The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-15
JIMMY HUNTS BURGLAR
Latest Stories Give Him
a Haul of Several
Thousand Dollars.
SCARED BY A SIX SHOOTER
Climbed Up a Pillar Diamond
Tiara, Rings and Pin
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The fashionable neighborhood of the
Heights was alarmed Monday night W.
the Visitation of a second story thief. The
house visited was that of James Hunt,
the retired millionaire butcher, at Bergen
and Belmont avenues A valuable scarf
pin and a tiara set with fifty diamonds
and valued at $1,000 were the most inn
portant articles stolen. Mr.. Hunt also
mourns the loss of three valuable suits
of clothes.
The robbery ccurred about a quarter
to nine. The thief climbed a post from
the veranda to the second story, where a
window wa open one inch from the bot
tom to admit fresh air. This was easily
raised and the visitor stepped through
into a sitting room over the parlor. The
family were seated in the parlor at the
time, but did not hear any noise.
Through thes sitting room the thief made
his way into the boudoir of Mrs. Hunt.
Here a dressing case attracted his atten-
ton. Admission to this was secured by
a false key. In the top drawer lay the pin
and tiara. These he secured, but the tiara
was evidently dropped on the floor as a
small piece of it was found with the
jewel picked out. Z
From. this room the thief went to Mr..
Hunts room where another dressing case
attracted his attention. The drawer Of
TINS was also opened, but evidently the
sight of Mr.. Hunts six-shooter right
ened him, for he did not even take the
trouble to close the drawer. Nothing was
taken from this room, but from an adj
joining room, where the wardrobe is
Kept. three suits of clothes were stolen.
Just about this time Mrs. Hunt went
upstairs to see what progress painters
Who mad been working at the house all
day had made. She saw the opened dress
ing case and called for Mr.. Hunt. and to-
gether they made Nan Investigation. The
thief had evidently become alarmed at
the presence of Mrs. Hunt and fed, as a
safe containing much valuable jewelry
was untouched.
me pillar up which the thief climbed
10 the second story balcony is smeared
with dirt, and the imprint of the thief,s
nand is clearly seen. One theory is that
the thlef is the same one who visited the
M NTusg "a q w fns Rev; 7. J. Kommers and
lnat. mrs hunt mad been followed to her
som n oy someone seeing her on the
casion to n en sSonn ~afaern Fn she had &C.
wore considerable jewelry. notably 4 dia-
mond pin valued at $500. On her fingers
c mere nve diamond rings. This was sum
consequently 1t is, thought she was fol-
loWeu and the house watched sar i Ca
vorable opportunity.
MI: HUNT was accoSted early in tha
evening by an unknown man. who asked
MIN how he liked living on the Hill ami
Mnere ne was living. Mr.. Hunt, Think
liis the man was an acquaintance. gave
III lne desired information, and invited
ms friend to visit him.
another suspicious character was seen
IN that neighbor9lood Monday after
noon. IT was a one-eyed beggar. who
s1ung around h vicinity of Jewett and
Beimont avenues accosting passersbv.
me ponce OF the Fourth precinct ar
rested a vagrant Monday night on whose
person a scarfpin was found, but which
Mrs. Hunt did not identifv as hers
Wnere ne procured the pin is a nnys-
terry yet, to be solved.
Just about the time the robbery oc-
CURED a f1re was discovered on Kearnv
avenue. and the Fourth precinct reserve
men We're sent there. and II NAV he
that the thief, knowing this, took advan-
page OF It, IN posts Of the policemen in
while a policeman is ait one end Of his
peat a dozen robberies might occur at
the other end. Sergeant Blcxhee ~ fhe
Seventh precinct had passed along Rer-
gen avenue Just prior to the time Of the
ROBBERY but he noticed no Suspicious
characters or ~loungers. The thief had
a large amount of assurance or he would
never have attempted to limb. a posi-
IN front OF the house and in full View
o. Bergen avenue, which is much fire.
Resideats in the neighborhood are much
Harmed, as this is the second BURGLARY
committed on Belmont avenue within q
week 1t IS one of the most fashionable
portions Of the town and the home of the
Hunt family is a fine dwelling, likely to
excite the cupidlty of any fhief