The daily sentinel., 1905-08-28
ANOTHER BOLD BURGLARY.
MEN ROBBED WHILE ASLEEP

Last night burglar, n very uervy
individual. made pretty rich haul
at the ruskey rooming house on Ute
avenue.
Late in the night Mark Joyce. the
well known Denver d Rio Graude
engineer. and Ed. Klegg. "a fireman
on the Rio Grande. who have rooms
at the Tuskey house, came in from
their run and going to rheir rooms
each laid down with his clothes on.
being too tired to undress.
When they awoke his morning
each found his watch missing The
rooms occupied by the two men We're
thoroughly searci-ed but no clue ms
TO the whereabouts of the missing
watches or as to the identity of the
burglar or burglars were found
Both had their watches on their
persons when they laid down. The
watches were held br very heavy
chains attached to the vests. Each
man found his chain i0 tact but the
watch had been disconnected al the
snap i'm each case.
Neither Joyce nor Gregg remem-
hcrs of hearing any noise i'm the
night. They naturally slept heavily
being tired. and consequently could
not have been disturbed very easily
Evidently the thief new his bus
mess we'll and had plenty of nerve
Nothing else in eitho room or i'm
any other part of the house was mo-
Tested. The burglar wis evidently
satisfied with the two fine watches
The watches were costly ones and
in the best of condition. The cases
were heavy gold Messrs. Gregg and
Joyce greatly regret their losses.
II is not known how the burglar
gained entrance to the house
1t was the first burglary that ever
occurred at the popular rooming
house and Mrs. TuslIey greatly re-
grets the occurrence,
Later developments show that the
burglar entered several of the other
rooms in which men were sleeping
on the second floor of the rnummg
house Mr.. Durkee, a vouuG man
who rooms at the Tuskey hhUso re
lated an instance this morning which |
~ the time of its happening caused !
no suspicion to arise in his mind but
which he saw in different light |
after hearing OF the burglarir IllI
states that some time after midnight |
he awolie just as heavy set man en- |
Tered his room. The fellow made |
some common place remark. leading |
Mr.. Durkee to think he was some |
new roomer in the house lie asked |
DWrkee if he was railroad man and |
after chatting a minute or two said |
good night and walked out. Durkee |
got up to see which room the man
went into but he had disappeared |
down the hall when Durkea rcacrcd
the door. The latter returned to his
bed and thinking no more about Tie
matter fell asleep.
There is no doubt that the nervy
individual who entered DurEce's
room was the burglar bur he played /
the part of new roomcr lust look
ing in to get acquainted that Durliec
did not for an instant become sus-
picious.
Nearly all of the men rooming at
The Tuskee house leave their rooms
open so that it is an easy matteH for
a man to enter any of the rooms from
the long hall
\ nice hat was taken from one of
the rooms but a watch belonging to
the gentleman occupying the room
was not molested. 1t was in pocket
in a pair of trousers and no chain
was attached it did not attract the
burglars attention.
For daring and nerve the work Of
the smooth individual who visited
the dodgers at the Tuskey house last
night surpassed anything in the burg
larry line that has happened in Grand .
Junction in many a day.