Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-18
" Barefoot" Man Visits Home
of J. W. Gunter.
BLOODHOUND AFTER HIM
Trait Leads to c. & o. Passenger Sta.
ton, Where II ia Lcst-Intruder
Gets Nothing But Suit Of Clothes.
AT Horwtx Residence.

The barefoot cigarette-smoklng
burglar visited the home of J. w.
Gunter, 1lS Twentyeighth street,
shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning. When awakened by the
smoke from the cigarette which the
burglar was putting, Mrs. Gunter saw
the man sneaking about her room,
lighting his way by some kind Of
small torch. She Immediately awak-
ened Mr.. Gunter and as she did so
the burglar, still calmly smoking his
cigarette, walked over to the foot OF
the bed and stood facing Mr.. and
Mrs. Gunter.
Upon realizing that there was
burglar in the room, Mr.. Gunter said
to his wife: Hand me that gun over
there" Like a flash, the burglar glided
out Of the door of the room and start
ed down the steps. Mr.. Gunter did
not have a gun in the house, but ne
jumped out of bed and started after
the man. The robber made quick
time after getting into the hall, and
before Mr.. Gunter was half way down
the steps he heard the burglar get
ting out of the open dining room win
dow. through which he had forced an
entrance to the house.
Bloodhound on Trail.
Humyipg to the telephone in the
hall downstairs. Mr.. Gunter telephon-
ol 70 cfa told tho
station keeper what had happened.
officers hurried to the scene in the
hope of catching the man before he
could get away. In the meantime,
Patrolman Parrish drove home in the
patrol wagon to get Jack, the police
departments big blood hound. The
wagon made all haste possible and IN
a short while the officer was at the
Gunter residence with the hound.
Chief of Police Reynolds arrived with
Officer Parrish The dog took the
trail in the alley and giving tongue
at once he started down Twenty
eighth street toward the Casino. The
trail led across the Casino and to the
Chesapeake & Ohio passenger depot.
The dog carried the trail to the door
of the depot and there lost it in the
tracks OF the people who had been
in and out of the station before the
6 o'clock train left for Richmond.
Although 1t is possible that he did
so. the police do not believe that the
burglar boarded the train for Rich
mond. He may have gone into the
waiting room and passed out through
another door and continued on down
the River road toward Eighteenth
street.
Got Only Suit of Clothes.
An investigation at the GunteT
home revealed the fact that the burg
lar had made off with a suit OF
clothes. The clothes have not yet been
found. but the police department are
confident that the negro threw them
away somewhere and that they were
picked up by someone else. They
base this conclusion upon the fact
that the burglar has previously
thrown away trousers and overcoats
carried out Of houses.
Abe Horwitz stated yesterday that
the burglar visited his home on Thir-
ty-third street near West avenue
sometime yesterday morning, enter
ing the house through a dining room
window, which was found open yes
terday morning. The. burglar got
nothing at the Horwitz home.
Chief Reynolds believes that the
burglar makes his headquarters in
Bloodfield while operating in this
city and vicinity. Undoubtedly this
is the same burglar who operates in
Norfolk, Portsmouth and other nearby