St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-07
BURGLARS RETURN.
The Enemy OF the Summer
time Back at His Old
Tricks.
Festive NightWoPk on the Hill
Again Made Appar-
ent.
The Mayor Officially Notifies
People to Clean Their
Yards.
A Friendly Game OF Draw Re-
suits in a Larceny
Trial.

The police were notified yesterday
morning that the apartments of Desire
| Mlchaud at 697 Laurel avenue had
| been ranSacked Wednesday afternoon by
4 sneak thief The robbery was a very
| daring one, as it was done while Mrs.
Michaud and her two children were in
the rooms and in such clever way
that the occupants did not see the thief.
The Mciiauds occupy the upper fiat in
the Gilman row at the number men
toned. About o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoOn Mrs. Michaud, who was in the
front room with her daughter, thought
she heard a noise i'll the bedroom. AS
her infant son, about two years old, was
in bed in the room she hurried
i'll, and was surprised to find the
child huddled up at one side
of the bed, apparently much fright
ened. At the same time she saw gold
chain lying half way out of jewel case
which was on the dresser. Thinking
the youngster had been up to some mis-
chief, she playfully chided him and
/ opened the case to put the chain back.
| She was somewhat surprised to find that
nearly all the jewelry and trlnkets,
valued at 5000, were missing. Still
| thinking the child had taken the con-
| tents of the case, she made search of
the room. No trace of the jewelry could
be found, and going to the front door of
the flat she found it unlocked. This
| explained the mysterious disappear
| ance, and few moments later, when a
lady residing in the flat on the first floor
came running up and said man had
| quietly entered her room while she was
dressing Mrs. Michaud's suspicion that
she had been visited by sneak thief
was confirmed. The thief was evil
IDENTITY from his manner professional,
and knew the location of the rooms in
the several flats, as after leaving the
one occupied ny the Michauds he went
down stairs and nearly frightened the
lady occupant by suddenly appearing
midst of her toilet. Seeing he was
caught. the fellow said he had been
sent there to fix the steam pipes, and
quickly withdrew.
He then visited other flats in the row.
but did not succeed in effecting
an entrance. Some children who
were playing in front of the houses
saw the man, and they say he was
joined a short distance away by wom-
an. According to the children's story,
the couple went to livery barn on
Ashland avenue, and afterward drove
away in single rig. The fellow is de-
scribed as medium height, rather stout
build, with dark mustache, and wore
long brown overcoat and silk hat. The
police have the regular stock theory,
which is always sprung in such cases,
that the robbery was the work of boys,
but the description of the thief given by
the lady and children who saw him
rather knocks this theory to pieces. An
employe at the barn on Asland avenue,
where it is said the couple secured the
rig after the touch. said there must be
some mistake, as they did not rent llv
cry rigs. and no horse and buggy an
swering the description of the one the
children saw had been out of the barn.