The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-06-08
Unknown Men Enter Four Residences
Get Much Money, Try to Enter
Other Places and Finally Shot
at by the Chief of Police.
East PIKE and FLORENCE streets


East Pike and Florence streets
and Linden avenue were the scene
q chain oE burglafies Friday
night, which for boldness eclipse
anything in recent history here along
that lihel Three residences Sersf en-.
tered, ransacked and an amount of
money and articles taken without
arcusing the occupants. and attempts
were made to enter three other resi-
deaces ~ ! il
The burglars narrowly escaped,
when they approached the home of
Chief Of Police Richard Scott and
tried to enter. The discovery doubt
less prevented still more burglarles
during the night.
The burglars entered the home of
Z: II. Price, engineer at the brewery,
\ by raising a rear window, and se-
cured s65 from Mrs. Prices pocket
book in the dresser downstairs. OF
this amount sic was in toy savings
bank. Mrs. Price was asleep up
stairs and was not awakened. Mr..
Price was on duty at the brewery.
The home of H. n. Davis was visit.
ed by the burglars and rear win
dow opened after they had taken
meat and other articles from the
window sill and placed them on a
wheelbarrow outside, but they did
not enter, evidently being frightened
away by some noise in the house or
neighborhood.
Thence they went to j. t. scott's
house on Florence street. Mr.. Scott
works at the tinp1ate mill and was
not at home. They entered through
the kitchen window, ransacked the
+ lower portion OF the house. went up
stairs, broke open a trunk in room
adjoining to one Mrs. Scott was
Sleeping in, and stole S157 in money,
a fifteen-dollar gold ring and gold
watch, without arousing Mrs. Scott.
Leaving the place they dropped the
watch on the porch, where 1t was
found Saturday morning by the ice
man. The watch had stopped at
1904 o'clock, indicating that that
was the hour they left that place.
The home of John F. Sopher,
manager of the Mountain State
Transfer Company. located on East
\ Pike street, received visit also
from them. But. they were heard at
the window and as the result did not
enter.
w. 3. Hursey's home on Linden
avenue was literally ransacked and
turned inside out down stairs. They
entered through a dining room win
dow and departed by way of the kit
chen door One dollar was gotten
from a toy pig. They appear to
I have jumped over the rear yard fence
here into Chief OF Police scott's lot.
They took the screens of at the
downstairs window, arousing the
chief, who threw up a window, stuck
his head out and fired two pistol
shots. They fed down Terra Gotta
street to Oak and he followed but
lost sight OF them. Returning he
called up police headquarters but
got no response. 1t was then S:20
O'Clock and bright and early Satur-
day morning he and his men with
Constable schrader and his blood
hounds were out in an effort to run
the burglars down.
Chief Scott saw two men at his
place. One was very large and the
othes some shorter wearing brown
hat. Both were white. but not
Z, recognized by him.
The bloodhounds went out to
East Pike street. thence to Kelley
Hill. thence to Elk creek. then across
the creek into Broad Oaks. where
they retraced their steps
At press hour Schrader was on
horseback with his dogs securing the
country east of the city in quest OF
them.