Evening journal., 1899-06-15
BURGLARS STILL WORK
Thieves Enter Residence oil
Frederick Elliott
AND RANsACKBD THE ROUSE

STOLE 500 FBOM A POCKETBOOK
AND ESCAPED-AN ATTEMPT
NIADE TO ENTER TINE HOME OF
DAVID II. REESON.
Burglars entered the residence Of
Frederick B. Elliott, Thirty-fourth and
Market streets, Riverview, last night.
and. after ransacifng the lower floor.
departed. securing about 500 in money.
Mr. Elgictt and his family re-
side in the old Talley mansion.
part of the house being occupied by
hts brother-inIlaw. w. l.. Cochran. and
his wife. and more secluded spot for
Thieves to operate I'M could scarcely be
found
BORED THE SHUTTERS.
The robbers effected an entrance
iby boring two five-eighth inch
holes beneath the bolt on the shutters
leading from the porch into the parlor,
leading from the porch into the parlor.
and sliding the fastenings back, af,er
Opening the shutters. two similar holes
were bored in the window sash and ihe
catch pushed back.
Raising the window the burglars
stepped into the parlOr and. closing the
folding doors leading into the hallway,
proceeded to search for plunder. The
drawers of a desk in the front room
were forced open and the contents scat
tered about the floor.
After leaving THE parlor the robbers
went into the dining room adjoining
and after lighting the gas made a
thorough search for mEney. Every dish
i'm the pantry was uncovered and look
ed into. the bread box was opened and
searched. and every conceivable place
where money could be concealed was
lransacked
In a drawer in the sideboard a
lp0cketboOk belonging TO Mrs. E.liota
and containing between si5 and 500
was found. Every cent OF money was
taken. but the purse was 1eft. Papers
were scattered about the floor and
books opened in the hnnt Although
several hundred dollars worth Of silver
was living about. none Of IL was
lt-ubhesf
HEARD NO NOISE
Although the burglars apparently
Gid not care whether they were heard
at their work or not, no member OF ths
family was aroused by their presence
and after they had finished theil
search departed leaving the window
open and the gas burning
The robbery WAS not discovered un.
til this morning at $50 O'Clock, wheI
Mr. Cochran came downstairs anf
made the discovery. He found Things
terribly upset and thrown about ths
| room, u, ar-a,-t- 1frrrtfov HT-. rrfrf 80 . >.
lcaDe, which hung in THE dining room
had been gone through and Mr.. El
liott's coat and vest We're found lylns
lup-n the porch. The burglary is sup
posed to have been committeed bstwaer
? and 3 O'Clock as neighbors wer'
awakened about that time by the barlo
ing OF Mr. Elliott's dogs. though t1,
family was not aroused. Both Mr.. ang
Mrs. Elliott were up at that time. beint
lawakened by The crying OF their baby
but heard no suspicious sounds in th'
house
Mrs. Cochran states that about II
lo'clOck last night she saw man pas
her kitchen window and look IN
Thinking ID was one of the farm EN-
lplOyes she Tent to a back door to le
him in. but he disappeared. JUMPING
lover a fence into THE lane A peculiar
circumstance is that the shutter anl
window next to the one by which en-
trance was gained were both unlocked
but no attempt was made to ente
through them.
ANOTHER AI1EMFlT
AFTER laaving Mn Eliotrs house tn
burglars went out into the roadwa.
land entered the lawn of Amos Wilson'
residence, the second house above th'
Hlictts, but were deferred from at
tempting to force an entrance by th
barking of the dogs, which arouse
the family.
| Guessing over Mr.. Wilson's lawn thel
Jumped the fence dividing his propert.
lfrom that of David II. BeesOn. Her
the robbers again bored the Ou'tsid
shutters and Slid the bolt. They di
not force the window, however, and
Is supposed that they were scared Of
by the dogs, which kept up a soud nois.
Mr.. Elliott notified the Police De
partment this morning of the robbery
? and Officer William Ward was at ono
] dispatched TO the scene Of the burglar
: and made an investigation. From IN
character of the work and the faC
that nothing butt money was takeI
lead the police to believe that il is tn
E same gang operating who operated C
{ the West Side some time ago, and VIII
5 have so far successfully baffled th
, officers.