The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-08-23


BURGLARY AND LARcENY.--On the night
Of the 18th inst, thieves entered the prem
ises of Mrs. Widow Jules Dehon, in rear
of the town, and managed to get away with
about $50 worth of goods and small
amount of money. Search has failed to
show any violence in the entry, and it is
supposed that the men either secreted them
selves in the store attached to the Dehon
residence before night fall and remained
or, that gaining admittance by means of an
open window in Mr.. Louis Dehon's room,
| they hid themselves under the bed. This
| theory seems the more correct one, as, upon
entering the room at night and after
ramble in town with his brother-in-law
| and sister, Mr.. Dehon noticed that the bed
clothes had been disarranged by some one.
| Not taking particular note of this, he closed
| bed and retired. On getting up in the
morning he discovered some articles of
personal clothing missing, and the search
| thereon brought to light that the thieves
| the idea is that there were more than one
| had, by the aid of candles taken in the store,
gone all over the premises. By means of
| a butcher knife, used by the Dehons to cut
hams, ETC., the thieves unscrewed the cash
drawer from the counter, out Of which they
| took some S. III currency. They pos
| sessed themselves Of several pistols, few
articles of clothing and some jewelry, beer
| and whiskey. The want of the inside combi-
nation alone prevented them from making
| large haul of money from the safe as
| they had found and tried to use the key
| thereof, A new handkerchief was found
next morning and on examination was
thought to have been saturated with chic
roform Mrs. Dehon and her son reported
having felt the effects of drugs used upon
them. On the same night, at about Il
o'clock, an abortive attempt was made to
set fire to the residence ef Edouard Cue
dry, colored carpenter, on Railroad Ave-
nue. near the Office of the Democrat. Put
ting one and two together, it was supposed
the purpose of the fire was to attract atten-
ton to that part of the town while the theft
at Mrs. Dehon's was being perpetrated. 1t
seems that Guedry's wife had attended the
fair given by the colored Odd Fellows on
that evening and on returning home at the
hour stated above, surprised a man in the
act Of setting fire to some combustlbles
piled up against or near the house. Her
approach scared the intruder away, but
from her description of him to Guedry, he
recognized an unknown man whom he had
seen pass and repass the house several
| times during the evening. If this man
could be tracked and arrested it is not i'm
| probable that he couIdabe connected in
| some way with the robbery of Dehon's
| store and house.
On Monday Resale Ross was arrested
on affidavit, from information received of
| Mr.. F. Kern, charging her with having, on
the evening of the 18th inst, stolen several
articles of clothing from Mr.. Rudolph
| Landmark home on Railroad Avenue. The
| Va tit1 tsIShoCS2 4SfSsiS%1 kiiths
| the little colored female nurse of Mr.. Land
mans infant baby, in the act of putting
| the child to bed on that night, saw a woman
whom she is positive was Resale Ross the
| next door neighbor, disappear through the
| window of the room in which the chile
usually sleeps. This she Immediately re
| ported to Mr.. Landman, and the next da,
several articles of clothing were seen il
Rosalie's yard and recognized by Mrs
Landman and others as belonging to differ
ent members of the family. The lady
her husband not being in town, during thu
day sent after a constable, and ON examina
ton of the premises of the accused fount
several other pieces of wearing apparel
which she Immediately identified as belong
ing to her children. During the prelimi
nary examination of the matter, Justic
Martinez issued search warrant and sew
eral identified articles were brought int,
court. The value of the clothing and othe
goods lost is estimated at $50. The woman
was sent before the District Court to stant
her trial and the appearance bond fixed a
$50, which the Justice instructed the &C
ensed would be required to be absolutel
solvent.