The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-21
Two Men Hold Up Raymond E.
BaSsett at the Home Of 7. J.
Dale Saturday Night
FORCE VICTIM INTO CELLAR
Earlier in the Evening 1t Js Thought
That the Men Entered the Resi-
dence of DIR. Geo. Pugh.
No Clue to Men

Two men with bundles of nerve
and an ardent desire for coin of the
realm enacted a daring crime at the
home of Thomas J. Dale on Exchange
street just after z O'Clock Saturday
evening when they thrust a couple of
revolvers into the face of Raymond
70. Bassett, draughtsman employed
at the Chicago Brass works, and fore
ing him into the kitchen of the house
they robbed him of purse containing
$3.50 in money and later took his gold
watch. The same men are supposed
to have entered the residence of Geo.
A. Pugh on Durkee avenue earlier in
the evening and managed to secure a
savings bank containing about $40
in small coins.
The police were notified of the
daring crime at the Dale home within
ten minutes after it had been COM
nitted but as yet the officers have
been unable to get any trace of the
guilty parties.
The Dale house was supposed to be
untenanted at the time of the rob-
berry. Mrs. Dale was visiting with
friends In Milwaukee and Mr.. Dale
was busy at the store down town.
DIR. McGrory, William McGrory and
Mr.. Bassett, who have apartments in
the house, were supposed to be at
their dinner and it is evident that the
two men had entered the house with
the intent of burglarizing it. They
had sacked two of the rooms when
Bassett arrived at the house. At the
room of the McGrory brothers they
secured iewelry and other things to
the value of about twenty dollars.
Bassett went into the house just
after 7 O'Clock and turning on the
electric light ia the lower hall he
started to go to his room on the sec
ond floor. AS he came in the front
door he heard someone moving about
on the landing up above, but thinking
that it was one of the McGrory broth
ers, he walked on up stairs. He had
reached the first landing on the stair
way when the voice of one of the men
rang out loud and clear with an I'M
perative order, "Throw up your
hands" Mr.. Bassett is precise man
and he acted on the suggestion at
once and found himself looking Into
the muzz1e of a very vicious revolver.
A minute later the second burglar
appeared and pushed another revolver
unto his face. The light in the house
was very poor but Bassett noticed
that both of the men had smooth
faces and one of them seemed to be a
heshy man while the other was slim.
The men directed Bassett to back
down the stairs into the kitchen of
the house where they could work
without fear of being observed from
the street. Once in the kitchen one
of the men pinioned Bassett's hands
behind him while the second went
through his clothing. They got his
purse and watch and then opening a
cellar door leading from the kitchen
they threw him into the cellar and
locked the door. Then they made
their way from the house through a
rear door. Bassett lost no time get.
ting out of the cellar through a tram
som window and rushed to a te1e-
phone and notified the police. Chief
O'Hare hurried to the house ard
made an investigation. It was found
that the men had entered the house
through a window in the pantry at the
rear of the house and people residing
IN the neighborhood had seen the
men enter, but they we're so bold
about their entrance that the neigh
bors thought that the men roomed at
the Dale house and had been locked
out. Mr.. and Mrs. Dale had many
valuable things IN the house, but
these were not discovered by the rob-
bers on account of the Interruption of
Bassett. When the men left the Dale
house they ran north along Exchange
street, but the trace of them was soon
lost. Every police officer in the city
was at work on the case Saturday
night and it seems certain that the
men did not leave the city with their
plumber.
The robbery at the Pugh home was
a very similar one. The men entered
the house by a rear window and it
seems that they scorned to take silver
and plate, but were looking only for
money. The savings bank taken at
the Pugh house was in one of the
rooms on the second floor of the
house, but the men made pretty
good search of the house before they
abandoned it.
II IS thought that both burg1aries
we're TIE work of local crooks and
the pc e are keeping close watch
on t. suspected parties. The rob-