The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

Burglars effected an entrance into
the residence OF Attorney II. A. Zim-
norman, corner of Marion street ana
jefferson avenue. Dunmore, early yes
terday morning and succeeded in car
rying away a quantity of booty worth
over a hundred dollars. Entrance was
gained by prying up rear window
opening into a pantry. The operators
departed via the kitchen door, which
they left open. The pantry window Is
not easily seen from the street.
Mr. Zimmerman was absent, being
i'm Montrose on business and the burg
larly was not discovered until the fam
lily arose in the morning.
More plunder might have been taken
perhaps, had not the burglars been
frightened away. shortly before . a.
m. Mrs. Zimmerman was awakened
by one Of the children who slept in
an adjoining room. AS she was leav-
ing her room she heard a sound APP
parently from downstairs, as if some
thing heavy had fallen and struck
some earthenware. She listened but
heard nothing further. Thinking that
perhaps one of the servants might be
up she rang the call bell steadily for
a moment, but received no answer. She
then attended to the child and returned
to her room. Had she gone along the
hall to a rear room she would probably
have seen the burglars making off
through the back yard.
SUSPICIOUS NOISE.
Upon going downstairs in the morn
ing it was at once evident from the
way things were scattered about that
some one had been there. The noise
which Mrs. Zimmerman heard was
also accounted for. A heavy bay win
dow curtain in the dining room was
pulled, pole and all, from its fasten-
ings, and the pole had struck a jar
dineire standing beneath. A chair also
indicated by the mud marks and
scratches on the seat that some one
had stood upon 1t.
An inventory was taken and the
following articles were found to be
missing:
One and one-half dozen knives. one and
one-half dozen spoons; one and one-hali
dozen forks; one-half dozen fruit knives
two teaspoons marked "a. r." one table
spoon marked wv. NJ B." (heirlooms)
desert spoon marked ~ olive fork
marked ~" all solid silver; one-hali
dozen plated silver knives and forks, sew.
eral spoons (assorted), carving set, nut
cracker and picks (one-half DOZEN plated
several plated silver napkin rings; one
half dozen linen napkins, two new liner
table cloths, one pearl handle butter
knife, fve-pound can of coffee, some tin.
ware, etc, silk shirt waist pair of ladies
shoes new, quantity of madras goods
for ladies' waists, lawn dress and sill
dress skirt, fifteen yards of cambria and
fifteen yards Of nainsook, and several
smaller and minor articles, all taken from
the sewing room where the ladies were
dressmaking the day before.
The burglars evidently believed in
taking an assortment and the best.
They carried the booty out into the
back yard in one of the large drawers
from the side board and left the draw
er and the basket silver tray lying
in the yard.
Attorney Zimmerman is certainly
getting his full share of attention from
the night prowlers. Last fall his cell
lar was entered four times. He had
iron screens put over the windows in
side and that work was stopped.
POSSIBLY A CLUE.
Last Monday night young man, a
stranger to Mr.. Zimmerman, called At
his residence and showed a letter pur-
ported to have been written by a
neighbor and stating that the bearer
wanted to act as night watchman
along that block if each property own
er or resident would contribute a por-
tion toward his pay for the work. The
young man said he had seen several
of the owners theSeabouts and they
were apparently agreeable to the idea
Mr.. Zimmerman felt secure and did
not give the young man any positive
answer.
He is now wondering whether tho
burglary is a visitation of vengeance
or proof of the need Of a Waterman.