The San Francisco call., 1897-11-02
A Flat at 4l6 McAllister Street
Looted While the 0ccu-
pants Were Out.
THE AFFAIR WAS SKILLFULLY PLANNED
The Officers Have Not Yet Discovered
the Whereabouts of the Thieves
or Their Plunder.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Max al 416
McAllister street was entered by burglars
recently and jewelry and other valuables
were stolen.
Addie Meyer, servant in the employ of
the Max household, is missing, and there
is but little doubt that she is the thief
who planned the robbery, for all the cir
cumstances connected with the case indi-
cate that she had one or more accom-
plices.
The police have been working on the
case since the robbery, but they have
failed to recover any of the stolen prop
erty or to locate the thieves. All that
they know is that Addie Meyer is an old
offender, as her photograph occupies
place in the rogues' gallery. AS to her
Whereabouts they are completely in the
dark and are keeping the matter as quiet
as possible.
The robbery occurred on Sun dav
evening when Mr.. Max and wife were away
from home. When they returned at about
IL O clock, they found all tine doors .un-
locked although they had locked them
W hen they left. The house was brightly
Illuminated, every gas it in the house
blazing away at Mr.. Max's expense. The
rooms were in great disorder. as the
bureaus and clothes. closets had been ram
sacked and the contents scattered about
the rooms.
The back window of the kitchen opens
out on porch which is al the top 81 the
stairs which lead down to Locust avenue,
a small street which runs back of the
houses. This window was raised. and it
is presumed that the burglars effected an
entrance by c!im bing the stairs and
getting in the window.
A hurried examination revealed the fact
that the bag in which Mrs. Max kept her
jewels since her mothers death. which
occurred on October TO- was missing.
There were many valuable things in the
house besides the jewelry, but none were
taken, as the robbers had evidently been
frightened by the entrance into the house
of the occupants of the fiat above the one
occup ed by the Makes. Those people
heard some one stirring about In Mr..
Max s rooms, but seeing the house iltnmi-
mated naturally supposed that their
neig b bors were entertaining some friends.
| 1t is presumed that the robbers left then
Addie Meyer left in the afternoon about
4 o clock. She told her employer that she
was going 10 see her mother in Oakland,
She had made weekly trips 10 Oakland
before, but it is now known that there is
no Mrs. Meyer at the address given by
her.
on the day after the burglary and he de-
tailed Detective Reynolds to inquire in to
the case. The officer took a walk with the
girl and came 10 the con clusion that she
did not have anythin to do with the bur-
glary. The next night Addie Meyer left
the house when every body was abed. but
before she went she took a pair of shoes
belonging to Mr.. Max, and four pairs of
socks, :hree kitchen aprons and two shirt
waists belonging to Mrs. Mux. She has
not been seen since. although the detec-
tives have been anxiously striving to locate
her.
1t is believed now that the burglary
was deliberately planned by the girl
The house could not have been better sit
uated for the success of the burglars, for
all of the flats extend from McAllister
to Locust avenue. Stairs lead from the
avenue to each fiat, and the Kitchen WIN
dows open out upon the porches at the
head of the stairs. Two days before the
house was burglarzed, Ad lie Meyer
broke a pane of glass in the kitchen win
any one standing on the porch to put a
hand through and undo the fastening
which secured the window. The inside
blinds were fastened with hook, and this
the girl broke also.
Mrs. Max noticed the broken. glass and
hook and spoke to the servant about it
and was told that ihev we're broken acci-
dentally wnIle Addie was washing the
window.
Mrs Max is certain that diamond ring
which she missed some time before was
stolen by the girl. On the 10th OF October