The herald., 1895-09-10
Goods Enough to Stock a De-
partment Store
CHILDREN DENY THE THEFTS
One Child Promptly Relegated to
Convent
A Fine Residence Destroyed by Fire at Eth
wsnda-Two lien Under Arrest.
Pioneers Meet

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 9.-Tvc
little girls in this city, the Oldest one
! only 12 years OF age. have developed into
expert burglars. When the officers visited
the home of the children yesterday they
found a collection OF articles tho equal OF
which never existed outside a department
store, or on Christmas tree. They
found almost everything that would p-
peal to childish fancy. regardless OF
value. aud from the extent of the haul
there are many articles for whicn as yet
no owner has been found.
The children are the daughters Of a
man named Miller. a well-to-do German,
who lives on First street near base line.
He is the owner of several houses in town
and is worth considerable in money. The
girls, one II and the other I, were OBJ
served going into the house Of Gus Land
/ ers. in the northwest part Of the city,
| Saturday evening. When the family re-
| turned they missed great variety of
! articles silverware, shoes. books, pieces
OF clothing. pictures, a family Bible. q
leg of mutton and various other things.
| The sheriffs Office was notified yesterday
morning and a search OF the Miller house
was made anu ali these and IL =; 2! essur-
able NUM- ber Of other articles were found,
some of the latter things which had been
missed for months from various houses
about town. The leg of mutton was on
the stove Deing prepared for Sunday
dinner. The older of the girls protested
that everything about the house belonged
there and stoutly denied that any of
them were stolen.
The articles taken from the Landers
house were returned, and many othe
things are held for Identification.
The younger of the two girls was taken
this morning by Father Storkman and
been arrived at as YET with reference to
the older child. Their mother is an in
mate of one of the insane asylums OF the
state.
The residence of C. C. Steiner at Eth
wanda was burned 10 the ground yester-
day morning, together with mJst of the
contents, and Mrs. Steiner received such
injuries that her life is despaired of.
The house, which was a slx-room struc-
ture. one story high, was occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Steiner and by their son,
A. Steiner, and his wife. With the ex-
ception of Steiner, sr., the members of
the family were ms the sitting room,
about 10 80 in the forenoon, when the
elder Mrs. Steiner started to the kitchen.
A moment later her screams brought all
the family to that part of the house,
which was enveloped in flames. and Mrs.
Steiner's clothing was seen to be on fire.
Her husband. coming in from the barn,
rushed to her assistance and was himself
severely burned about the hands. Mrs.
Steiner's condition is serioas. The house
was totally destroyed and but little of the
furniture was saved. The loss is $500;
insurance. $500.
very complicated case has arisen in
the East Riverside irrigation district this
morning, and it will take batch of at.
torneys some time to get the ta3gle
straight. II. W. Robinson is under ar
rest on two complaints. one for burglary
and the other for assault with deadly
weapon. Both complaints are sworn to
by W. W. Petit, who is himself under
arrest for battery, the charge being pre-
ferred by Robinson. The trouble arises
directly over a cook stove. but that is
probably made pretext for a. feui OF
longer standing. The parties had con-
siderable difficulty in the vicinity of
Rialto Saturday, and yesterday Robin
son, who claims to be deputy sheriff,
attempted to arrest Petit, but was
stood off with a gun. Both came to town
this morning, Petit unsrmed. He was
met by Robinson, who, without any war
rant or anything to show authority, again
attem pied to arrest Petit, and when the
latter resisted beat him over the head
with a revolver. The case will be heard
by Judge Sonle this afternoon.
Admission day IS very quiet. The only
attempt at celebration is the picnic
which the pioneers are holding at Rdbel
Springs.
The barbecue at Chino. given yesterday
by Manuel Baca, and attended by the
ODD Fellows and knights of Pythias Of
this city, was one uf the events of the
summer. A Iarge number of the men,
bers of those orders we're present and en-
joyed the day hugely.