Henderson gold leaf., 1911-09-21
A Series of Bold Burglaries.


through a front window where par
of a pane of glass was already brok
en- out. Reaching through this open
ing the burglar unfastened the sasl
and raised it. He went into MI
Registers room and took his trous
ers which were hanging under a cur
tain at the head of his bed. Thes
he left in the yard, but took the con
tents OF the pockets, consisting @
letters, receipts, papers, etc. A littl
further on these were found torn il
pieces.
Mr.. Royster, who was the onl,
member OF the family sleeping on tn
lower floor, was not awakened by tn
burglar and did not know his room
had been entered by anyone until tn
next morning. When he awoke h
found the window propped up with {
stick and his trousers lying in th
front yard.
Last Saturday morning about
o'clock a burglar entered Mr.. l.. i
Ways home at AGA North Garnet
street, effecting an entrance through
a window from the front porch. HI
cut out the lower lattice in one o
the blinds and poking his han(
through the opening thus made, un
fastened the latches that secured the
blinds on the inside. He then raised
the window sash, which was mot
fastened down, and entered the front
room. Passing through this and q
middle door, he entered Mr.. and Mrs
Ways bed room in which both were
asleep at the time.
Mr.. Way awoke while the burglar
was in the room and heard a slight
noise as if made by mouse playing
on the floor At first he paid little
attention to this, but finally rose up
on the side of the bed to listen more
carefully. This he did two or three
times and each time the noise would
stop as soon as he stirred. At the
last moment he became conscious OF
the TACT that there was q burglar in
the room and Jumping out OF bed
pulled on an electric light as quickly
as possible Meanwhile the burglar
darted through the open door and
the front room out into the hallway.
He quickly turned off the night lock
on the front door and made his es
cape.
After following the burglar out in
to the front yard, Mr.. Way went
back into the house and aroused the
other members of the family and the
boarders. He soon missed his
watch, which was on the mantle,
and his coat, which was hanging up
in the room near the door at which
the burglar had entered. In the
pockets of the coat, which was found
few minutes later hanging on a
fence post down Hamilton street
about fifty yards from the house,
was a Seaboard Air Line mileage
book with about 700 miles of unused
mileage. q pocket note book, two or
three business letters and a number
of statements of advertising ac-
counts with the Gold Leaf. Every
thing had been taken out of the pock-
cts except a small pair of clipping
scissors. This was one of the bOldest
burglaries committed here in some
time, being after good day-break and
right on the main street of the city
in one of the thickest residential sec
tiOns
Mr.. l.. b. Browns home at the
corner of College and Mitchell streets
was burglarized Saturday night
shortly after 10 O'Clock. The en-
trance was made through a window
in the cook room. The lower lattice
in one Of the blinds was cut ont and
the burglar was thus enabled to
reach the latches of the blinds on the
inside He then broke out a pane of
glass and reaching his arm through
the opening unfastened the latch at
the top of the lower sash and raised
it.
After plundering the cook and din
ing rooms, he went into the bed
rooms where he searched two trunks
and several bureau drawers. He Sc
cured Mrs. Browns purse which con-
tained only SLIGO. Nothing else was
missed from the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown were up town
when the burglar entered their home.
But on returning shortly after 10
o'clock they noticed u man standing
in the garden, who appeared to be
waiting for someone. But before
they got very close to him he disap-
peared. AS they went on into the
house and opened the front door a
burglar dashed out at the back door
and made his escape. Mr.. Brown
found several matches scattered over
the floor where the burglar had been.
A little latter the same night q
window blind at Mr.. H. M. Hender-
sons house was broken open, but
the would-be burglar fed Immediate
ly as he discovered Mrs. Henderson
and the children sitting in the room
where he had broken open the blind
The above details are given not sc
much for their news value but more
to show the methods and bOldness
of the burglar or burglars whose
operations in Henderson for the past
few weeks have added nothing to the
comfort and security of our people,
especially the women and children
At first when they entered only cook
rooms and pantries little attention
was paid to them, but now that they
boldly enter private bed rooms
where people are sleeping, in all prob
ability with the intention of taking
human life if necessary for their own
protection, it becomes a far more
serious matter.
There have been a number of such
burglaries in Henderson within the
past few weeks, and Others are NOR,
than likely to follow. 1t is therefore
only a matter of wise precautior
that every citizen of the town at
once get in readiness to give these
I base criminals a warm reception
when they come. l.. NJ.
Kittrell News Notes.
Miss Saliie Charles Cheatham returned
to her home at Louisburg Monday.
Miss Mildred Purvis. of Williamson
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