The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-28
MASKED nuRGLARs
RAy Their Respects 10 several canton henl'
denoes Early This Morning,

Par Their Respects 10 Several Canton Resi- !
denoes Early Ihis Morning.
Ths hours lrOm one 10 four o'clock
thiB morning were busy ones Tor o gang
OF burglars who operated successfully III
different parts Ut the cityi inc haW, |
hDWeyer, being comparatively light,
About 2.30 o'clock The residence OF
Mr.. Jerry Wolf, on West Fourth slfeel
0Aa Waited. A hired girl wh awakened
about that hour by hearing q man III
Nor room, who was moving nols.elessly
about, lighting matches. Thinking. "
WAS Mr.. Wolf, she called out TO him,
wherenpon the man walked over 10 her
Dad and placed his hand upon her, This
Heightened the girl aud she Kept qnlet
4Or moment He then moved OIL 10
the other side of the room, when the
RiTl made a break for tho door leading
70 Mr.. VOLTS bedroom, and the MID
night mechanic fed, Nothing was
saken. Entrance was effected by turh'
Ing the bolt In the front door,
Mr.. Homer McDannepa residence, Oh
west Fourth street, about o block above
VOLTS, WAS Visited by undoubtedly lle
same party, 40 about three o'clock, he
entered through q partially opened WIN
dow and secured some ullr!Y cents ~
shAnge from lho pockets Or Mr. McDuh'
nel's pan falcons. Here ne entered llle
bed room Of tho hired Fifl also, ana
was spoken to by her lhe
Rlrl thinking Mr. McDahhtIH
mother had entered In search o. some
bod clothes, TIE mWl ~ 0eacuLed AZ
short, thluk.set aud clothed lp black lie
vas blre.i0Oted, foot prints being found
ln the dust on The porch of McDannefs
AGu8e
About three o'clock Mr. Samuel Bech.
sTer, who keeps a grocery aud saloon at
lhe corner Market aud second streets,
was awakened by hearing 4 sharp
fpp0rt lltB TINT Of pistol ald
simultaneously heard loud screams
iF0m au up3Wlrl bedroom, whore his
daughter Laura and the littl0 children
sleep Upon arising no found that lhe
report No heard waa that OF the hard
mamming0f tho front door Of hla resi,
bsnce. The house 10 ON Second street
and the saloon 8thpda between 1T ana
llle grocery Tho entgTpHslng bur'
glaT entered through an open
window, on tho west aide Of the house,
transacted some clothing hanging IN The
hall, and then went M stairs 10 the
tbillTen'a bedroom, Here he aNt down
on the bed occupied by the children,
and dropped hiS revolver u seYel-eh00t'
sr, OF % cllher. HlapIegenco In the room
awakened tho glrl Laurn, whose screams
frightened hun away An inspection OF
th6 place showed That n sash had been
,RkBn out OF q back window Of .hg
saloon. ono dollar aud n quarter Id
change about Quo hundred cigars
qnd some liquor Wab tallau from
lheTo. Tho glall iu lha tf0nl0u
over the % ok door OF the grocery, wa.
found bTUsul, ana q chair placed il
position, ready 20 effect ON entrance
Nothing, however was found disturbed
Nd the grocery, Mr.. BaehNrpr igOi th.
opinion that his morning callers ndm
ber6d more than one.
The residence of Rev Dixon, nostol
OF tho Second Methodist Church, 10
Gated at llS South Market etroel, Wal
also entered last night Here the burg
lar gained un entrance by climbing ~
a lattice work at the rear Of the hous,
tOA projecting roof, openlng out OF
, which are two windows. Crawling
through one OF these WlndOWa, the burg
iar got Into the room of Alta DiXOl
eldest son Of Rev. Dixon, and ab
BlrGeted n D0lket.b1ok containing ten
dollar gold piece, tel-dOllaf bill and
some small change, together with sew
uyl papers Of value from the pocket OF I
pa.r Of trousers belonging 70 y0nnl
Dixon Without awakening the LAT
tsf, who Was asleep Ia tho room
Passing from this room the burglar en-,
,sral tha aloopng apartment Of {
daughter OF Mr. Dixon, and Wbll(
r,altlpg hy hor boia.d2 The yonng ia1l
lg0Genpd. rhinking Z 90 be hog a.
iher, come 70 awaken her, she addressed
iho burglar calling him plpA,
That individual mdd9 no response
but leaving tho room pHl1od on u
Shat Of Mr., aud Mrs, Dixon. llo DID
aot remain thero very long, and return
ing again entered tho young lady't
room, who this timo saw that no was d
stranger, She called 10 her mother, say
ing that there was q strange man Ia
Der r00m On hearing her call out u
her mother Tho burglar ran out OF the
room aud, Sprlnglng through the win
dOW by which no had entered the house
gained the back roof Nnd 9prang to The
ground, soon after disappearing from
sight An this occurred about d,30 this
morning, Mlsa Dixon describes the
burglar ag being Of medium height,
4rolged In dark GlOtheJ und wearing Il
sRa8k over his face.
The pockot.bo0k with the money and
papora IN II, belonging TO Alta Dick
gon, was all the booty that tho robbef
succeeded In getting.
Tho burglar or burglars seemed IA
nave o weakness for the fair aox, The
6odrOOma Of women being visited Of
each house
Several other houses In the city brC
reported NJ having been Visited by bur,
glars, but no booty Of any consequence
was secured. Az yet no arrests have
boen made
The Marshal Of 0snaburg was In the
city to-day looking for burglars, who
ROBBED u saloon there last night Of some
len dollars,
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