The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-24

Fieldstone, the beautiful suburban
residence of Thomas Il. Jones, at Ad-
ans avenue and Green Ridge street,
Dunmore, was burglariously entered
Sunday night and every room in the
house ransaCked. Strange to say, not
a single article Is missing.
The house was closed last Thurs
day. Mr.. Jones had gone to Shelter
Island and Mrs. Jones on that day
left for Crystal Lake to visit at the
cottage of District Attorney and Mrs.
John r. Jones. The servants were
given leaves of absence the day pre-
vious and the only one left to look
after the place was the gardener, Dun
can Mcdonald who lodges at his own
home on Wyoming avenue.
He discovered the burglary when he
came to the promises at o'clock yes
terday morning, The house sets fifty
feet back from either street and Is
surrounded by heavy foliage, which
shuts out the rays of the electric
light ut the corner and leaves the
porches in total darkness.
a window opening on the main
porch on the Green Ridge street side
was the means of entrance. An at
| heavy door, but it resisted the force
of whatever lever vas used upon it,
and then attention was turned to the
window. The indentations in the win
dow sash and sill indicated that
pointed bar, rather than a chisel or
Jimmy, was used. The catch on the
inside Of the window gave away and
the lower window was pushed up.
HE LIT A LAMP.
The burglar evidently lit a lamp
or lantern after gaining entrance. as
half burnt matches of a kind unlike
those used in the house were found
on a card receiver just inside the
window. 1t must be that the intruder
spent several hours In searching the
house, FOR every room on the three
floors was thoroughly ransacked.
Desks, bureaus, trunks, valises, and
even a music box were forced open,
their contents examined, and tossed in
| disorder on the floor. Before the house
| was closed everything was carefully
set in order the furniture covered
with Sheeting and Camphor and tobac-
| co strewn about to keep off Il possible
assault by moths. Yesterday, it looked
| as If it would take about three weeks
| to straighten things out again.
Mrs. Jones came down from Crystal
! Lake in the afternoon, upon being ap-
! praised of the burglary, and made
CurSOry examination of the various
! rooms, looking particularly here and
| there for especial articles that would
| occur to her as being such as would
invite a burglars attention. Nothing
however, was discovered to be missing.
\ sealskn coat, an old-fashioned gold
watch, pair of pearl cuff buttons
with diamond settings, candlesticks,
match boxes, toilet articles. vases,
fancy clocks and a hundred and one
other things of no great bulk and
considerable value, We're ignored by
the burglar.
Some of them,like the iewelry, possi-
bly, escaped his notice, but the other
things could not have been very well
! overlooked, as they were for the most
part sTewn about on mantles or
| dressing cases, or contained in trunks
which were ransacked.
AFTER FAMILY PLATE.
The supposition is that the burglar
was after the family plate and after
! discovering it was not in the house,
| or at all events, not where he could
| find it, went away diseusted refusing
| to take articles of small value and the
| risk that attaches to disposing OF
them. The plate was safely stored be-
| fore the house was closed.
! The DunmOre police and County De-
| tective Leyshon are working on the
case. The officer who is wont to pa
| troll the beat on which the Jones house
! is located started on his vacation last
week and no one was substituted in
| his place.
The gardener will sleep in the house
| during the remainder Of the time the
| family is away.
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