Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-23
BURGLARS ABROAD.
Several Houses Entered and One Good Prize secured-A Burg-ar Caught In
 Residenee-A Letter.

Burglars have again broken forth in the
 city, and many reports of do.ngs of the
 nimble-fngered and footed gentry have been reported to police headquarters. So far o1ly one has bsen captured. but
 a strong lookout is being made anl m re
 arrests ar anticipated.
 Yesterday morning MT. W. L. Gully, the Fifth avenue grocer, reported to po- lice headquarters that on Monday n,gnt some one entered his residence, GIT TWenty-seCoLd strest, and reIlsNed ms pockets of $1GS a-d other change. the i amount of which he could n-i, certify t9. The burglar effected an entrance through a window Of the Ching room. He tn n welt to MT. Cully's besrsom and ie- moved his pantaloons from the bedpost, where they had been hung. Having se- cured the pantaloons the burglar re tlrsd sand went into the rear yard of MT. Ro- gans ard then proceeded to go throueh h | the pockets. The SOS had been ccl.SctJd q the evening before by Mir Gully, after fsbanking hours, and not caring to leave fit in the store, placed il in his rocket, thinking this the safest place Of I DO it.. In this, however, he was m's.aken. The pantaloons were missed vest rday morning, and a search being institu-s d 1 it was learned that Mir. Rogan's cook had found them where the burglar had left them. A knife, 5-cent pieca and bunch of keys had rot been taken The pel ce l are Investigating.
 F Perhaps the boldest attempt at bur glary ever reported in this city was the ! one reported by MT. A. B. Loveman. of l Eighth avenue. Willie Cook. a young negro. had been for some time employed t@by Mir. Loveman. but a few days ago was dischargsd. While the family we e at supper Monday night Cook effected entrance into the house by climbing a column and goirg through window of 1 the upper floor of the building. He was | lr5nsacking bureau drawers when dis covered and got out on the roof. Offic r Nix was summoned ard on arriving found | that the negro could not be r0'ched ex- fcept by a ladder The officer returned to headauarters fer one and left guard to l see that the negro did not escape. After lsthe officer left tho negro came from the
 roof and secreted himself in a c1os5t lock- ing himself in
 Is The officer returned and importuned the nsgro to open the door, but h. re- fused, and finally it became necessary to break in the door, when the burglar
 was secured and taken to the city prison. Yesterday morning he was bound over in the sum of $200 to await the action of Isthe grand jury
 b.. The State Herald is in receipt of the Following letter which is respectfully re- | ferred to the police officials, tha nama of the person being withheld to be furnished them:
 tsgo the State Herald:
 s%s l am home i'll or would come down to f the office ito ask if you will ask the p7- lice if they cannot do something about the burglars in our neighborhood (FiFth avenue and Nineteenth street. They have been in our house three times late aly, snextsdoor across the street and. in isfacty aH around us I think someth pg 1 should be dc~e. It is reported. but that is sll the good it does. I think if you would say something in the paper it would do some good. Yours -.