Arizona republican., 1909-04-26
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 Phoenix Burglar TWO RESIDENCES ROBBED Best Is None too Good For Particular People Even Though Their Field of Activity Is Invasion of Private Homes.
TWO RESIDENCES ROBBED

A very nervy burglar of refined in stincts and good pedal action invaded at least two Phoenix homes early Sun day morning with considerable success. in that he got away with some good clothes, collateral for a meal ticket. and an unpunctured hide. There may have been other visitations not yet re- ported and the two incidents referred to may have been the work of two diff ferent operators. but the facts rather suggest that both jobs were done by the same discriminating individual One of the homes entered is that of pr. H H. Wilson. IA East Adams street, and the other is that of W. J. Rifley. 705 North Center street.
 About 1 o'clock Sunday morning Dr. Wilson whose bedroom is in the north east corner of the house, well toward the rear of it, was awakened by a noise in a clothes closet adjoining His first thought was that it was eith CT his son or daughter who slept in the open and had come in the house on some errand, so he called their names, one after the other. getting no response Finally he said, Why don't you an
 
 wakened by that time heard a heavy fOotfall and answered her husbands question by saving, Because it's a man." At that MT Wilson jumped up and turned on the electric light near the foot of the bed but while he was doing so the intruder was losing no time in getting into the hall and out through the double front door which it was later learned had not been secure ly fastened by the catch at the bottom and had been pushed in by the burglar
 An examination of the house showed that the burglar had entered practical ly every room except the parlor and in each had struck numerous matches. the burned ends of which were found on the floor. He passed up bric brac generally regardless of its possible value and seemed to have a special fancy for good clothes. In the doctors room he very carelessly overlooked the trousers that contained a little money and the vest where abided his gold watch and chain and on which was pinned a badge with a real stone in it that to say the least was well worth carrying away. But rummaging around in the clothes closet he got his spud hooks on the one garment the doctor took considerable pride in himself. a long tailed square cut Prince Albert coat for which he paid B. T. Gillett $50 not so very long ago and which he had calculated was still good for about s49 worth of service. It had Mir. Gilletts trademark in it but that of course could be easily cut out. If any body secures possession of this coat the doctor would rather like to get it back
 He feels as though it is hardly suit able for burgling clothes and that the culprit may try to dispose of it locally. unless perchance he is some highly es- teemed professional gentleman who ''burgles" only for a diversion or to keep his wardrobe stocked up. The trousers that belong with the coat were also seized upon from a hiding place at the opposite end of the closet, showing that the thief has a discrim- mating touch in the dark or a good quick eye to work with during the flickering of a match. However his departure was so precipitate that he dropped the trousers and did not pick them up again. The vest was not in the closet at all
 This recalls another statement of the