Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-08
SNEAK THIEVES AT WORK.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. q.
Schilling, S04 Second street, was en-
tered by thief during the supper hour
Sunday evening and a pocketbook,
three watches and other iewelry stolen.
MIR. and Mrs. SETTLING were invited to
the home of MIR. and MS e. A. Martin
for supper and The robbery occurred
shortly after their departure from
home. Three young lady school
teachers, the Misses Florence Derby,
Julia Binnewise and Jennie Fellows,
occupy rooms in the Schilling home,
but take their meals elsewhere They
also went to supper at about the same
time that Mr.. and Mrs. Schilling went
over to Mr.. and Mrs Martins. 1t has
been customary when leaving the house
empty of occupants to put the key to
the front door under a door mat. In
this way it could always be found by
any OF the family or rOOmerS. It also
seems that it could be found by sneak
thieves.
When all parties had returned in the
evening, nothing unusual was noticed.
The door was found locked by the first
ones to reach tne house and the key
was still under the door mat. When
the young ladies went to their rooms on
the second floor they soon missed their
watches. Each lost gold watch and
few other articles of jewelry and Miss
Derby, in addition thereto had peck
etbook, containing about 1913, stolen.
Down stairs Mrs. Schilling's watch and
pocketbook containing about $50 lay
on dresser, but it app ears the thief
did not enter this room. He evidently
was only in the house few minutes
There was strong suspicion that the
thiefresided somewhere in the neighbor-
hood and was familiar with the Schill-
ing home, the number of occupants of
the house, etc, and watched their
movements that evening. 1t was easy
for him to see where the key was left,
if he was skulking around in the neigh
borhood
VIM. Edee, an ex-convict, who has
been seen in town of late and who was
stopping with his sister, who lives in
the same neighborhood, was suspected
and a search was at once instituted for
him. 1t was later learned that man
answering Edee's decription was seen
to get on the rear end of Northwest
ern train the same evening of the rob-
berry and go west. A telegram was at
once sent to points along the line
between here and Marshfeld, with the
result that Edee was picked up by the
police in Marshfeld and the officers
here notified. Thos. Malone, chief of
police, went over last night and
brought him back. This morning he
was arraigned in court, pleaded not
guilty, and the examination was set for
next Friday.
When arrested Edee had the three
watches in his possession, but none of
the other jewelry or money. When
asked where he got the watches he
replied, From my partner His
partner, he claimed, he'd gone on to st.
Paul
Edee was sentenced in this city May
II, 1895, to term OF Two years in the
state prison for burglarizing Hans
Weik's saloon. Some years after he
was liberated from prison he was ar
rested charged with being the murder
er of a tramp found dead near Portage.
He was convicted on a charge of man
slaughter and was given another SEN
tence of seven years in the penitenti-
airy. He was liberated last spring and
has been seen around Wausau at times
since. He was like an owl-he would
only come out of his hiding place
nights. During the past few months,
Hans Weik's saloon has again been
robbed and so has the hotel of Ed. Hell
man. There is a strong suspicion that
Edee knows something of both jobs.
At any rate it is a pretty sure thing
that he is due for another trip to the
'pen."