appear in common
I. All the houses were entered and rob
bed about 3 y. NJ.
,. The burglars, at three ont OF the four
places. entered by the front street. door.
At Mr.. Words the front doc! -ould not be
easily managed.
3. At all the houses nippers were used on
the keys.
4. At al the houses doors or windows. or
both, were lett open to facilitate their re-
treat.
}. At three out OF four places they sought
and obtained mcu's clothing, which they
took ont aud riilcd. They were after money
and watches.
All Arrest.
An ex-conyict named Billy COnnerS,
who was raised in Richmond, and sent to
the penitcntilry from Petersburg. was in
Richmond while these robberIes, or some
OF these, were going on. He was certainly
seen here: but when the police looked for
him hc couId not be found. Saturday he
wa, arrested i'm Baltimore upon points
worked up against him by Captain Epps
and Sergeant IIulce and other officers. 1t
is believed that there is damaging evidence
here against him. Ii Is impossible now to
say whether he answers 10 Miss Stratt0n' :
description: 1t rather seems that he does
not. The lady has been called TO the sta
tion-houscs twice to identify men. Neither
was the man according 20 her recollection.
Captain Epps has gone after Conners.
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