Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-23
HOUSES
ARE ENTERED
BY BURGLARS
Police Believe Professional
Thieves Were at Work in
This City Last Night.
EVEN VISITED BEDROOMS
Were Looking for Cash and
Secured About S17--Much
Jewelry Ignored.

Burglars entered three residences
and made futile attempt to enter
fourth in the southern section of
the city last night. The homes of
w. w. Davis, at 152 Kearny avenue,
and A. M. Metzendorf, at 163 High
street, were looted. Indications are
that the thieves were after money
only, as they left much silverware
and valuable jewelry behind The
residence of George w. Mercer at II
Gordon street, was entered, but
there Is no evidence that anything
was taken. The thieves were prob
ably frightened away as at the home
Of Max Klein at $50 Kearny avenue,
where they fled as they were about
to raise kitchen window.
A red pocketbook containing
about SIT, a gold bracelet and a
razor sharpener is all that has been
missed from the Metendorf residence
thus far. A brown overcoat, a pair
Of gold cuff links and about a dollar
in cash is believed to be all that was
stolen from Mr.. Davis home. All Of
the robberies were reported to the
police.
1t is not believed by the police
that the thefts were committed by
boys, as We're the most of those eI-
ecuted here for the past several
| months. Some of the work leads
the authorities to believe that rob-
bers were professionals. 1t Is evil
dent that they carried Jimmy,
| chisel or some similar instruments
| with which they pried doors and win
dows open.
The thieves were bold enough to
| loot bureau drawers In bed rooms in
| which people were asleep They
worked quietly and In no instance
awakened any. Of the occupants of
the houses they robbed
They entered the Davis home next
door to the Klein residence sometir.-
after l O'Clock this morning Mr.. Da-
Wis stated to the police Entrance
was gained through kitchen win
dow, which might have been unolck-
ed, according to Mr.. Davis. He
| told the police care was usually e4-
ercised in locking all the windows,
but that IL was possible that one had
been left unlocked. He entered the
kitchen this morning to find the win
dow wide open. A hurried investi-
cation showed that burglars had
been at work. Bureau drawers were
found on floors and their contents
scattered about. Jars and paper en-
velopes were even taken from closets
presumably In a search for money.
The overcoat taken was brown and
fuzzy and had new style roll coll
lar. The cuH links bore the initial
3D." They were taken from a pair
Of Mr.. Davis cuffs.
In the Metzendorf homo the
thieves ransacked the entire first
floor and three Of tho bed rooms
In which the occupants Of tho house
were asleep on the second floor.
Things were scattered about as in
the Davis homo. Entrance was gain
ed by prying open dining room
window. Matches were used freely
! by the robbers Pockets OF clothes
were searched and out of boys
pair of trousers was secured a pock-
etbook containing about SIT. A gold
bracelet was taken from a bureau
and razor sharpener was removed
from hanger Two gold watches,
several valuable stick pins and sill
verware were not taken, although
they must have been seen by the
thieves.
1t is thought the Mercer home was
entered about 8 o'clock The back
door was pried open. Only the first
floor was visited and nothing has
been found missing, which indicated
that something frightened the rob-
bers away before they completed
their wor.
When Mr.. Davis told his neighbo
OF the robbery of his home this
morning, Max Klein wondered II any
attempt had been made to enter his
house. He found a kitchen window
had been pried partially open. Ent-
rance was not completed as the
thieves were evidently frightened
on. The police have found no clues
In any Of the cases.