Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-15
Secures Money and Jewels Valued at
About $500.
LULABURKE TEE UHf0RTUEAfEIoSER
Detectives Confident They Will
Soon Make Arrest.
WOMAN'S STORY OF AFFAIR

A woman known as Lula Burke. who
lives at No. PA 18th str eet northwest. not
quite two squares south Of Pennsylvania
avenue. complained to the police about
noon today that she had been robbed of
money and jewelry to the extent of $3.50.
OF which amount 81. $40. was in cash. Sat.
urday afternoon She drew the money from
safe deposit company for the purpose Of
taking up note this morning. The money
she had wrapped in paper bag, and had
put it in her wardrobe for safe, keeping
until this morning. In the wardrobe be-
side the money she, put her jewel bag. in
which she had, -four rings and a pair of
diamond cuff buttons. These rings were
worth $3.50. The woman believes that the
theft was committed by some man who
secreted himself in the house late last
night. She also thinks that the thief
climbed out of the window of the bath room
when he had secured the valuables. Young
women in the house thought they detected
the odor of chloroform, and they are Of
the opinion that the drug was used by the
burglar.
1t was about 800 o'clock in the morning
when the woman went to her room and
retired. She felt beneath her pillow and
FOUND her pocket book and a revolver
there. Her keys were there Also. among
them being the one which fitted the ward
robe.
Found Shutters Open.
This morning, when Miss Burke was
awakened. she went to the bath room and
found the window shutters open. This she
believed was the result Of carelessness on
the part of one Of the women, and made a
remark about it. She returned to bed for
another nap. She complained of being UNI
usually sleepy, and when she was told of
the cnlorofcrm odor she suspected the drug
had hccr 81
later the woman again got out of bed, when
she noticed the chamois jewel bag on the
floor near the door,
For an instant. she said, she thought her
heart had ceased to beat.
I've been robbed" she screamed, and,
hurrying from the bed, she picked up tie
jewel bag. only to find it empty. The ward
robe door was open, although she knew
she had locked 1t before she retired and an
examination revealed that her money was
gone.
Police Notified.
Complaint was made to the first precinct,
and Policeman Schuyler was sent to the
house to make an investigation. Later De-
tectives Weldon and Helan made a careful
examination of the premises. They also
learned from the women in the house the
names and personal characteristics of some
of the men who nave frequented the house
during recent days. Since the opening of
the race season at BenHiri:y,- said the Burke
woman, many suspicious-looking men have
visited her house, and some Of them she
knew were here in connection with the
races.
The woman has a pair of diamond ear
rings said to- be worth about $1,000 and
/ she thinks the robber was after them.
Last night she had these earrings in her
ears, SO that it was almost impossible for
them to have been stolen. 1t is said one
of the women had been asked by male
visitor to tell him where Miss Burke kept
her jewelry.
The man who asked the question was a
stranger to her. and the woman grew sus-
picious. 90
Opinion of the Police.
Just when the robbery was committed is
not known, but it is believed by the officers
that it was done while the proprietress was
on the upper floor between $50 and $3.50
clock talking with her companions.
Detectives Weldon and Helan are conf
dent that they will eventually capture the
robber. They are satisfied that he did not
enter through the bath room window, al
though he may possibly have made his exit
through this opening. This afternoon they
are endeayorng to find some of the Sis