Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-21
ANOTHER BURGLARY.
skos PUTNAM s HOUSE VISITED.
About Three Hundred Dollars Worth
Taken N " Northrop and
q " Ga, Called Upon

The perfectly harmless and yei resolats
and daring individual. the POI ite burglar.
stiu soaiters his suiles and pleasant - ord-
about the ety. Yesterday morning about
/ 80 clock he visited the residence ~ Inos
Putnam, al the corner oi College avenue
and Washington street, ana resolved hl- first
reward 0f value Tor paying Grand Rapids a
welt. h, entered the residence through a
kitchen window and found all pari- Of tiie
house OIen for his reception, uo keys We're
turned IA locke, uo bolts hInderod
his progress and the handy little
auger. used upon the raids OF the
previous night, Wa not brought into service.
The servant girls heard him enter, but kept
snugly IA bed and would not have screamed
for a small fortune, 20 frightened were they
Ia the dining room down Stalrs the burglar
secured a dozen solid silver teaspoons, d
dozen after dinner coffee spoons, half
dozen table spoons, dozen silver forks and
four napkin rings. Going up stairs ho en-
tered tue sleeping apartments Of the Misses
Helen and Daisy Putnam, the latter and
younger of whom was awake and realized
the nature Of the individual Ia the room and
h- mission. She kept her eyer closed and
made no noise, fearing the result. The
stranger next visited the room occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Putnam, aroused them from
their slumbers and informed them of hls de
sires TO become possessOr Of their money
and yaluabler. They did not enter any for
chile objections 10 his obtaining such he
could find and, after being satisfied there
were no weapons concealed IN the bed, or
near by, the burglar searched the room and
wardrobe and obtained, a. the fruit OF hls
search, Mr.. Putnam gold watch valued al
about 500, pocket compass III "A silver
case, "A memoranda containing a 900 mile
ticket on the Grand Rapids a Indiana rail
road and some papers valuable only 10 Mr..
Putnam, ten dollar bill from NJ r.. Putnam
shopping bag and few minor articles. He
spoke "A good evening 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Put
nam and left, gathering up the silver he had
assorted from the dining room table upon
his way The articles taken were valued al
about 500, and the occupants of the resi-
dence are happy that they were fortunate
to be let off with this ransom. The unbidden
guest was masked and carried dark Ian
tern and revolver.
About the same time yesterday morning
burglar entered the residence of \. ".
Northrop, 470 Cherry street, through the Gel
lar He awakened old Mrs. Northrop. who
Is = years of age, and requested that she
should show him where he would find the
family valuables. Mrs. Northrop assured
him they had nothing 10 contribute TO his
earthly store and ordered him 10
leave. Immediately He did not
obey the command with sufficient
haste 10 please the old lady, 30 she arose
from her bed and pushed him from the
room fastening the door behind him. The
burglar then made good his escape. without
securing any plunder
The residence of Geo. W. Gay, East Full
ton street. was visited: the telephone wire
was cut and back door was opened Mrs.
Gay heard the stranger enter and called 10
her son. which alarmed the burglar who lost
no time IN making good his escape.