Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-29
DUET WITH A THIEF.
Miss Mcqueen Played the Piano and
the Burglar Whistled as He Bur-
gled---A Remarkably Clever Rogue
Loots a New York House.

New York, February 2S.-To the ac-
commandment of dozen popular airs
played on the piano by pretty young
woman. a thief boldly entered house
in Harlem to-day and carried off $500
worth of valuables.
Miss Jennie Rosenhoff, who lives at
No. 124 East One Hundred and Fiji
teenth street, was looking out of the
parlor window when her attention was
attracted to a fashionably dressed
vornq man on the other side of the
street He mounted the stoop OF
hrown-stone house almost opposite at
No 123. and drew bunch of keys from
his trousers pocket. After he had tried
them all and failed to open the door,
he descended the stoop and crossed
over Miss Rosenhoff thrust her head
from the window and saw him enter
the residence of Mrs. Emma French, at
No 12O.
Mrs. French was busy in the kitchen
down in the basement, and did not
hear the young man come in. The only
other OCCUPANT Of the house at the
time was Miss Anna Mcqueen. She has
a room on the second floor and was
PLAYING the piano when she heard the
door omen and close. In few seconds
she heard some one whistling Sweet
Kathleen" and stopped what she had
been playing and commenced playing
the accompaniment to the song which
was being whistled.
soon the tune was switched to Il
Won't Let You Play in My Yard, and
again Miss Mcqueen played the accom-
paniment
She was certain that the whistling
was being done by one of Mrs. French's
three sons and thought it a joke.
When this tune had been finished the
stranger whistled "Old Black Joe, and
when that had been terminated she
heard him rummaging about on the
floor above There's Only One Girl in
This World was next on the pro-
gramme of the man and he whistled
that tune. and Miss Mcqueen not only
PLAYED it on the piano, but also tried
her hand at whistling this time. For
over half an hour this sort Of thing
kept on. and then the young pianist
heard the young man whistle Fare
WE'LL
Then the front door slammed and
Miss Mcqueen rushed to the window
and saw the man walking down the
street carrying a valise. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY well filled. as he carried it as il
it were heavy. She could not recognize
the clothes he wore as those which she
had seen worn by the French boys.
and she hurried down stairs to inquire
of Mrsf French who it vas that had
been in the house Mrs French did
not know until then that any one had
been in the house, and a tour of the
upper floors was hurriedly made. The
two women found that all of the bureau
drawers had been pulled out and the
contents dumped in heaps on the floor.
The dresses had been treated in a like
manner, and everything of value had
disappeared from the first floor. The
third and top floor of the house had
received an equal amount of attention
from the whistling visitor In all,
about twenty-five different articles Of
jewelry and numerous neckties and
two suits of clothes had been stolen.
The whole lot Mrs. French valued a.
$500.
The case was reported to the police
of the East One Hundred and Fourth
street station. The police did not ar
rest anyone, but they assured the
French family last night that every
thing possible would be done to ap-
prehend the thief and recover the
stolen property. With this assurance,
the victims are doing the best they can
in the way of consolation.