Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-06-22
ROBBERS AT RIVERVlEW.
One House Entered and Shutters Pried
Open at Another.

ons mouse Entered anu shutters Fried
Open at Another.
Burglars had high old time be-
tween | and o. clock this today week in
the vicinity of Riverview cemetery.
The residence of Frederick 3. Elliott,
at Thirty fourth and Market streets,
was entered and between sl5 and $40
stolen; shutter was pried open at the
residence of David IL. Beesoh, at
Thirty-sixth and Market streets, and
men prowling around at an unseasona-
BILE hour aroused the dogs at the resi-
dence of Amos Wilson, at Thirty fifth
and Market streets. AS far rs is
| known, no booty was secured, except
| would probably have done more dam
age there had the baby not frightened
| them off.
Mr.. Elliott's residence is some dis
lance back from Market street, and as
there are several trees on the lawn be-
tween the house and the street and
vines on the front porch, it is not
Strange that their operations were not
seen from the street, even il there had
been anybody on the street at the time.
Mr.. Elliott and his family and also
the family of his brother-in -law, Will
liam l.. Cochran, who live in the same
| house, retired between IL and o'clock
No peculiar noises were heard during
he night and nothing was known Of
the robbery until after daylight this
| morning. when Mr.. Cochran made the
| discovery that the house had been en-
tered. An Investigation showed that
the thieves had secured Mrs. Elliott's
pocketbook containing between Sl5
and $50, and probably some trifiing ar
| ticles. Contrary to her custom, Mrs.
Elliott, after returning from market
yesterday, left her pocketbook on the
sideboard in the dining room, instead
of taking it upstairs.
| The burglars effected an entrance by
boring hole in one of the front shut
tiers, slipping the bolt and moving the
catch on the window after two holes
had been bored between the sashes.
| A fter the intruders had gained the in
| side of the parlor, they closed the hall
door, presumably to prevent the people
IN the upper rooms from hearing them.
They then ransacked everything in the
parlor and dining room. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY pretty warm work in the house,
for several coats and capes were found
on the porch where they had been
taken and the pockets rifled.
The fact that the robbers did not
visit any of the rooms except the .parlor
and dining room, indicates that they
were frightened off, and Mrs. Elliott,
who was spoken to about the matter,
said she believed the baby was re.
sponsible for soaring the intrnders
away. Between 2 and B o'clock the
baby becames restless and cried, and
| shortly afterward Mr.. Elliott walked
| tho Anor 10 49,, e.
the child. As Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott and
their child were in the room immedi-
ately over one in which the burglars
operated. it is supposed they were
either scared by the baby's cries or the
noise made by Mr.. Elliott walking
1 about and talking.
Mrs. Cochran is of the opinion that
the men were around the house early
in the evening, as she saw stranger
on the lawn at about 8 O'Clock A
man named johnson, living on Thirty
fourth street, in Eastlake, remembered
this morning that two strangers called
at his house about dusk last night and
asked for food. One of them was short
and stout and his complexion was
yellow. Mr.. johnson did not get a
good look at the other man.
1t is u rather peculiar thing that at
the Elliott house the shutters near the
front door, about four feet from the
one forced open, had accidently been
left unlocked last evening, and had
the burglars tried them. their task
would have been much easier.
Either just after or just before the
Elliot robbery an attempt was made to
enter Mr.. Beeson's house, at Thirty
sixth street. One of the front shutters
was pried open after two holes had
been bored in it, but the window frames
had been painted recently and the at
tempt to force them open was unsuc-
cessful. 1t is believed, however, that
the men would have found their way
inside the house had they not been
frightened off by dogs across the street
which set up howl, Mr.. Beeson said
this morning nothing had been stolen
from his house, SO far as he knew.
At about the same time the dogs
owned by Nj. Wilson, at Thirty. fifth
street, barlSed in such a manner as to
indicate that strangers were proving
around the house, but no damage was