The Washington times., 1906-12-03
Several Hundred Dollars
Worth of Gold and
Platinum Was
Taken.
ROBBERY COMMITTED
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
Belief That Burglar Is an
Actor Once Arrested
Here for Similar
Job.

Tra1som vaulters made a Fichs maui in
the Colorado building. Fourteenth and
! g streets northwest, late Saturday night
or early yesterday morning. when they
visited sixteen offices and carried oil
several hundred dollars worth of den
lists gold and other articles of value.
Detectives Hewlett and Pratt. Of the
| Central office. are investigating the case,
! but have no clue that wOuld assist in
/ feTreting it out.
Rooms on the ninth, eighth. fourth,
NTH, and third floors were visited.
Tenants believe the burglars yot into
the building Saturday night before the
late elevator operator left, and secret
ed themselves In the corridors untl mid
night, when they began operations.
Finger Prints Visible.
This morning finger prints were plain
ly visible on the dust which covered the
transom windows. The brass rods which
held the transoms in place were broken.
bent or torn of. In many Instances the
thieves could not get tho transouls open
and evidently abandoned their efforts 10
effect an entrance.
DR.. II. j. Allen. a dentist occupying
rooms on the third floor, says he SUI
fered the loss Of 800 worth Of gold.
teeth and platinum. His office was ran
sacked Even the whisk broom was
stolen. The transom rod was broken
and pieces Of ii were found on the
floor
They probably began working on the
top floor said Dr. Allen, and when
they got down here they were pretty
dusty and stole my whisk broom TO
clean themselves up with It."
DR.. Dief1enderfeT, room 6l4, fifth floor
exhibited empty bottles and boxes to
show that he had been robbed of SIS
worth OF gold and platinum
Platinum is more expensive than
gold these days" said DR.. Diefenderfer
this morning and I had been saving
some pieces OF IL for years. They were
removed from this box. and the gold
plate In these bottles was also stolen"
The transom still bore finger marks and
the rod was badly bent.
DR.. II. ID. Dawson. whose office Is on
the third floor. figured his loss at $50.
Gold, teeth. and few scraps Of plati
aum were stolen from him.
Transoms Tampered With.
DIT. Dawson said he made the rounds |
OF the offices with the manager of the /
building yesterday and counted many /
transoms that had been tampered with. 4
IN the majority of instances where en- /
trance was gained desks were rihed and 1
the contents strewn on the floor
Dr. Keene. room 503. who was report /
ed TO have lost some gold and platinum. /
this morning said he knew nothing of /
the robbery.
Offices OF the Empire State Surety (
were also visited but il is /
not known whether any loot was car
ried or. a large number of other 4
rooms were entered, but the occupants
had not taken an inveT tory at noon and
could not figure out what they had lost.
T. \. Wickersham, agent for the Colo
radO building, when seen this morn
ing said that he was confident the
hefts had been committed between mid
night Saturday and early Sunday morn
ing.
With the exception of the dentists
offices, IL is not believed that much OF
value was carried on.
Dentists Robbed Yearly.
Every year the police receive com
1laints about the dentist gold thieves.
They visit Washington in the spring
md late fall ana a singular thing is
hat all the robberies have occurred on
Sunday.
Last year an actor in a melodrama
company was arrested and punished for
a series OF dentists Office
hefts, TO which he IS said to have
pleaded guilty The detectives believe
he same man is in the city. and they
lave been investigating the case since
was reported.
So. Ceiling Beaded, sa.oo Per 100 Ft.