Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-15
ROBBED OF HIS CLOTHES.
Capt. G. w. Durham's Pitiabie fright
Out sI2O IN Cash and O,her Val
uabies-A Burglar In His Heuse-A
Bnld Crime In m ALMA

Out $40 IN Cash aud O,her Val
uabies-A Burglar In His Heuse-A
Bold Crime in Moline.
Capt. c. W. Darham presented some-
what demoralized appearance when he
came up town this morning. The trousers
which he wore bagged about the knees
and ankles, while all that protected the
upper portion of his body from the damp
atmosphere save shirt. was light over
coat which looked as II it had been abau-
oened some years ago and resurrected
only through an emergency. A
hat of ancient date adorned the
captains well shaped Uranium. Now if
there is any one man in Rock Island that
prides himself on a tidy appearance il is
Capt. Durham. He is not dudish, though
he likes to dress stylishly and becoming>
ly. Hence the fact that there were
nany queries as to the cause of his ap-
pearance this morning was not unreason-
able. To the many queries that greeted
the good nstured captain rs to his uu-
natural appearance. the captain at first
simply answered I've been robbed, and
then he proceeded TO narra,e an exper-
fence at an early hour this morning with
burglars at his house, corner of First
| avenue and Eleventh street.
As 3:l5 a. IN. Mrs, Durham was awak-
ened by noise in the hall and looking
out from her bedroom TO the top of the
stairs she was surprised 70 see seated on
the upper step and under the ray of a
brightly burning gas Jet, man whom
| she took for her husband. He had the
captain new Overcoat. hat and panta,
looms on. and was in the act of counting
over large roll of bills and showing the
| greenbacks down into a pocket of the
overcoat. Surprised that her husband
should be in such q position at such an
hour in the morning. she exclaimed:
Why. Charley. what are you doing
there She had scarcely spoken the
words when like a shot
| Down went McGinty to the bottom of the stair.
| Dressed in Capt. Durham's SUIT of clothes
Surprised and alarmed at the strange
| escapade, Mrs. Durham hurried to her
| husbands bedside and found him sleep-
ing as serenely as if nothing had hap
| pened. She aroused him, and told
! him that burglars were in the house.
| A -,
and it was found that the house had been
ransacked and that the intruder had made
ample preparation for his escape. He
had propped the doors open leading TO
the kitchen. from which he had made his
exit through an open window. And he
had not only taken the only suit of
clothes Capt. Durham had in the house
his other wearing apparel being in a
! trunk somewhere on its wav to Rock Isl.
and-but had selected the captains brand
new S75 overcost and dOnned it, also bis
new hat, together with his wallet con
tanning $40, a number of railroad passes,
| two tickets to the theatre, bunch of val,
uatle keys and a note book containing
| data concerning his river work, which
the captain cannot replace. Down in the
kitchen it was found that the unwelcome
visitor had helped himself to a plate of
| beans and pint of milk and such other
| eatables rs were suitable to his taste.
Capt. Durham gave an alarm on making
| the discovery and on repeating it few
minutes later Officer Hetter put in an ap-
| pearapce. The officer Immediately
started in pursuit of the burglar, but
could not find him. This morning the
captain was obliged to borrow pair of
trousers from his neighbor, Maj. Buford,
and with these. which were quite too
| long. and an abandoned overcOat, he
managed to get up town, while his early
morning visitor is somewhere wearing his
best suit of clothes, his new overcoat, and
doubtless riding on his passes and spend
ing his S120 with a lavish hand
BOLD CRIME IN MOLINE.
A bold piece of highway robbery was
perpetrated in Moline last evening. Miss
Minnie Lawless was walking along FIT.
teentb street near Turner hall, when q
ruffian rushed up to her, seized silk
handbag which she carried, and tarted
into an alley near by and escaped. In
the satchel was a potmoney cOntsning
Sc. The lady was so alarmed that she
cannot describe the scoundrel