Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-26
BURGLARS
LOOT WEST
SIDE HOME
Secure Jewels and
Papers Worth
$1,000
Robbers Show Cultivated
Taste and Steal
Perfume
Detective with Sensitive OIfactory
Nerves Will Be Put on Scent of
Criminals Who Leave
Trail of VioIets

JeWelry expensive perfumes, f1ne laceS
and valuable papers were stolen from
the home of H. C. Baron, president
Of the Gila Monster Gold Mining COM
pany of Arizona, at 1910 West Adams
street during the absence of the family
between 2 and o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Entrance was gained through the
front door of the house. When the
family left the house the key was
placed on top of small electric lamp
on the front porch This key was used
by the thieves to open the door. 1t
was carried away by them.
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Baron were invited to
accompany a friend on an automobile
ride. Mrs. Mills, mother of Mrs. Baron,
who also lives at the house, was alb
sent at the time. Mr.. and Mrs. Baron
left the house and did not return until
q o'clock.
When they returned they found the
front door unlocked. Entering, they
found that during their absence the
thieves had entered, forced open clos
cts and trunks and scattered every
thing found about the floor in heaps
More than fifty yards of fine silk was
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one of the beds, while expensive laces
had been trampled underfoot and
kicked into a corner.
Thieves Take Perfume
Mr.. Baron's revolver a Colt, had
been taken from a stand in his bed
room, while his cartridge belt had
been pulled from where 1t hung back
of bureau, but had not been taken.
The entire house was in disorder,
contents from the trunks having been
dragged from one room to another and
piled in heaps, as If the marauder in
tended making a second trip and car
rying them away. Silverware worth
nearly a thousand dollars had been
stacked up on one side of the dining
room. as If the robber intended to re-
turn for it.
A bottle of expensive violet perfume
was taken from it's wooden case on
bureau in one of the bedrooms and the
robber screwed the cover back on the
case and left it on the floor.
Word was sent to the police station
and Detectives Ritch and Roberts were
detailed on the case. Upon tnvestiga-
tion these officers found that after en-
tering the house the robbers had un-
locked the rear door, allowing tneHl
q means of egress.
Mr. Raron's home is situated on the
southeast corner of Juliet and West
Adams streets, directly across from the
home of Ebert T. Dunning, the attor-
nev who committed suicide by jumping
from the long wharf at Port Los An
geles last Wednesday. Funeral SER
yices were held at his home yesterday
afternoon and it is thought by the
noIice the robbery was committed
while these services were in progress.
tt is suspected that Mr. and Mrs.
Baron was seen to leave the house by
some one who was watching the flu
neral and that this person entered
Overlook VaIuables
"The robbers certainly did good
iob - said Mr.. Baron when speaking
NJ the robbery last night. "They took
the most valuable articles, but still
left several hundred dollars worth of
Jewels and trinkets which lay In plain
view.
"They found box in which kept
q number of deeds, mortgages and old
coins. They obtained the key for this
from a trunk, opened the box and car
ried away all these things with them.
The papers were of great value to me
personally, and I will be put to
great deal Of time and expense TO re-
place them.
at am confident the robbers intended
taking away a great deal more with
them, but they were frightened away
when my wife and myself returned
home. When we came UP on the steps
we found the front door slightly open,
and l think the robbers heard us enter
and ran through the back door at that
moment BY doing so they could get
through the shed in the rear and into
the alley and thus gain the street With
out being seen.
List of Stolen Goods
nifty q
few minutes of the robbery and am
confident they will find the thieves.
The list of stolen articles which was
given the police was as follows:
Woman's solid gold watch, owned by
Mrs. Mills, value $1OO.
Two diamond rings, value 500 each.
Gold nugget pin. fleur de lis pearl
One nair silver military brushes.
Woman's gold watch owned by Miss
Mills.
Colts revolver.
Several solid gold rings.
Numerous articles of jewelry and
trin,5etS.
Mrs. Baron has feared for some time
that robbers would invade the mousse,
and it was at her request that her nus
band kept his revolver in the bedroom.
~ have been afraid that we would
receive a visit from some thlet ana
asked my husband to keep his gun on
the bureau" she said yesterday. HE
has been doing so, but it was just our