Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-13
ALBUQUERQUE EASY
FIELD FOR BURGLARS
HOuSebreakerS RanSaCk Three
Residences Within Past
FOrty-Eieht Hours.
NO CLEW AS TO THIEVES

There we're two burglaries in the
city Saturday night and n last night.
Ali were of the sneak variety and
show that whoever the perpetrators
were they were no novices at the bus-
mess.
Sometime between the hours of 1880
and 1890 Saturday night the home OF
II. l.. Lindemann, of the firm of Lear
nard & Lindemann, near the corner of
Coal and Fifth, was entered. h
thief gained entrance by the back win
dow of the house and proceeded with
his work of pilfering in a business
like way. The shades were drawn by
him and the lights were in some cases
turned on.
The thief took a 32-callber Smith &
Wesson hammerless revolver, two
bracelets, an opal ring and a little
savings bank belonging to MIR. Linde-
mann's little daughter. These are all
of the articles which have been missed
and as the whole house was ransack-
ed, it will take some time to determine
just what has been stolen.
When the family arrived home after
being in the city for the evening,
burned matches were found on the
floor, which first attracted their at.
t%ention to the fact that some one had
been in the house.
Stole Silk Dress.
Later the same evening a sneak
thief entered the home of DIR. r. l.
Hust, on South Third street, while the
family were away, and ransacked the
house of considerable wearing appare
and other valuables.
He gained entrance to the houst
through a back window and wen
about his work in a very systematic
manner The dressers of the differen.
rooms were all searched and their con
tents strewn about.
What the thief wanted was money
as was evident from his search of tn
house, but this he did not find. Tit
most valuable article stolen was
beautiful silk dress belonging to Mrs
Hust.
When the family returned abou
1890, they found burned matches OF
the floor of the front hall and abou
the different rooms.
Banker Herndon's Home Entered.
The burglar or burglars were activ,
again last night. Some time between
the hours of s and $3.50 o'clock tn
residence of J. b. Herndon, cashier o
the State National bank, was entered
The burglar was a little slow and cam
very ear to being captured, effectinI
his escape only after making a leap TO
life from a porch leading from a SCI
ond story window.
The family of Mr.. Herndon is al
sem from the city and the banker, az
COMMANDED nv his neDheW II. Iehl
returned home about $3.50 O'Clock. A
they stepped on the porch and opene
the front door, Mr.. Herndon hear
some one walking around inside tn
house. He closed and locked the doc
and telling Lehr to go across tn
street to a ~neighbor'S and get a gul
he went around to the real of tn
house to intercept the burglar.
The thief was a little too slick fc
him, however, and seeing that he wa
about to be cornered he stepped OF
on the porch upstairs and leaped {
the ground, a distance of about fiftee
feet. AS he passed out of the yard b
came face to face with Mr.. Lehr, WI
had returned. The burglar drew
revolver and with the comman
stand shy there" he dashed pa.
Lehr, and disappeared in the darkness
The police are investigating the 70
berries, but so far have not the Sigh
est clue as to who the burglars ar
A warning is given the people wi
leave their homes at night to see thi
the doors and windows are locke
In every instance the thief has effeC
ed an entrance to the premises by raj
ing a window.