Evening journal., 1899-06-14
ONE CENT
BURGLARS BOLD WORK
Willis Cigar Store OF Market
Street Broken Into.
ROBBERS STOLE ESQ PENNIES

THE srORE ENTERED AT $50
O'CLOCK THIS MORNING IL $3.50
sToLEN-oNE OF THE BURGLARS
WANTED TO KNOW WHO MR.. WILL
LIS WAS.
Burglars broke into the cigar store OF
Harry p. Wllis. No. 72i Market street. at
$3.50 O'Clock this morning. and robbed It Of
$3.50 in pennies.
The burglary was one Of the most dal
ing ever committed In this city, as the
robbers made no effort to conceal their
Identity. and appeared TO be unconcerned
In their work
AWAKENED BY A NOISE
1t was about $3.50 o'clock this morning
when Mrs. James L. Willis mother OF
Harry r. Willis, who. together with her
husband, occupy apartments above the
cigar store, was awakened by noise in
the store below. Mrs willis at once
aroused her husband, who partially dress
ing, proceeded down stairs to ascertain
what the disturbance was. When he got
almost to the bottom OF the flight OF
steps leading into the store. he noticed
young man in the act Of breaking into his
private desk.
WHAT DO you wANT2
'HIclo." said Mr. willis. addressing
tine burglar, 'iwhat do you want here?"
What the h- do you want hcrc?"
was the reply from the robber
Mr.. willis az first was under the inn
precision that he knew the man and
thought possibly that he had Lent the
front door unlocked and the man being
drunk had wandered IN.
The answer TO his question. however.
soon undeceived him and he called 10
Mrs. Willis to hand him his pistol AT
this the burglar took flight and going
into a rear room. escaped unhamod.
GAME IN OVER TRANSOM.
Investigation proved that the burglar
or burglars had effected an entrance by
pushing open the transom over a small
door IN the room directly In the rear Of
the cigar store and crawling through. IN
order 20 get at the transom a chair had
been taken from shed at the back OF
the building upon which the burglars
stood while enecting an entrance.
This was an easy matter, az the tram
som was nsecurely fastened with a nall
After getting In the store a window was
opened TO facilitate escape The robber
then proceeded TO the cash drawer and
took out OF d 100 pennies. a small jug
was also broken open and out Of Il $50
white" pennies. which Mr.. willis had
been saving. were stolen. The jug was
broken 10y striking II upon a similar one,
and the noise made awakened Mrs. VIII
is,
NOTHING ELSE STOLEN
Although the store was full OF cigars
lanl tobacco, nothing besides the money
was STOLEN. and from this fact, and the
daring manner in which the robbers
loperated, leads to- the belief that they
belong to the gang which recently
loperatei ON the West Side. MIR. Willis
Is under THE impression that the bur
glars Thought that no one occupied the
house. and therefore they had little fear
of detection. Although he only saw ONE
man, he Is convinced there was Two in
the job. The burglars came thrOmgh
the Presbyterian churchyard on King
street to the rear OF THE house
PREsTON's PLACE ENTERED.
10 was learned latter that parties en-
tered the barber shoy Of Preston Brcs.
No. 72S Market street, a short time af-
tier Willis place WAS broken into. and
fifty cents in pennies stolen frcm tho
leash drawer. An entrance was affected
by forcing open q rear door. The bur
glars came through the churchyard OF
Central Presbyterian Church on King
street, between Seventh and Eighth, i'm
lorder 10 reach the rear or the 'buiid-
4 ing.