Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-08-27
HOMES BURGLARlZED
L. Y. Tanner and Mrs. L.
3. Medley are the
Losers

pecullarltles. IS that which occurred
In the south end of the city yesterday
morning between 80 and 2 go
O'Clock, when the homes of L. V.
Tanner and Mrs. L. B. Medley were
entered and robbed OF a number OF
valuable articles Of jewelry and
trlnkets: although later more than
half Of the articles taken were
ing vacant lot.
The burglary appears to be the work
OF two parties, and horse was
pressed into service in getting to and
away from the premises. 1t IS con.
jectured that one of the th1efs did
the burglarizlng while the other kept
watch, first entering the Tanner home,
entrance being gained by removing
a screen of the bay window on the
south side Of the residence. The
family slept IN the second story and
this the burglar seemed to have known
as he contented himself with going
through the ground floor, turning
everything upside down, but securing
only wallet containing about So. The
empty wallet was left near the kichen
through which he left. From there
the intruder went directly to the home
of Mrs. Medley, although the home of
John Denis was between the two
residences, and entering the building
on the south side through the cellar
door, went to the room of Faye
Medley, the latter being to the lakes
at the time, where he ransacked the
room. He next went to Mrs. Medley s
room and searched there for what he
could find. Mrs. Medley saw the
form Of man passing the foot of her
bed with two jewel boxes under his
arm, but was too frightened to make
any outcry, which proved best under
the circumstance. After he bad left,
however. she went to the room of her
brother and woke him up. They
called up l.. V. Tanner over the
telephone, and the latter then was that
his home had also been gone through.
The police were notified, but the ad-
dress was not correctly interpreted
to Officers Leblanc and Hang and they
had gone on Wild goose chase in the
north end of town when Chief of
Police Cannon was notified OF the
burglary at about 3 100 clock, reach
ing the premises about fifteen minutes
later.
In the mean time the thief had
retraced his steps to the vacant lot this
side OF W. H. Halls place, where the
hor:e had been lett, most likely with
the mans accomplice. Here the
that part LETT IN the bushes which
doing 50 they exhibited extremely poor
0h0 yho$ 1o+% <o
about 5000. This included nine rings,
one OF which was diamond ring
valued at $50, and other trlnkets,
besides $40 bill which was laying
in the bottom OF one OF the boxes.
They kept two gold watches,
brooch, locket and possibly one or
two other articles. As far as IS shown
no sllverware Of any kind was taken
at either place. Most Of the articles
taken were the property of Mrs. l..
V. Tanner, who had lett her
jewelry with Mrs. Medley, while she
was to the lake. The watches and
lockets had monograms on them.
Mrs. Tanners watch had the
monogram ''E B. T. and the locket,
which was also her property, e. B.
c. on the outside and e. B. T."
on the inside. Mrs. Medley's watch
was monogramed IL. B. NJ"
The tracks Of the horse were
followed for some distance, going
south through the alley, but were
finally lost to view.
When the alarm was given, the
chief of police stationed some men at
each Of the bridges so that no one
could pass to the West side unnoticed.
It IS thought that local talent Is
responsible for the burglary, or at
least somebody who IS thoroughly
familiar with the two places, and
knew some of the inner workings of
the two homes. No clue has been
reached SO far as to the identity of the
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