Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-29
EAST SIDE HOMES ROBBED.
BURGLAR FRIGHTENED AWAY FROM
Ii. H.. hollands RESIDENCE.
Miss Catherine holland Dreamed That
Were I'm the House and
Her Screams Scared the
Marauder Away.

A burglar entered two houses and at
tempted to enter a third on the East side
early Sunday morning, but only secured a
800 gold watch. 50 in money and a big
meal for his troubles. He broke into the
home of ex-County Clerk H. H.. holland,
80 Garfield avenue. by prying up a kitchen
window with a Jimmy" He went through
the house and was piling up the silverware
on the dining room table when he heard a
woman scream:
There's burglars in the house! / see
them"
The burglar. who had opened the kitchen
door from the inside in order to facilitate
ms escape in case of discovery, ran from
NE mouse, not taking time to secure any
OF the silverware or shut the door. The
TACT that a burglar had been in the house
was not discovered until Sunday morning
@hen the servant found the kitchen door
open and the china closet and drawers in
q topsy-turvy condition, and the silverware
Piled about on the table. The burglar had
been frightened away by a young woman
who was dreaming of burglars. The young
woman was Miss Catherine holland. who
nag aroused her father at about 2 o'clock,
Whlie the rain was pouring down, by talk
sng in her sleep. About two hours later
ne was again awakened by her talking in
Miss holland explained that she had had
q horrible dream, in which she imagined
mere were burglars in her room. She re-
but did not wake up.
An examination Of the house Sunday
morning revealed that the burglar had left
after the rain had ceased falling Sunday
morning: The man had enormous feet, as
me prints OF his shoes in the soft dirt back
eho ms MOUSE showed. He hust have worn
Affer being scared away from Mr.. No.
sanas residence the burglar went to the
nome 0f (ranFfya Hon 400 Nj. ~
could be tracked through the soft earth
ana ms footprints were on the fence diyid-
llg the grounds about the two houses. He
.rled all the windows on the ground floor,
but could raise none of them. Then he took
on his shoes and climbed I'D to the roof of
me back porch and entered the house
mouse heard him, but his presence was dis
covered Sunday morning when Mr.. Hall be-
gan to search for his trousers, which he
burglar had taken Mr.. Halls slOO gold
watch from his vest pocket and So from his
trousers. 1t is supposed that they had been
also, as he left one of the awe in which
the siiverware is kept only partially opened
and the silverware was untouched. After
leaving the house he walked down the
reminder OF his visit. Mr.. Halls watch con-
tains his name engraved on the case.
Att imposed that the burglar then went
grownel avenue. a half block west of Mr..
Halls residence. There he found he could
not raise the windows and to satisfy his
greed, broke into the ice chest on the back
porch and helped himself to all the roasts
and meats prepared for the Sunday dinner.
The burglar was evidently the same who
visited that neighborhood last Wednesday
night. He was scared away from the home
OF Mrs. Susanna W. Gardner, directly
across the street from Mr.. Noland's home,
while he was in the act of opening the
door with a skeleton key. After, or be-
fore, attempting to break into Mrs. Gard
ner's home. the burglar had attempted to
gain an entrance to Mr.. Noland's house
through the same window he raised Sum
day morning. The marks of his Jimmy"
were found on the window by the servant
Thursday morning. The burglar had forced
IT up about six inches and then left,
presumably after being frightened.
The ~robberies were reported to the police
yesterday.