The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-22
RANSACKED THE HOUSE,
Burglars Tear w. II. Gassaway's
Home Wide Open.

Burglars tore things wide open in broad
daylight at the residence of w. T. Gassaway,
l46 College avenue yesterday afternoon and
succeeded in getting AVA with booty valued
at $3.50. The robbery was bod, in the ex-
IRENE, the thieves evidently having little con-
Germ over possible discovery, as they simply
Wrenched the shutters from the front win
dows, which are within three feet of the street,
and ransacked every room and receptacle in
the house, undoubtedly being engaged in their
work nearly an hour.
The thieves selected a time for their dep
relations when the Gassaway family was
away from home. Mr.. Gassaway is a barber
at the state capitol, and while he was at his
place of employment and his wife down town
the robbers accomplished their work. The
burglary took place between 4 and 6 O'Clock.
Mrs. GaSSaWay had left the house a few min
utes before this time, and it is thought the
thieves We're watching an opportunity and
erected an entrance soon a~fterward. Placing
a jimmy" between the fastenings of the shut
tiers, a strong twist wrenched both open and
tore one clear of its hinges. The window was
then forced open, when the burglars had free
access to the place. Opening the back door in
order to have ready exit in case of a sudden
interruption, the thieves went Systematically
to work in search of valuables. In the rear
bedroom both the washstand and bureau
drawers were emptied of their contents and
piled upon the floor, while the bed was like
WISE turned topsy turvey, mattress covers
ana Pillows having been scattered promiscu-
ously about. In the adjoining dining room
rne thIeves removed every drawer in a bu-
reau, throwing table linen and toilet arti-
cies recklessly about the apartment. In
this room the thieves secured a silver watch
and chain, a pair of gold bracelets, a silver
bracelet, a gold ornamented Elk emblem. a
gold stick pin, two Oriental sapphires. valued
at SSO, two gold rings and a gold necklace with
Masonic pendant and IS in money. In a third
room, left in as much disorder as the other
Two, the thieves secured an unopened bundle
OF new table linen vauled at SO, and from a
book case in the hall, which was broken omen.
look a revolver and a book on Masonry. a
complete Masonic regalia belonging to Mr..
Gassaway was strewn through the hail. as
though the burglars, possessed of a spirit of
CeV1ltry, were endeavoring to work Is much
disorder as possible. In their search of the
bureau in the dining room the burglars over
looked a valuable silver table set, which was
wrapped up in chamois skin, but found two
gold breast pins in a Jewel case on a manteI,
which were added to their haul. Going into
the parlor, the burglars threw the furniture
ABOUT the room, strewed photographs over the
moor, and in their recklessness drew one of
the shutters into the room and stamped it
to splinters. Completing the devastation of
the house, the intruders gathered I'D their
Spolls and left by the rear door.
The robbery was not discovered until Gassa-
way came home at 6 o'clock. Finding his
home rifed of its valuables, he hurried to the
central police station with a report of the
robbery, and Detective Wells was detailed on
the case, but up to a late hour no arrests had
been made.