Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-28
BURGLARS HAVE A PICNIC.
With No Respect for Professions they
Tackle Residence Of a News
paper Man and a Preacher.
They go About Their Work Fearlessly
and Without Noise and Leave
Their Victims Asleep.
Window Screens Cut, Doors Opened
and the EXPERIENCES Of the Oper-
ators Clearly Shown.

in the capital city the people have not
realized the proficiency of experts and
the advance in these arts. At mid.
night last night the weather was
threatening but later it seems the sky
was clear and the moons light was
very much like day. 1t is seldom that
an editor has $40 about his clothes,
especially on his return from an east
man was an eNception-but his wife
didn't know it. Perhaps the bold, bad
burglar gentleman who took in the,
town last night didn't know it either,
but they got the two $40 bills just the
same, and a gold wath and chain and
knight Templar charm with it. They
left no cards and n clew. They came
in by the pantry window-opened the
outside shutters-came through the
open Window-went through the kitch-
en-, dining room-front hall-up stairs
hall-openedt the bedroom door that
was latched-passed along within three
feet of two sleeping beauties to the
front room-took watch from pants
pocket-took pass and card case from
hip pocket-found and took therefrom
two $40 bills-replaced the pass book
and departed as quietly as they came
not molesting any other articles Of
value. The loss and the manner
thereof was discovered this morning.
Some burglars have no respect for
persons and play no favorites. Some
time during the night the Methodist
parsonage vas entered-the burglars
having no trouble in cutting a window
screen and proceeding on their jour
ney. They visited Mrs. Hayes room
but disturbed nothing. Rev. Hayes
had taken $40 to SIS from the pockets
of his Sunday pants and laid it on the
bureau with the intention of trans
ferring it to his iMonday'sStrousers this
morning. Offcious housebreakers re-
lieved him Of the pleasure. They didn't
take his watch and nothing else was
disturbed. Rev. Hayes believes
%chloroform was used.
Jos. Dietrich, old trapper and hunter,
and first white man in Bismarck, used
to wake up when wild cats and coyotes
were abroad in the land but now he
sleeps the sleep Of the just and easy
conscience. That is evident from the
fact that at about four o'clock this
morning some %covetous individual took
the screen off one of the kitchen win
dows, went to the closet a foot from.
the head of his bed, took his clothes
therefrom and going into another
room proceeded to relieve the pockets
of $13. The watch offered no attrac-
tion, but a gold toothpick and small
pocket knife were taken fromSthe same
pocket that contained the watch.
After surveying the upstairs rooms
the night hawk departed by the
front door. Joe and his wife are now
wondering how this trick could be
played and as a. large piece of cotton
batten was found just outside the din
ing room door they believe chloroform
was the agent that made the job easy.
Hon. John Satterlund went home
early last night and finding some young
people in possession of the front porch
went UP stairs and after reading a
short time went to bed. He was
aroused about ! or 2 o'clock by some
thing and hearing footsteps in the hall
thought some n of the family was
just retiring. Miss Hilda,s room is
UP stairs, off the hall and rather than
run any risk of loosing a valuable
watch presented to her by her father
when she graduated she contracted
that good old fashioned habit Of placing
the watch beneath her pillow before
retiring. The watch was gone this
morning. The act disturbed no happy
dreams. Mr.. Satterlund will make a
survey of the house the next time he
hears footsteps late at night and then
he'll probably be disappointed. Bur-
glars-genuine experts-know when to
call and how to proceed.
3. F. Allen, now that he learns what
was going on about town, is satisfied a
light-fngered and light-treading gen
tleman was around his house at an
early hour. He heard someone-got
upsand turned on the light and finding
the children asleep and all well retired
again, but hearing footsteps on the
stone walk and the barks of numerous
dogs arose and looked out the window.
He saw a slight built man walking
along and could recognize him If he
saw him again-he thinks-but hasn't
lost anything and isn't looking around.
There may have been other resi-
dences investigated BY strangers last
night but the above list comprises
those coming TO THE attention OF the
police AMI the Tribune, It Is Just as
well to take a philosophical view of
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