The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-03
HOUSE HAS BEEN
ROBBED THREE TIMES
Charles Deming, Who Was Karl
Grifin's Companion In House, Is
Robbed of $25 During Bold Foray
of House Breakers on Ogden Street
After One O'clock. i.

Burglars broke into the residence Of
Mrs. Edith Griffin in I2O Ogden street.
in the south side residence district last
night, where Karl Griffin and Charles
Deming were sleeping and after ram
sacking the house took a roll of $50
bills from Karl Grfffin's coat pocket.
$25 from Charles Deming's pocket a
diamond ring which they found In the
house and considerable silver.
1t was the richest haul that burglars
have made in Hammond in a long time
and the thieves got away without Ieav-
ing single clue as to the manner of
their escape.
POLICE SAY 1T IS QUEER CASE.
| The police say it is one Of the Pc
culiar cases they have yet had to deal
with and they have formed the theory
that the burglars entered the basement
/ of the house while Griffin and Deming
were down town early in the evening
and then accomplished their purpose
after they had gone to bed were fast
asleep.
There was no one else in the house
last night. Mrs Griffin, Mrs l. L. Bonn
berger and Attorney L. L. Bomberger
were all visiting George Eley in Olivet,
Mich.
CAPT. AUSTGEN Is DETAILED.
The police We're notified as soon as
the burglary was discovered and Cap
tain Peter Austgen went down 10 the
house TO make an investigation He
was unable to discover anything in the
nature of a clue and doubts if the
burglars will ever be captured.
This is the third time that the Griffin
residence has been broken into. Each
time the robbers have made a good haul
and have succeeded in getting away
with their booty
One time the safe which was kept in
the library was cracked with nitro
glycerine. A blanket was put over it
to deaden the noise and although Karl
Griffin was sleeping over the room in
which the explosion occurred he never
heard it,
Drew Money to Pay Bills.
Mr.. Griffin drew the money out of the
bank in the morning with the idea of
transacting some business with it that
afternoon. For some reason or another
he did not accomplish his purpose and
he carried the money with him with the
idea Of paying it out the next day.
Whether he was seen to draw the
money by the men who afterwards
robbed the house IS not known Mr.
Griffin does not make it habit to dis
play money in public places and SO he
is Of the opinion that the burglars
broke into the house to get whatever
the ycould and by chance came across
The roll.
Was at University Club.
Mr. Griffin was in the rooms of the
University club last evening until about
1O:45 when he invited Charles Deming
to go home with him. The two young
men went directly home and after fool
ing about the house with Pat" a pet
dog the young men retired between
1890 and / o'clock
This morning Charles Deming was
the first to arise. Karl Griffin got up
shortly after six and seeing some Of the
drawers in the side board had been
pulled out he at once suspected that
there had been burglars in the house.
/ Deming Makes Discovery First.
The next minute Deming discovered
} that the pocketbook had been taken out
of his coat and rified of its contents
and dropped on the floor Griffin looked
in his coat where he had left his roll
and it was gone. The pocketbook was
later found in the back yard empty
A further investigation revealed the
fact that considerable silver ware had
: been taken although there was large
e amount Of 1t left. II has been esti-
mated that the losses will total $500,
although this will not be determined
until Griffin hears from his mother and
} finds how much silver there was in the
house at the time.
Both Griffin and Deming say they
did not hear a sound during the night
and Pat" the dog which might have
warned them, was locked up in the barn
} outside the house. Mr.. Griffin says that
} just before retiring he went down in
} the basement and locked the outside
} door
} The burglar broke basement win
} dow and reaching in opened an outer
} door They then filed open the door to
} the apartments up stairs and gained en-
} trance TO the house in this manner.