Evening journal., 1890-12-24
LAST EDITION
A DARING RossERY
Delaware Avenue seuse Riasa b
Burglars.

BurElAFHs
One of the most daring robberies that
has taken place in Wilmington in recent
years occurred last night.
The residence of Charles w. Gouert,
No 400 Delaware avenue, was entered BY
burglars between the hours Of and 10
o'clock and diamonds, waches. jewelry
and silveware to the value of 5000 or
$500 was taken Ssss7
Mr.. and Mrs Gouert went to Philadel-
phia yesterday afternoon, leaving the
servants in charge of the house Before
they left the colored man asked permits.
sion to leave that evening to attend an
entertainment, and the servant girl was
given permission to go out aud spend the
evening.
They left the house securely locked at
6 o'clock in the evening. Sometime later
the girl passed the residence on her way
out and says it seemed to be just as abe
had left it.
She returned about 10 o'clock at night
and went into the house by rear en-
trance When she struck light and
saw evidence that the house had been
robbed she ran to the front porch and
gave the alarm
A Gro I'd soon collected and the police
department YVES notified Soon Mayor
Harrington, Chief Of Police Swiggett,
Sergeant Stetzer and officer Moffett were
at the scene Of the robbery.
An examination Of the premises
showed that an eDtrancs had been eff.
fected by the cracksmen using Jimmy
upon the Venitisn blinds Of the bsy
window of the par,or. The window is
only few feet from Delaware avenue
and the bold burglar operated in the
shadow on the side near the rear of the
house. The indentations made by the
jimmy could be plainly seen.
Nothing was disturbed in the lower
rooms Of the house and the burglar ex
ercised the greatest consideration for the
handsome pieces of bric.a brsc that rur-
rounded him, not one piece being broken
or misplaced
An examination of the uppsr rooms
disclosed au entirely different condition
of things. Bureaus, wasbstands and
secretaries were opened and ranaacked.
and the undesira bic contents left scat.
tered in every direction over the rooms.
In the drawing room Nj Gcuerts Sec
retary was burst open and everything of
value taken. The Jewel boxes were
gutted the haul in this room including
three valuable diamond studs.
The burglar next turned his attention
to the bedroom in the rear Of the drawing
room. The upper bureau drawer was
pulled ont and the valuable contents
taken. 1t was in this drawer that n.ost
of the valuable jewelry and silverware
were kept. The booty the thief secured
in this room consisted of watches.
jeWelry, silver spoons and ladies'
The bed room back of this one gave
evidence that the robber had paid it
marked attention, but he was not richly
repaid for his trouble.
Fortunately Mrs. Gouert wore her dia
monds to Philadelphia or they would
have gone with the rest.
The first information Mr. and Mrs.
Gouert had OF the robbery was when they
returned TO this city about II o'clock last
night. They were met at the B. g. o.
station by 0fficsr Johnson, who broke the
news to them, and they hurried home to
help the police in their Investigations
There is no clue to the robber. but the
matter has been placed in the hands of
skilled detectives and every effort will be
made to capture and punish the man
who had the hardihood to rob a house on
such public thoroughfare at such an
early hour, effecting an entrance only
ten feet from the pavement with a street
lamp few feet away and pedestrians
passing to and fro every few seconds.
1t is supposed that he carried his booty
out the back way, as there were no marks
upon the sill of the bay window TO indi-
cate that be left the house by the same
way in which he came.