People's voice., 1900-08-16
AFTER THE CIRCUS.
Numerous Burglaries and Reports OF
SwlndIiug Operations Come TO Light.
From Wednesdays Daily Journal.

From Wednesdays Daily Journal.
Inc residence vi Nils, Leila hlnt
on North v street Was entered nl
burglars yesterday afternoon about
l:3O o'clock. Mrs. King and daugh
ters are visiting in Kentucky, and II
is not known what was stolen. There
were two men connected with the
robbery. They evidently planned
first to enter the home Uf DR.. ID. Z
Wetzel on North B street, block
south anu block east Of Mrs. Klng''
place. The men, who were thought
10 be negros, were seen by Mrs. Welze
standing in the yard south OF The
house and looking at the house ln
tently as il they were in doubt as tC
whether there was anyone at home
Mrs. Wetzel became suspicious ano
stepped out onto the porch and the
men left Immediately. They went IL
the direction of Mrs. Leila Kings
residence aud were seen by neighbOr>
to enter Mrs. Kings yard, They pro
Ceeded to The rear Of the house and
cut a screen and raised the WINDOW
Mrs. j. HOlllngsworth saw the meu
climbing into the window and gave
an alarm. In the excitement, no one
thought Of telephoaing for the police
and the burglars got away before the
officers could be notified. Residence
telephones are thick in that neigh
bOrhoOd, and if the Officers
had been notified by phone they
would have arrived in time to catch
the burglars in the house. Several
suspicious looking persons were ar
rested down town and taken to the
neighbOrhood for Identification, bul
could not be positively identified anC
were turned lUsSe.
A new kind of gambling game was
running on the corner near Al Stan
ley's drug store yesterday. A lot oI
hexagonal blocks having numbers on
all sides were placed In an upright
position. The player put his money
on hazard cloth and knocked the
blocks down with pencil, and won oil
lost according to the numbers that
turned up. A ''capper," who turned
out to be the Rough Rider in the
circus, mingled with the crowd and
by occasional big winnings caused
lot OF country fellows 10 buck the
game until they were broke.
A young fellow claiming to be a
threshing hand complained to the
police early yesterday morning that
his pocket had been picked. All the
money he had was stolen.
Only four jags we're run 10 yester'
day. Two drunks we're found on the
sidewalk early this morning by Spe-
cial Policeman John Smith.
Miss Emma BarndOllar wore her
chatelaine watch down town yester'
day. 1t struck some member OF the
light fingered gentry as being pretty,
and he clipped the chain and took 1t.
Nine special policemen were doing
duty yesterday and last night. They
were: Charlie CLANCY, ROOt. Bruce,
Turner Barnett, Will Jones, Al Carr,
Charlie Carr, DelOs AtChisOn, joe
AmiCk and John Smith. The city
paid for only four Of the special
policemen, the joints employing FIVE.
One special policeman remained on
duty all day and night at each joint
which had beneficial effect on the
type Of person who is inclined to take
a drink and then holler. One man
wanted to be policeman so bad yes
terday that he put on a star and
served for nothing, He gave good
service.
The residence OF W. E. Murphy on
North F street was entered by burg
lars yesterday morning while the
family was up town to see the street
parade. They entered through the
cellar, which has an opening from the
outside and from the kitchen. A gold
stick pin with setting, gold ring,
some old coins and dime savings
bank, containing about 81 were stolen.
No one saw the burglars enter or
leave the house, and no suspicious
persons were noticed In the neighbor-
hood at that hour.
Night Marshal Johnson Turner
raided house Of i'll fame on South
Jefferson avenue about midnight last
night and arrested a sciled dove and
her mate. They were from Okla
hOma.
Chas. Wichern's house, opposite the
First ward school building, was burg.
larized shortly after I o'clock last
Digbt. Mr. Wichern went to Peter
Schaurer's home at that hour, and
Mrs. Wichern stepped over to W. P.
BeatOn's across the alley until he re-
turned. They locked the windows
and all the doors except the back
screen, which was latched. Thirty
minutes later they returned and
found Mrs. Wichern's pocketbook con-
tanning little cash, draft for $3.50
and bank certificate OF deposit gone.
The bureau drawers were ransacked
but nothing else Of value was taken.
Two empty pocketbooks we're found
and left in one Of the rooms by the