The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-08
Visits
sEpERBI HOMES
-Four Places Are fEnteFed
and More Than 500
is Stolen. "
HAT AND 81 0Es LEFT
West Main Street. and Dale
Avenue Residents Are
81, ], ths Victims.

s.. &. 4 the Victims.
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= THE sionrthsoi a iserles or 4
g. burglgriss that! were commits "
n ted Thurshay shlgi1t9at .homes III ~
= the city was ,tepoEeedstu ths.s.
, police department Friday af-sss
= ternoono II 5yaa &c ths9hcble =,
otpMrss statiiaa GaesA ii Ne !,
i chanlc and Sumner stf6ets;zss
where a silver open sfabeasls
4 watch. a. razor, t6fcehtS sAnds i i,
=, straw hat were stoiehi Thss ,
= hat ibepnsed,sto 1 assol J:
: proved to be the one lei III thbs1s.
= Smith residence, as snbted IN tho ;
s.sfollS%ing story 8 The esliver 1.
,kstehsnefe noted. was foubd,ln =
81 the Wilson apartment which I.
was also visited by the bnrgiars \
I. = Police are nowshrhtlng fot 4 =
: poorly dressed man with h GRIP. =
pled arm; who was! seen loiter- :
4 ihE near the Reed resige
= Thnrsday eSsnt1g. II, ~, Il
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JAS - : 49,. (
Mere thah 800 IN easba xhtgh
and sevsf6i other articSs III Saiiie
we're carried OH BY "a burglar Khu
broke into. two apartnsht hotise
fats ON west Main street ana a rest
dehce on Dals avenue TKarsaRy
night. He is believed to DE 1 pro-
fessioiial burglar who broke .lhlo
four residences 1T Fairmont mo
preceding might and stole several
witches and necklaces.
Gets Cash and WatCE.
George Rogers, d travelling sales.
man, WHO has d ground hS6r apaft-
Inent IN TIE Baker apartment house.
Is out 500 and a fins HAMPTON
watch as a result Of. the tkisfs visit
there. The. money was taken from
the pocket o. d pair Of tr6EseFs
hanging Upon d bed post and ahS
watch was taken from 4 ehikohlef.
Another watch Oh tisin make was
also taken by the BURGLAR bit he
dropped II upon the A6cr Id he was
leaving the place through d window.
He entered the Place BY standing
upon q wooden box, Raising vim!
dow and climbing over the bili. set.
eral matches were used by HIM IN
finding his way around the apart
ment as shown by burnt mateh ends
strewn all over the floor. Mr.. ana
Mrs, Rogers and baby were asleep
in the apartment but none OF them
was aroused by the nocturnal VS.:
itor. si'@,S.
Walks on Table. -
The ground floor Apartment occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Bethard VII
son in the Lyon apartment house at
West Main and Chestnut street was
Also entered by burglar. pre-
sumablyithe same fellow. The only
things missed there sc, far are ono
of Mr.. Wilson's shirts and pair 81
shoes, although the burglar scat
tered some jeweiry belonging 10 Mrs.
Wilson over her dressing table. Nv.
identity NJ. WilaonTs BhSss iittga
the burglar as he ieft lils own Efogsa
In the place Of the others. Betofs
exchanging the shoes he walked eaif I
over a table cloth spread Gpoh7 tiis
dining table. making fidmber of
muddy tracks upon the cloth. 'ifst@
trance was elected in Inc same man
ner as at the Rogers apartment r
3 Rides Bhby's Ba6k. 'f5.f
A baby's bank, necklace
and straw hat we're taken
from the residence Of b. II. :
'smlth at 8s2 Dale avshdS
but nothing else OF value has seen
missed. The hank contained about
$3.50. 1t was broken open 10y 'tH6
burglar and thrown upon the 'front.'
porch OF w. T. B. 4Cismm's rest
aencs adjoining. minus the money
The, hat belonged to-, Mr.. Smith
and al was the case with Mr.. vii
sons shoes the burglar iettl ahbtiier
Hats d w6rn iPahana. IN ats place.
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