Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-31
BURGLARS LOOT
Several Places Entered on Bank
 Street Last Night,

Burglars entered number of places on Bank street last evening and took plenty of time in ransack- ing the offices where they stopped. They first broke into the tailoring shop of John Eccles In the block owned by the Lang estate at 50 Bank street. From there they picked their way into Neuman x Steiler's s barber shop. Next they 'jimmied' the door of c. H. Hart's office and nocturnal visit No 4 was to the tail bring shop of John Barrie in the same. building.
 But the burglars will never retire on what they put into their bags last night. In Hart's they received noth- ing but few postage stamps; in the barber shop, Silvino Vastola said a couple of dozen razors were lost; MT Barrie stated he lost two suits, one overcoat and pair of trousers, ev- erything which he had finished in the shop, They also took his gun but left the case and bullets. A small safe which was in his office and which contained his valuables show ed the effects of rough usage, but 1t was not opened. The thieves evil dently tried to pry it open with a cold chisel but they bungled the job and made a mess of it. They finally left 1t in the middle of the floor. Ec- cles lost couple of suits. The burglars evidently made Eccless shop their headquarters for there they sorted their swagger and any of their collection which they did not want was left behind.
 There were at least two in the party, for they made Eccles pres ent of their old suits. One was blue and the other was gray. On the gray suit was monogram U. M, G." and the suit showed that it had been made by Philadelphia tailor ing establishment. The fellows must have looked rather hobby as they made their exit clad in two of Mir Barrie's best. They must have felt like gentlemen burglars.
 No effort was made to enter Clay
 
 pay any attention to the work shop of the jewelry store which was close by. They broke open a gas meter in the hallway out of which they per haps got few dollars, the only real money which their fingers lighted upon during the evening. MT Clay ton thinks they were afraid of try m Al hnl ic Ctn Ch of the fear of the burglar alarm The store is well protected but the shop is not equipped with the system.
 The detectives think they have a fairly good chance of catching the men who did the trick In addition to the old clothes they found numer- ous finger marks on desk in MT Hart's office The marks were very plain and the detectives this morning took an imprint of them. So MT Bur glar X Co had better keep their hands in their pockets.
 When John Gilmour heard there were burglars in the building dur ing the evening he became slightly excited but he was assured they had failed to call at his emporium. Still his mind was not at ease. It was eX- plained a moment later when he rushed up to MT Barrie's shop and exclaimed:
 Did they take my trousers, John?"
 The tailor informed him that the trousers were not missing. Someone started a rumor that half dozen pairs of kits had been stolen from the shop but the proprietor said it was blasted lie.
 Not only did the burglars take their time about sorting the goods and ransacking desks, but they were very particular about their personal appearance. As already stated they rigged themselves out in new suits but imagine it, they stopped in the barber shop long enough to shave themselves. They also used choice perfumes to take off the rub" of the razor. They surely must be given credit for having a goodly supply of nerve.