Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-26
ATTEMPTED BURGl AIRY
Several Houses Entered In
this City Tuesday
Morning

early Tuesday morning a burglar en-
tered the home of Arthur Como, 400
Fourth street northeast and prc ceeded
in the stiffness OF the night to hunt
for q quantity Of money he knew had
day night when he closed up the Ls.
Blanc saloon. Some time IN the even
ing . man went to the saloon and
asked Mr.. Como if it was him that
was going to close up. that night.
Mr.. Como ans Wered him in the affirm
ative. and the man lett that place and
went to another saloon and asked the
bar tender there if he was the one that
Was going to cloee the saloon that
night, and was again answered in
tie Affirmative.
1t is the custom at some saloons for
the one closing up to take the money
for safe keeping to his home, and
some times the amount is as high a.
5000.
This fellow evidently was acquainted
with the custom CT these places and
knew that the one closing up would
have the money. He then formulated
his plans for grand sweep, and when
Mr.. Como went home no doubt followed
him at a short distance, for shortly
after Mr. Como got to bed, Ms. Como
heard noise as If someone was
walking just outside Of the building.
She called her husbands attention to
this but he evidently did not think
much Of 1T AID was soon asleep. For
quite while after this the lady could
hear somebody walking at different
times but did not know whether it
was inside or outside. The bedroom
is so situated that q mirror in the
kitchen can be seen from it. ard hap
pening to look that way che per.
ceived tho figure of . man nirrored
in it, whereupon she screamed Of
fright, awakening her husband. The
man, however. made his departure
in haste, but in golng out he had to
pass by the bedroom door, and Mrs.
Como got q good glimpse of his back:
seemed to be in his stocking feet he
had go in BY unlocking the screen
door Of the shed, the other door at
tho back not being licked. Nothing
was found miseing, but the man
had searched all over the house BY the
help of tho electric light. which had
bean LETT lit. From the description Of
the man Mr.. Como received from
his wife. he thought tho man who in.
terviewed him 1t the saloon and the
one that entered his homo were one
and the same fellow. : s~-aszs s
At about 3 o'ccock the Same morn.
log, the man enteted through q win.
dow, of the other saloon. man he had
interviewed. but q dog in the house
scared the fellow away. The moon
was shining brightly then. and On
looking out the lady of the house
could plainly sec the man as he made
his getaway. She says that he wore
Q blue shirt and wore some very low
rubber slippers. The authorities were
notified Of the attempted burglariee
and we're furnished with . full descrip.
tion of the man.
A couple of other men entered
different homes on First, Second and
Fourth streets northeast the same
evening and early morning, bu,
nothing more than q little bread and
milk was taken from these, and it il
thought. in one case, that the mau
was under the influence of liquor,
and in the other that it was q man
who was at one time an inmate of the
Fergus Falls insane asylum.
Other than fright, little was suffered
through the occurrences.