The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-05
FIVE MORE HAULS.
Burglars Have Busy Time Of II Sun.
day Night, but Do Not Greatly
Enrich Themselves.

Sunday night, or yesterday morning.
Millar & Peck's china store, at 134
Wyoming avenue. and the offices of
John A. Duckworth, architect, and III.
w. Livingstone, agent for the Colliery
Engineer Home Study publications in
the Coal Exchange and u. p. Oster-
hout's general store and Howard Grif-
fms drug store, North Scranton, were
the places entered.
Millar & Pecks place was entered
through a trapdoor in the hallway, by
which the janitor is accustomed to go
into the cellar to fix his fires. From
the cellar there is a stairway leading
to a door, which opens into the store.
The casing about the lock socket was
cut away with q chisel and the door
readily opened.
The cash drawer was taken behind
screen which partitions the office
from the store and opened by working
the comb ination. 1t contained $975,
and all of this was taken with the
exception of quarter, which was
dropped upon the floor. 1t is probable
that the burglars were frightened
away as none of the silverware or
| china was disturbed as far as is known,
| and a package of stamps which had
| been taken from an office drawer were
| left behind on a chair.
The Coal Exchange burglaries were
| unquestionably committed by the same
| gang that entered the jewelry store.
| How they got into the Coal Exchange
| is not known. but that they were there
| both Mr.. Duckworth and Mr.. Living
stone will testify.
Mr.. Duckworths office was entered
through a window which opens on the
| corridor. In the recent Coal Exchange
| fire Mr.. Duckworth lost nearly all his
drawing tools. and he was compelled
| to purchase a new set. These tools
| were gathered up from the tables by
the burglars. placed in their appro-
| pirate cases and taken away. Thirty
or forty dozen lead pencils and $S,
which was contained in MIR. Duck
worth's boys savings bank, were also
seized upon. The private office was
then entered and ransacked.
The private office of II. w. Living
stone, which connects with Mr.. Duck
worth's private office, was entered
through the unlocked connecting door.
The roll top desk was pried open with
a jimmy and the papers scattered
about but no valuables were found in
|
and a box of underwear belonging to
John w. Clarke. travelling agent for
the Home Study publications, was all
that was taken from this office.
The thieves then evidently returned
to the architects office, helped them
selves to some of Mr.. Duckworths $
good tobacco, enjoyed smoke
| knocked their pipes out on the floor
and gathering up a new hat, overcoat
and pair of patent leather shoes, to-
gether with the booty aforementioned
took their departure.
All they left behind was a Della.
ware, Lackawanna and Western ferry
ticket from Hoboken to New York, and
a box which had contained Lancer
matches.
| Two business houses in North Scran.
ton We're entered by burglars Sunday
night, and the cash registers rified OF
their contents. The grocery store OF
n. p. Osterhout was visited. An en-
trance being effected by breaking 6
pane of glass in the rear of the store
The burglars molested nothing saw,
the cash register, which was robbed O.
50.
The next place visited was Howard
Griffin's drug store. on North Mair
avenue. AT this place but small com
pensation was obtained for the trou
BILE incurred, the amount taken bein.
$150. The visitors gained entrance t,
the latter place in exactly the SAM
manner as Osterhout's.
The work was probably done by am
ateurs.