Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-10
ALSO PAYS VISITS AT
TWO OTHER RESIDENCES
Few Dollars Belonging to the Willis
Cook All That Mysterious Prowier
Gets For His Nights Work Except
the Early Morning Lunch-selated
Reports to Police.

Shifting the scene OF his operations
from East End to West avenue, the
barefoot, Understanding burglar,
whose daring seems to have no
bounds, broke into the homes OF DIR.
+. ID. Willis, 5000 West avenue; w. b.
Vest, 3400 West avenue, and j. hugh
Caffee i21 Thirty-fourth street, and
apparently attempted 20 enter the
home of City Treasurer j. M. Curtis,
llb Thirty-fourth street. early yester'
day morning. Nothing was taken
from the homes of either Mr.. Vest or
Mr.. Caffee, but the burglar was more
fortunate at DIR. Willis home. There
he secured a very hearty meal and
several dollars in cash, which belong
ed TO the negro domestic employed I'D
the house.
In the robbery OF DR.. Wills house
the burglar displayed great daring and
much foresight. He first secured an
oil lamp from DR.. Willis automobile
and Is supposed to have used Ii In
lighting himself about the house. He
forced an entrance TO the house by
prying open q window In the kitchen.
the latch on the window being broken.
After making round OF the house
and taking suit OF DR.. VILLAS
clothes to the kitchen, the burglar
proceeded to help himself to an early
breakfast.
Donned Doctors Coat.
II Is thought that before starting
to eat. the burglar donned DIR. Willis
coat so that he might fool Sport,
the doctors setter, into believeing
the intruder to be the doctor Ia case
the dog came down stairs and inter
rupted him at his meal.
In order that he might not be trap
Led in the kitchen while enjoying
His meal. the burglar opened a win
dow on each side Of the room so that
he could escape either on the Thirty
third street side or into the alley on
the north side Of the house. After
finishing his meal, the burglar unlock
ed the back door and made his es
cape. However, he first found and
emptied a purse in the kitchen which
contained several dollars Of the cook 6
money. The burglar in departing ler'
the automobile lamp on the poarch al
the rear OF the house.
Leaves Ashes and Matches.
The man forced an entrance TO Mr.
Vests kitchen by prying open win
dow, presumably with an axe, as he
left an axe In the yard In the rear OF
the Caffee home. The man got nc
farther than the kitchen and left the
house without getting anything o!
value. After breaking into Mr.. CAT
fees home, the burglar ransacked the
entire lower floor. but found nothing
for his pains. He left quantities OF
cigarette ashes and many burned
matches all over the lower floor
Ashes and matches also were left In
the other two houses.
That the man entered the yard In
the rear OF Mr.. Curtis yard is indi
Gated by the foot prints which he left
behind. The ground was very soft
and damp and the prints OF his fee
were found along Thirty-fourth street
and in the alley at the Curtis home.
This was the thir>. time this week
that the burglar had operated here
He visited East End early Wednes
day morning and also early Monday
morning. All the booty which he has
/, secured this week would not net hin
$40 and the police believe the man 1:
crazy to take such risks for suct
, small loot.
None of the robberies yesterday
morning was officially reported to the
police as all were discovered Ions
after the burglar had made his Is
cape. The cook at the Willis hons
discovered the robbery yesterday
morning st o'clock when she weni
, down stairs TO begin preparing break
fast. The roSberies at the othel
homes we're discovered at the same
time.
This Is the frt time the burglar Ia.
visited the IVES avenue section Ia
, several months.