The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-11-26
BURGLARS AND BURGLARY j!
Several BepredaiiOnS Committed In the
City Friday Night.
MANY RESIDENCES WERE ENTERED.
Two Negroes Caught at KerDersviIIe
and Jailed Satrfday-No Other
Arrests Made.
Burglars were in the city !!

Burglars were in the city!
Did they visit your residence?
Well, they were here, and succeed
ed in putting in pretty successful
work at number of houses Friday
night.
Among those who were visited are
the following:
They attacked the widow Line
backs residence on Pond street and
stole several articles from her board
ers, among which was a fine silver
watch from Mr.. Kayran Costigan,
foreman for the contractor on the
sewerage system. His clothes. with
Others was also ransacked and then
thrown in the back yard.
The residence of M. VIM. Foster,
on Broad street, was entered and
several articles stolen. Mr.. Foster
says that they first cut the blinds Of
his parlor window, but finding the
window fastened down they came to
his bed room and after cutting sew
eral stats in the blinds raised the
window. Among the articles missed
was ladies' gold watch, worth $65,
and a tin box, which was sitting on
the bureau, containing notes amount
ing to $40. and other valuables.
Mr.. Foster states that when he
awoke this morning at 4 O'Clock, he
was nearlystifled and the room seemed
to be full of a peculiar kind of gas.
He arose and went to the bed of his
children, but finding them resting
quietly he retired again and arose
about $50 to find the window raised,
blinds cut and the above stated arti-
cles missing.
Mr.. Thos. Leak, on 18th street, is
the next man to whom they paid
their respects. He suffered heavy
loss from these law-breakers who
seemed to understand their business.
They entered a window, stole his
pocket book containing a few dol
lars and silver watch belonging TO
his son.
They cut the blinds and raised
three windows for Mr.. A. A. Smith,
on Fourth street. He thinks the
men were in the house but were kind
enough hot to take off anything so
far as he is able to discover.
Attempts were also made to enter
the residences of Mr.. W. f. Franklin
and Assistant Postmaster j. r.
Walker, on Broad street. The blinds
were cut at both places, but an en-
trance not effected.
The skillful work of the burglars
leads to the belief that they under
stand their bus ness and are profess
ionala in the cause.
MIR, D. III. King says that some one
went into his refrigerator and took
thereirom all the butter, milk and
other eata bles.
OTHER THEFTs-NEGROEs CAPTURED
When Mr.. D. II. Browder, mercan-
tile broker, went to his place of BUSH
ness Saturday morning, near the pas
senger depot, he found that some one
had made an entrance during the
night and stole several sacks OF -four.
The policemen were notified of the
theft and after diligent search the
property was found in the possession
Of George Green, colored, who claimed
that he purchased the flour during the
night from two negroes by the name
of Charles Rierson and one Scofieid.
Green was locked up and after a hear
ing before Esquire Pegram this
morning was bound over to court.
Upon his evidence, however, police
man Vickers boarded the train and
went down to Kernersville where he
secreted himself in the store of Mr..
billiard, near the depot. After await
ing there short while the two ne
groes marched up to the store, and
upon entering the door they discov-
cred the policeman and attempted to
escape, but through the timely eff
forts of the clerks and others they
were caught and brought back to
Winston on the noon train and lodg-
ed in jail Mr.. Vickers says that the
two men acknowledged to him that
they were the guilty parties.
Mary Aiken and Mollie Adams, col
ored, were also caught and locked up
this morning upon the charge of be-
ing accessory in the concealment OF
some stolen -four.
Maj j. G. Young says that he is
out several sacks of chops. They
were taken from his storage ware
house near the depot.
Mr.. P. W. Dalton's meat market
was also entered.