Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-10
MANY BURGLARIES.
Three Houses Entered in the West
End Last Night.
BOOTY WILL NOT EXCEED SIS.
Forty People in Jail-Two Divorces
Amend Articles of lncorpora.
tion-Late Court
News.
BOOTY WILL NOT EXCEED SIS,
From Fridays Daily.l

From Fridays Daily.J
Three burglaries occurred in the
west end last night, and altho the per-
petrators of the deed went at it in
wholesale manner their work did not
net them to exceed $13. The midnight
intruders gained admittance to the
three residences by cutting the screens
out of windows, and in every instance
they passed up everything except mon
ey.
The three houses entered We're those
of j. L. Caster, S14 West Mechanic
street, where they secured $40 in
money. The next place visited was the
residence Of c. j. Donohue, S24 West
Mill street, where they secured So and
the third and smallest haul was at the
residence of James Owens, 500 West
Mill street, where they got only cents.
The matter has been reported to the
police but there is not the slightest
clue on which to work. No one heard
the burglars and there was no knowl-
edge of their visit until this morning
when the parties who had been robbed
| awakened and discovered the loss of
their money, and the mutilated condi-
ton of the screens in the windows
thru which the burglars entered.
Mr.. Caster said the burglars gained
an entrance to his house by cutting
out the screen in one of the front
windows, having. previously removed
kitchen and bedroom.
Mrs. G. j. Donohue said she was of
the opinion that she and her entire
family were chloroformed The bur-
! glars entered their house thru rear
window, HAVING first cut out the screen.
Mrs. Donohue said she is a light sleep
er, and wakens easily, but judging
from every indication this morning the
burglars last night must have made an
unusual amount of noise. Mrs. Dono-
hue was i'll this morning and the chill
dren were brewster than usual and did
not waken early. Mr.. and Mrs. Dono-
hue occupied room in which was a
dresser, thru which the burglars rum
lmaged. The dresser sat near the bed
4 and Mrs. Donohue says the top drawer
which was found opened, is very hard
Ito pull out and makes great deal OF
noise. She thinks that the family
Unjust have been chloroformed or else
Asome of the members would have been
awakened. The burglars overlooked
Tor else purposely left two gold watches
and some jewelry which was lying on
top of dresser on which they operat-
ed. i.ea
It is not thought that the burglars
entered Mr.. Owens house. Here, too
they cut out a screen, but the window
on which they operated was near the
head of the bed where Mr.. and Mrs
Owens We're sleeping. Mr.. Owens, up,
on retiring, hung his trousers ON the
1 bedpost nearest the window. and from
every indication the intruders pulled
4 them out the window with stick
There was but cents in the pockets
Mr.. Owens only the night before hay.
4 ing given his wife a So bill which she
PLACED with some silver money in q
tea cup in the cupboard, in the kitchen
This was not disturbed
4 Two children We're sleeping on the
floor directly under the window from
which the screen was removed, anC
they We're not disturbed, which is an
other very good evidence that the bur
glars did not go into the house. The
children We're awakened presumably by
the burglars throwing Mr.. Owens
pants into the window, as Mrs. Owen.
was awakened by the children a littlt
after midnight, and she found ths
pants on the children. She supposed
i that the wind had blown them dow
aud was not aware that burglars hat
been abroad until this morning.
| Another burglary or mysterious dis
appearance of a gold watch has beer
reported by Mrs. j. c. Kuhn, of S21 w
Mill street. Mrs. Kuhn missed thu
time piece last evening, just before re
firing. She cannot, account for it,
disappearance in any way. 1t is pos
sible that some sneak thief entered tht
house sometime during the day, bu
that is only supposition.
H Two Divorces.
Two cases of conjugal ;nfelicity have
come to light thru two petitions filed
in the clerks office by w. w. Epps
attorney for plaintiffs, in each o
which a divorce is asked.
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