The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-15
Masked Burglars
 1erronze Upper
 East Side Homes
Skilled Cracksmen Frightened
 off by Piercing Screams of Woman
Flee From Merchants Home
 With Trousers, Snatching Money From Garment as They Dodge Owners Bullets

Twice within half hour early yes- terday morning skilled cracksmen en- tered the homes of the two of the wealthiest men in the Slavish colony. In one instance they were scared away by the screams of woman and in the other they scampered away ,dodging a fusilade of bullets. In the second entry they se cured a pair, of pants containing roll of bills of be- tween s25-, and $35 and considerable change. belonging to Michael Rob stock, the real estate man who is the head of the Boston Supply House, and Elder of the Church of the Holy Ghost. His house was entered at 2:10 o'clock.
 The first entry was of the home of Michael Sedlak. retired real estate man whose daughter conducts | dry goods store. Here 1t was about 1:45 o'clock when the thieves were scared away. In both instances 1t was ap- parent that the. thieves expected to secure large sums of money-the days receipts from the dry goods store and rents that Robstock was believed to have received from num- erouS tenants.
 Sedlak owns two store and tene- ment blocks at Berkshire avenue and Hallett street and lives on the second floor directly on the corner of the-two streets. About quarter, of o'clock Sedlak's daughter felt g draft of wind blowing through the house. Without striking light she stepped into the kitcen to ascertain it's cause. 6hil- houetted in an, open window with one leg inside of the room and one still on the rear outside stairs was the form of a man with mask over his face. AS she watched, he flashed an electric pocket lamp about the in- terior of the room. The woman utter ed piercing scream and the burglar hastily dropped out of sight. The household was awakened and it was discovered that the window had been was no weapon In the Sediak house hold none of the members of the family venturedL outside of the house to search for the crooks.
 About 3:16 o'clock the burglars en- tered the apartments of the RobstockS at Ogden, and HaIlett streets Mrs Rohstock was awakened by .a Stight noise in the room. On openiny her eyes she made. out the 1prm of . nan in the room who 1lSd n afaptrtc &esh lamp and who sllA b&ijdvoa hed q black cloth over his face. She called her husband who slept beside her and the dark figure dis- appeared noiselessly but quickly from the bedroom into the Kitchen adjoin- ing. Robstock who sleeps with a 3S calibre revolver under his pillow jumped into the kitchen only 8TtSec- ond after the burglar who had lost no time in going through an open window to a rear landing and down g. pair of stairs. Robstock bIaxed through the. window in the direction the thief had taken.
 This morning Ropstock's trousers were found in the next door yard. minus the money that was in them. An examination of the ground indi- cated that there had been two thieve8 one in his stockings and the other in a. pair of rubber soled sneaks.r In, making their entry the crooks bored a hole through the sash and opened the sash lock with a wire. Tho kitchen table and the chairs in tho room had been moved to. one side to give the thief who entered the bed room plenty of room to make his getaway. A large butcher knife which had been upon the kitchen table had been cautiously placed upon the rear stairs by the burglars.
 All day yesterday the northern part of the East Side was agog with ex- citement over the -burglaries. Both entries were reported to the police. Sedlak and Robstock say that thieves were foolish to think they keep large sums of money in their houses.