The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-31
CLEAN THEM OUT,
A Few Cases of Burglaries and Highway
RObberies, Mentioned for the Benefit
of the Police.

At no time in the history of the city have there
been so many instances of the depredations of
burglars and highwaymen as at present, and it
is useless to attempt to disguise the fact. Major
Robbins and his ably drilled corps of metropol-
ltan police might spare a little time from sa-
luting superior officers" and devote themselves
to the detection Of the thieves and criminals
with whom the city is infested. The members
of the old force were little off in Upton's re-
vised tactics, perhaps, but they knew thief
from street-car when they saw them. while
those of the present force evidently do not.
During the week of the encampment the city
was filled with pick-pockets and confidence
men, and the arrests that were made amount ed
to nothing at all. For the benefit of the police,
few of the numerous burglaries and highway
robberes that have occurred recently are pub
lished herewith. Not a day passes but some
new depreciation is reported, and the following,
SO far from being complete list, is given almost
entirely from the reporters memory:
July 1-Residence of James Watson, No. 90
Bates street, robbed of 1865; house of Daniel
8. Jordan, 81 HOyt avenue, $50 in cash; no ar
rests.
July 2-Mrs. Magie's clearinghouse, No.
4O7 Madison avenue, $75 in cash and clothing;
arrests.
July 8-sherff white, of Craw louisville. rob-
bed OF q gold watch, diamond stud and $500
In cash, on South Illinois street; Gotlieb Wach-
arrested on suspicion.
July IL Burglars break into the house of
Z, I. Jacobs, but are frightened away; no ar
rests.
July 15-Fahrbach's saloon, on West Wash
1ngton street, broken open; no arrests. Isaac
SO Der, breaks into the house OF Mrs. Brown, ON
Russell avenue, aud is captured by merchant
policeman.
July 17-Thomas P. Daily robbed of watch
IN Kings saloon; Thomas Cunningham arrested.
July 23-Burglars break into the houses of L.
H. Griffin, No. 314 Park avenue, and Nj. I.
Surey; arrests.
July 25-W. NJ. Tarleton, switchman, robbed
by three hlghwaynen. No arrests.
July 27-The boarding-h house of Mrs. Robinson,
No. 122 North Illinois street, robbed of a watch,
$50 in cash and some silverware. No arrests.
]. E. Brown robbed of a watch at Capital
Theater. No arrests
July ga boardln g-house thief rObs Mrs.
Ferguson on West Ohio street, Mrs. Hunt at the
corner OF New Jersey and Alabama and Mrs.
Trott on North Tennessee street. No arrests
July 31-Ihree men, q colored man named
Williams and two Germans named Off and
limerick, are attacked by highwaymen west of
the city The horse of one of the men is shot
Aug. s-Burglars try to enter house of F. R.
Judson, III North Tennessee street, and are
Aug. 10-Samuel B. Harvey robbed of 500 in
an East Louisiana street saloon. No arrests.
Aug. III. r. Mills, marshal of Haughsvtlle,
robbed of $25. Safe-blowers break open the
safe of F. @. Andrews & Co., ana grocery store
at the corner of Ray and Corlss streets is
burglarized, No arrests.
Aug. 14-Frederick Myers, South Meridian
street saloon-keeper attacked and shot by four
masked men, No arrests.
Aug. 15-John ReOder, of Elwood, has q
pocket-book containing $1,100 in notes stolen.
No arrests.
Aug. 24-The house of B. F. Myers. five miles
from city, robbed, i'll daylight, of watch. ring,
two revolyers, some jewelry and several dollars
IN money. +. W. Madison, street-ear driver,
robbed OF his watch and mOney-bOx by two high
waymen Gus Nagel was waylaid and robbed,
just outside the city limits, two highway men
doing the work. No arrests.
06-Miphael Donahua voup1 farDoar
from Earl Park, robbed of Sl45. No arrests.
Aug. 27-The house of Mr.. White 4S0 North
Tennessee street, robbed of jewelry, clothing and
money. Mrs. Nette NJ. Sterritt, of Concord o.,
has her pocket picked of SIS. Two at
tempt to burglarize the house of Peter Spitzfad-
den on South Illinois street. A street-car driver
was robbed by htghwaymen on West Washing
ton street. The car was stopped about dusk and
Sl2 aud watch taken from the driver, No ar
rests.