The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-17
Got HIS DIAMOND.
George Burghart Loses His 500
Shirt Stud.
Supposed to Be the Largest
Precious Stone in Topeka.
CASE is MYSTERIOUS.
Burglar Did Not Ransack the
House.
Evidently Knew Where JeweIry
Was Kept.
CASE is MYSTERIOUS.

The great diamond stud valued at
more than 500 which for years has
been a chief characterization of Geo.
Burghart because il was always in his
cravat, has passed into the hands of
"a burglar who entered the home of
Mr.. Burghart at 4O6 West Sixth ave-
nue. last night and stole the cravat
with the stone in it from the dresser
in the room in which the owner and
his wife were soundly sleeping. Pos
session of that diamond alone seems
to have been the goal of the thief, for
seizing the stone he apparently turned
for the exit, but there hung the trous-
erS on the door, so he took them,
searching the pockets as he descended
the stair, finding a $40 bill in the
watch pocket, two quarters, four cents
and nickel and a dime in the right
pocket, but in the left side pocket he
missed the $500 diamond ring in a
small purse under bunch of keys.
Mr.. Burghart left his cigar store
earlier than usual, about 10 O'Clock,
telling the clerks that he was going
home. Today he thinks the sleep rath-
er unfortunate than restful. Neither
he nor his wife heard the slightest
sound during the night and the miss
ing trousers was the first information
that burglar had been in the room.
Mrs. Burghart. started down the stair,
found them lying about half way
down and called to her husband. "See
if my ring is there he yelled back.
Eyes, it is in the purse, but there is
not cent of money here" she ans
wered, and then Burghart looked to
the dresser to learn that his diamond
tie and all, had been stolen from the
room. Not thing in the house gave
evidence of burglary, no scattered ar
t1cles of furniture or clothing and no
silver missing. Where the burglar
n n M in ST.
The police were notified and Detec-
tives Hutton and Sauls visited the
house. All around the place were the
tracks of small pair of shoes in the
soft earth. Every window on the low
er floor showed scars of attempted
prying open with a Jimmy. Finally
side window of the bay win dow facing
the Topeka club was found loose and
marks Of shoe in front of it and
scar with piece OF mud on the side
of the house showed where the thief
had entered. Inside q clod of mud
further evidenced the entrance,
though a fern stand directly in front
of the window had not been moved
proving that the man must have been
small and a measurement Of the foot
print outside showed the shoe not to
have been larger than a No. 6. That
the robber was not heard is little WON
der, for with the exception Of the hard
wood floor of the dining room where
the entry was effected, the house
breaker trod only on thick carpets
and rugs on his way to the chamber
the stair also being heavily carpeted
which precluded the possibility of the
which precluded the possibility of the
Mr. and Mrs. Burghart sleep in the
front room of the second floor and
there was no one else in the house, so
it might have been possible for thief
to search the entire house, but from
the fact that there was nothing dis
placed, it appears that the man knew
the exact outlay and proceeded direct
ly to the room of the sleepers, grab
bed the diamond and hurried away
only hesitating a moment to search
the pockets of the trousers as he fed
down the stair. His exit was probably
by the kitchen door which locks with
a spring lock, and the window had
been carefully closed as found
The detectives could find no clue
but while they were there the sheriff
with his blood hounds arrived to take
up the case. The dogs were given the
scent of the foot print and the mud in
the dining room. They followed the
tracks around the house and down the
alley to the rear door of the residence
of VIM. A. Granteer at 416 w. Sixth
Ave, which door had been found open
this morning by Mr.. Granteer. From
there the dogs circled the neighboring
back yards and ran west to no pur-
pose it is supposed on account of the
lack of good scent.
This is the third robbery of the
Burghart home About four years ago
some one entered and stole revolver
belonging to Mrs. Burghart which had
been presented her for protection
Nothing else was disturbed. About two
years ago the house was again broken
into through the parlor window on the
Club side. That time five suits of
clothes were taken but the family did
not know it until days later when an
old lady came running to the house
with the clothes saying she had found
them in a rain barrel behind her
house by the Miller drug store, not
block from the Burghart residence
An odd coincidence of the burglary
is the fact that the prize Irish setter
Scamp, which usually guards the