The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-04
RoRBER1Es By THE DOZEN.
Two More Houses in the Southern
Part of the City BUrglarized.

Two More Houses in the Southern
Part of the City Burglarized.
The burglaries which have been going
on in the southern part of the city for the
last year and n half keep up at the rate of
two or three and sometimes more every
week. The residence Of Mr.. G. a. Greg
DRY, No 40 Duffy street, was entered
yesterday morning and robbed of SO
. The robbery occurred between 3 o'clock
/ and daylight.
During the night the residence of Mr..
. c. A Cox, No. 1879 New Houston street,
Immediately north of No l40 Duffy. was
/ broken into, but only a small amount Of
money was secured
/ The robbers entered MIR Gregory's
. house by climbing on high fence ad-
/ Joining il, cutting the shutters of win
/ dow blind and inserting wire bent into
/ a loop, by which the blind was unlocked.
| The window was then pried up until the
/ fastening gave way. The window opened
/ into a back hall, through which the rob
/ Der had access to the entire house.
On going to bed MIR. Gregory placed his
! coat in which was his pOcketbOOk, con-
/ tanning $40 in bills, and his vest. in which
! was a small amount of change, on the
! back side of the bed, next to the wall.
/ The rObber entered the room, ana finding
U
! took the change from the vest, leaving
both the coat and vest apparently undis-
| turOed and made his escape. Nothing
else was touched. Mr.. Gregory's watch
was also in his vest pocket but was I'M
disturbed.
Before o'clock Master John Train
fodnd the pocketbOok in a vacant lot at
| Duffy and Bull streets, adjoining Mr.. II.
+. Trains residence. Nothing was taken
| from it except the money. A number of
| papers were the means of its Identified
| ton The return Of the pOcketbook was
! the first knowledge the owner had of its
loss. The robbery was neatly and care
! fully planned and skillfully carried out.
After entering the window the robber
! lowered the sash and drew the shade,
| leaving the house by the hall door, which
unlocked from the inside.
! At Mr.. COxs house the thief also
climbed on fence and entered pantry
window by reaching in through a broken
shutter and unfastening the blinds. Mr..
! Cox's trousers were taken from his bed
room and ri1ed. A small coin book with
so cents was all that was secured. in
| leaving the house the robbers left the
windows open, which told of their work.
In both houses the robber, or robbers,
! If there was more than one, was after
money. A tray Of jewelry in each in
stance lay in plain sight, but was UNI
touched. The purpose of the robber is to
! take only money, which it is difficult to
trace, and thus avoid detection
The rObberies yesterday morning are
only two of more than dozen that have
been committed in that part of the city
within the last two months. They are
evidently committed by the same party
as the plan of the robberies IS always the
same. So far as known over 81 900 have
been plundered from residents of Duffy
Henry, New Houston, Waldburg ana ad-
joining streets in the last few months. The
authorities say they are unable to arrest
the robber though they believe they
know who he is. This is cold comfort to
the people whose residences in the mean
time are being broken into and plundered.
The MoREING News has wi thin the last
year reported over twenty burglaries in
the immediate neighborhood of the Park
extension, and in no instance have the
burglars been captured. The mounted
! police patrol the streets as systematically
as the limited number of men on the force
will allow, but in the intervals that they
are at one side of the city the other side is
being robbed and plundered.