The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
THE MISSION BURGLARS,
A Residence on Twentieth Street
Broken Into and Robbed
of Valuables.
elimination of a Series of House.
Breakings - Jewelry and Plate
Stolen in the Night.

There was another burglary in the
Mission Saturday evening. Jewelry anC
plate to the extent of over 5000 were stoler
by breaking into a residence. The cas-:
was at once reported to the police, but al
far as could be ascertained yesterday the
only progress made by the department il
the matter has been to keep the news O.
the robbery from the public ear
Mr.. and Mrs. Heines of 1013 Twentieth
street went to the theater Saturday even
ing, leaving no one in the house, but lock
ing it securely before they left. After the
theater they stopped on their way home
and did OF return until after o'clock II
the morning. TO all outward appearances
the house was in the same order as when
its occupants left it. But when Mr.. and
Mrs. Heines entered the dining-room on
the first floor there was strange scene o.
disorder before them.
Everything had been ransacked and
turned topsy turyy. The drawers of the
sideboa rd were on the floor and their con.
tents scattered about the room. A hurried
exam ination showed that all the silver
ware was missing.
In the parlor there was less disorder, but
many of the costly trinkets and brio a. brac
were gone. In the bedrooms the greatest
disorder prevailed. All the drawers had
been ransacked, the lewel-cases were
empty, two gold watches had been taken.
some diamond and ieweIed rings and other
articles of jewelry.
When summary had been taken of
what was missing the aggregate amounted
to ever $500. Nothing OF value that was
readily portable had been overlooked bv
the miscreants. Evidently they had taken
their time and performed their thieying to
the best advantage to themselves.
An examination of the premises was
then made TO find how the burglars had
secured an entrance. Two back doors had
been rather adroitly broken open. an
attended with but little noise. This gave
the burglars access TO the outer and inner
kitchen, the door leading from the kitchen
proper into the dining-room being locked
and the key turned on the dining-room
side.
To obviate this difficulty and gain ac
cess to the rest of the house, the burglars
had carefully cut out the glass in the tran
som over the door, then climb bed over
and unlocked the door. After this it was
an easy task to ransack the house. From
all the evidences there were two or more
burglars in the house at work, while a
third watched on the outside. 1t is
thought, too, from the thoroughness in
which the thieves did their work, that
they must have known the whereabouts
of its occupants and when they would re-
turn home. They began their work early
in the evening, any time between and 10
o'clock, and did not leave the premises
until they had satisfied themselves there
was no more plunder that could be safely
carried off
OF course, Mr.. Heines notified the police
at once and described most of the missing
property, but so far the guilty ones are
still at large = unless, perchance, the
police have them secreted in the City
Prison somewhere, and are waiting for
further evidence against them.
OF late several houses in the Mission
have been entered by burglars. but no.
where has there been so much plunder
captured as the burglars took from 1918
Twentieth street.