The San Francisco call., 1898-02-15
CAME BACK
 TO FINISH
 THEIR WORK Burglars Twice Ran sack the Same
 Residence. Part of the Plunder Was Cached to Await
 Their Return. Two Detectives Stand on Fruit less Guard for Several
 Nights. THE SLEUTHS OUTWITTED When They Were Called Off the House Was Again Entered and
 More Loot Taken.
THE SLEUTHS OUTWITTED
When They Were Called off the House Was Again Entered and
 More Loot Taken

It has been the boast of the upper office" that no burglary of any conse- quence has taken place in the city for some time, those reported being, as they claimed, the work of sneak thieves ana dope fiends." The allegation did not seem in accordance with facts and now they are convinced that burglars who know their business are operating in the city.
 For several days detectives have been working on one of the most suc- cessful burglaries, in point of the quan- tlty of the articles taken, that has occurred in the city for long time
 While Mrs. Hancock of 1886 Turk street was visiting friends in the coun- try about two weeks ago, burglars broke into the house and raised havoc All the trunks, containing a large quantity of valuable silverware. were broken open and ri1ed of their con- tents. Several articles were of crystal With silver handles. The crystal had been broken into pieces and left on the d1nlng-room floor, so as to get posses slon or the handles. Not content with carrying off all the silver articles they could find they smashed into pieces a lot of valuable bric-a- brac, china or naments and china dishes. Bureau drawers in the bedroom had been forced open and anything of value in the way of silver or gold was stolen
 There was a quantity of wine and other liquors in the cellar and the bur- glars had apparently helped them selves 1berally to them. They had been unable to carry off all the stuff they had stolen and cached a quantity in the yard in the rear.
 Mrs. Hancock's son lives on the op- posite side of the street and he discov- cred the burglary the next morning He notified police headquarters, and Detectives Silvey and Byram were de- tailed on the case. In making their in- Vestgat1on they came across the buried treasure in the yard, and on re- porting that fact to Captain Bohen the happy idea occurred to him that the burglars would return for the plunder and by having a detective constantly on the premises he would be able to capture them. Silvey and Byram were detailed for this purpose, one to take day and the other night. They re- mained there till last Thursday, and as 1t was suspected that the burglars had given up the idea of returning for the stuff it was decided to call them off
 That very night the burglars re- turned, entered the house again. drank considerable more liquor and stole a number of other articles. They also se- cured the buried plunder in the yard. and now the detectives are trying to discover who they are. From the fact that they returned the very night the detectives were called off, 1t is pre- stunned that they had been watching the detectives and knew exactly their movements.
 When Mrs. Hancock returned from the country day or two later she was able to give a complete description of the articles stolen, and it covered sev- eral pages of foolscap. The value will amount to several thousand dollars
 Mrs. Hancock is the widow of Samuel Hancock, late proprietor of the Han cock House on Mission street