The Portland daily press., 1899-01-02
BURGLARS TOOK POSSE ssloN.

BURGLARS TOOK POSSE SSiON.
Pluchy Girl Hid the Money They
Wanted.
oupied only BY . young girl of Is years
and two children In arms, the two family
house, IA Central street, Somcrville, was
ransaoked by burglars Thursday evening.
So carefully have the local police guarded
the story that 10 Is known but to very
few of the residents of the locality and
officers Of the foroe. The burglary was
characterized for the daring Of the two
men who succeeded In carrying away q
miscellaneous assortment Of jewelry
valued at 800.
At o O'Clock Miss Keefs, with the two
children. was in . room on the second
floor used as bedroom by the parents Of
the lit lie ones. Suddenly she was rudely
awakened from her fanoied security by
mans voice asking, Are you all
alouef'
Miss Keefe turned to tho door to be
confronted by two men with their faces
concealed BY black masks, the tops of
which were tucked under Their hats,
while the bottoms fell below the upper
lip.
As the young girl remember the men.
medium height Both wore black derby
hats. The short man also wore black
ov~rcoat and trousers of the same color.
The occupants of the dwelling are Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis J. Reynolds and Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred l. Reynolds. Mr.. Lewis
Reynolds is the station agent Of the
Union Square station of the Fitohburg
railroad. and MIR. Alfred I. Reynolds is
the manager of the Crawford House cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Reg nolds have two
children, Ruth months old, and Louise
II months old. These two children, with
Miss Kittie Ksefe, who makes her home
with the two Families, were the occupants
of the house at the time OF the robbery.
The four grown people were at the time
witnessing performance at one of the
Boston theatres.
The tall man wore . checked gray suit,
with no overcost. Both men wore black
worsted gloves all the time they were In
the house.
With the thoughtlessness Of youth Miss
Kittie answered eyes" to the question of
the uneA pected caller, who next inquired.
docs the Union Square station agent
live hereY''
To this also Miss Kittie replied in the
affirmative At this the man in the over
coat exclaimed:
This is just the place we are looking
for"
During this conversation the men had
remained standing In the doorway. while
Miss Keefe retained her position by the
bed, upon which lay the two sleeping
@ hildren.
The short man, as he finished speaking,
advanced 10 the bed, from which he
rudely pushed the young girl Dragging
the older of the children from Its place
beneath the covering Of the bed, he car
ried her to the hall. where be deposited
her Mt the very head OF the stairs.
Miss Keefe, who started to rescue the
little one from its perilous position.
found herself confronted with a formida-
BILE looking revolver, which, at her first
the short man had drawn
from his overcoat pocket. As he leveled
the barrel at the head of the young girl,
the man remarked:
"If You don't stay in this room and
keep your mouth shut l will shoot you
dead. +"
Thus admonished, the girl remained
quiet in the room. while the two men
began a thorough and systematic search.
which included every room Of the second
story OF the house.
The moment the men were In the next
picked up little Louise, whom she re-
turned to her place beside her sister in
the bed. In doing this she was not
molcsted by either Of the two men, who
came into the hall to see what she was
doing.
When Miss Keefe re-entered the room
the mon closed the door behind her and
reos ptaele for money was torn open,
bureaus overturned and a large smouns
of bric-a -brac and ornaments ruthlesssly
detroyed, the china being trampied npou
and ground into the carpets by the shoes
of the men.
The room in which Miss Kittie and the
two children were was the last to be
searched. Entering the room. the men
walked up to the bed and seized the COW
ering aud mattress. preparatory to cast
ing them uron the floor. Miss Keeie
grasped the children and with one on
each arm. was thrust into the hall, while
the room was being ransacked. TheI
young girl, besides her care for her little