Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-26
DARING BURGLARY.
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Rewarded Win Littio booty,
Last night u burglar broke into tho
parsonage connected with st. Mary's
ohnrch and after going through several
rooms entered the sleeping apartment of
kev. DR.. l.. j. McCullagh, tho pastor. who
WAS asleep, stole his pantaloons and took
from the pockets about S25 ia money,
together with bunch of keys and soma
othor articles. Tho thisf was heard about
4 o'clock descending the stairway, and DR..
McCullagh, supposing 1t to DO the sexton
or servant, oallod 10 them to know what
was tho matter. Receiving no answer, he
called louder, and awakened Thos. Dover
cux, tho soxton, but before no answered.
the call the burglar had led.
An examination OF the premisea this
morning showed that tho burglar had first
cut pane of glass from ono of tho rear
windows of the church, his In.
tention being probably, to open tho church
window by reaching In aud unbolting
1t, and after getting into tho church to
enter tho parsonage through tho door con.
Meeting tho two. Tho bolt, however, ap
pears ~ have resisted his efforts, aud he
changed his base OF operations by attack
| ing one of tho rear windows of the base,
ment of the patronage. Tho shutter was
forced, tho Window raised and the thief
gained access TO back room. From this
room ho made his way into the hall aud
stairway leading to the ground floor OF the
parsonage. Here no entered tho dining
room and helped himself to such viauds as
tho sdeboard and lardcr afforded.
Breaking the lock ON the door separating
tho dining room from DR.. McCullagh's
Office, no entered the latter and examined
the safe. The outor door of tho sato was
not locked and tho koy was in tho lock. e..
| The inner door OF tho safe was looked, and
tho thief appears TO havo made no serious
demonstration to crack it, probably think.
ing that II there had been any yaluables
inside, the outer door of the sato would not
havo boen left open He stole tho kcy,
however, after locking tho door open -
that is, whilo tho outer safe door was
open tho thief turned tho key 80 as to
throw the bolts forward, aud tho door
cannot DO closed unit! y key Is found that
will throw tho bolts back again,
From tho Office tho thiof appears TO
have entered tho front hall and, ascending
tho stairway, went directly to Dr. McCul.
lagh's room, the door of which was not
locked. Stealing tho doctors pautalooua,
ho quietly left, but was heard descending
the stairs, and then II was that tho doctor
called to the sexton to know what WAS the
matter. PilCering tho pockets of the
pantaloons, tho thief dropped them at the
foot Of the stairs aud made his exit from
the rear door, and thence over tho fence
into an adjoining lot and escaped. lie
left behind him heavy mortising chisel
and rather distinct tracks aC tho pout at
which he jumped the fcncc These clues
may lead 10 his detection.
1t is thought the burglar entered tho
house about midnight, and concealed him
self until DR., McCullagh went to bed
which was not until near o'clock, h,
having been reading until q late hour an,
fallen asleep on q sofa.
AS soon as the burglar lied tho po'ic
we're notified, and have been making ef
, forts to trace him. DR.. McCullagh Il
of opinion that the thief attauded seryic,
at st. Mary's yesterday, and planned TIA,
robbery while in the church. During botl
the morning and afternoon service DR.
McCullsgh called th3 attention OF his
E people to the need Of money to pay ox
penses connected with the new paiisl
school, and the thief thought perhaps
that he could m 90 heavy "pulr' from
the money paid in for the purpose named