The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-05

Sometime between ana $50 o'clock
last evening. while the family of Reese
G.. Brooks were at dinner "a second
story thief entered their home. at Mul-
berry street and Quincy avenue. and
made off with $500 worth of jewelry
and $40 in cash. Among the articles
taken were the following:
SunbnlSt OF diamonds.
Large crescent brooch Of pearl. aad diamonds
''m set with 4 large amethyst surrounded hy
diamonds
Pin with opal set III pearls
Two ecntlcmcn's solitaire diamond rings.
l.ady's solitaire diamond ring
1a,y's ring. with diamond set in pearls
lhdNS ring, with tive large diamonds
Lady ring. with opal surrounded by diamonds.
l.ady's ring, with emerald surrounded bv dia.
mondS.
1ady's gold watch. set with diamonds.
l.ady's opcniaced gold watch.
l.ady's gold watch c,sin. with turquoise slide.
Manicure set Of silver, set with amcthrsis.
Number OF silver toilet and fancy articles.
The theft was one of the most daring
imaginable. On the street corner at the
Brooks house is an arc light, and in the
rear of the lot occupied Jointly by the
houses of Mr.. Brooks and his son-in-
law. Willard Matthews. is another arc
light, which has been maintained there
at private expense since the Matthews S
house was entered and ransa clied DUR
ing the abserce of Mr.. and Mrs. Mat
thews In Mexico.
MUCH TRAVELLED STREET.
In these days when pedestranism is
so popular, IT is safe to say that, be-
tween 6 and o'clock in the evening. n
thousand persons pass the Brooks resi-
dence. The steps at the front entrance
of the house are boarded UP, because
of repairs to the porch that have been
going on for a week.
Despite the brightness of the sur
roundings, the stream of pedestrians.
the lights in the house. the large house
mold. and the fact that no one now
enters the house at the front. the thief
made his way to the second floor on the
outside, by climbing 10 the top of the
porch, spent probably a quarter of an
hour ransacking the sleeping apart
ments, and got out again by the way
ne came without attracting attention.
The point selected for the ascent to
the second floor was in recess formed
by the end of the porch and a projec-
tlon of the house. with which the end
of the porch forms IL right angle This
Is at the southeas, corner of the house
1t is the only bit of the premises not
searched by the rays of one or the other
of the arc lights.
How the top Of the porch was reached
is not known. A long. slender piece of
moulding. picked up, supposedly, from
the porch where the repairs are going
on, was found leaning against Il bush
In the nook ut which the ascent was
made. The belief is that this piece of
was used TO lift to ana fasten
on the top of the porch rope ladder or
possibly rope With Il hook attached.
The top of the porch being gained. p
window opening on the hallway was
raised and access given to all the Sec
ond story rooms.
ONLY ONE ESCAPED.
Every room excepting one was ram
sacked. This excepted room was the
one occupied by John II. Brooks. That
it was not entered is explained either
by the fact that the thief feared 10
walk in it because Of its being directly
over the dining room, or else because
he LETT it for the last and was fright
med away before finishing his work.
In this room are displayed several hum
ired dollars worth of silver cups and
other trophies won by John II. Brooks
at golf and other athletic contests. Not
all of them are bulky and the smallest
Of them are the most valuable. They
would undoubtedly have been seized
upon had they come within the arms
reach of the thief
Most Of the booty was secured from
The drawer of a small table standing IN
4 corner of Mrs. Brooks bed room. The
thin. soft-wood bottom of the drawer
was pried out and the contents, prob-
ably, allowed to drop TO the floor. Th.
plush cases containing the different an
ticles of jeWelry were left behind after
Their contents had been extracted. One
pm mad become caught in the lining of
the case and detied ready extraction.
The thief could not waste any time
81 II, and accordingly contented him.
self with the diamond setting. whicl,
VAS released by pryinG away The
oronSs holding it in place.
The thief reliaiously eschewed everv-
hing bulky. The manicure set found
IN Mrs BrooNs' dressing case COM
olscd the largest articles he would
leigh To carry, \ mother-or- pearl
laper cutter, with n small silver orna-
ncnt at the end of the handle. was IN
ns on an escritoirc. Mr. Thief broke
III aud pocketed the silver ornament.
md considerably left the useful and
Incidentally bulky--portion of the arti-
lie behind.
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