The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-17
Thieves Enter Home of III.
w. Jeffrey on Durkee Ave.
and Get Valuable Gems.
c. C. ALIENS HOME ENTERED
Robbery at Jeffrey Home Most Daring
Known in City as Mr.. and Mrs. JEFF
cry Entertained Guests while Thieves
Were at Work on the Upper Floor.

Sneak thieves made the richest haul
IN the history of Kenosha on Wednes-
day night when they entered the home
Of Harold w. Jeffery on Durkee aven-
ue, sometime between si1 and eight
q CLOCK in the evening, and got away
with diamonds and jewelry valued at
an amount greater than the entire
stock of many jewelry stores. The
robbery was executed with such daring
and pulled off so successfully that all
suggestions of the work being done by
any one but professional crooks is be-
lieved to be eliminated.
Within an hour after the discovery
of the robbery the police department
had thrown line of police officers and
deputies to guard every railway sta
ton and road leading from the city
but it is thought that the robbers man
aged to get away and under the cover
of the storm found way to get out of
the city without their being detected
by the police. They left absolutely no
clew behind them and the police are
floudering without anything to aid
them in an effort to capture the bold
robbers and recover the valuables TAX
en- from the Jeffrey home.
Such alist Of loot was never before
reported to the Kenosha police depart
ment and the robbery is declared to
have been one Of the most profitable
ever pulled off by professional crooks
in this section of the country. The
list Of iewelry taken included:
One gold Vanity case studded with
diamonds.
One diamond necklace.
One gold bag set with diamonds and
eaphires.
Small gold coin case.
Diamond and emerald ring.
Diamond and ruby ring.
Two rings set with diamonds and
other stones.
"A buIbb hbUuG. IluSs
Plain gold Vanity case.
A diamond and SAPPHIRE bracelet.
One diamond and opal ring.
One diamond and sapphire bar pin.
A gold bracelet watch.
The value of the property taken has
not been given out by the police but
the amount is one that would stagger
the ordinary crook that has worked in
Kenosha in the past,
Two hours after the report of the
I)bbery at the Jeffrey home was re-
ceived the police received a report
that sneak thieves had entered the resi-
dence of Chester Allen on Durkee ave-
nue. and here they got away with a
purse containing 800 in cash. 1t is
possible that both robberies were com
mitted by the same parties but the po-
lice are inclined to believe that two
gangs of the thieves were at work on
the same street at practically the same
hour. As at the Jeffrey home there
was no clew left behind by the thieves
at the Allen home.
Mr., and Mrs. Jeffrey were entertain
ing guests at dinner on Wednesday ev-
ening and the robbery was committed
while the guests were at dinner in the
dining room of the house. The
thieves made their way to the
boudoir of Mrs. Jeffrey on the Sec
end floor of the house. A maid who
had usually been in charge of the upper
portion of the house had gone out for
the evening and the other servants in
the house were assisting at the dinner
so that the thieves were given a chance
to work without interruption. Just
after eight clock when the service of
the dinner was concluded Mrs Jeffrey
went up TO her room and she discovered
the burglary. Drawers in all the
dressers had been opened and their con-
tents strewn about the floor and the
vahables had all been taken. Within
minute the report was sent to the po-
lice department and every officer on
the force was called in. Chief o Hare
Officers Breidt and McGivern hurried
to the Jeffery home but they were UNI
able to find anything to aid them in
their search. kilograms were sent in
all directions asking police officers to
make an effort to stop the thieves. The
police officer had passed the house dur
ing the hour preceding the discovery
Of the robbery but he had not seen a
single suspicious character. In fact no
one had been seen on the street.
The police believe that the thieves
had carefully planned the robbery of
the Jeffrey home and that they might
have been waiting for days for the fav-
orablo opportunity to make the rich
haul. Just how they entered the house
is a complete mystery, seemingly not
door or window had been tamper-
ed with.
At che Allen home the house was in
charge of servants. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
had gone out to spend the evening with
friends and they did not return un
til nearly eleven clock. When Mrs
Allen entered her 7room she discovered