Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-16
THREE BURGLARIES
Robbers Operate in the Business
District During Sun
day Night.
GET AWAY WITH ABOUT 500
Mystery About One of the Jobs
General Police
News.

Three small robberies took place
last night, business houses being en-
tered in each case. The exact
amount of booty secured is not
known, although it probably amounts
to 500 all told. Adams shoe store,
on Second avenue, and the Greater
New York Loan Bank and Summers
q Co, on Twentieth street. were the
places visited. f.... -,...-..
At Adams the manner of ,effecting
an entrance is n mystery. The rear
door, which was locked and barred,
was found unlocked and with the bar
down, showing how the thief, had
gotten out. The front door did not
appear to have been tempered with,
and it was found locked this morn
| ing as usual. As il would have been
| impossible for the bar TO have been
removed from the outside, it is be-
lieved that either the front door was
unlocked with a key that CHANGED to
fit or that the thief was Secreted in
the rear room at the time of locking
up Saturday night. All that is miss
ing there is $s.74 that was in the cash
drawer.
window Pried Open.
At the Greater New York Loan
bank the rear window was pried
open with chisel that was found in
the alley. y number of revolvers, a
couple of pairs of opera glasses,
some knives, watch charms and
chains were taken. At Summers &
Co. the rear entrance was broken
open and the tools in the. shop seat
tered about, but so far as is known
there was nothing taken.
Saturday night it became known
that someone had been taking rugs
from the Illinois theatre and dispos-
ing of them about town. The thieves
had entered through the trap. door by
means of which coal is passed into
the basement. and had from there
gotten out upon the stage and into
the property rooms. Just how many
had been taken in this manner was
not known. .,.
The officers went to work. on the
case. and early in the morning they
rounded up two men who are believed
to have been implicated in all the
crooked work that has been done.
They gave their names at W. NJ
Jones and NJ. L. Duff. The former
was caught trying to sell a rug at
saloon ON Fourth avenue. and the
latter admitted having been implica-
ted i'm the theft of three more that
had been sold for $3.50.
This afternoon. after an investiga-
ton by Chamberlin, Kindt & Co., it
was announced that seven rugs were
missing. The case against the two
prisoners was continued till tomor-
row.
Mission Robbed.
The Baptist Mission, on Forty
fourth street. was entered last night.
and the birthday" donation box
broken open and its contents. $3.50,
taken. One dollar of the amount was
in pennies and these were left on the
pulpit steps. The ianitor. on closing
the church for the evening, had neg
lected to lock the front door, so the
intruders had no trouble getting in.
General Police News.
David Warren got into trouble at
POttiger's restaurant Saturday ev-
ening through eating more than he
could pay for. He was taken before
Magistrate Johnson and fined $40
for disorderly conduct.
NelS Peterson, a habitual nuisance
to the police, was sentenced to 80
days m Jail Saturday evening on
charge of vagrancy.
Gus Bruhn is the latest person to
make complaint concerning the dog
belonging to James Johnston on Fiji
teenth street. He was bitten by the
animal while passing the premises
yesterday.