Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-06-08
-Four or Five Residences in the
South Part Of City Have Been
Entered Though Nothing Has
Been Reported Stolen.
A FRIGHTENED SERVANT GIRIl

The prowllng around of suspicioua
looking characters in the southern
section of the city during all hours
of the night and number of recent
reports of entrances made into resi-
dences has caused Chief of Police
Patrick j. Burke to double the num-
Der of patrolmen in this vicinity and
the whole police force Is on the watch
for the stealthy visitors who come
under cover of darkness.
-Four or five residents in the
southern section have been visited
and several houses entered though
nothing of value has been reported
as being stolen. Some of the resi-
dents have been loathe to give pub
licity to the matter yGd have quietly
made reports to the police and asked
that it be kept quiet.
The latest attempt in this section
was at the home of Ira r. Robbins at
ITO High street about 10 o'clock
Saturday night. The family was
away and no one In the house except
the servant girl. She was sitting up
stairs sewing when she heard a noise
as II some one prying open the kitch-
en- back door. She went down stairs
and removing the screen looked
through the door glass. Simulta-
reously she saw flash from a pocket
lighter, which was thrust full in her
face. She became frightensy ,as--enlf
screamed and the man with The ileht
Just outside the kitchen door fed.
James Henderson, who lived several
doors below heard her cry out and
came to the house, and searched for
the man. The cellar door was found
open and footprints inside indicat-
ed the visitor" had entered the
ground floor before trying to get in
the kitchen. Mr. Henderson secured
Patrolman Gutowski, who searched
the place. The servant girl had to
stay outside the house until the fam
lily returned, as in her excitement she
locked herself outside.
Among other attempts reported
were at the home of Charles Minde-
left at So Rector street, Stewart
Audsley, 81 Lewis street, and at the
home of w. B. Pratt, III Rector
street. =
One night last week party enter
ed the home Of Mr.. Mindeleff, rifled
desk in the front hall and ransack-
ed the rooms on the first floor. The
unknown only stole some stamps that
were lying on table, not bothering
with household articles. Entrance
was gained through the kitchen win
dow, which had been left open slight
ly. The family did not know of the
burglary until next morning, when
papers and other things were found
strewn about, the first floor doors
open, the stamps missing, etc.
Another night last week indica-
tions were that some one had enter
ed the kitchen of Lewis Audsley,
though nothing was stolen. The
series of prowling incidents and near
robberies have caused the police to
use every effort to apprehend the re-
sponsible party or parties who have
again caused an alarm among tho
residents of the southern section al
most equalling the scare created last
fall by the series of burglaries, for
a number of which Andrew Everson
recently confessed.
Though no attempt was made to
rob the Pratt home, the attention of
the patrolman on that beat was CALI
ed to a suspicious character that had
been loafing in the vicinity of the
residence.