Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-02
BOLD BURGLARS.
'ney Get in Their Work in
Rock Island.
sUOoEsSFUL HAULs LAST NIGHT

OF George L Frysinserand
""k mixter, on Twentieth street En-
tered and Valuable siiverware T,Lor
The Stolen Property-LittIe v.t.ro,o
Thieves
Burglars made two successful
r"ids on Twentieth street last even
ing They did their work with fhe
"ea'ness and dispatch of profession
ais, though they may not have been
ana left no trace of their presence
except the property they took. And
1T should be said by the way. thew
were not at all backward about this
1ormality,and they proved themselves
very good judges of silver ware
The residences Of George p. Frvsinoer
Mt 100 Twentieth street. and Frank
MINter 123 Twentieth were the ones
entered. At the first named they en-
tered by removing slat from a shut
ter on the north side. ransacked the
entire lower floor and helped them
selves to dozen and Il half souvenir
spoons. two dozen and a half solid
silver teaspoons and half a dozen
larger silver tablespoons and two
forks. They paid no attention to
plated ware, but failed to overlook
IS in cash, which was on the mantle
in the parlor.
AT Mr.. MiNter's house, three doors
north of Mr.. Frysinger's, there is no
! evidence OF how the marauders en-
tered. but it is supposed they gained
an entrance through the basement.
They inspected the entire first floor
and pockcted Il dozen large silver
| forks, Il dozen teaspoons, Il half dozen
tablespoons, half dozen gold-lined
| orange spoons, two sugar spoons and
dozen silver salad forks.
The exact time when the intruders
made their ca is not known. but it
is supposed to have been about /
O'Clock, as Mrs. Frysinger was dis
turbed about chat time by noise
| down stairs, but supposing it was
her husband. who had been in the
habit of seeking cooler place to
! sleep on the first floor, paid no at
| tention to it.
The total value of the goods stolen
will not be less than 5000. and
| Messrs. MiNtor and Frysinger offer n
reward of 500 for the recovery OF the
| property. and ask no questions.
Watermelon Thieves.
Since SUNDAY the police have been
| on the lookout for n number of bows
who broke into a box car near the
/ Rock Island freight house Sunday
morning anC stole 81 watermelon
belonging to a consignment shipped
| to Louis Weckel. The loss was not
discovered until Monday morning.
when Mr.. Weckel found the
car empty. One boy was arrested
! Monday. as stated that day. but the
! police had accumulated sufficient ev-
| idence today to lead to wholesale
! arrest. resulting in the incarceration
| of II in all. while the officers are on
| the lookout for more. Those ar
rested today are: Thomas Hender-
| son. James Flynn. Jr., Albert ROsen-
field, Earl Kicker. Roy Stringer.
Fred Stringer, Grin Somers, Clinton
Somers, Harry Roeder. Thomas Will
liams. Jr.. Walter Newton. John
johnson. - Johnson. -Broder-
| lex. The Logs who live near First
| avenue took most of the melons
home, and others they Toasted on.
The value of the lot of melons was
| SIS.
For an Iowa burglary
W. ID. Simpson and Deputy Sheriff
Jerry Murpl Y, of Iowa county. Iowa,
are in the city today, and through
them George Eastman was arrested
this morning for robbing Mr. Simp-
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