The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
THIEVES ARE BUSY
DESPITE THE POLICE
Reports Of Their Activity
Continue to Arrive.
FOUR BICYCLES DISAPPEAR
Tvs Go from one Corner in n Brief
Period and Another l. Taken from
Interior Department P0rch-Sneak
Thief. Hotel ThieT. and Confidence
Man FIud Pleasant Paths.

The food Of reports Of larce1ics. house
breaking. ana sneak thievsry continues
70 pour into police headquarters. Aroused
by the publicity given the tEelts, the po-
Ice have redou5Ied their efforts 20 deal
with the situation. but the books last
night failed 20 show any results
Bicycle thieves. or q bicycle tEicf. has
been causing the police particular worry
Every day the report Of stolen wheels Is
voluniaous. and yesterday four machines
We're stolen Two were taken within a
brief period OF time from seventh and *
streets northwest. and il IS believed that
one thief took both Wheels The first
report was made by r. c. SpecEer. OF
1885 3 street northwest, ard the second
by Howard Jefferson. 0f IS Florida ave
nue. northwest Both -lefts occurred a.
the afternoon
c. ". KisseleI. OF Ic5l North Capitol
street northwest. reported that his bi-
cycle was stolen from IN front Of his
home yesterday morning 4 bicycle be
longing % Albert 2 smith, OF go TLir-
1eenJh street northeast. was stolen from
the porch on the c street side -of the In
terror Department
Duplicate Key Men Work
Mrs. Mary T. Ryan reported 10 the
police that duplicate key-workers had
entered her house. III 5l5 Locust street
southwest, some time in ti-e past week or
two. and had rausacked the place. steal
ing q revolver and a quantity Of linen
and tableware.
Showcase thieves. who for a time
have given Washington a wide berth
renewed Old acgu1iutanceshiD Friday
right. when they stole valuable jewel
r from the showcase OF Edwin E
Howell. at 6I2 Seventeenth street north
west Two stick-pins. each set with a
diamond in the center, and one sur
rounded by ODaIs and the other by tur-
CuOises. three rings set with blood
stones. sopphires. and Opals, four IN
set Oplls Of large size, an unset tour
mallne and two titenite stones were
stolen. The property Is valued at some
thing less than SI0J-
Report was made TO the police yes
terGay by Louis p. Nash. Of 2E12 y
street northwest, OF the theft from his
house OF q diamond ring valued al $50.
q gold watch valued al So. and q sill
Yer watch valued a. So.
Hotel Guest Loses Pin.
Several Of The reports show that hotel
thieves have not ceased 10 ply their
trade Samuel c. Reab, Of Tus0la. III.
a guest at the Hotel johnson. reported
that valuable cameo sJick-pin. with
the figure Of a woman on the face OF IL.
had been stolen from his room in the
hosiery yesterday or the day before.
4
Carey A. Staples, q guest at the Ire
mont House Staples left his watch IN
a toilet room He returned for II inside
CO i've minutes, but It was missing de
inquired Of the hotel clerk. and later
informed The police
Airs NJ Curtin, OF 725 Eleventh street
southeast. reported yesterday that a man
had secured two valuable wood saws be-
longing 20 her IN the afternoon the
man knocked 81 her door and said that
he was a carpenter employed on the
Weston Church IN Eleventh street south
east, and would Ike to borrow the saws
for a few minutes Mrs Curtin loaned
them, and the man failed 70 return
Later. she says. she found that he was
not carpenter employed On the church
Leaves Diamond in WashrOOm.
Leaving a diamond rtug. valued al
500 lying on the wash basin fl a wash
room at "a Ninth street northwest for
about I've minutes yesterday afternoon.
Irving BeaIl. Of 1872 Park road northwest
returned 20 md that his property had
disappeared He notified the police.
4 sneak thief, evidently not very par
1icular as 10 what he appropriated stole
the crank handle from the automobile Of
Frank F. Bogel. Of z19 First stree.
northwest. while the machine was stand
ing in front OF his home
Game boosters HIS Booty.
William R.ordaa. Of I255 Four-and-a-
half street southwest, reported last night
that early IN the morning a thief had
broken into his heuhouse IN the Arsenal
and stolen ten game ROSTERS. valued AZ
SO.
Two rolls OF new mating. valued at
SIS. were the spells Of a thief who last
night broke into the house Of c. 7. Jones
at 751 FOur-and-a-haIf street southwest.
bogus expressman sp-arg into u-orni-
nence when Oscar Erickson, who lived
until last night at $50 Indiana avenue
northwest. reported that g trunk con-
tanning silverware valued at more than
$50 had been stolen. Erickson gave Or
cers 20 an eNpressDan az Union station
about 6 o'clock 10 60 70 the Indiana ave
nue. address get the trunk and convey II
70 = Quincy place northeast Some time
later he went 70 the Indiana avenue
house and learned that another express
man had been there before the man he
hired, and had taken the trunk He re-
ported the matter e. once. The police be-
Heve that the bogus expressna- over
heard Erickson give his order 20 the ex-
pTessman at the station and hurried to
the house before the right man could get
there.
Central once detectives were detailed
on the case
Pioneer Council Gives Outing.