Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-03-21
VOL. XLvII.
BURGLARS GETTING BOLD.
Many Places Visited by the
Gang and Considerable DAM
age Being Done by the
ThieVes---A Policeman Talks
With the BurClars,

Thieves---A Policeman Talks
With the Burglars.
Burglars are getting bold in this
city. They open stores directly under
electric light, break into lodge rooms
down town, talked with policemen,
entered Broad st-eet residence, tried
to take charge Of q North laurel st.
residence with Young lady at home,
and several other escapades
The first heard Or seen of the house,
breakers was Saturday night about
$50 o'clock. Percival Nichols, who
lives at the corner of Broad and Giles
street, went out for little while that
evening, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bisbing,
who lives with him, went down to the
store. While they were absent the
burglar came, climbed up on side
portico, broke out a pane of glass.
and turning the latch lifted the win
dow.
After entering the house, the bur.
lar lighted all of the lamps up stairs,
went down and opened all of the
doors and lighted one lamp.
He then went up stairs and began
rifling everything within sight. Mrs.
Bisbing's trunk was opened and about
$2 Is was taken. A pair of cuffs and
buttons belonging to Mr.. Bisbing, and
another pair belonging to Mr.. Nichols
were also taken. The eutire contents
of the trunk were upset, but In some
way, gold watch and chein belong
ing to Mrs. Bisbing was overlooked.
About half-past eight Mr.. and Mrs.
Bisbing returned nome. They found
all the doors open, and one light burn
ing upst airs, and realized that some.
body must have been upstairs. Mr..
Blsbing watched the house, while Mrs.
Bisbing hurriedly summoned J. Len
hart Rice to assist In searching.
Mr.. Rice came down and watched
down stairs while Mr.. and Mrs Bis
bing went up stairs. Mrs. Bisbing en-
tered her own room, and was holding
a lamp In an elevated position. Sud
denly the burglar jumped up from be
hind a chair, blew out Mrs. Bisbing's
light, and jumping out the window
slid down the portlco and escaped
His identity was not discovered.
Early Sunday morning, possibly a
little after one o'clock, Officer Parvin
heard people coming down the stsps
of johnson & Loper's building on
North Laurel street. He went up
there and confronted two young men
and asked them what they were doing
In the building at that time. They in.
formed him that they been up In the
Red Mems Lodge room and belonged
there. After further questioning them
the officer allowed them to depart.
They went up Laurel to Washing ton
street, and as soon as they reached the
corner, started on dead run up
Washington.
The officer thought this suspicious,
and Immediately went upstairs to in
vestigate. He found that they had
bursted open the lodge room door,
and the floor was scattered with the
effects of the lodges. Desk drawers,
cupboards, etc., had been burst open,
papers pulled out and scattered here
and there. A square tin box contain.
Ing secret work had been taken out
and mashed to pieces.
The burglars had used candle, as
drippings of the tallew were scattered
all over the room. A box of cigars
was found In the room which had evil
IDENTIFY been left by the burglars.
This fact was afterward demonstrat.
ed, for Officer Garrison on making his
ronnds discovered that the store of
Lewis H. Tomlinson, on Atlantic st.
had been entered. The burglars there
had used skeleton keys and entering
the store, pried open the money
drawer. They found no cash. They
helped themselves to tobacco and
cigars, and the box of cigars found In
the lodge room had been taken from
Tomlinson.
Sunday night the dastardly work
Was kept ap, and they visited the house
OF Isaac Rogers on Laurel street, just
north of Washington street.
All the folks had gone to church ex,
cepting Mrs. Rogers niece, Miss Ida
Dill, and she was sitting there about
half-past eight o'clock, when she heard
a knock at the sitting room door, and
was frightened to see two men stand
there with masks over their faces. She
asked the men what they wanted, and
they inquired If the men-folks were
home. Miss Dill very discretely said
yes. Then one OF the men spoke up
aud said the girl was lying and told his