The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-12-22
Caught in the Act of Burg
 larizing PetersOn's Store
THE ROBBERS ESCAPED
Much House Brsaking-rhird At- tack on Peterson's Premise - Perl and Stokes 10th Losers.

Two burglars broke Into Peterson & Co.'S. Sixth avenue store yesterday morn ing, and were only prevented firm getting away with the plunder they sought by the awakening of Mrs. Peterson. Four other burglarles are also reported as having Ve- cured within the last few days, making a list well worth Investigating.
 Mir. H. O. Peterson and his family, and his son and family, occupy rooms over the store building of Peterson X Go. Al about one o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Peters.n, IT,. was awakened by a noise down stairs. After lls'ening a few mo- mentS she suspleIoned that burglars were at work in the store below. She arose and looked out back window and saw man looking up at the upstalr windows. The tell tale sounds from the store room down stairs continuing, she became convinced that her suspicious were we'll founded, and awakened other members of the family. The noise thus created evidently reached the burglar, busy at his nefaniouS work in the store, because Mr. Peterson only reached the back room in time to sec two men deeamping from the premises and across the alley between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
 Mir. Peterson thought he saw one of the parties enter a house on Seventh avenue and, leaving other members of the family to stand watch. he went to the jail and aroused The jailor, who with two night watehmen and Mr. Peterson and sons ar rived on the scene in time to catch the suspected individual, whose personality they were ignorant of up to this time, coming from the house. He said that he had just arrived home for his lunch having left his place of employment for that pur- pos. at one o'clock, and was just returning to his work when he was ordered to throw up his hands. That hs ran until he heard the familiar voice of the night watchman was not strange. Seeing that they had been misled by a eoneldenoe, and the real burglars having had ample time to escape, the pursuit was abandoned
 Examination of the store revealed the tact that the loeis on the back door Of the store had been forced. A bar which had been use d in securing the door had broken and fallen to the floor, probably making the noise which had aroused Mrs Peter son. Nothing had been disturbed, as the time elapslng between the entrance of the burglars and their discovery prevented their carving anything away.
 This Is the third burglary committed on the premises of M. Peterson, his ware house having been twice broken into with in the last two weeks. The loss from the warehouse was chiefly provisions and in no great quantity.
 The show window of J. Perl's merchan- disc store at Fifth and State streets was broken into Monday night by a. unknown person and sIo worth of goo-s taken. A large pane of glass on the Fifth avenue side was broken, thus placing the goods within easv reach.
 The nlghtwatchman reports he passed the store between and 5:3o In the nom ing. and that the store had not been mo- tested up to that hour Mr. Perl. on the strength of that report, says the robbery must have been committed between the hour mentioned and 7a.u. However, the report comes from another person that he passed the corner at } a. m. and noticed the glass broken at the time and goods within easy reach.
 Articles taken from Mr. Perl's store comprise black fur cap, brown fur cap a pair of moeeasins, i2 pairs black socks and two lver Johnson revolvers, on' nickel and the other blue steel.
 Only a week ago unknown person: broke into the warehouse of Stokes Bros. at the foot of State street, and took nun Der of pieces of hardwaie and granite ware. The exact amount Is not known but part of tn. stock stored thele has beer missed by the owners. The same plac' was also robbed four months ago.
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