The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-02

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A NEWS reporter, accompanied by OIL
Ger Nickerson, the recently appointed de-
tective, went TO Mr.. Anthony's home to-
day and there learned the details OF the
robbery. An itemized list OF tho solid
ware taken was furnished as follows by
Mrs. Anthony:
Nine dinner forks, strawberry pattern,
marked "a. q. ID. to f.. and b"
One-half dozen tea forks, marked "A,"
Louis XIV pattern.
Seven butter knives, marked "A,"
Two berry spoons. marked "a" straw
berry pattern.
One soup ladle.
One cheese knife.
One gravy ladle.
One butter knife.
One sardine fork.
One jelly spoon.
One butter pick.
One coffee spoon, marked "A," cottage
pattern.
One dozen soup spoons, marked a."
straw berry pattern.
One dozen tea spoons, marked ga"
cottage pattern.
One-haif dozen table spoons, marked
"a, cottage pattern.
One-half dozen plated knives.
The burglars tore out the center Of q
S76 japanese table cover in which to
wrap the swag and left the two ends of
the CCbtly on tnc UOOr. DcttCtJNe
Parker has one OF these fragments OF the
table cover and also samples of some OF
the silver that was taken to serve as pos
sfbte ctuGs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony say that the
bulk of the property stolen was given to
them as wedding presents twenty years
ago, when the price OF silver was very
high. Their own estimate OF the loss does
not exceed $780,, The crime therefore is
an important one because of the daring
nature of the break moro than because OF
the cash value of the booty.
The burglars knew their business and
care ully avoided every alarm-guarded
door and out OF a dozen or more windows
they picked out the only one which was
not provided with double lock. This was
the center in the sidebow window, in
the full glare OF an electric light on
Broad street and almost within a mans
length of one of the sleeping rooms of
The next house which is occupied by DIR.
Paul 5. RedtieId.
1t required six attempts to raise this
window, according to the number of i'm
pressions left on the sash by the jimmy.
After the burglars got in they took
plenty OF time and DIDN'T neglect to
sample Mr.. Anthony's cigars. A smooth
OF candle grease on the mahogany and
cigar ashes on the carpet was the evidence
OF the burglars sense of hospitality re-
gardless of the hour apd the circum-
stances. They also knew enough TO let
well enough alone, for although thou
sands of dollars worth were in the ad
joining rooms, the intruders did not set
the tell-iale gong off by opening any of
them. Perhaps they started to, for Mr..
Anthony was awakene1 by a sharp click.
He thought il was the "warning" given
by the hall clio k four minutes before each
striking. AS the chime didn't sound
within the four minutes, Mr.. Anthony
touched the button that lights the gas.
lie saw that It was 10 minutes past three,
and oil was apparently well, so lac went
to sleep again. He feels confident now
tat the "click" was caused by pushing
the center catch on a door knob, and that
then the burglar thought better OF It and
didn't move the door. Ii was 10 minutes
after this that Mrs. johnson saw man
pass between the two houses with his
shoes in his hands.
MIR. Anthony accounts for the burglary,
in part at least, by that absurd police
rule. vnich compel+ a patrolman to
"puIl his box" at stated intervals. The
officer on the beat, said the victim of the
robbery, is all right, but he has 20 pull
bcx 30 minutes past every hour at the
corner OF Broad and Public streets, two
blocks above. /. was tetween half-past
two and half past three, that the burglars
made thelrentrapce and their escape and
they knew where the "bobby" was all the
time.