The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-04
They Effected an Entrance by Smashing In
Window in The Basement.
PROGRESS STOPPED BY HEAVY DOOR.
Though They Cut away Tho Wood Surrounding The
Lock They Could Not Gel Through on
Account Of Iron Bolts.

An unsuccessful attempt was made
early last evening TO rob the house at
los Angel street occupied by /. Clifford
Ladd, the well known banker and
broker of Providence and New York.
Mr.. I.add and his family have been cut
of town since early in June and are
now at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York. The hause has been closed dur
ing this time and most of the plate and
other valuable small stuff in the safety
deposits. while much of the furnitures
pictures and the like are in storage, SO
nothing of great value was taken.'
The house was entered about o'clock
last night through a basement WINDOW
in the rear. The grade OF the yaro
stones downward from the street, so
that the brick underpning i'm the back
ward is about 10 feet high. A door leads
from the yard to a laundry in this base
ment and beside IL is window light
| ing the laundry. The burglars, Tor
| Judging from foot marks in the narrow
| side yards, there was more than one
| concerned in the job broke in the glass
| i'm this window and reaching In raised
| the lower sash and stepped in. The
| window is of the old-fashioned pattern
equipped with side springs. once IN
| the basement. the men proceeded up
| stairway to the back halfway above
| That door was secured by lock whicn
! fastening was Immediately cut away.
/ put the door is a heavy one and was Sc
| cured top and bottom by heavy bolts
| half inch thick 1t is evident that these
bolts discouraged the burglars Tor tney
| discontinued their work at that door
and departed.
officer Dolan of the Third station.
hearing a strange noise In the rear u
| the house investigated and found the
\ window ~eernoiisheti. rhe- men. HOW
| ever had fled They evidently went
through one side yard whilst the ofn-
cor entered the other. Prospect Alley.
n private way, lays between Anger anu
Waterman street, but the men ala not
90 out that way as there is no sign VI
foot prints in the snow leading TO the
rear gate. -,
The officer Immediately notified mis-
| superiors at the station and the WINDOW
| was secured. Walter j. Ladd, rcai
estate broker, located in the lndustriai
building. a brother OF Ginord l-a,iu'
opened the house and looked over the
entire establishment. He reported that
| The breal,ers had not proceeded beyond
the door leading from the cellar into
| The back hall and that nothing through
| out the house was missing nor us
turbed
l. Clifford Ladd Is not In ProVluence
n great deal of the time. His business
calls him 20 New York almost aito-
gether. He is nomnally Providence
man. and has offices at us, go and az
Industrial Trust building. lie with his
family have not been mere since last
June and are now i'm New York. the
house has been tightly closed ever
since. The furnishings are mainly IN
storage and almost all the valuable
small effects are IN deposit vaults
; There are rugs and carpets enough
ard large pieces OF furniture. But as
Walter Ladd expressed 1T, "A movina
wagon would have been required y
carry il away
But il was a daring attempt. never
I theless. The house vs. situated on the
: south side OF Angel street and on ths
] west side Of e Is a wide open lot. Mex
door east IS a large house snugup to th'
2 Iadd mansion In the rear Is an opei
= ward extending back 10 Prospect Alley
e and it would have been very easy u
{ discover men at work on the window
= from any one OF n dozen back window
I on the opposite side Of the alley.