Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-23
A NEW COOLEY GANG.
Pittsburg Robbers Who Work Simi-
lar TO the Famous Bandits.
A WIDOW Is TIE LATEST VICTIM.
Thieves Take Charge Of Nm. VOLTS Rome
on Bluff street.
THEY CARRY OFF MANY vALUABLEs

Ghost College is undergoing an attack from
q gang of daring thievea Almost daily a
report comes to the Police Department that
some house up in that section has been
robbed. The robbers carry on their nefari-
Gus work very much after the style of the
now extinct Cooley gang.
The latest victim of these midnight At
tacks was Mrs E Wolf, of % Bluff street,
right under the shadow of the Holy Ghost
College. Mrs. Wolf and her two daughters
live alone In . rather large house. Friday
night they retired early. after having
locked the house securely. It was about
1:30 yesterday morning when Mra Wolf
was startled from her slumbers by noise
She awakened her daughter. who was
sleeping with her. and told Miss Wolf that
some one was trying to rob the house. The
daughter thought her mother had only
imagined that she heard a sound. They
talked the matter over, and finally Mrs
Wolf commenced to think it was only an
halluclnation.
The Robber Is Discovered.
The two ladies we're just dropping off to
sleep again when they both heard noise
in the rooms underneath. This time there
was no mistake. Mrs Wolf sprang from
her bed and threw up the window over
looking the back yard. She saw . sight
that caused her great fright The whole
yard was bathed in light which was shining
from the first story windowA The mother
cried to her daughter that there was some
one in the house. Miss Wolf needed only
to look at the light in the back yark to con-
vince her of this. Then the most criti-
cal point of all was reached by the ladies,
what were they to do? After short con-
sultation the younger .lady opened the
chamber door and timidly called: "Whose
there?" There was no reply.
The two ladies by that time were nearly
dead with fright. Summoning all her cour-
age Miss Wolf again made bold enough to
inquire who the visitor was The question
had hardly died away when the kitchen
door went shut with . bang and q man
was heard running down through the
yard.
The Neighbors Alarmed by Screams.
This did not give the ladies courage
enough to go down stalrR Woman-like
they resorted to that strong fort of theirs
= scream. Running to the front part of
the house they raised the windows For
the next two or three minutes the neigh
borhood knew that Mrs Wolf and her
daughter were in need of help. The neigh
bors came fockiug to the Wolf house in
quiring what was the matter. They were
hastily told. Mrs Wolf was called to come
down and open the front door, but she in
sisted that the rescuing party should make
an entrance to the house through the back
door. The men in the party did not like
the idea and even though Miss Wolf
assured them that the robbers were sll gone,
they decided it would be better to enter
through the front door. This they did.
Mrs. Wolf, her daughter and the rescuers
found strange condition of affairs From
every gas jet in the lower part of the house
light was blazing high. The house was
ransacked completely. Every drawer had
been rified and the contents were strewn
over the floor. The robber got away with
considerable silverware from these apart
ments The family do not know exactly
Just what he did take. In the back yard
q couple of cases of knives and spoons were
found that the thief had either dropped or
thrown away in his flight.
Every Potato in the House Stolen.
The cellar and laundry were next visited
and there worse state of affairs existed
than on the floor above. The family
had put up considerable fruit of one kind
and another. The robber had gotten away
WIN YredGcE p8rt VI tuiA w u2L uo
had not taken he had spoiled. Every jar
was broken open and the fellow had evil
IDENTIFY tasted the contents. In most cases
where he did not like the fruit he poured |
it out on the floor He was evidently
lover of potatoes, for he took every one |
in tine house He stole nothing from the |
laundry, but had inspected all the garments
there.
The police were notified and the de- |
tectives were sent up to the house. They |
could find no clue. An entrance had been |
gained bv prying the cellar door open. 1t
was fastened with heavy paddock.
Jacob Miller Is William VOLTS next |
door neighbor. The robber had been try
ing to get in there, for the cellar door
showed evidence that someone had tried to
open it. One of the foundation stones near
the cellar door had been partly pried out of
place by the robber.
The last robbery of note up in that Sec
tion was couple Of weeks ago at house
on Vickroy street. About midnight Q
knock was heard at the door, and when the
man of the house opened it he was knocked
down. While one robber guarded the vic
tim two more ransacked the house and
escaped with q number of valuablea This
was the only case where violence has been
used, but almost daily some family is