The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-14
He Is QUEER
SORT0F BURGLAR
One Who Is Operating Here
Not of Usual Order.
ON SNEAK-THIEF ORDER
Results of His Depredations
So Far Slight.
ON SNEAK-THIEF ORDER

There are burglars and burglars. but
the one who is paying Wichita such an
afectonate attention just now is Of a
new kind.
10 one has seen more of him than
the tip Of his coat-tails. He has not
entered any house where he thought
there were people. sleeping or waking.
lie viii not take anything but coin. He
does not employ any Of the well known
methods of professional housebreakers.
It IS doubtful IS he has q confederate.
lie has been surprised repeatedly, but
does not desist. And yet he is not dar-
ing, in that he attacks only empty
houses
Sherlock Holmes. if given these facts.
would come 70 the conclusion that most
OF Wichita is coming 10. that he is
sneak-thief who is trying to break into
the burglary business by degrees
The only remarkable thing that he has
accomplished has been to escape detec-
zion and arrest. But Il he is well-in-
formed, he must know that the city is
loading for him and that he might better
take a vacation and get into a trade
that viii bring him better remunera-
ton than he has gained so far IN his
depredations.
The burglarizing Of the houses In this
city began last summer, and several
houses were entered within a few weeks.
The people began to look for the robber,
the police patroled the residence part Of
the city and the burglar soon left for
better fields. The police do not think
that the man who was proving around
houses last summer Is the same fellow
HIS p fa.a -nrfrc
of his shoes were larger than those of
his successor Another clew that last
summers burglar is not the one who
visits houses this spring is that last
summer the robber never went upstairs,
while this year the thief has no COM
Functions about going into any part Of
the house that he chooses, 50 long as
10 one is at home.
Arler the robberies in this city ceased
last fan, "a number of burglaries were
committed in Guthrie and Oklahoma city
and the police think that they We're com
mittcd by the man who was scared out
OF Wichita.
During the street fair last fail there
was not burglary, even though many
OF the people left their homes for hours
It a time every night During the win
ter there were several attempted bur
elaries. bat they were not as common
as they now are
Within the past few weeks the bur
glarics have become more frequent.
They are evidently committed by
sn,al thief = no lives in Wichita and
knows the people. lie usually watches
on the outside until he secs them go
away and then slips in and hunts for
spo'ls. This is instancel by the rob
berry of Mrs Woolard ON North Topeka
avenue last "Wednesday night. Mrs.
Woolard and her daughter Winifred had
gone 10 a reception. The robber had
evidently seen them leave the house. and
corli tell ley the way they We're dressed
that thy would spend The evening at
party and would not return for several
hours
The same point is evidenced by the
burglary at the house Of DIT Mccoy on
the same night. The sneak thief had
seen DIR. and Mrs Mccoy drive away
and then he entered the house after
their departure. His calculations about
when they would rcturn were erroneous.
however for he was caught in the house.
and had Dr. Mccoy called On the neigh
bors before starting after The burglar
the thief would now be confined in the
basement of the city building
Or Mccoy has now concluded that
there WIS hut one robber in This house.
Tor he could dud in the mud the tracks