The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-10-03
A DAYLIGHT
BURGLARY
House Broken Into and Money
Stolen From Occupants.

"a aud Asior streets was entered by
some unknown party or parties and q
sum amounting 10 s4 in gold and silver
was stolen. Who the thiei IL or how an
entrance was effected is still 40 unsolyed
problem and problem that the police
are working hard TO puzzle out with
small hopes that their efforts " Ill be any
thing but unavailing.
A little before noon neighbor sng.
gcsted 10 Mrs. Hohmann that they take
walk up town 10 do some shopping and
pay visit to a photograph gallery for
the purpose Of having the children's
pictures taken. So at II O'Clock Mrs.
Hohmaun after locking every outer
door OF the house and the one that leads
from the kitchen 10 the dining room
joined her friend. At 2 O'Clock the
ladies returned and bidding each other
goodbye at the corner Of 3rd and Astor
they parted.
When Mrs. Hohmann reached her
home there was nothing about the APP
pearance Of the outside OF the house 10
awaken suspicion, 80 unlocking the
front door she walked in. One glance
around and she knew that the house
had been pillaged during her brief ab-
sence.
The front room, which is entered d.
rect from the outer door, has a bed in
the northeast corner, while bureau oc
cupies the southeast. The bed, which
had been smoothly made at noon was
now touselcd and mussed, and the draw.
ers Of the bureau were pulled out al d
their contents pitched about in a helter
shelter style. The alarmed woman at
once FASTENED into the dining room.
II has been the intention Of the Hob
mann's for some time TO move 10 Port
land and Mrs. Hohmann had occasion
ally been putting by small amounts that
10 time were expected to equal sum
sufficiently large to defray the expenses
OF the trip. This money had been
placed in combination chid's safe
which in turn was deposited in the bot
tom OF trunk. The trunk, securely
locked, was kept in the dining room
against the south wall This room ad-
joins the front apartment.
Upon discovering that her house had
been pillaged, naturally Mrs. Holimann's
first thought was Of the money. She
hurried at once 10 the trunk and found it
broken open and the little safe, still in
the same place, had had its combination
worked aud the money that had been SO
carefully boarded was gone. The baby's
pennies. 43 in number, were still there, a
mute evidence that the thief held some
little regard for child's feelings or was
too shrewd to burden himself with tell
tale coin. II is nicer to believe the former
but the other is more likely to be the
fact
Mrs. HohmRnn at once rang up the po-
lice department and chief Hallock inn
mediately responded, The premises were
minutely searched and the neighbors
closely questioned, but no sign as to the
entrance was found and no one noticed
anyone about upon whom suspicion
might rest. Not an article OF any de-
scription, besides the money had been
removed from the house. An old cob
pipe, evidently belonging to the marau.
der, was discovered on the edge OF the
bed and it is now in the possession of the
police. Aside from this there was not a
sign left Of his presence, excepting the
damage he had created.
There Is a theory that the thief might
have entered from the rear by climbing
over the shed roof of the wood house
and going in by the window on the sec
ond floor and from thence to the kitchen
below by the flight OF stairs This is OK
tremely improbable, however, as in order
to enter the dining room it would have
been necessary to have removed the lock
on the door and on departing to have re-
placed it, and the lock does not look as
though it had been tampered with. Be-
sides man climbing about on roof in
broad daylight would certainly have
been noticed, 1t Is considered more
likely that the party possessed key
that fit the front door and boldly walking
through the little outer gate entered by
that way.
Such move would have escaped the
notice of any casual observer and as
house breakers are not looked for in the
broad light of day, any observation would
most likely have been of casual nature
Some weeks ago the same house was
broken into from the rear, but nothing
OF valuable nature was taken.
The larder, though, was considerably
depleted. On this ocassion the family
was absent at the Portland carnival,
AT another time an old Frenchmap
had his house broken into and number
OF bread tickets we're stolen. Some thief
has also stolen quantity Of canned fruit
from resident south of the Hohmanns.
So it is quite evident that some skalawag
has hnn,, rnnl.;ra. Al, "a nsoAso,, .s lIo IL.