, 1905-06-15
RESIDENCE OF NOAH WALLIS EN-
TERED BY BURGLARS DURING
TEMPORARY ABSENCE
OF THE FAMILY.
Entrance Effected Through Rear Door
and Exit BY Front Door, Both the
Doors Being Found Open-the
Drawers and Boxes Emptied of
Contents, Robbers Confined Them
selves to Cash and JeweIry.

Between s and 9 O'Clock last night
burglars entered and robbed the resi-
dence of Noah Wallis, at Eighth and
Garfield streets, securing something
like SIS in money and several hundred
dollars worth of jewelry.
The robbery was by a master hand,
nothing of no value being taken and
some of the jewelry bearing mono
grams or initials was thrown aside as
dangerous in the matter of sale and
conversion. The clothing of the occu-
pants of the house was thrown about
the room, the contents of drawers and
boxes being piled up in the middle of
the floor, but nothing of this nature
was missing. The stolen articles in
clude two gold watches, rings, pins,
cuff buttons, studs and other articles
to the value of several hundrad dol
lars, some of the stolen articles being
of great value as heirlooms and with
peculiar histories. This latter includes
a pair of opal shirt studs, Mr.. Wallis
bringing the stones from Montana and
having them set in New York in a
special design. A list of the stolen
articles has been furnished Sheriff
Reals and that officer this afternoon
mailed postal cards, offering a reward
of S25 for the capture and conviction
of the thief and the return of the stol-
en- articles.
The officers attribute the robbery to
a professional. He is b~eIieved to have
drifted to town on account of the pres
ence of Floto's circus, although the
secret service officer of that aggrega
ton assured Sheriff Reals yesterday
afternoon that there were no such peo-
pie following the circus, not being al
lowed to ride on the trains. 1t is the
opinion of the officers that the fellow
came to town yesterday, making 4
canvass of the town during the after
noon and locating the probable places
where robbery could be committed.
Between s and . o'clock last even
ing, while the younger members of the
family, including Ollie Wallis, the let
ter carrier, were away. Mrs. Wallis
went to her daughters Mrs. George
Crawford's, just a block away, AMI
when she returned she found thc'houSe
had been entered and robbed, all the
rooms but two having been visited. The
back and front doors were found open,
the thief evidently having forced the
back door. and after ging
through the house, departing from the
house by the front door, leaving that
open behind him. Only the money anil
jewelry was missing. Miss Arletta
Eastman, a student at the university
and a resident Of the house, lost about
So, her purse being taken out, enlptieG
of all but a couple of newspaper clip
pings, and was found this morning en-
Thornburgh street, in front of the Alb
rams residence. The Wallis family
purse, believed to have contained soine
$40 in change, vas missing, with some
papers of little value.
The robber took pains to find as
much jewelry as possible, going
through drawers rapidly but systemat-
ically, removing the rings and atber
jewels from their boxes and throwing
the boxes on the floor with other refus-
ed stuff. Several chains were stolen
and rings marked with initials were
left.