The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-14
TRIPLE PANTS ROBBERY
BURGLARS LOOT THE HOMES OF EN-
PLOYES OF THE l., ID. & w.
A Sad Awakening foy the Inmates of
Three Houses on West Yer
mont Street.

Burglars with a penchant for removing
trousers to back yards and there going
through them lesurely and with precision
reaped a small harvest of money, watches
and rings on West Vermont street Satur-
day night. Three houses within a stones
throw of each other were visited by thieves,
who made a thorough job of it. BY curl
Gus chance or design on the part of the
burglars it happened that all three houses
robbed were occupied by employees of the
L., d. q w. Railroad. Frank NJ. Conner,
train dispatcher. who lives at 1920 West
Vermont street, ]. Gilhooly, an engineer of
the road, living across the street from Mr..
Conner. and Richard NJ. Vice, a brakeman,
living at 1928 West Vermont street are all
sufferers TO the extent of small sums of
money and ValuableS.
In many ways the triple robbery was re-
markable. The robbers ransacked the three
houses leisurely and without haste and did
IL so nOiseleSsly that none in the three fam
flies was awakened They pried open win
dows, turned bureau drawers inside out,
dumped the contents of bookcases on floors
and proceeded in general as if they had
been assured OF no interruption. In two of
the houses they visited bedrooms where
people were sleeping, and calmly lifting
trousers from. bedposts and the backs of
chairs, took them outside for inspection.
The police believe that the Job was the
work of professionals. rather than anna
teurS, from the cleVerneSS displayed
THE ENGINEERS AWAKENING.
When Engineer Gilhooly woke up Sunday
morning and looked around for certain
articles of clothing essential to masculine
costume he found that the most indis-
pensable part of his suit was missing
Search through the house not only failed
to locate the missing trousers but indi-
Gated in a minute that other things were
gone. Gilhooly looked out of the back win
dow and saw his trousers sprawling in the
yard with empted pockets sticking ous
Gilhooly made an inventory of his losses
and discovered that a ladys gold watch
was missing. besides the change in his
pockets. Mrs. GilhOoly believes that the
whole family were chlOrOformed, else the
of the room without awakening some one.
Vice also awOke with inquiries as TO
where his clothes and particularly his
trousers had gone. He. too. looked out
of a back window and saw the rified
articles lying in the yard. From the house
a number of small articles were taken. At
the Conner house the burglars did not at
tempt 10 get 10 the bedroom of Mr.. Conner.
They broke open bookcase and took a
purse containing 2.59, but overlooked an
/ other pOcketbOok containing a large sum of
money From a dresser in the same room
they took child's diamond ring.
The belief OF the men robbed is that the
burglars thought Saturday was pay day on
the l.. d. & w. and that they might sue
coed in getting several hundred dollars for
their nights work. They were wrong.
7 however. for employees OF the road will not
draw their salaries for several weeks.
Neighbors say that there has not been a
burglary in that section OF the city for sew
| eral years which bears out the theory that
/ the burglars expected to get possession of
the mems pay.