The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-07
BORGLARIHS APLEN9Y.
Three Hoboken Houses
Visited During the Early
Morning Hours.
THIEVES SUCCESSFUL IN TWO PLACES.
A Woman's Screams Brighten Them
From the Third-As Usual, The
Burglars Escaped.

Hoboken has again been visited by
robbers. Two houses were visited by the
burglars early this morning In the base
ment of the city and one place uptown.
The downtown robberies ara probably
two OF series that have for the last fe W
month; made the residents in the neigh
borhood of Police Headquarters quake
In their houses in dread fear lest their
residences be rausacked during slice ping
hours. From what can be learned by a
NEWS reporter, there were three men
who committed the downtown robberi ss
last night.
The houses of August Eckslkamp, at
No. SO Hudson street, and Charles Cordes,
No. 1l2 Hudson street. were entered this
morning. Last week two houses on
Washington street were cleaned out of
OF all their valuable coutents, and oue of
the houses burglarlZed last night is al
most directly back from these.
ECKELKAMP's GROCERY STORE
EckelkRmp Is Qroceryman at No. SO
Hudson street. living over the store.
Cordes is saloonkeeDer at No. ll2 Hud.
son strest, and also lives over the saloon.
Last night EIkelkamp took in a large
it safe TO leave the money IN his each
register. and so placed all but 50 In safe
in his room I'D stairs.
He went to bed about nine o'clock. At
four o'clock this morning he arose to
open the store and prepare for the heavy
trade that always comes on Saturday
He found the front door OF his grocery
store open aud things topsy turyy inside.
Some canned goods from shelves were
knocked off and things In general were
scattered about. Eckelkamp hastily made
an Investigation. He discovered the
abseRce of the 50 which had been left Ia
the cash drawer and s. worth of cigars.
The thieves had gained admltlanoe
through trausom above the doc r. His
cash register was smashed.
MRS. CORDEs SCREAMED,
AS be stood wondering wny the deuce
he didn't take the 50 upstairs with
him his hair was sent up straighG
at hearing shouts Of 'murder, police ant
robbers" AS Eckeikamp got to the
place from whence emanated these cries,
he heard some excited shouting back OF
saw three men scramble over the back
fence and disappear. Mrs. Cordes had
done the screaming. Shs said she was
poises down stairs. and snrmising
that burglars were invading her house
sne screamed. Inc men l1G out when
they heard her yelling. MIR. Cordes
looked over his house and said as far as
he could tell nothing had been taken.
but be could not say positively until he
made thorough Investigation. Tue
burglars forced window in his dining
room. The people have no clues of the
robbers. This ls the second time Cardes'
house was entered. the first occasion
being few weeks ago.
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The third burglary occurred oa Four
teenth street, near the ferry. There
Joseph Cazcio keeps fruit and cigar
store. During the night burglars effected
an entrance to his store by breaking in
the rear door. They made off with
twenty-five dollars worth of cigars and
other things. and some ten dollars in
cash. The mischief wasn't discovered
till Cazcic went to open up. about six
o'clock.