The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-09
BURGLARS On THE ROUNDS
Mr.. Thomas Maxsed's Residence Ea-
tered and Rebbed OF 49,. an over
coat. n suit OF Clothes. and Trink-
ets-attemntcd burglary On the
wharf.

Mr. Thomas II. Maxtcd. n English
man by birth. = veteran % IN. Crtmeaa
and OF our civil war IN the feIerai side.
resides on Third n Dawson streets
His family Ia north aan. his house Is
not occpled at night - he watches NJ
night on the British t-auger haTbart at
the Champion Comprea~&
Yesterday morning een Mr Maxted
went home he discovered iht Z during
the night a burglar IA ticken ngo his
house and robbed hiti. lie found the
door was ajar. and ulsn cnt. ing the
house. discovered two chests had been
unlocked with keys shlch he had left
in a table drawer. 4hA burglar got
So in money. an overca4t. 4 good suit
OF clothes. two d snd other tEink-
cts that were in a ocx Ia enc Of the
chests.
One OF the medals was gold and vas
given MIR. Maxted by IEs humans So
ciety OF Boston. Mass. for swing i've
lives on the Spanish rnane on the South
American coast man. years ago. The
other medal was silver and Was award
ed TO him by the British government for
meritorious service IN Ilte ravy during
Great Britain's historic wa- With Russia
In the Crimea. During our eU.l var.
Mr. Maxted served in Sas UEi'ed States
navy and was on the Connecticut on
this coast and TO the south OF Us. tie
does not lay such store by MS medal as
he does his money. as ie had saved it
to cell his house while his family is
away.
Mr.. Maxted says the tusiar ran
sacked every drawer in the house and
scattered things generally fIola the bu-
reau and tables besides ~plIEdsrtng the
two chests. He believes that the burg
lar secreted himself al the house and
committee the rnhhArN rffar ~. lafs
home at 8 o'clock Wednesday, evening.
He returned home yes iias 7 orning at
6 o'clock TO find that h. hal heen rob-
bed. The eason he - II the opinion
that the robber hid ins'de. was that the
door was evidently oDcucd tom the in
side n the trap doJ- to the garnet
above the first floor Of the house was
open. He thinks the thief seCreted him.
self In the garnet, pee?ef down at him
md saw where he put Isis money, and
h robbed him after he l'ft for work.
He is a poor man aud his loss falls
heavily upon him. After discovering
the robbery. Mr.. b. 3. Brown. who re-
sides at Fourth and Dawson streets, a
block from his house. assisted hIm in
trying TO get a clue II the re bber but
they failed. If any one knows any CIR
cumstances that will aIc hin. an catch
ing up with the thief they VIII please
communicate with hin, at ONE
The discovery was mad yesterday
morning that a burgia: attempted too
enter a cook shop kept by a negro
named Blocker. on Water street, be-
tween Redcross and Walnut streets
There was evidence that some one had
gotten on top OF the house. broke out a
sky light, n made ali effort 10 descend
inside by means Of 4 plank that had
been taken from an adjacent building
where some carpenters had been at
work during the day. The plank was
not long enough to each the floor un-
meath the sky light. and IL doubt il
slipped from the burglars hands and
was found o nthe floor yesterday morn
ing. In all probability the noise OF the
falling plank caused the burglar to
beat a retreat.