Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-05
L.R. AMMAN ROBBED.

Thieves Secure Jewe1Fy and other
 valuables From Ills Home on
 Dwight Strcet-Supposed to be the |
 Work of Tramps-Tho Police Rec.
 ommend That Windows and Doors
 be Kept Securely Fastened-A Large
 Number of Petty Thieves In the
 City.
 The city is at the present time overrun with tramps and people who are of the opinion that the world owes them Q living and are in consequence determined to se- cure that living, no matter upon whom they may commit depredations in order to secure the accomplishment of what they consider is due them by the world.
 For some time past the police authorities have almost daily had reported to them &C., counts of depredations committed by mem- bers of the tramp fraternity, but owing to the fsct that these men are hero to-day and gone tomorrow no arrests have been made, and these thieves have succeeded in getting awsy with their ill-gottsn booty.
 The last of the cases to be reported to the police was reported yesterday-when the residence of L. B. Hinman at IS Dwight street was entered by means of Q window and lady's gold watch and chain and a valuable onJ1 breast pin, both the property of Mrs. Hinman, wac stolen. Early yesterday morning Mrs. Hinman, in ac cordance with her usual custom, left the windows ot her house open and while the house was thus left unprotected one or more tramps, with which the neighborhood l ia infested. succeeded in effecting an en- 1 trance and made away with the valusbles. AlthouQh the case was immediately after | the robbery reported to the police, owing to the fact that the thieves had long start no arrests were made.
 The police officials are handicapped in arresting any of these depredators, owing \ to the fact that the cases are not reported until, in most instances, some time after the thefts have been committed, and of | course no description of the thieves can be l given. In speaking of the question last evening one of the police officials stated
 that the town was completely overrun | with tramps, many of whom had come 1 here attracted by the fact that the occu. pants of residences in this city were more than usually careless and 1t was believed that the city afforded an unusually fine field for thieving operations.
 The residents of the city, 1t Is claimed offer great attractions for petty thievery l and it is not surprising that so many petty thefts have been committed. "Why," said he, 'it is 8 wonder to me that there are not more of these cases reported. The
 city is completely filled with this class oi
 men who make an excuse of the crying
 evil of hard times and use this pretext at
 an excuse for plying their trade of begging l which Is but another name for stealing
 The residents of the city not realizing thiI fact leave their windows and doors oper
 and in consequence the reports of petty
 thefts are more than usually numerous
 In times like these 1t behooves all house
 keepers to keep their windows and door
 securely fastened and If is this done th.
 cases of theft will be much less frequ
 Taken HI.
 Friend W. Hoyt, the agent of the chari
 ty association in Derby and Shelton, ha
 sucumbed to the strain of the work an, | now liea on a he'd of sickness