The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-10

The third in a series OF mysterious
Sunday night burglaries which have
puzzled the police since the first, which
took place October 8, 1898, was perpe-
trated at the residence of Mrs. Mary w,
Dickinson, Z Cedar street, early last
evening.
The nature of the burglary is identi-
cal with those that have taken place at
the homes of Fred M. Clark and Rev.
Alexander Lewis. The method of gain
ing entrance the method of procedure
after getting inside the building, the
day and hour are almost identical IN
the three cases, which extend over
period of exactly five months.
Last night Mrs. Dickinson left the
house in company with Mrs. H. e.
Whittier, her sister, at o'clock, going
directly to Union church to attend the
evening service and she remained there
until after $50 o'clock listening to sew
eral selections on the organ by the
church organist.
About SIS o'clock. Miss Annie Cullan,
the servant girl came hime and did not
try the front door but went around to
the rear and got in with her key. In
coming through the gate in the front
Of the house, she noticed man hang-
ing around but did not pay any atten-
ton to him.
AS soon as she got the door unlocked
and had stepped inside she heard
noise and looking through the corridor
leading from the kitchen to the front
hall way she saw two men. They I'M
mediately made tracks for the library
and jumped through an open window:
For a moment she was glued to the
spot with fright, but as soon as she
recovered her senses she ran TO tne
library and saw the open window and
found several articles of wearing ap-
parel lying about the floor.
In the meantime Mrs. Dickinson anu
Mrs Whittier arrived from church anu
tried the front door, which they toullu
locked on the inside. Mrs. Dickinson
Immediately suspected something was
wrong, and went around to the PACK
door as quickly as possible ana thtre
met Miss CUIlan, who told her or the
occurrence Mrs. Dickinson ran % Dr'
C. D. Wheeler's office, Is chestnut
street, and telephoned t9le ponce s-d-
ton Officer Hurley and Driver REL,
nedy went with the team and IouIu
everything in the house turned upslue
down. The front door was bolted On
the inside, and the library and TWO
bedrooms were ransacked and every
thing thrown about the floor ana Oh
the beds. -,,,7
Among the articles taken were a gold
watch valued at 500, owned by MIS-;
Dickinson: also another gold watch and
a silver watch and pair CT gold ooWSu
spectacles, together with several STICK
pins worth another hundred, while sew
eral minor articles worth IN lhe VI
cinity of $50 were also missed. Inc sll-
verware in the dining room, Whlch Is
valuable, was not disturbed, WINE SeN
eral other valuable articles were not
touched. Among the articles missed Is
a russell leather bag, and 1t IS sup
posed that the stolen property was
taken off in this.
The window through which the en-
trance was effected is on the east slue
of the house, and a person trying 10
got in could be easily seen from the
street. 1t was pried open WIN IL
jimmy =, .,
FIFTY copper cents which were in
small bag upstairs in the mousse were
left untouched, and it was the Only
money in the house. ,....
Miss Cullan says that one OF the wv =
men she saw is bow-legged, so nuch
SO as to attract attention, and he wore
an overcoat. while the other, who is
somewhat taller, did not wear an
Overcoat.
The wonderful similarity between the
three breaks causes the ponce 70 Ieel
morally sure that the work in this case
was done by the same men who oper-
ated at the other houses. These men
whoever they are, show remarkaDlt
degree of cunning in their periodical
operations, and so far as can be learned
the police have been without success II
their efforts to locate the individuals.
The present case differs somewhat
from the others in the fact that in TINS
case an occupant of the house saw tn'
tntruders, but in the excitement Of th'
moment no accurate description coulC
be gained. In other respects the worl
Is Identical.
The opening event-ln the puzzle o.
combination Of puzzles took place sun
Day, October 9, 1898, when a rear win
dow of the house 20 West street, occu
pied by f. M. Clark, was pried up, tn
lock being forced from its fastening
No one was in the house at the time
and the rooms were thoroughly ran
sacked Drawers were pulled out AM
turned bottom upward. boxes ant
trunks We're pried open, and everything
in the nature of jewelry, diamonds AM
cash taken. In this case, as in tn
others, stlVerware was undisturbed, eVl
IDENTIFY being considered too bulky. Tn
night lock was thrown on at the from
door to prevent surprise by any on
coming in the front way, and when tn
work was finished the burglars made
quiet exit at the rear. At this tim
members of the Clark family estimates
their loss at about $500.
The next intimation that the com
hinatAon which vunrked so SucCeSStulL