Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-02

panels of the back door, but on ex~
animation they discovered that the en-
trance was cut on with horizontal bars
OF iron. Had these bars been absent
they would have cut away the 1balV-
inch panel. slipped the boy through.
induced him to open the door, and then
pillaged the establishment.
Messrs. Rothert g. Co. who have
lately begun the sale of diamonds, had
5000 worth OF the precious stones IN
their ss.fe together with money ana
other articles valued at SA000. Fortu-
nateiy for the merchants. their door
was so arranged that II was impossible
for the thieves 10 effect an entrance
into the store.
The burglars presumably paid their
respects TO Messrs William IL. pierce
x Co., next. for these gentlemen awoke
10 find that an attempt had been rnaue
to rob them They have a shoe store
at No. lig east Broad, and In the rear
there Is a door which opens into sort
of ante-cellar The burglars. who nae
evidently diagnosed the situation In the
daytime. cut through this door, but ons
10 find themselves in an iron-oarrea
cellar, which cut them off from the nam
basement.
HERE THEY SUCCEEDED.
Jney gave iDtII dANSAAPN'N ~t'-
this neighborhood and then went TO Con-
stables. Here they found everything just
as could have been desired.
Going into the rear alley they began
their work ion the lower panels OF the
back door. This door. by the way, was
very carelessly arranged, so far as us
burglar-proof qualities were concerned
All OF that portion OF tffe entrance above
the knob was grated with perpendicular
bars, while a horizontal strip OF iron JUST
below the lock prevented II from being
opened. But the lower panels alas, were
left exposed. IL was the work of but
short time to bore through these panels,
cut them away and slip the thievish
urchin through. This was done. and the
boy, once inside, slipped away the cross
bar and admitted his pals"
What followed can best be explained
by the discovery made by the merchants
when they reached the shop yesterday
morning They quickly perceived that the
panels Of the door were gone and that
the door itself was unlocked. Near by
they found an augur, bit, ana Two
filthy sets Of underclothing-One the prop
erty of a man and the other OF a boy.
Fifteen dozen boxes Of silk handker-
chiefs. ranging in price from IS to SIS per
dozen, were gone: their jewelry-case OF
cuff buttons scarf-pins, etc, had been
pillaged, and their leather travelling cases
had been literally appropriated TO the
uses Of the thieves To add insult TO IN
jury, the crooks had taken or their old
underwear and equipped themselves with
new outfit.
EASY TO CONCEAL.
As the articles sold by Messrs. Con-
stable & Brothers are by no means bulky.
the thieves could have easily packed them
all in a small. unsuspicious- looking bum
die and carried them through the streets
without attracting the attention OF the
police.
The last man employed in the shop did
not leave for home until Z o'clock AT
night. and the arc light in the front or
the store is supposed to have been burning
until in the morning.
The police were Immediately notified OF
the robbery. and Sergeant Alex. Tomlin-
son is now at work on the case. He APP
pears to think that the crooks employed
a thin slender man instead OF n boy to go
through the panel-hole, but If this was
the case, the man must have been fell
low Of remarkably small size. for the
opening I'm the door Is so narrow that II
hardly looks large enough TO admit To-
year-old child.
Thieves were also at work in other sec
tions OF the city Tuesday night a half
dozen fine chickens were stolen from a
coop in the back yard OF Mr. r.. II.
Kuhn's residence, No. 30S east Cary street.
This theft was committed early In the
evening-before supper I'm fact.