The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-14
Inquest and lnvestiga-
tiOns Of Detectives
ThroWLittIe Light.
ENTRANCE AND
EXIT UNKNOWN. N
Probable That Burglar Entered
Through Window and Escaped
Through Door, 2 But Vt: No
Marks Have Been Found
TO Bear Out Theory.

II searching Investigation by the coro-
ners jury and this reinforced by very
diligent inquiry and lnterrogatory py tne
police department. has utterly falied a1' 70
&t1nd any clue to the burglar who en-
tered the home OF Mr.. Robert E.@ - \ Enc; Eng
llsh, at No. l7e2 Grove Avenue, early srl'
yesterday morning. and caused such t, e1- x
citement that Mrs. Madeline English died 1'e'
few minutes afterwards from 4 me
shock.
Shrouded in an impenetrable gloom Is
the mysterious disappearance OF the
burglar from the home. His entrance to.
the house Is also us much a mystery to
the husband, the prostrated daughter
and the two grief-stricken sons Of Mrs.
English, whose death was due to q
shock ller heart being affected. Not 2 2
word can be heard that will throw any
light on the case for the gpolices9 and
not clue can be found that will lead az
4 to the capture OF the burglar who er,-
tered the home. t5si jFs !. fsssSS "A #t 5
Only theoretical conclusions can s@ber
arrived at, and sttleories are thick. Each
officer has n theory as to- who 8a the
burglar was. and each detective Is work
ing to fathom the case. And. at at the = E
home the family is prostrated WIN
grief, the young and beautiful daughter
being confined to her room and under
the attention OF a physician.
Coroner's Inquest. a
At the coroner's Inquest YESTERDAY af-
ternoon Or. Sycle gave as his opinion
that death was due to astllenia or Joss
the heart this statement he's was
4 scorrobora ted by Dr. .2S8 w H Ta ylpr.;
coroner who Viewed e he, body early.SiIn
the morning, and conssned the 1'lr, u the
afternoon at 4 O'clock. Il n
The Inquest was. In point q TACT a g
mere forn,alitS, and little I'M forrila ton y
other than that already gained va was e,
ce!yed. But three witnesses appeared
before the jury-Dr. Sycle. Mr.. Edgar
English. Che son, and Mr.. Robert E
English. tile husband and ia Their.
Dr.. Sycle said that when he arrived
~ the home. about 1870 o clock. he found
Mrs. English in a dying condition lon she
was III the middle room upstairs when
he arrived About ten minutes after ne
saw her she died. The physician ~! had
never attended her before for any trou-- ,u- 4
BILE. Els opinion was that death was ,a
due to paralysis of the heart.
Mr.. Edgar B. English, was the secona
witness. He said II came home about
aa15 o'clock last night. I locked the
front door and went to rny room. on
the third floor, and began reading
magazine that I had there. was lying
in bed with my head to the foot to get
the benefit of the light while reading
dozed 0fi TO sleep With the gas burning.
suddenly awoke. and while about half
asleep turned off the gas and went to
sleep again, This was five minutes AFTER
! one o'clock. for Itremember having look-
ed a t my watch. Shortly afterwards
was aroused by CLEAN OF light In my
room. 4 I Jumped up and asked, Who
is that?' saw some one rush out OF
the door, and 1 followed and ran down
the hall and the stairs, calling to him
to stop. My EXPLANATIONS awoke the
household. The burglar made consider
able noise while going down the steps,
and the bannisters ratified. saw no
light after the first glea,n' III my room.
Light Turned Out.
when went to bed there was a
light at the top Of the stairs. that IS
b always: 7kep' burning, Mother fell down
+ at night in January and broke her arm.
slnce that time this light has always
burned at night. u
"The burglar must have turned this
light off as he ran downstairs. for It
was not burning when entered the hall.
heard the front door slam and think
the person went through the door. When
/ returned to the second floor. my sister
was supporting my mother. Father came
to the door, and ! 81 planned to him
what had happened and asked him for
a match. After getting the match. I
went downstairs, but could find no trace
OF the robber. My father slept In the
room, adjoining my mothers room, which
I was the front one upstairs. Mother al
ways kept the door or her room open.
5'tFather afterwards found his trousers
in the bathroom. The pockets OF them
had been rihed. On the washstand In
mothers room was an empty jewelry
case "a lady's hand bag and two small
purses. The jewels taken We're worth
about five or six hundred dollars. a
paper dollar that was In a candy box IN
my fathers room was also stolen, ,s !
4 noticed this dollar there In the after
noon wllen. i examined the hox, thinking
i candy was in It. . ia3@ re rs
4 Sergeant soWell called my attention
to the middle parlor window, which was
Iaissd. by bul u. ! saw no indications OF one
having entered tRore Yet II the burglar
did not Gems through, The winaoNy I5do
not know hoSp he entered ttES t,,f,se IN.
less hh ---,iSe ilG8eal,lJ t1 St Il ,ltgnt
s throush 3thess gont door. whlahl j,n,gily
I. have heel 'oi'Nail, and, seGret4ti IA s,,sa't ID
ttle ilst4sp f ff waited hltitil all wsre
asleep.'
Question as 10 Time.
Mr. English was interrogated at. length
by Mr., Gilbert a member of the cor
I, oner's Jury, as ito how long It was from
the time he went to sleep until the bur.
glar was heard IN the house, Mr.. English
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