The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-03
BURGLARS WERE AROUND
They Pay . Visit to Four Residences
in the Suburb Of Ken
wood.
III Each Case They Were Fright
ened OF by Someone
Waking UP.
All They Got was Some Loose Change In
tho Pooketbook Of Judge
Adkinson.

Between midnight OF IhufSoAy au0 o"y-
break Yesterday burglars entered four houses
In Kenvood and came out Of them with on1y
. little loose change which they found IN
one mans pocket. For some slime pass .
number Of trumps have been seen hanging
around the locality. no less thar na't .
dozen at a time being samped along the
bushes near the Montana Central and Great
Northern crossing. Two men we're seen
walking leisurely along tho boulevard ON
Thursday night. and people who saw shsm
laid the housebreaking TO their account.
In each one of the four houses some ono
WA awakened before tho burglars nad 20
cured anything OF value. Ihey were sV'-
IDENTITY q very timid set OF burglars 81 snsy
fed At the first sign of alarm.
A comparison of the time OF night when
Nhe various householdcrs were awakened
shows that the fEss visit was paid to Judge
I. w. Adkinson's. Entrance was effected
nv breaking q pane OF glass in one OF the
front windows and throwing back the
fastener and raising the window. Iney
Got into Judge Adkinson's bedroom and
went through his trousers pockets without
awakening him. They secured his pocket
book containing some small change. INT
next room visited was that OF the servant
uirl. She was aroused by the noise OF the
man oreninR her door. cried ont ana
,omptly wrapped her head in tho bed
clothes and remained in that position untii
morning. The alarm she gave does nov
appear to have awakened any n IN shs
house. though it frightened Tho visitors so
hsdly that they left at once. The family
Ala NOT know they had had a visit from
burglars until morning. when the servant
GIRL told them of it. Judge Adklnson's
pocketbook was found in the alley in the
rear of the house with nothing in 1t.
j. W. Frovard. living near the bonlevard
visited. Here tho burglars managed to
enter without breaking any glass. They
succeeded in unlocking the front door.
One Of them got into Mrs. Provard's bad
room and entered shs closet there, probably
with the idea of carrying OH some clothing.
Mrs. Provard must have made some move
slosst in = hurry. Az no did 20 Mrs. Pro.
vard avoke and saw the man distinctly:
He wore no mask and she says she would
10 Able 10 recognize him again. She called
an and the man rushed through the door
and disappeared. An examination later
showed that nothing had been taken from
the house.
THE next house on the boulevard visited,
that of EbsnezsT Sharpe. suffered more
Thar any Of the others although nothing
vas stolen. The burglars broke a big plate
glass in the front window In order to get
a. the window fastener inside: They had
drst tried to pick the lock OF the front
door. but failed. Once inside. the ~visitors
proceeded very deliberately to go through
She lever part Of the house. They opened
The psntry doors In the dining room, III Q
lamp, went into the Kitchen. and there
opened ~ the back door. 80 as TO be
o os. :s.s 70 . ::sse; IN sssS o. NJ. Sharp; SON SON
Brooks has been sick. and there was a
nurse In the room with him. As the man
opened the door the nurse, thinking it was
Mrs. Sharpe. asked: rs that you. Mrs.
Sharper" The man huEriedly closed the
door and ran down stairs n out
that it was q stranger. gave the alarm. but
when the household was aroused the man
had gone. The broken window will cost
about $50 10 replace. Nothing was tafen.
Can't. s. A. swiRastt. register of the land
Office, was the last person visited. He lives
boulevard. Entry was made there by rails
ing the window Of the dining room. which
il reached from the steps leading TO the
kitchen. After they had Notten inside the
men opened up tho kitchen door and un-
locked the front door SO as to have an easy
mOQo OF oRtob9. On0 Oh euo V!sAtosS iuubs
have remained downstairs while the other
wont to the upper floor. On the way up
one of the steps oreaked. n the noise
aroused Capt. Swiagetts little daughter
Maud. When the man reached the landing
Of the second floor he must have trodden
on a loose board, which also creaked. The
little girl. thinking it was her aunt walking
around, called out. Capt. SwigRett was
aroused by his daughter. but thinking it
was the wind blowing outside, paid no at
tention TO it, and went to sleep again. The
man, howeve, realizing he had awakened
someone, left at once. It was not until the
family came down to breakfast and found
the lower part Of the house open that they
realized that they had been visited by burg.
lars. Nothing was taken from the house.
1t Is believed that the burglars were only
after money or jewelry. from the fact that
no clothing or heavier articles wore taken.
The Kenwood district being outside the
city limits tho police were not called on to
arrest the large number of trGmps seen
hanging about that locality. They kept
extra watch, however, for SUSPICIOUS char
acters up town, and up to midnight i've
had been arrested and locked up In the city
Jail, charged with vsgrancy. One of them
Is believed. from his description. to be of
the party seen near Kenwood. and it is pos
Sible others of the gang are among those
arrested. An effort will be made to identify
them to-day. Most of the man were beg
Ring when arrested. One of them. a one.
armed mnn, was very im%portunate. At one
house he asked for a quarter, and on being
refused, threatened to whip the woman
who wouldn't give il to him.