Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-07
BOLD BURGLARY.


s"ccessfui Robbery ot tho 8oiden Eagio
hotoi Monday Night $3.50 ~ Money
aud oth-r Nnlunbicn stolen.
Tuesday morning when Mrs. George
kuoher, wife Of the proprietor Of the
toldcn Eagle hotel, corner Of East King
aud Lime streets, got up at q rather early
hour sho found her husbands pantaloons
in the front side room down stairs. Az.
tOuisbed at finding them ia such place,
she took tho pantalOOns up stairs, whero
MIR. kircher was still in bed, and asked
him " he had been down stairs. IIo said
he had not. lie got up, dressed himself.
and putting his hand in his pocket dis
covered that about 81 in change and his
salo key were missing. All the doors of
the house were locked, ~ usual, bat one
Of tho sido wiudOws, which had boon
locked the night before, was fouud open.
Mr.. kWChor went to tho sido room, in
which his pautalOOus were found, and in
which the safe stands, and found the safo.
large old fashioned one, securely locked.
llo sent for lDcksmith to open IL but
after working at it in vain for several
hours, the smith was obliged to cut II open
with "a Chiscl. This was not accomplished
until late in tho afternoon. When tho safe
was finally opened, II was found that IL
had been robbed of about $3.50, including
number of trade dollars, two revOlvers,
and some other articles. Tho thief had
evidently forced open the side window of
the hotel, crept quietly up stairs 10 Mr..
kircher's sleeping room, opened 1t with
nippers," stolen his pantalOons, carried
them down stairs tn the sldo room, rhed
the pockets, aud, finding tho safe key,
opened the safe, stole the mOuGy aud
reVOlyers, rolOcked the safe, and left thr
mi IA
it.
All this seemed plain enough. But who
was the thief? Evidently somo ono we'll
acquainted with the promises Suspicion
was at once directed to a man who gave
his name rs Joseph Stamm, who had
boarded with Mr.. Kircher during the
month OF April, and who left surrep,i
tiousIy on the night OF the Isl of May with
out paying his board. Stamm, who ia
said to have ono or more aliases, is u
brewer, aud worked for u time at Rockers
brewery, aud later at Spr, GERS brewery.
When he went 10 kroher's TO board, he
told Mr.. Kircher that ho was AZ work for
Mr.. Spronger, and that Mr.. Spreugrr
secure the payment of his board.
This statement was untrue. During
his stay at KiIchor's he borrowed
u silver watch from a fellow boardcr and
carried II OIL with him. \ pair Of gum
boots belonging to Mr.. Sprenger were also
missing after SLamm left the brewery aud
1t is believed he stole them. The supprsi.
tion Is that having become acquainted with
Mr.. kircher's promises and habits while
boarding there and with the fact that hs
had money in tho safe, he returned TO the
city Monday night aud effected the rob
berry as above stated.
Stamm is stout young man about 80
years old, with black hair and eyes, aud
pale face. Ile dresses well and
is rather prcpossessing in appearance.
Just before hc left lancaster ha hal a
very sore corn on one of his toes. Descrip.
tious of him have been tolegraphed to tho
police authorities Of neghboriuR cities and
towns, and d reward is offered for his
arrest.