The morning call., 1893-12-11
UNLUCKY CONCESSIONAIRES.
Wealthy Germans Robbed of
Gold and Jewels.
THE BURGLAR ESCAPED UNSEEN.
He Startled the Butler With a Pistol
and Extraordinary Excite
ment Followed.

The German people who have the Held
elberg Castle concession at Sunset City de-
clare that San Francisco is most enter
prising place.
When they dedicated a bauerhaus Sat-
urday afternoon everybody in the fair
grounds partoOk of good old German hos
pitality without the formality of an invita-
ton. 1t was an inspiring day for these
wealthy cOncessiOnaires. So when they
returned home in the evening every man
among them was happy. The happiness
was shOrt-lIved, like everything mortal,
however.
The chief concessionaire, with his man.
ayers, secretary and partners rented q
handsome dwelling at 5O7 Broderick street,
near Hayes. This house belongs to SDan-
ish coffee planter from Central America
who is now on a tour of Europe with
his family, and in his absence it will be oc-
cupied by the wealthy Germans. This
much it appears reached the ears OF some
enterprising burglar.
1t was known, too. that the newcomers
keep a magnificent establishment. with
Dutiers, Iackles, etc, In stY lie that is
truly German baronial. And such knowl-
edge combined was inducement enough for
bold attempt to loot the premises.
On Saturday night the occupants were
gathered around the dinner table congTatu-
latlng themselves and clInklng glasses to
their success 1t was then about 7:I5
O'Clock. Something was wanted by Helm
rich Albert, who Is o ner of the Schloss
concession, and he sent the Butler upstairs
Tor 1t. Suddenly an uprOar on the upper
floor startled the diners, and in another
minute they were further surprised TO see
the butler dash into where they sat. All
Ia IL.
jumped up. Explanations were then in
order.
II went to the closet" said the valet,
"aDd when | opened the door man was
standing inside. He held q revolver at
my head and SAID. If you make a noise
I'll kill YOU Then | ran downstairs and
the burglar got out through the window"
All present went in search of the burg
lar, but he had fed. Nothing but trace
of him remained. So the excited party
ran out on the street looking for police
men. They wanted to Tiug in the fire alarm
box. tine police patrol box and every mes
senger call in the neigh b0rhood. And
while the excitement was subsiding their
burglar visitor was fleeing as fast as he
could travel away from them. The pnlice
did come, though too late to be OF any as
sistance.
The burglar had slid down pipe into the
garden ard escaped through the rear with
out being noticed by people on the street
An inspection OF the house was made at
once. Mr.. Albert discovered that $500 in
gold coin which he had in bis room was
gone. Some of his jewery was missing
The other gentlemen lost clothes and
lewelry. aud several valuable small articles
were also missing. After carefully esti-
mating the loss they concluded that at
least $500 worth of various articles had
beer carried off by the burglar
The burglary was reported at police
headquarters yesterday. Detectives are
making an investigation. and they have a
theory that the burglar is an expert crook.
in all prOba bility a recent arrival from the
East, who had his eve upon the German
cOncessionaires. They are also inclined to
believe that he had an accomplice, who
took the plunder from him through win
dow and escaped before the butler was
given an opportunity to look into the barrel
of his pistol.
Not clew to him could be found yes
terday.