Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-10

Three professional yeggmen, who
ere known to the police of many
American cities, are believed by detec-
tives working on the case to have per-
petrated the daring daylight robbery at
the home of George r. EXton of Holly
wood last week, in which over $4,000
worth of rare valuables were stolen.
Miss Anna Exton owner of most Of
the stolen goods. returned from San
Francisco yesterday. Mr.. Exton and
his sister have offered a reward of $500
for the return of the valuables.
The time at which the robbery oc-
Cured is believed to be known. All
last week, with the exception of Thurs
day, there We're several men grading
on the lot Immediately in the rear of
the Exton home. No light whatever
has been seen in the house at night
from Thursday to Sunday, when Mr..
Exton returned and found his house
looted from dining room to bath room.
In the opinion of officers working
on the case these facts would place
the time of the crime as some hour on
Thursday afternoon.
Neiehbors See Suspects
Neighbors saw two men lying in the
Thursday afternoon. They were seen
at various hours by at least three per-
sons, and a good general description OF
them has been obtained.
Wax still sticking to the combination
Yale lock ON the front door would in
dicate that the entrance made by the
men was through the front door, and
it is believed by the detectives that
they also left through that entrance.
When the thieves left the house they
locked all the doors which they had
opened to perpetrate their robberies,
and with the exception of the valuables
which We're stolen, the house was in
just as good condition when Mr.. EXton
| opened the door on Sunday morning
as it was when he left Thursday morn
ing.
Only Valuable Articles Taken
That the burglars were connoisseurs
| of articles of virtu was shown by the
fact that they selected the very best of
everything which was in the house.
Vases worth 500 to $35 were passed
over by the robbers and only those
were taken which would bring the
! highest prices from lovers of art.
Three beautiful Cloisonne vases were
| taken. low estimate of their value
made by Mr. EXton is $500. Two splen-
| did bronzes were passed over in dis
dain by the finicky thieves. Four
| Turkish rugs were stolen and the rob-
bers showed the utmost consideration
by carefully moving any furniture
| standing on the rugs to one side, and
not a floor or stair was scratched by
the thieves in removing their plunder
from the house.
Two of the Turkish rugs We're very
rare, and as such We're valued highly
One of them, Khiva, is worth $500
while the other, an Iran rug, is valued
at $3.50.
Two Navajo blanket rugs were
among the more valuable of the loot OF
| the house. Several dresses belonging
| to Miss Anna EXton were stolen and
several more were discarded by them
as being beneath their notice.
Good View From House
The situation of the Exton house is
peculiarly good for the purposes OF
| thievery. A man could stand on the
| front porch for any length of time and
not be noticed, as the house is isolated
and stands in the foothills.
| 1t was at first believed by detectives
| that the robbers carried their loot away
from the building IN q wagon, but that
| now asserted that the thieves carried
away the plunder in their arms and
| that three men were concerned in the
affair.
c. H. Hanchett, one of the nearest
neighbors to the EXton house, said
yesterday:
al. Miller, who lives near me. said tc
me on last Thursday afternoon, Mr.
Hanchett. wish you would look after
my house while l am gone; there are
two men lying in the grass on the hill
and l believe they will bear watch
ing
IT told him I would look after his
ont - ttf.f-
| osity [ walked up the hill and took q
peep at the men of whom he hao
spoken. They had piled up sort oi
| barricade of grass and weeds ano
were just barely visible from the side
walk.
"I walked around to point from
which l could see them quite plainly
when they both laid down and pretend
ed to be asleep. That aroused my curl
osity and suspicion. In few moments
1 went up again. They were still
asleep, but when I went up the thirt
time / saw them quite plainly.
zone of them was short and thicl
set and the other was tall and very
powerfully built. The taller one looked
like a pugilist. His face was red anC
he appeared to be getting over
'I think I would recognize him If
saw him, but as to the other one I die
not see him plainly.
presently / went into the house fol
dinner and I forgot all about them"
Several of the other neighbors saw
the men and all of them seem to have
been suspicious OF the actions of thu
pair.
All the goods which We're stolen wer'
the property of Miss EXton, and thii
Is the third robberey of which she hal
been the victim. The first ocourreC
three years ago, when she lived in Lo
Angeles. At that tins she was held III
in the street and her purse and watcl
| were taken. About a year ago he
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