The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-21
0LNEYvILLE.
Robbers frightened OF and Compelled 10 Drop
Their BoOiy---Noies From The Square.

Sometime early Sunday morning bur-
glars broke into and attempted TO rob
the dry goods store Of r.. Melvin q Co.
at 1911 Westminster street, but We're
evidently scared, when leaving with
their booty" which they dropped and
got out of the vicinity.
The break was discovered by the
proprietor, Mr.. Melvin, when he went
10 the store at about 10 a. IN. Sunday
To extnguish the gas lights that are
regularly left lighted i'm the place each
night. when the hour for closing the
store arrives. Mr.. Melvin on going to
the store yesterday morning, discover
ed that a rear window had been forced
open and upon investigation he found
that an entrance had evidently been
gained 10 the store during the night. He
notified the police at once and an m
yestigation followed.
The yard at the reaf-ef the estab-
lishment is a small one and is used
Jointly by Mr.Melvin and Caterer Ban
spach. whose store is at No. 1918 and
high board fence varying from TO IL
feet in height and containing gate
surrounds it, To the top OF the fence is
attached a barbed wire and TO casual
observer, the fence would be a difhcult
one to scale, yet the burglars spoken
OF found il easy and the barbed wire
problem was overcome by The
throwing over II of a heavy blanket
and climbing over because the gate was
locked i'm it's usual manner ana the
blanket was found across the fence al
ter the arrival OF the officers.
The search of the police revealed two
bundles I'm the yard, which contained
ladies' cloaks and a comforter all val
ued at about $40 and Mr.. Melvin soon
reported that those were the only
things missing from the store and their
presence in the yard led 10 the belief
that the burglars i'm leaving heard
noise emanate from the bakery next
door where men worked all night and
thinking they had been discovered
dropped their booty, so as TO facilitate
escape. The window which is after the
fashion OF dry goods stores In general.
fully ten feet from the ground, was
reached by means of empty dry goods
cases piled one on top OF the other and
when at the desired altitude Jimmy
was brought into play and the lock
forced There is not the slightest clue
as to the identity Of the thieves and no
suspicious persons were noted in the
vicinity Saturday night.
For some time past, the Sixth sta
ton officers have been cognizant OF the
fact, that a disorderly house existed at
"a Eiswald street in the "Shoo Fly
district. Ii was hired by woman
named Annie Arnold. Many times the
officers have been called upon TO sup
press disturbances there and upon such
occasions have found a disreputable
looking lot of men and women in the
place in all stages OF intoxication. This
led them to decide TO break up the
place and warrant was sworn out for
the Arnold woman. Last night Lieut..
Dairy and Sergeant Morse together
with officers Moon. Sherman and White
visited the place during the progress OF
n row, i'm which IL was claimed the
woman had been using an ironing
board, as "A weapon upon her son. She
was placed under arrest for maintain
ing "A common nuisance. There were
three men in the place, but all were
sober and were allowed 10 depart while
the patrol wagon conveyed the wom-
an TO the Central station where she
spent the night.
A roam horse attached 10 an express
wagon, about s o'clock last evening,
was picked up by seven boys whose
names were as follows: owen McGair
Charles German, Clarence Quinn, Jo-
seph Lyons. James Lyons, Francis Nc
Cam and George Folden who went in
search OF officer James Feeley and the
latter sent them TO the Sixth station
with il and there 1t was put up to
await an owner.