The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-01
A PARTY OF BANDITS NOW
"WORKING, LOCALLY.
BOLD WEST SIDE ROBBERY.
G. w. RODGERS RESIDENCE ON
ISABEL STREET ENTERED
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
THIEVES MADE A GOOD HAUL.
Securing over 500 Worth of Cloth
ing Watches, Jewelry and
other Family Possessions.

Another daylight burglary was add
ed to the recent long list of similar
depredations yesterday, when thieves
forced an entrance to the residence of
G. w. Rodgers, So West Isabel street,
and plundered the premises, securing
property valued at SLIT The burglary
took place between 8 and 5 o'clock in
the afternoon while the family was
absent, a fact which it is believed the
thieves assured themselves of by IA
milan ruSe.
Shortly after 2 O'Clock fairly we'll
dressed young man called at the house
and asked Mrs. Rodgers for money to
assist him in reaching his home in
Wisconsin. He had his left hand
bandaged, and represented that he had
lost two fingers in a threshing acct
dent in North Dakota. Mrs. Rodgers
did not like the looks of the fellow,
and refused his. request, which is now
thought to have been simply an ex-
cuse for learning who was at home.
The stranger DOUBTLESS watched Mrs.
Rodgers depart, and Immediately in
formed his confederates, as shortly aft
er she had gone neighbor saw two
men coming out of the barn Hidden
in the summer kitchen, the thieves
pried open a rear door, leaving the
regulation jimmy" and proceeded to
search the house, AS a precaution, the
front window shades were pulled down
when the thieves, could conduct their
operations without fear of detection.
On the first floor a bedroom was
turned topsy turvey and a bureau ran
G hn hi
gold watch valued at $45. In the hall
way Mr.. Rodgers overcoat, worth SIS,
was taken, while in the parlor the
thieves secured a pair of gold eye
glasses. Up stairs they took a pair
of trousers valued at $40, and Mrs.
Rodgers sealskinr cape, also razor
and an umbrella, leaving the rooms
in reckless confusion. The robbery
was discovered when Mrs. Rodgers re-
. turned. and the Ducas street police
authorities Immediately notified. A
search for suspicious persons was in
stituted, resulting in the arrest of
John Johnson and Fred Morrison, of
Minneapolis, who were found near the
residence, but could give no satisfac-
tory account of themselves. The po-
lice claim to have aScertained that
MORRISON sold a razor to a West side
barber late in the afternoon, which Is
said to have been identified by MIR.
Rodgers. The authorities are looking
for the third party believed to have
been the young fellow who called at
the house for aims.
So frequent are the daylight burg
laries becoming, and in view of the fact
that the thieves are invading his own
district, Chief Goss is personally work
ing on this case He visited Mr.. Rodg-
er's house last evening and made an
examination, after which he took a
turn at sweating. the. Dueass street
prisoners Chief Goss says that thieves
are choosing daytime for their depre
dation rather than night because they
find it SO much easier by, reason Of the
lack of care on the part of the resi-
dents. The plan of sending a confed-
crate on an ostensible begging eXpedi-
ton to ascertain the lay Of the land,
he~says, is a common practice, and Il
citizens would be on their guard, would
really prove a means of capturing
the thieves. It is against the law to
beg, the chief says, and he wishes I'd
advise all citizens to Immediately no.
tify the police by telephone or any 9TH
er speedy manner whenever calls are
received from beggars. In order to, Il
possible, catch some guilty one in tho
general drag net the chief says all
such persons will be arrested.