Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-06-11

The Thieves sscufe : Oold watch and Chain
HuN % IN Money.
The residence Of Jacob Poutz, corner of
West James and Charlotte streets was en-
tered by burglars last night after midnight
and robbed of small sum of money. The
thieves effected an entrance by picking the
lock OF the door on the Charlotte street side
Of the house, and then with a chisel or jimmy
forcing open the bolt at the top Of the door.
They appear to have gone directly TO Mr..
Pontz's sleeping room on the second floor, rs
nothing down stairs was disturbed. Enter
ing Mr.. Pontz's room, they carried OIL his
pantaloons and vest from the pockets oil
which they stole about III i'm cash and a
silver watch and gold chain, and left the
clothing lie on the steps in the back yard.
aware of the fact that he expected TO be paid
very considerable sum of money for brick
yesterday, and that he would have the money
In the house last night Fortunately he was
money and watch and chain. Mr.. Pontz is
inclined to believe also that he was chloro-
formed, as he had bad headache when he
awoke this morning, an ailment he Is not at
all accustomed to.
Yesterday afternoon three suspicious look
ing strangers were scen at different points In
the city. They represented themselves M
being sewing machine agents but wore rather
shabby clothing. At an early hour this
morning ~ some men were going To work at
a brick yard in the neighborhood of MIR.
Pontz's house, they saw three men answer
ing the description of the strangers, standing
near the Ironsides ball grounds. When the
brick-makers approached, the men seemed
startled and quickly separated. This was
shortly before o'clock and Mr.. Pontz
thinks the house was robbed after that The
tracks of the thieves show that there were
three in the party. They may have been in
| the stable first, as there was manure In their
tracks. Nothing was missed from the house
but the money and watch, and although
there was considerable jewelry i'm different
| rooms none of 1t was touched. In book case
| i'm one room was some small change. AL
| though the key was i'm the door none of the
| money was taken. A check for five dollars,
which was in the pocketbook, was left be-
| hind.
/ burglars mt the Mpnncrchor.
| Between 1 and 3 o'clock this morning a
burglary and robbery was committed at the
Mennerchor hotel. The thief either en-.
| tered the hotel by false key or was con.
| cealed In the house when 1t was closed after
midnight He made his way into the bar
| room, and stole the change about 81, that was
| on trav behind the door. He took also 8
box of cigars, bottle of wine and a wooden
cup, containing a handful of pennies and
placed them outside the door leading from
the dining room TO the garden, that being
| the road he had opened for his exit He thef
appears to have gone upstairs with view o
rihing the rooms. While trying to unloc !
| the door of one of the boarders' rooms II,
was heard, and, an alarm being given, IN
hastily escaped from the premises, leaving
behind him the cigars, wine and pennies h,
had stolen from the bar-room and placed il
the yard. There was gun, some silver
ware, number of beer checks and othe
things i'm the bar-room which had beei
handled by the thief, but he either did no
want them or left the premises too hastily Il
secure them.