The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-02
From Mondays Daily. =
MORE RURGEARIES.


our CITY san InEested By RObDerS.-
several Houses Entered and Money
and VaIuAbIea StOlen.-NO Clue 90
the Authors.
Several houses In this city were burg
Iarized last night and Saturday night,
Roland Lakin, county clerk, was proba-
bly, the heaviest loser. Mr.. Lakin lives
at Isl Constitution street in the neiGhbor-
hood where several other burglAries were
committed. The thieves gained entrance
TO the house the sitting room windows
and entered Mr.. Lakin's bed room from
the sitting room. When Mr.. Lakin awoke
In the morning he found his pantalOons
and vest and both summer and winter
coats gone. There was about $50 in money,
his silver watch with q gold chain worth
about $40. railroad passes and Office keys
taken. The loss OF the keys is e very an
noylDg one. as they open the drawers In
the Office and the inner doors of the safe.
Jacob Stotler was robbed Saturday
night of fine watch and chain valued at
about $50. He had placed the watch
on the table within four feet of the win
dow and during the night 1t disappeared.
An investigation showed that some one
had leaned a board up against the lower
part of the sash and had removed the wire
screen: The inference is that some sort OF
hook was used 20 get the watch. a
singular circumstance of this robbery IS
that the burglars did not notice fine sill
yer pitcher that was standing on the table
near the watch and could easily have been
removed.
Mr.. Evans, reading at I'll Constitution
street, lost about twenty-five cents. His
pants had been taken, but were found
lying outside of the house In the morning.
The residence of Mr.. John G. Jones, of
the firm Of Jones s. Edwards, on Neosho
street, was elso entered about 2 O'Clock
this morning. The burglars cut the Stats
OK the window in two places before beng
able to raise the wire screen, but got
nothing for their trouble, as Mrs. Jones
was awake, and, seeing a man coming out
of the sitting room into their bed chamber
on his hands and knees, attempted to
awaken her husband, at the same time
telling him there was q man in the room
and also telling him TO get his revolver.
The intruder perceIvIng that he was dis
covered Immediately retreated so rapidly
that he had disappeared through the win
dow and was cut of sight before Mr.. Jones
had become awakened enough to even see
him.
Mr.. Savage, bookkeeper for VIM. Clark,
discovered man lettering in his yard last
night about 10 o'clock, who, when ques-
toned, gave very unsatisfactory answers
as to his business on the premises, and on
being ordered off went away grumbling.
1t is now supposed he was one of the gang,
and that he was reconoitering the premi-
ses.
A. G. Ashley lost $l5 last night. HIS
pants were taken out OF the window by
means of a hook.
From the manner in which several of
these depredations have. been perpetrated,
it is evident that in ell cases the housese
have not been entered, but that a screen
has been removed or a window opened and
q pole or rod with hook attachment used
to reach In and take the articles wanted.
This is plan In common use in San Fran.
SAoOO W NAiACoO lnACN5os oCCOLNb1uk W dC-
counts given by the press of that city, and
It has probably been adopted by the white
thieves in this vicinity.
Col. Felghan, our county attorney, on
being spoken to on the subject, heartily
endorsed the advice given in the NEWS on
Friday, that our citizens supply themselves
with one or two good revolvers, and on dis
covering any of these midnight marsuders
to open fire. The colonel says he is sup
piled with two which he keeps handy at
his bedside, and he guarantees that if an
entrance is made into his domicile, and he
is aware Of the fact, that there will be
some one needing Identification in the
morning.
Marshal Dougherty says it would be
good policy for hOusekeepers to refuse ad-
mission to any unknown persons, no mat
ter what their business, as 1t is evident that
IN most Of these burglary cases the prem
ises were familiar 20 the intruders.
Another fact in connection with these
robberles Is that, 80 far as learned, all the
residences visited have had lights burning
in the rooms, which, instead of deterring
the thieves, have seemingly been an aid to
them in their operations helping them to
locate such valuables as have been OBJ :
tsined by them.