Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-18
ARTISTS IN CRIME.
Another Specimen Of Expert
Thuggery at Chicago.
TWO FLOORS OF A FLAT FLUNDERED

The Deed Done en- Broad Daylight with
Twelve Persons Awake In the Rooms
end breakfast Preparing in the Kitchen.
81 Which the Burgiars, However. no
Not larry TO Partake-Criminsl Nerve
That IL High Grade.
CHICAGO. Nov. IS - The boi,lness Of
masked burglars displayed in many recent
raids in Chicago has been fairly exceeded.
Following closely the Rockery building
robbery and the murder OF Prunty by
masked house breakers. the house At lis
Morgan street Was entered and thoroughly
| ransacked by three burglars in broad day
light. Twelve persons were in the house
at the time and so thoroughly did the
house breakers carry out their plans that
| not hand was raised against them nor
, IN alarm given until they had completed
| their work and escaped. Ii was 5:i5 in the
| morning that three men stepped into the
lower hallway at LIS Morgan street. The
house il q three story fat building and
two o: the tenants Keep bcarders and
dodgers
Wore the Conventional Mask.
The intruiers wore black masks cover
| ing the upper part OF their faces, with
, holes fcs the eyes. One of the men re-
! manned in the lower hallway while the
other two sought the upper flores On the
F, top floor John Kennedy. secretary for the
Roberts Manufacturing company, at Mar
ket al! Washington streets, resides with
! his wife and child. Three young men &C.
cupy rooms in the fat. One burglar be-
! gan operations on this fiat while the 9TH
ers entered the second fiat, that Of Mrs.
| Howard, who also keeps roomer>. Mr..
Kennedy was awakened by hearing stir
I in the room and he saw n tall man wear
! ing black mask standing beside the bed
In his RICH, hand he held cleaning re-
volyer while IN his left ne carried small
lamp
Only Necessary tn Keep quiet.
/ Vow. just keep quiet" eaid he. and
you won't get hurt. Have you go; any
money!
The startled man replied that he had
, not. The. te >a,k back on his pillow and
the burglar. quietly approaching. raised
Mr. kenneGy'> head from the pillow and
! searched the bedcloihinc for money. lie
found none. however. and gathering up
, kenredy's clothes from the chair where
+, they lay he left the room and threw tie
! clothing down the stairs To the third man.
T, who proceeded: Ia search Tor valuables. No
, alarm had been raised all this time and
| the burglar proceeded 10 :ausack every
room IN the fiat. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy
were thoroughly awed 10y the revolver and
| lay quietly in bed.
Left wii!irred Token
After rohbnc ioGyer of gold watch
and chain AMI going through every room
IN the fat the robber departed. Wearing
keEne1y's new overcoIt a.! leaving .
table "a ritherci ,arnai ION he had orn IN
his buitcnEo!e. Meanwhile his accom-
! plice lad been tu.y IL tie second fia!
that q. Ms. Howard The bedroom Of
Edwsri L Bell WAS frs; entered ana tina;
gentleman awoke 10 find hinse,. gazing
into the .orbidding barrel Of revolver
held by tall maske;. Iasn who requested
him 20 keep quiet. Mr.. Bell did 30 and
, the intruder searched his Trousers finding
q. in money. FROM hi. Nest ae took .
gold watch. and chain and then he left
Mr.. Bell 10 ~ mes!ita;ioas and passed
into the room g. NJ. Dickinson whom he
Gully robbed and thea departed
They Did Nut stop for breakfast.
\ All Jh!s s.ts. Ms Howard was ia the
Kitchen getting breakfast and WAS en-
tirely unaware ~ tie stirring scenes trans
piring in the front rooms o, the fat.
When the burglar LEI; lie war joined 10y
HE friend from ur>atir>. who came on =
sigma! from the third nan in the hal. and
the trio ran out into the bright morning
light, leaving the clothing tca;,er'-! down
she three flights Of stairs. As scoa a. the
men in the building could secure their
trousers from where the bold maurauders
had thrown them they rushed on, and
gave the alarm. hut the rob.trt were then
far AWAY