The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-07
FOUR Of A KIND
BURGLARS VISITED HOMES OF
THAT MANY CITIZENS DUR.
ING EARLY MORNING.
Got Very Little Booty--BeIleved to
Be Novices--Betieved TO
Have Been White
Men.

A quartet OF neighbors in the
vicinity of Walnut and Twenty
street had a visit from burglar or
| burglars during the early hours of
yesterday morning. The house OF
William Kluge, 22ol Walnut, James
H. Galligan, 2115 Walnut. NJ. j. How
ley, 2105 Walnut, and Z. Il. Ellis, 2lG3
| Walnut, We're entered According 70
the best information ii was figured
| out That the burglar brokes into the
houses in the order named ABOVE II
is quite probable that the same bur
| glaF who entered Harry Cushmans
| house on Park Place West and other
places recently was the same person,
as he was in each instance in search
of money only, not paying any atten-
ton to other valuables In two OF
| the houses entered there WAS consii-
cradle money on hand, but it was
| seereted and securely locked up The
only one VINO saw the burglar was
Mrs. Ellis, and ner experience was 4
| thrilling one, and experience thar
| would unnerve almost anyone
AT William Kluges residence tie
back door of the basement. Here
| they secured a step ladder and long
| pole which they carried to the second
floor of the house and placed the step
ladder alongside the door leading into
Mr. Kluge's bedroom The trans0m
over the door was partly open and as
the door was locked from the inside.
Il is presumed that tney tried TO isn
with the pole for Mr. Kluge's clothes
| which they hoped contained money.
| III. Kluge was not feeling very wei
and coughed considerably during the
lght which perhaps deferred the
| burglars from persisting in their Eff
forts to secure the clothes They got
out of the house in the same manner
they entered it.
At the residence of James II. CALI
gan the burglars gained entrance
through dining room window. Here
| hey found Mr. Galligan's coat and
| overcoat. From these they extracted
all the papers contained in the peck
lets. These papers were found scat
tered upon the hall floor. Upstairs
was found dozens of burnt matches
lust outside OF Mr.. Galligan's room,
| the door OF which they could nor
OPEN. Before they left the house they
located 15c in the hall which had
been placed on the newell post by
Mrs Galligan,
At NJ J. Howleys residence the
thieves pried mp window in the
dining room Mr.. Howley heard
noises for several minutes and paid
little attention to them, suppcsiag
his daughters We're up getting ready
to go to church at o'clock. The bur
| gIar had lit the electric light In tae
nail on both floors and one of taem
tried the door OF Mr. Howley's bed-
| DOM which was locked. Mr.. Hcwley
| cot up ana as he did so heard The
lining room window being put down.
n looking at his watch he saw that 1t
| vas only 3:15 o'cfSck, which aroused
| ais suspicious and he got up in time
near taem close the dining room
| window. a number of burnt mat hes
lswere found on the floor, also piece
Of twisted paper partly burned. They
left as a memento a stub OF a cigar
on dining room chair A small
| amount Of change was found in a
purse belonging to Miss Rose How
| ley.
| AT Il. Il. Ellis home they gained en-
trance by prying UP kitchen window
| THAT was about feet from the
ground. Before going up stairs they
unlocked the kitchen door and prob
ably flung 1t wide open so that they
might easily and quickly make an
exit. The first knowledge of the
presence OF the burglars in the house
was when the baby awoke and Mrs.
Ellis carried him into the front room.
The light was not burning in the hall
az usual but was burning in the sec
ond room. AS she entered the room
she saw an object which seemed to
be crouching on tne floor near the
door. The electric arc lamp in the
street cast CLEAN Of light through
the room, revealing a figure Of man
cfouching on the floor. He was lean
ing over and did not Notice, the APP
proach Of Mrs. Ellis until she.
brushed past him with her baby in
her arms, giving a terrible scream OF
alarm. The burglar arose and rushed
with great speed through the hall and
down the stairway and made his es
cape through the kitchen doorway.
Mr.. Ellis was awakened by the