The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-13
THE WORK OF BURGLARS
The Store Of Browae & aelinger VAS
Entered Last Night.
SAFE WAS OPENED BY THE COMBINATION
UuiidinG Entered ThrouRh an tn
stairs window, Fire Alarm
ttt Was iurnrd tn.

About lo;il oclpck lAsi H!ghi an em-
poye Of ihc MciSarc Detective agency
who patrols . heat along Prairie avenue,
found one Of the trent doors OF Browne <
McllinEcrs grocery store standing par
TALLY Gsn. Policeman Lahcy. who came
along about the time Of The discovery. MAS
notified Of the fact and The two men went
IN the store to determine whether the
place had been burglarlged. They SION
discovered that burglars had been at work
snd, believing that the intrudsrs might
stll be in The building, they hegan a
search While they were thus engaged,
having been IN the store about twenty
minutes, some one turned in iirc alarm
from one OF the McKsuo alarm boxes sit
usted lust outside The store al the rear,
The Arc department responded readily.
hut II was soon learned that the alarm
was a false onr.
With the coming OF the ire apparatus
more officers arrived. annoug them being
Policeman Rain Assistant Chief Ray and
Detective ouir A Post reporter entered
the building with tho officers. and as II
vas stili thought thar mo burglars might
have hidden themselves in the hnilding Z
further search was made. which Included
the second story OF the building There
the place where the burglars entered Was
discovered. pane nt glass had been cur
from window on the west side of the
building the window being only twn OF
three feet above tie roof OF the adjoining
building The opening made was easily
large enough 10 admit the body OF a man
After entering this window the burglar,
evidently came down the stairway, reach
ing the store by smashing the glass in 4
door that opened from tho store intb the
stairway.
| Il required only = casual glance at he
cash register and The safe to show that
both had been rihed The cash register
had been opened and SEQ tia, was IN tho
1 tilr when tho store was closed was niss-
/ ing The safe doors were standing open
and ihr money drawer had been pried
open and taken 80 the front Of the store,
where search had eyidently been made
/ through its contents. Tho instrument used
] N nrying omen the money drawer was =
largo butcher knife. which Digestive Quin
found lying on top of the safe MI Quip
also found Mr. Mellingers watch watch
I had heen overlooked by the thieves From
tho iuysstiga ton made last night Il was
Thought thar nothing iin.the store had bocn
disturbed except the cash registor and
the safe,
The young man whose duty Il Is q
/ lock the safe was Very positive that he
/ had locked it last night and The fact thai
It had been unlociSnd by the burglars by
The use OF the combination made It plain
that The one who, opened - last nigh
knew. tho cpnrbnatiefi The safe lid MOI
bear ,Ayeu a. scratch and was Without
doubt opened by use OF The combination.
The turning IN of the slatln IN the rear
or the store h unexplained, unless the
person who entered the store had con-
tolerate IN fhe outside, Who Thought thai
he men on the inside Nere about TO hr
trapped aud took that means 10 attraeI
attention elsewhere and allow MS part.
u,'rs an opportunlty 70 csC8pP lo
The Young man who closed he safe pai
30 IN II Just heforr r,osipg ~ and he
thought thar tho hookkesper, and perhap'
someone else may have put other snmi
IN the safe So far as known the loss wa.
$50 IN cash.
Itwss learned later that the fire alarm
was turned IN accidentally