Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-20
TWELVE ROBBERIES
ROUND DOZEN OF CRIMES RE-
PORTED TO POLICE.
Midnight or Early Morning Visits to
Business Houses-Thieves
After Cash.

Iron bars, locks, bolts and apparently Sc
curely fastened windows did not keep away
midnight and early morning callers at
business houses and residences, and the re-
suit Is the police and detectives are I'M
usually active today. Twelve residences
and business places were visited between
10 O'Clock last night and o'clock this
morning At some of the places attempts
only were made, while at others the burg
lars erected an entrance. 1t is evident that
the robbers are looking only for cash.
Where stores were entered the cash drawers
were investigated, but other valuables in
the places were not touched. Two drug
stores visited were those of James A. Hea-
ley, corner of Massachusetts avenue and
Sd street northwest, and H. c. yesterday,
in the same locality. At the former place
an entrance was gained by forcing open a
side window. The burglar took $40 from a
money drawer. There are several money
drawers IN the store and from them, had he
known 1t, the visitor might have secured
about 500. The side window at Easter
days store was also tempered with, but
the caller was frightened away before he
succeeded In making haul. John Stack s
saloon, in the same neighborhood, was also
visited, but the burglars did not succeed
in gaining an entrance.
Some time during the night the business
place of the Louvre Glove Company, 931 F
street, was entered by removing the iron
bars from the rear window and a search
was made for cash, but none was found
Hundreds of dollars worth of imported
gloves could have been taken away in a
small bundle, but they were left untouched
Theodore Nix, whose grocery store is at
l07 G street northwest, was surprised this
morning to find that somebody had been
in his store while he was asleep A jimmy
had been used to force open the window
and box of cigars, a knife and some small
change were stolen.
Residences Ransacked.
Three houses on New York avenue be-
tween North Capitol and 1st streets north
east were ransacked during the night and
robbed of small amounts of cash. A w.
Ware. whose number is IS New York ave-
nue., found this morning that 50 had been
taken from his house. A rear window had
been forced open, and the intruder did not
close it when he left On the opposite side
OF the thoroughfare the home Of Mrs.
Charles Hartwell was entered A pocket
book containing q cents was all that was
taken. Four doors away the burglars called
upon Mr.. G. M Shanahan, but as their host
was asleep they made no effort to see him.
The rear window of his home was forced
open, as had been done at the homes of
two OF his neighbors and his guests de-
parted after they had secured 20 cents
Just east of the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks and north Of Massa chusetts avenue
three grocery stores were visited. At the
place of business of Mr.. R. H. Owens, 421
E street. the thieves, finding no money,
helped themselves to some cigars and to-
bacco. Jimmy was used by the burglar
In prying open the side window. The only
thing taken from the store Of J. A. More
land at I'd and California streets was key
His place was entered by forcing open a
window. At the store of J. E. Diggle, cor
ner of I'd and E streets, the lock was bro
ken from the door. The noise was prob
ably SO great that the burglar became
frightened and left When the store of c.
w. Sharswood, at Massachusetts, avenue
was reached the robbers were content to
attack the slot machine, where they got So.
Police on the Alert.
Acting Captain Carter received the nu-
merous reports at headquarters this morn
ing and assigned the detectives to the sew
eral cases. At the morning roll call he
called the attention of the men to the rob-
berries, and told them something must be
done to stop these visits to houses. 1t is
believed that the robbers go armed, as two
revolvers were stolen from a store on Cap
itol Hill Tuesday night, probably to supply
valuable property in the store, but only the
two revolvers were taken. 1t is the belief
of the officers that the men went to the
store only for the purpose of getting weap-
ons to arm themselves for use in case they