The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
HERE THEY ARE AGAIN
In Spite of All Police Pre-
cautions Greenville's Burg
lar Goes Through Two
More Houses.

Greenville's burglar, who is he? Where
does he come from? and where does he
go to-? These are questions which no one,
and the police in particular, is able to
solve. Six weeks have elapsed since the
knight of the dark lantern first began
his operations in the quiet district: more
policemen have been added to the force,
and yet the burglaries continue. The
burglar, in fact. has become holder and
now enters two or three houses at a
time instead ~ef one. as at first. The
police are completely baffled and confess
that they are unable to land the midnight
visitor behind the bars. The strangest
feature of the burglaries is that they nave
all been committed within a stones throw
of the Fifth precinct police station and
the most prominent n most f~requented
thoroughfares. That the burglaries are
the work of one man is shown by the
manner in which the houses have been
entered. AT all the houses which have
been burglarized entrance was effected
by means of a rear window. Either the
dining room or kitchen window was
forced, and sash locks seem to be but of
little protection. In not one instance
has the burglar ventured beyond the first
floor of any house. Articles left upstairs
are safe, providing he continues to work
on the same lines.
A WEAKNESS FOR OVERCOATS.
The burglar, too, has a weakness for
overcoats, and nowhere where the op-
portunity afforded has he neglected to
take them. In a number of cases he left
valuable silverware behind and took only
overcoats. The only clue he has left
behind is a small footprint under the
windows of some of the residences. The
footprint is unusually small, but the
police do not consider this worthy of in
v~estigation.
On Wednesday night the number of bur-
glaries was increased to twelve, two resi-
dences on Linden avenue, pear Ocean
avenue, being plundered. The places
visited were those of Mr.. j.. .Broome, at
No. 70 Linden avenue, and Mr.. Marsden,
at No. GA, close by, AT Mr.. Broome's
By fssl breaKing gn the lock eeila on the kitchen win
dow. The dining room n parlor were
~ransacked and many articles were stolen.
were a number Of valuable business
papers. These the burglar took out OF
parlor. The overcoat he took with him.
In the sack coat was-LMr. Broome,s silver
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dining room the burglar turned every,
thing t~opsy-turvey. He pulled open all
the rawers of the buffet and from a
score of spoons picked out the only ones
solid silver. The desk in the room was
also. ransacked and Mrs. Broome's pocket
book, containing $1.15 in small change,
sfELECTs HIS BOOTY WITH CARE.
On the mantel was a child,s bank con-
burglar left untouched, but Mr.. Broome's
spectac1es, lying alongside, were stripped
of the gold chain and pin which were
fastened to them. Mr.. Broome says that
the burglar must W. called after mid
night. He retired about half-past eleven
O'Clock. and he says if the burglar had
paid his visit before midnight he would
nave heard him.
At Mr.. Marsden's residence the bur-
glar effected an entrance in the same
way as at Mr.. Broome's. Mr.. Marsden
lost considerable silverware as the result
of the burglars visit. There were a num-
Der of footprints under the windows, but
thew were large and looked as though
the party that made them had covered
his shoes with carpet or other. material.
The prints were too large to ave been been
burglar made his escape by elimbing the
residence, at No. IA. Judging from the
Footprints he went through the yards to
Danforth avenue, which is but q block
from the police station. Messrs Marsden
and Broofne called upon the police and
notified them of the robberies, and two
detectives from headquarters visited the
ing the occupants ito keep the facts from
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