The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-05-03
BURGLARY
ATTEMPTED
At The Home Of Clarence
parrOtt South Of City
Man Crashed Window In At.
tempting Entrance
But Was Frightened Away BY
Members Of Family
Another Burglary Reported
Near Hunts Station
The Sheriff Called Upon To
Make Investigation

A bold but unsuccessful attempt
was made to burglarize the Clarence
Parrot home on the Newark road,
just south of the city, Monday even
ing shortly before 10 o'clock The
burglar or burglars were surprised,
while affecting an entrance, by Mrs.
Parrott and her daughter, Edna, the
only occupants of the house at the
time, and were frightened away.
Nothing was stolen.
The attempt was unusually auda-
cious and would no doubt have been
successful had it not been for the
bungling work and considerable noise
made in opening a window The
house was lighted and Mrs. Parrot
and her daughter had not yet retired
At 9:45 o'clock Miss Edna made
her way to her downstairs bedroom
with the intention of retiring. Hard
ly had the room been reached when
her attention was attracted by a
slight noise at the window over
which the blind was closely drawn.
Immediately she turned out the light
and started toward the window with
the intention of letting up the blind
to investigate the noise. Before she
had gone more than three steps a
great crash of glass was heard in the
parlor and the noise at the window
was momentarily forgotten
When the crash of glass came Mrs.
Parrott was in the act of turning out
the gas I'm the dining room which is
connected with the parlor by a hall.
She ran through the hall into the par
lor which was dimly lighted and found
broken glass scattered about the
floor under the window where the
blind was drawn. Just as she was
about to start toard the window the
blind fell to the floor and a man STEP
ped from the window sill into the
room. He had an open knife in his
hand. Mrs. Parrott stood still for
only few seconds during which the
intruder took two or three steps to-
ward her. She turned and ran
screaming from the room and the
man also turned and made his way
hastily out through the shattered win
dow.
AS near as she could tell in the
rather poorly lighted room, the man
was not very large and wore a short
light overcoat and dark trousers.
When the blind fell to the floor he
hung his head forward and hid his
features to such an extent that they
could not be well noted
That there were two of the men is
almost certain because the slight
noise az the bedroom window heard
by Miss Edna and the breaking of
the parlor window came almost sim.
ultaneously end both could not have
been caused by the same person
The attempted burglary at the
house has rather an odd coincidence
with an occurrence at the Hays
Brothers glass plant earlier in the
evening. Mr.. Parrott, who was work
ing at the plant, missed his overcoat
and lunch bucket and could not find
them. He went home and telephoned
for an officer TO investigate the af-
fair. The overcoat was of rather
light colored material and was mend
ed with a three-cornered seam on the
shoulder
tbs though that the person or per-
sons who stole the oyercoat and
bucket took advantage of the fact
that Mr. Parrott was not at home and
decided TO continue their work at his
home.