Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-23
Burglars Rampant.

Early Tuesday morning a gang Of
burglars tried to do all Butler at one
fell swOop and succeeded IN doing a
deal Of damage and getting considerable
''swag
Shortly after l O'Clock Robert Pol
lock noticed four men pass his resta1-
rant, back of Zimmerman : store, and
turn ~ the alley toward John Lefever 5
blacksmith stop. They did not arouse
Pollock 5 suspicious, but it might have
been well if they had
Breaking into Lefevers shop they
stole number of tools and then made
an attack on the rear door Of Dan Wul-
ler's drug store which is close at hand,
Entrance was gained by cutting thrOUe \
the panels Of the door and removing a
heavy iron bar which secured X. One
of the men must have been cut while
breaking in, as there were several blood
stains left. Once inside they rihed the
money drawers securing several dollars
in small change pried open the door IF
the safe, scattered valuable papers
over the floor and took a collection Of
rare gold coins and paper money, which
Mr. Wuller valued very highly. They
also took enough brandy, port wine,
orange polka, cod-liver oil, peruna, etc.
to start them in the drug busiress.
Their next visit was - Walters mill
Mrs. J. II BushmaD. wife OF one of the
millers who lives nearby, happened TO
get up and saw light IN the mill Office.
She wakened her husband who aroused
Al and Ed Walter. but the burglars
Jumped from a window and fed before
there was any chance u capture them
They had entered by cutting the glass
from the window There wss no mon
~ in the safe and it had been LETT op-n,
but the thieves broke lis cash box and
destroyed paPe1s apparently out OF pure
" antODness
Il is supposed they fed up the P &
W railroad 10 SpTinEdAie where Victor
bay ont US grocery on Donsghy Ave.
wa entered ana considerably damsge
done 5ut little 0f any value WIS taken
Martin HeinzeI : grocery on ZeiSler
ave Was heir last and lveiiest : o.
ring place. after, gaining tntrauce
treg went through the store up iniO Mr.
EeinZsrs room and stole his gold watch,
mon. v aud KEYS from his CLOTHES with
out awakening him Descending to the
: ore they blew uTen the safe and the
expl,~ion brought HeinZsr ont OF bed
il ji,fy.and securing bisreyolyer be be-
= -u smoothing l. ne DIEEldIb uIeu bcAIh
a6 h11n. and the store next morning gave
evidence that battle had taken place.
No one was dis bled however and
the marauders goi gway. Heinzer
thought be had hit one Of them, because
what appeared 10 be . trail of blood
was left. but some say this was only the
foofmarks of some one who had been
working n the red Ioughe at the plate
glass works. One If the SPAIN boys
driving ia from Summit twp about 4
O'Clock 10 work in the plate works says
he was stopped by tdree men. one of
" HON was being supported y the oth-
ers. They pointed a gun 1t MIN and
ordered him to get out and give them
his horse. instead he started for Bntler
rs hard as he could This gives color
to Heinzers idea that he hit one Of
them
Policeman Robt. Ray traced the men
as far as an old shanty ont the West
Penn railroad where six or eight tramps
nave been straying lately and it il gen
orally believed that the tramps are the
culprits.
Three men were arrested in Green
vile, Yesterday. one having "A fresh
wound in his face. but one OF them IS
capped from the lookup, and the other
two were released after being seen by
Policeman Ray and Mr.. Heinzer