The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-18
LunChman ScOttLOSeS Re-
CeiptS Of a Wagon.
Liquor Stores in North End
Visited and Robbed.
Footprints of the Thieves Plainly
Visible in the Sand.

A burglary and at least four cases o.
breaking and entering were registered g |
the headquarters OF the detective depart
ment this morning, which have given de-
tect i've Parker and his corps all they
care to attend to and no small amount %
uneasiness. The burglary, which was o Y
well planned and bold one, was In tho
residence OF Walter Scott, the weli-KnoWn
caterer, on Reservoir avenue, and was
committed shortly after 4 o'clock this
of the land. 1t is we'll known that MI. "A
Scott has number of night lunch 4
wagons, and 1t Is the custom OF the \
drivers OF the wagons to arrive home be-
tween. the hours OF and o'clock in the
morning. After getting into the yard
drawer, carries ii into the kitchen, <
which is in the basement of the house,
ana leaves it there until he cares for his
horse, and puts the wagons under cover
Fred Bowen, who has charge of the hand
some wagon which stands in front of TIM
News office nights, did this same thing
this morning, ana after bis work was
done in the stable he returned to the
kitchen aud found that S23 the receipts
OF the night, which he had placed on q
chair, were gone. He at once notified
Mr.. Scott, who upon examination found
that window had been forced open, and
that the thief had taken the money and
made his escape, all OF which must have
been done in less than 10 minutes, Mr..
Scott notified Captain Cory, who In turn
called upon Detective Parker. The latter
assigned Detective Cannon to the case.
MIR. Cannon went out TO Mr.. Scott's rest. Z
dence early In the morning, but was un-
able to get the slightest trace OF the thief.
1t is probable, however, that whoever
committed the burglary was on tue
ground when young Bowden drove In,
and as soon as he went into the earn net
to work. Mr.. Cannon thinks it Is the
work. work Of $50 some ne tramp, who called st the
SO ago and asked for something to eat.
At that time one of the men was seen
counting money, and the tramp took II
for granted that the same thing was done
every morning. In the future, Mr.. Ecott
will see that money Is not displayed u
such tempting manner.
All of the cases OF breaking and entoy-
ing are confined to Captain Matthew'S
district at the North End, and the tracks
left by the men show that there we're
three OF them, and that they are accounts
able for all OF the breaks made last eveu~
ing. X:
1t is quite evident that the men went
into the district from the west side Of
the city, as the places entered wsre found
somewhat earlier In and about Orn16
street and Smith street than they were
on West Park street, and from West Park
street the tracks of the men can, or could
this morning, be seen in the sand and soft
dirt. as they made their way to the REX
of Brown Il Sharpes macnine shop on
Promenade street, where all traces OF them
came to an end. It WAS cleur that the
liquor saloon OF Patrick j. Stanford,
TAO Valley street, was the first place that
attracted the attention OF the trio Hero
ho xxa mr. Nj n n
jimmy or heavy screw driver. They broke
open the money drawer and took about
~, lot Of quor and q few toxes Of
cigars. u
The next place visited wss that OF Pat
rick McKenna, 351 Orms street. This
place was opened in the same manner, but
s5 in money was all that was taken here.
MIR. Edward Welch, who lives at4 Eaten
street, was returning from bah and saw
n man standing on the corner OF Ormn
and Esten streets, directly in front OF Mr..
McKenna's saloon, and at tire same time
he saw the forms of two men in the
saloon. Mr.. Xelch ran To the home of-
Mr.. McKenna who lives next to him, and
told him what he had seen. The two
mon went to the saloon, found the door
closed, but unlocked. rhe three men
had disappeared. This happened at 2:10
this morning. Mr.. weicn got coed des-
cription of tho man on the corner, which
other than the fact Of the footprints In
the sand showed that one OF the meu
had on n right shoe that was very much
run over at the heel.
Hall a. Lyons dug store, Mt Tho corner
OF Smith and jefferson streets, next claim
cd attention, but this fact was net known
until z o. clock this morning. When
George Monahan, one OF the clerks, maze
an effort TO unlock the front door ho
found that the lock would not yield ss
readily as usual, and on examining the
door he found that there were three i'm
pressions madc by jimmy or some
other instrument TO force tho door, while
the iowc- portion OF the cap mouldings
covering the joint OF the doutIe doors
was pulled of. Ii looked as Ct ough the
men were frightened away from the store,
as they did not succeed in effecting IN
entrances. The next and last place, 30
far as known, was that OF John X. Mee-
han, at rs West Park street. Here the men
pulled heavy wire screen from tho
front window and forced out rune OF
glass, and helped themselevs TO five bot
ties OF Monogram whiskey which were in
the window for display. This bresk
was discovered about 3 o'clock by officer
Backman, who notified Mr.. Me, han-
Detectives Parker and hierrill made
tour OF tbe North End this morning
and visited all OF the stores which had
been entered, and gathered what little
information they could.
Detective Parker would also like to find >
the chap who stole a valuable diamond
shirt stud from Joseph Heller az 80
Smith street. Mr.. HulIes is the prorrle-
tor of bakeshop at tho numpcr givcns
and W hen nc comes In In the -norDin< I've
hangs his cost al the end VI an upright
showcase. In his inside cat poe &C he
places his four I'm hano tis and stud. this
latter being SERVED through ot lts<e
three thickEesscs OF the tic. When 1ff.
HuIler went to supper Wednesday even
ing he found that the tie snd stud pa4
been stolen. Charley Grey and William
Collins are suspected OF being The guilty
persons, and were taken into ctetody.
Collins was allowed to depart las! evening
and Grey got his freedom this u1ornipG.
morning. Mr. Huller highly priyes the
gem as Il was given him by his fakh91l0e