The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-27

1 was no one left at the house. my son,
Jesse, had gone to the dance given by
Mr.. Ford, and Afterwards Joined us at
| the Carey. About o'clock, in fact it
was o'clock, for just as we alighted
| from the hack the court house clock
| struck Just as 1 passed in the gate
| saw a big bundle lying by the gate. The
doctor picked it up and / Immediately
| recognized it as my sons dress suit
] We brought it to the house and upon
| examining the pockets found lot of
| jewelry which had been taken from the
| house and also Miss Emma's pocket
| book. The purse contained s18 when
| we left, but there was not cent in it.
THE doctor came in with us and we
| began an examination. We found that
| the burglars had entered the house by
| breaking open the back window On
going UP stairs everything was found
| topsy-turvy. They had ransacked all
! the trunks, bureau drawers, wardrobes
and in fact everything about the house.
We missed many articles today, con-
| sisting Of rings and jewelry. The prin-
cipal thing that l regret losing more
than anything else was nv wedding
ring The robbery was done early. and
by persons who were experts and knew
the value Of what they selected TO take
away
Il think that We came home much
earlier than the thieves were expecting.
as have an idea that they thought we
would be at the masquerade ball, and
seeing the hack coming they dropped
my sons suit, in the pockets Of which
there was a large amount Of iewelry.
SO you see while we mourn the loss OF
what was taken we have much to be
thankful for
Mrs. Hendricks. 406 East Third street
was spending Christmas evening with
her brother, Colonel Bryant, and had
locked her home securely before leav-
ing. The burglars forced open the
back door and turned everything up
side-down in the supposed search for
money, which, luckily, they did not
find. Mrs. Hendricks found consider
able amount Of jewelry had been taken,
and some of il was very much priced
by her as keepsakes of friends. The
work here showed that the burglary
had been done by experts.
The next place visited was the resi-
dence Of r. Cuttings, telegraph editor
Of the Eagle, at 402 East Central ave-
nue.. Mr.. Cuttings had left his room
about o'clock in the afternoon, hav-
ing carefully locked the door. What
was his surprise on going TO his room
at . O'Clock yesterday morning to find
that the back door had been broken
sacked. His large trunk had been bro
ken open and large amount of letters,
papers and other articles of no particu-
lar value were scattered about the room.
When Mr. Cuttings discovered that his
residence had been entered he at once
returned to the police station and Sc
sued the services Of Officer Remspear be
fore anything had been disturbed. To-
gether the two made a critical exarni-
nation, and were convinced that the
robbery had been committed in day
light In looking over the letters the
reason of the burglars leaving in dis
gust was disclosed. There laid a let
ter addressed to R. Cuttings. telegraph
editor Of the Wichita Eagle. This was
enough, and the robber shook not only
the dust off Of his feet but threw out
a quid of tobacco as big as a lump OF
coal and left the place in disgust. Rob
bers have been known to rob graves
and hen roostS, but they know better
than TO look further when they discover
that they are operating on the premises
of a newspaper man.
The officers believe, and in fact, say
they know that the same man who was
captured by Doc Root for entering the
residence Of Mr.. Rogers, was the same
person who ransacked Mr.. Cuttings
bachelor quarters.
Three residences were reported TO
have been robbed in tn south part OF
the city and two on the West Side but
their location could ont be learned on
account of the silence of the police.
A large number Of harness, tools, etc,
We're reported as havinb been stolen
a the police station yesterday and the
new all-around police were kept on tn
jump all day.