Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-11-06
BURGLARS HELD TWO
PISTOLS ATT HIS FACE
Thrilling Experience Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Townsend W. Miller at Their
Home, Early Friday Morning.
WERE HELPLESS WHILE
BURGLARS STOLE Their CASH
House Robbers Held High Car
nival Over the BrandyWine
Thursday Night.
THEY BROKE INTO FIVE DWELLINGS
deciq having broken into four houses
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deciq having broken into four houses
fifteenth and Washington streets,
bey Friday morning, burglars entered
st6ne 7 house of Townsend w. Miller.
Twenty second and Boulevard, where
one of them held Mr.. and Mrs. Miller
In bed at the point of two revolvers,
while another kept up pleasant How \
of conversation while he coolly ram
sacked bureau drawers and took about !
Oil in money from the pocketbooks OF /
Mrs. Miller.
1t was thrilling incident, as told |
by Mrs Miller.
.'I was awakened by light flashing !
in my face, she said, land screamed
shat there was a man in the room 4
had hardly gotten the words out of my
mouth before another man rushed into
the room. He placed two revolvers
against my husbands cheek bones and
told him to hold up his hands and re-
main quiet. We were terribly fright
ened. Both of the men wore long black
masks and the one who was doing the
robbing had sweet, pleasant voice. l
He told us that his business there was
to get money and wanted to know
where it was kept. My husband told
them that he did not make practice
of keeping money in the house. had
tell them were they were, and they took
about s11 from me. We were kept at
the point of the revolver for about five
minutes. My husband asked them how
they gained entrance to the house. One
of them said: We came in by rear
window. We know you people have
burglar alarms, but we don't care a
damn for burglar alarms, we have no
use for them Ia going out they took
dish of English walnuts that | had
cracked. They were in a glass dish
\ and they very considerably left the
dish on the back STEP"
Entrance was gained by prying the
9, kitchen shutter open and then placing
II piece of fly paper on the glass to
deaden the sound while breaking it
with brick. There was but one pane
in each of the kitchen sash, which gave
the burglars plenty of room to enter.
Five minutes after they left the house
the Washington street trolley car went
by. 1t was about $50 O'Clock when
they broke into the building.
Mrs. Miller describes the men as
being small. One of them she says was
of slight build, and the other was a
! little stouter. They both wore heavy
black masks.
A beggar who visited the houses in
that section of the town Thursday
afternoon is thought to have been one
of the burglars. He was begging money
for the alleged purpose of getting
4 enough to pay his way to Cape Charles,
where he said he had sick wife. He
seemed to size each house up before he
applied for assistance significant
feature of his actions IS that the houses
robbed Friday morning we're among
the ones he visited Thursday.
FouE OTHER HOUSES ENTERED.
At tNineteenth and Washington streets
four houses ware entered and in two O.
them the intruder was seen.
In the home of james Thomas, 181.
Washington street, one of the burglar
was seen by Clifford Sibers, IL year
old, a nephew of Mr.. Thomas. The bo,
went into the bathroom about 81
n O'Clock Friday morning and on comini
u out he saw man whom he though
F1 was his uncle. He called out: 'Is tina
n you Uncle Jimsn
"Yes," was the response in a grui
voice that he knew was not his uncle's
The lad ran to the room of his cousin
Miss Elsie Thomas, and told her wha
\ he had seen.
VI A'sI don't think I had nightmare
n Cousin Elsie" he said. II am sur
that | saw man. He was in his shir
sleeves and was kind of stout. -
Miss Elsie and the hoy then wen
into the room of Miss Ann Thomas
another daughter of the house. Sh
was awakened and the frightened tri
pushed the bureau against the dool
rhis noise awakened Mr.. Thomas, VIII
thought the children had been dream
ing. He took matches, however, an
looked over the house, but discovere
no one. Friday the back kitche
door was open and number of ne
spoons were missing. 1t is thought b
l II the family that the burglar was eitht
under the diningroom table or in tt
cellar when Mr.. Thomas was lookin
\ for him. The telephone was found {
\ be out of service Friday morning.
TOOK MR. MUNN's WATCH.
4 A sash lock was broken by Il
T. burglars in the homo of John M. Cal
non, No. 1908 Washington street, b,
the noise aroused Mrs. Cannon, wi
screamed for the police. This frigh
ened the burglars and they left Il
Cannon residence and went to the hon
of Thomas G. Mum, next door. He
they effected an entrance and took M
Munn's gold watch and chain, nur
" ber of car tickets and a small sum
money. Mr.. Mum had to walk to b
boot building shop Friday morning.
Miss Julia Voshell, serving maid
n the home OF Mr.. MUM, was awaken
by hearing some one in her room. 81
n screamed and asked il it was Mi
Mum. Receiving no answer 8
\ aroused the family, who got up al
lighted the gas 1t was then o'cloo
\ The burglars entered by the parl
window. The watch stolen from N
Mum was valued at about S75.
An attempt to enter the home
u Boyd Cook, 1910 Washington stree
was failure. Five chisel marks We
made on one of the windows.
WE'RE SEEN IN BURNS HOME.
Miss Anna I. Burns Of 1905 Was
N ington street, was awakened shor
after o'clock Friday morning by m
In her room. She screamed Justify a
the man fed. Her father, James Burr
was aroused by his daughters cry a
same out in the hall in time to &c