The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-13
OLNEYVILLE.
Three Successful Breaks in John
sl0n Last Night.
Location Of Letter BOXes-Carriers'
Rlut s--General Not S.

they pleased. They began with the grocery
at the corner of Plainheld and Webster
streets. owned by James McCaifrey. They
gained an entrance here bY breaking In a
roar window. They ransacked the shop.
broke open the money drawer, but so far
as known did not carry off "a heavy load
OF booty. All the proprietor could find
missing was about $40 worth OF cigars
and some change.
The next place visited was NJ. I.
Braney's saloon at the corner Of Plainileld
and Latham streets. Mr.. Braney has the
window on the Plainleld street side Of
his shop arranged so that one light OF
glass may be opened for the purpose OF
ventilation and IL Is supposed that it was
through this small opening the marauders
gained access TO the shop. On the end OF
the bar close to the window could be seen
the marks of some ones shoes, and there
were other things 60 indicate that the
thief or thieves got into the place through
the window. The casn drawer containing
about 50 in change was carried of. Tho
drawer WAS found near Browns barn on
Latham street this morning and returned
to its owner.
An old safe in the rear room which Mr..
Braney used to keep bills in and which
was open, was ransacked and consider
able damage done TO its interior by the
raiders, who apparently believed that 10
contained hidden treasure in some one Of
the compartments. But they had their
labor for their pains
Hughes & Atkins, bicycle dealers at %
Plainiield street. were the next vicuims.
The police found everything all right here
| at o'clock but less than two hours later
a rear window was found broken. Marks
of chisel were found on "a rear door and
inside the shop the cash drawer was
found lying on the floor in shattered
hA holt
nothing was carried of. There was no
money in the drawer and no attempt was
made To open the safe.
It is believed the thieves wsre fright
ened away from here before they bad timo
| 10 complete their work AT an early
hour Mrs. Jones, who lives over her little
store in the building adjoining the
bicycle shop arose 10 turn out light,
and in doing so ii Is supposed she made
some noise that was heard by the thieves.
A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.
An ambitious young officer of the
Sixth station had his attention attracted
byftwo rough looking fellows at an early
! hour Yesterday morning, who loitered
about the corner of Perry and Westmin-
I ster streets. They acted as If they con-
| templated a raid on one of the stores in
| that viclnity and were simply waiting till
the coast was clear At least that was
the officers Interpretation of their
strange movements and the sleuth de-
| cided to scoop the pair. and he quietly
stole along the dark side of the street to
OIneyville square, where he found an
other officer. The two officers found she
"suspiciousn characters still sitting on q
door step and promptly placed them under
arrest and marched them 10 the call box.
IRE prisoners made no attempt To escape.
but simply protested their innocence.
The officers struck mp a conversation
with them wbileDwaitiDg for the hurry-up
wagon and before the wagon arrived they
discovered that instead Of two bold bad
robbers they had arrested "A couple of poor
laborers who are employed on the night
force of the street cleaning department
They had Just finished their nights work
and were waiting for saloon 10 he
opened TO get a glass OF beer before they
went home. The officers made the men
promise 20 keep quiet on the subject and
then let them go. The wagon returned to
the station without a prisoner.
CARRIERS ROUTES.
The following statement issued by
Postmaster Harris will be found interest
ing TO all those residing in the section OF
town in which free delivery is about TO be
established.
Letter boxes for the collection of mail
will he located on Olneyvillc square. on
GlilnHelu eITtbI, tb " lil1OI, MliiH, DaTTOWS >
and Brown streets, AND at odd Fellows
square; on Dyer avenue at webster and
Laurel Hill avenues. Brown street and
Union avenue; on Hartford avenue near
tho railroad crossing, and at Alverson
avenue; on Waterman street at the corner
OF Webster avenue and on Lahan street
at the corner of Laurel Hill avenue.
The carriers will deliver letters on
Olneyville square, on Plainfleld street
as far as No. iSI, which is around the
bend" near tho former terminus OF tho
car route; on Dyer avenue to the Cranston
line, on Hartford avenue 10 Hilarity street.
on Alverson and Laurel Hill avenues
Pioneer. Merino. Cleveland, Cambridge.
Queen, North, Laban, Waterman. Mills.
Bowen, EDDY, Oliver, Welcome, Garden,
Vine. Rose. Rye, Princeton, Harrison,
Lawrence. Barrows, Horton and Salisbury
streets, Webster and Smith avenues on
North Lake street 10 Jackson street. on
Pettis avenue from Plaintsld street To
Killingly road, kilingly road from Smith
avenue to Plainiield street, on jackson,
Harlan, Brown, West Park and Provi-
dence streets, Lawn avenue ana Union
avenue from Dyer avenue To Laurel Hill
avenue on Concord. Johnston and Lex
ington streets, on Whitehall street rs far
as Concord, on Trenton, School, North
Allen, Lewis Latham, Howard, Smith,
Alfred, Winsor. Williams OAK, Dike ana
Stokes streets, Latham court and Winsor
lane, a short distance on Randall,
Andrews, Sprague and simmons streets
of Dyer avenue, in the silver Lake dis
trict, and short distance on Bowlet,
Chatlet and Melrose streets off Hartford
avenue in the Merno district The limita-
lions To short distances on the last seven
streets named In the Silver Lake and
Morino districts are due To tho fact that
those streets arc not properly provided
with sidewalks and the numbering OF
houses does not prevail in those places.
An infant son of Patrick konney of
Oak street died this morning.
Some boys were about 20 raid one OF
Banspuch Bros. baker wagon on the
square yesterday when Officer Dyer came
along and chased them.
The Broadway Baptist Sunday school
went TO Point Pleasant 10 day.
Arthur Westcott, n small boy, fell from
tree on Fairmont avenue yesterday and
fractured his left arm.
Judge w. A. Phillips has returned from
Minneapolis.
A small blaze occurred at Flint's box
shop st 80 yesterday afternoon.
A young man was caught in tho act OF
stealing n bottle of soda from j. Ia. and