The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-01-19
GOT MUCH BOOTY.
BOLD BURGLARS LOOT THE EICH-
ELMAN RESIDENCE.
COSTLY JEWELS ARE TAKEN
Men Secure an Entrance to the House
Through Kitchen window and
Make Big Haul.-FamilY
Absent at the Time.

Thanks to a perfectly incompetent
corps of police officers, the newspapers
are called upon to chronicle another
daring burglary which occurred Thurs
day evening some time between the
hours Of seven and eleven O'Clock at
the residence of B. Eichelman, on Ex-
change. street. The robbery was a
very remunerative one for the men
who perpetrated the crime, and it is
thought that they carried away over
$500 worth of valuable jewels and
plate.
The old Eichelman homestead where
the robbery took place, is occupied by
Mr. Eichelman and his daughter, Miss
Bertha Eichelman. Both of them were
absent at the time, as the head of the
house was attending Col. Ingers0lPs
lecture and his daughter was spending
the evening with her sister, Mrs. L, M.
Eichelman, on Prairie avenue.
The burglars were evidently aware of
the fact that no one was at home, and
the appearance of things in the house
shows that they were very deliberate.
They gained admittance to the house
by breaking lock on one of the kit
chen windows, and once in the house
they proceeded to work without delay.
Entering the sitting room they secured
candle and made a thorough search
of the house seemingly without fear of
molestation. In the lower part of the
house they secured all the table ware,
including spoons, knives and forks and
table service and large number OF
silver ornaments which were more
highly priced because they were gifts.
After lo0ting the lower part of the
house, the burglars went up stairs to
Miss Eichelman's bOudoir, where they
reaped a rich harvest, as they secured
several pieces of very valuable jewelry
! among which was brooch of gold, set
with forty nine pearls of unusual size
and value, which had been presented
to Miss Eichelman by her brother, who
is now in Chill. They also secured a
diamond ring, an opal ring and long
gold watch chain which had been
given to Miss Eichelman by her mother
at the time of her death.
After the burglars had secured what
they wanted they carefully re-arranged
the house, and left as they had come,
through the window at the rear of the
house.
Mr.. Eichelman returned home after
the lecture, but the robbery was not
discovered until this morning. 1t was
then reported to the police, but OF
course they have done nothing to find
the robbers and no one has been ar
rested. Several suspicious characters
were seen around the house Thursday
evening, and many other characters of
similar sort have been seen around
the town during the past few days.
The negligence of the police, or
rather their Inability to secure any
of the men who have committed the
bold burglaries about the city during
the past few months, has been topic
of conversation on the streets today,
and it does seem exceedingly queer
that so mary similar crimes should be
committed without single arrest
being MADE.
It is certainly due to the citizens
that the Council take some action to
secure some detective service for the
assistance of the police, who seem
wholly incompetent to furnish the city
with proper protection.