The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-18
All, THEIR CLOTHES GONE.
when the Boarders Awakened There
Was a Lively Time.
From the New York World.

From the Nelc York World.
SCRANTON. PA, Oct. 10.-There are
good many amusing phases
ronnected with the robbery of the boarders
IN Mrs Cooks clearinghouse on Tuesday
morning last that have not been made pub
lie whole house full of people awakened
of o'clock in the morning to find that they
Lod no clothes to cover their nakedness.
ard all the boarders held an Indignation
roaeting in the parlor, wrapped up in sheets,
blankets and table covers. Their losses were
heavy. but they saw the humor OF the situa-
tion nevertheless.
Tnke Koran discovered the robbery. He
came home at 30 O'clock Tuesday morning
and found that his room had been stripped
He Immediately awakened John ?. Sulli-
van. whose room adjoined his, and told HIM
what had happened. Sullivan got up, AMI
missed not only his watch and chain and
$50 but his coat, trousers and shirt as well
''"hisi a midnight outrage" said Mr.. Sui
Ivan. aud he wrapped himself up in sheet
and with Mr.. Koran started on a tour of in
YES igatioa. They woke up James Paulson.
whats the matter2" said Mir. Paulson.
Burglars" answered Mr.. Sullivan, with a
shver. Mr. Paulson leaped out of bed and
struck light. lie made dive for. his
trousers, but his trousers were gone. 4 He
lCOkeQ IOT HIS coat, anu tEHU was gone 100.
This is terrible" said MIR. Paulson, and he
pulled the comfortable off the bed and
folded it 81 PEACEFULLY around his frame
Then the victims in solemn procession ap-
preached the room of James Gordon and
aroused him. Mr. Gordon tumbed out of
bed, thinking the house was on fire. He
made dive for his clothes, but tley were
not where he had left them. With the aid
OF a gayly colored table cover Mr.. Gordon
was enabled TO make rather startling APP
pearance. With some misgivings the party
approached the bedchamb9r of Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams, a very worthy couple, noted
for propriety OF department and for
nodesty which amounted to positive Dash
fulness. A loud rat-a-tat awakened Mr.
Williams, who inquired what was wanted
"Burglarsln said Mr. Sullivan. Burglars,
sir. They have stolen all the clothes in the
house and wei
There was piercing Shrek from Mrs.
Williams, followed by q smothered curse
the lady. "They have taken my basque,
even taken my petticoats." Eyes" added
Mr.. Williams in deep bass voice, land my
breeches, too. Say, you fellers out there,
lend me pair of pants, will youm
Mr.. Sullivan drew his sheet close to his
goose-fleshed skin as he said:
mere lSnG one pair OF trousers IN Jne
whole gang. We are wearing sheets.
Mr.. Williams, with several towels which
he tried to pin together, improvised pair
of trousers, but as the pins pierced his flesh
at every step he gave it up and wrapped
himself up in yellow lambrequn. Mrs.
Williams draped herself in a sheet and
blanket, and then, after a short dispute
as to who should go out first, the couple
emerged and joined the shivering quartet
outside
ltwas proposed that notes should be COM
pared in the parlor, and the party adj
iOurned to that room to reckon up losses
and form a theory. Mr. Sullivan offered to
act as chairman, and, after assuring him
self thatno part of his body was visible, he
mounted chair and related the adventures
of the night. Mr.. Paulson suggested that
it might be good idea to see if anybody in
the house was missing, and the party i'm
mediately started upstairs again. On the
way Mr.. Williams observed that the kitchen
range was still there, and this gave the party
a slight thrill OF pleasure. 1t was found
that the room of a man named Charles
Stewart was vacant. All his belongings
had been removed. except an old valise and
few soiled handkerchief. The unanim-
Gus opinion was at once reached that Stew
art was the thief. Koran reported the
matter to the police and the evidence that
came to light left very little doubt that
Stewart was the guilty man. A Waterman
had seen him in the rear of Mrs. Cooks
boarding house about l o'clock in the
morning, and he was afterwards observed
near coal train in the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western depot Up to this
writing he has not been apprehended. "If
we catch him. cheerfully remarks Mr.
Sullivan, "we'd make him wear sheet for
a week."