The San Francisco call., 1897-09-28
, He Visited Three Rooms
on Montgomery Ave
nue. Yesterday.
Doors Forced Open by Main
Strength and Trunks
Broken Into.
The Daring Thief Carries Away
Plunder Without Any Fear
of Apprehension.

a daring burglar with more than ordi-
nary nerve and with an apparent disre-
gard OF being caught by the police made
his presence felt on Montgomery avenue
yesterday afternoon. The brazen thief
first entered the room of Mrs. Alice Trip
PIE at l6 MONTGOMERY avenue shortly
after IL o'clock and with what seemed to
be main force broke the doo- oren. Once
inside be lost no time in proceeding to
rife drawers and trunks. In this it is evil
dent he was surprised by the arrival OF
Mrs. Triple. who had returned from a
shopping tour, as only two trunks had
been broken open and few bureau
drawers pulled out and their contents
strewn on the floor. In the interval, how
ever, sufficient time had been gwen him
to collect some jewelry. and a small sum
OF money which he found in one OF the
trunks. a small clock 0; an antique de-
81 gn caught his fancy, ann this be carried
away with the other property. Mrs.
Trippe IS the only tenant in the house
and there was no person in the house 10
distul b me thief in his en- njoyment OF hav-
ing access TO the rooms Were he had Tea-
son 10 believe he would not be distur bed
until he cleaned out everything OF value.
Alter taking a survey OF the situation of
the room the lady hurried off to the Cali
fornia-strect Police S aUon and reported
TIE robbery to the officer in charge
4 out two hours after, while the son of
William House, who keeps store at IA
on the same avenue, was standing at the
door OF his tathel 5 store he saw a man
come down the stairs of the entry leading
10 No. 8, with a lot of picture frames
on his slou der. The appearance OF the
man together with the unusual circum-
stances of his having so many frames at
that hour OF the day aroused his sus-
picion and he instsntly ran up stairs to a
studio that be knew was on the top floor
OF the building and in passing through
the hall where his father and imself
have a room he discovered that the door
OF me room was open. A hasty glance
convinced MIN tha5 the place lad been
visited bv some person other than his
father. Retracing MS steps he gave the
alarm and a he same time started in
search Of the man whom he saw with the
frames, but failed TO catch him.
On ms return he made a more careful
examination of his room and found that
the two trunks in the room had been
forced open and everything Of value
therein taken out, together with two new
suits of clothes that had been hanging on
the wall. In one of the trunks there was
a commatation ticket to Palo Alto, upon
which the Two Houses travelled to their
home al that place. whore the family re-
sides. An examination OF he door leaG-
ing into the studio on the floor above
shove that the burglar had been
there also, as the door had been forced
open in the same manner as was the
others. How much property has been
taken from this place Is not known, as
the owner was absent, ard the parties W ho
had made the discovery did not make an
investigation.
From the description given by young
House OF the wholesale burglar it is be-
heved that ne is a tramp who has been
seen hanging about the avenue fer
some time. the detective branch OF the
Police Department has the case in hand.