Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-26
THIEVES ABOUT.
BUKuLARIEs AND kOBBERIEs.
Nir. Lichty's and Miss Halbach's Residence
Broken lnto-POcket Picked

str. Lich,y's and Miss Halbsch's Residences
Broken Into-Poches Picked
"A Highway Robbery.
Yesterday about noon the residence of
Clarence V. Lichty, No. 41G West Chest.
nut street. was entered by thieves during
the absence of the family and robbed of
goid watch and chain worth 500, a
valuable pair of solid gold bracelets, gold
Drcastpin, infants armlets and necklace,
and several other articles. Mr.. Lichty,
who is agent for the Northwestern life
insurance company, was at his place of
business on East King street and his wife
had taken her little child down town to
see the parade of Forepaugh's cir
Gus. She locked up the house and
closed tho shutters before leaving.
On her return she found the front door
bolted on the inside. the back door, which
she had locked before leaving, open, and
the gas burning in the parlor. The house
was ransacked from top to bottom, and
the articles above enumerated stolen. An
examination of the premises showed
that the thief or thieves had entered
through crate in the cellar window, and
going up the cellar stairs forced the lock
leading into the dining room, which gave
them access to other parts of the house.
There is no clue, as yet, to indicate who
committed the robbery.
Tho Halbach Burglary
Last evening Misses Mary and Emma
Halbach, residing at tho corner of East
Orange and Plum streets, went to church.
On their return they found their house
had been broken into and robbed of a valu-
able gold watch and chain belonging to
Miss Emma, and considerable other jew
| clry, besides silver spoons, knives, forks,
| and many other valuables. The house
was ransacked from top to bottom, draw
ers opened, articles that the thieves did
not want were scattered over the floor in
all directions. Shortly after tho ladies' had
left homo a stranger called on tho people
who live next door and asked where Hal.
bach g were, and when they would be
home. lie was told they were at church,
and would not be at homo until tho ser.
vice closed. 1t is now suspected the caller
was the thief and having seen the ladies
leave the house, and learned that they
would not be back for some time, broke
into the house aud robbed it at leisure.
| Bold Pickpocket.
| AS Samuel Curtis, who lives at No. 40
East Vine street, was standing in the bar.
room of the Knights Exchange hotel, on
Christian street, near East King, a
pickpOcket thrust his hand inside Mr..
Curtis vest and pulled from his pocket q
large leather wallet and ran off. MIR Cur
tis at once gave the alarm aud ran after
the thief and was soon Joined by large
numbe. of other persons. The thief ran
into the blind alley alongside of Swayne's s
livery stable, and bcing unable
to get out, he climbed upon low
shed roof, and thence got into second
story window Of tho large brick building
adjoining. He was quickly followed by
several persons, and all avenues Of escape
were cut off by the crowd that rapidly
assembled. The building, which contains
a great many carriages. sleighs and other
vehicles, was searched from top to bottom,
and the thief was finally discovered lying
behind some logs under the caves of the
upper story. HIS was seized BY Harry
Raymond and George Smith (colored), and
he offered to give them the stolen money if
they would let him 60. They took the
money (5l5) but held on to the thief and
made him show them where lie
had thrown the pocketbook and the papers
it contained, which they also took possess
sion of. They then brought him down
stairs and handed him over to Officer
Eichholtz, who took him before Alderman
Spurrier, by whom he was committed to
the county Jail for hearing. He is quite 4
gcnteel looking man, apparently 81 years
old, and we'll dressed. He gave his uame as
Thomas w. Larkin. Before robbing Mr..
Curtis he was in company with another
stranger who registered his name at the
hotel as Samuel Drake. The latter disap
peared from the hotel Immediately after
tho robbery, leaving his satchel behind
him. 1t is supposed he was Larkin's ac-
complice and that the thieves misteok
Mr.. Curtis for rich Lancaster county
farmer.
i A Drunken German Robbed.
ii Last night Officer Swenk found =
drunken man lying in helpless condition
On North Queen street, below Chestnut.
He took him to the station house and
locked him up, he being too drunk
to give an account of himself. This
morning when taken before the mayor he
presented very sorry appearance. His
clothes were soiled, his face bruised and
bloated, and hiseyes blackened. He gave
his name as Paul Miller, and said he was
laundryman at tho asylum. He got drunk,
but could not remember where he had
been or who had been with him, or how
he got his eyes bunged. When he started
on his spree he had $55, and when ar
rested he had only 40 cents. In considera
tion of his misfortunes the mayor dis
charged him.
Highway Robbery.
Last night while John d. Morton, q
railroader, was walking Oh West Chestnut
street a man stepped up to him, seized his
watch chain, and by vigorous pull got
the watch and ran off. The police being
notified, set about catching the thief.
They soon learned that 4 man named Geo.
White had bought watch ut hotel near
the Pennsylvania railroad depot and be
was taken into custody. The watch was
at once identified as Mr. Morton's. White
said he bought it from Henry Lee, and
Leo was soon found and arrested. Along
with him was a man named VIM. Nau
man, and he, too, was taken into custody.
Lee, Nauman and Joe Hinder (whO was
arrested yesterday for fighting) were in
advertently placed in the same cell, from
which two boys escaped last week, and
which had not been repaired. This
morning when tho turnkey went to look
after his prisoners they were gone, having
escaped through the broken CRATE of the
cell window.
| FELONlOUS ASSAULT.
Conductor Kinch shot Mt In tho Cars.
Yesterday Joel Miller, of Adamstown,
came to Lancaster to see the circus.
Having seen it he started home
via the Reading railroad. When near
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