The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29
EASY JOB FOR BURGLARS
They Ransacke6Mfs. Armlta6e's
House on CONNECTICUT Avenue.
GOT A THOUSAND DOLLARS
minutes Were All Ont ana There
Was Nothing to Interfere w i'm the
Crac Money ,Jewelry, Cloth
ing and VMluu bile Surgical Inst ru-
mcnt- Among the Booty.

Another robbery of sufficient niaEni-
tudc 10 he kept off the robbery BOOK at
police headquarters occurred IN the Third
precinct last night. Tile residence OF Mrs
William ;arrnitagc, III No. llS2 Connect
icut avenue northwest, was entered be-
tween the hours of 1850 and o'ciock. and
money ana valuahles 10 the extent of
about 81 900 was stolen. Tie robbery was
discovered about ~ O'Clock, ami imue-
diateiy reportcdto the police, who have been
investigating il since. They claim 10 have
some clues, lut will not divuge item.
Mrs. Armitagc and her husband. who is
employed at the sborcham. keep the house,
and Or. McnoCal, George Mundy, foreman
for Magruder, and Daniel MacFariand, Of
the Losekan cafe, are her roomcrs.
BURGLARS HAD y REEFIELD.
Last night the men Of the household were
all out, and Mrs. MacF. Armitage, whose
little girl Is i'll the cast OF Jack the Giant
Killer. at the Grand Opera House this
week. took the children and their colored
nurse girl to see the play. They left the
house entirely deserted. after securely lock-
ing the doors and windows, about I:30
O'clock.
AT O'Clock Mr.. MuDdy returned, and,
without noticing anything unusual went
upstairs to his room 1t was in its usual
order. and he retired. The supposition
is that the burglars had not yet reached
his room, but were still at work and
frightened off when he entered the house.
shortly before IL O'Clock Mrs. :Arfni-
tage and the children returned from the
thcatcr. and as soon as she entered the
house she noticed the bookcase in the par
lor open. A small tn dispatch box belong
ing to the doctor was Ia yine on the floor.
the paddock wrenchtd off and the contents
scattered abroad. She ran into the room
back of the parlor, locking out on the yard,
a nd 81 " one of thcywiRi VS. mp and broken.
Her husband and cousin reached home in
few minutes and an investigation was
made. on the first floor, where DR.. Memo
CATS apartments Were a thorough search
had been made by the thieves. Silver
plated surgical Instruments, worth $50.
were gone. over 500 worth of clothing
was also stolen, and n pearl necklace Of
ancient pattern. valued at $50. had been
taken from the tin h0x.
MADE Al BIG HAUL.
In Mr. MacFarknd's room his trunk
had been broken open and the contents
scattered around fife floor. Three hundred
dollars in ten and twcnty-doliar bills. the
savings of months. were gone. Mrs. Ami
tase's trunk was unlocked and S35 taken
from her puckethpdk.'. Her Undertaking
and other articles of apparel in the trunk
were rolled up and strewn all over the
room. Mr.. ArmitageS trunk had also been
broken open and pair Of pants stolen
In the area just under the back window
that was found open DR.. Menocai's over
coat, with three of his silver-nlounte ted toll
ct brushes, was found where the thieves had
evidently dropped it.
Detectives Horne, weldon, Lacey and
HeIan Investigated the robbery this MORN
ing, and it is said they have one or two im-
portant clues.
pthcr roberies reported today We're as
follows: E. N. Warall of the Harvey House
reported stolen from the hall of the house
a gripsack containing undcrcloihing and
papers. l. s. Goldsmith of No. 512 Tenth
street northwest reported stolen cloth
ovcrcoat and pair of skates.