Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-19
ROB WARING HOME
OVER $500 WORTH OF JEwELRY
AND sILvERwARE STOLEN
Robbery Occurred Last Week, While
No One Was In the House
Discovered Yesterday
$50 Reward Offered

Ing 607 West North Fifth street
was robbed some time between Wed
Inesday and Sunday of last week Of
ljewelry and silverware valued a.
more than 5000, while no one wal
staying in the house. Many OF the
articles stolen were valued highly
lby Mrs. Waring because they were
keepsakes and had been given heI
by the late Richard Waring. The
robbery was not discovered until
yesterday morning. Mrs. Warine
left on Wednesday of last week fol-
Hope for q visit, Her son, Emmett
went to stay at the home OF his sis
tier, Mrs. Albert Young. On Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Young and Emmett
went to the Waring home and re-
NAMED there until Mrs. Waring re-
turned from Hope Thursday Of this
lweek. Enough silverware had been
laid out SO that there was no occa-
sion for Mrs. Young to open the
drawers OF the sideboard In the
dining room in which the rest of the
,silverware was kept.
Mrs. Waring did not discover the
loss until yesterday morning. when
she went to- get something from a
dresser in her bedroom. She noticed
that her watch had been taken from
its case on top the dresser. She at
once telephoned Mrs. Young and
asked her II she had removed the
watch from its place for safekeep-
ing. Learning that Mrs. Young had
not, Mrs. Waring searched the
dresser and found that beside the
watch and Shriner pin which had
been worn by the late Richard War
ing, and a watch chain, her rings
had been taken from their case in
one of the dresser drawers.
Mrs. Waring found upon going to
the sideboard in the dining room all
her silverware had been taken from
the cases.
Emmett Waring while he had been
staying with his sister had gone
home at various times and had
worked about the house and in the
yard and had been in the house but
had noticed nothing unusual. A de-
livery boy through a mistake had
taken meat to the Waring home Sat
urday and had found the back door
unlocked, had gone inside and left
the meat. Mrs. Young found the
meat Monday. Mrs. Young said that
when she reached the house Sun
day the back door was locked, indi-
eating that the robber or robbers
might have been in the house at
the time the delivery boy went
there. Mrs. Young remembered af-
ter the discovery was made that the
things had been taken, Of picking
up on the kitchen porch the top of
q case in which some Of the silver
had been, so that entrance probably |
was effected through the kitchen
door.
So far. there has been no clue as
to the thief, 1t Is possible that
whoever robbed the home collected
The things in the daytime and await
I'd darkness before leaving the house.
The drawers had been closed and
nothing in the arrangement OF the
Kings on top indicated that any
hing like a robbery had occurred
The contents of drawer In another
lresser in Mrs. Warnings bedroom
lad been tuned topsy turvy, but the
lrawer was closed. Other drawers in
which were linens were not touch
ID.
The officers were notified and
worked quietly on the case all day
Mrs. Waring has offered a reward
-
t $50 for information leading to
he recovery of the property and
office was sent broadcast over the
tate today. The list Of articles
AIKEN is:
One ladies' gold watch set with Q
mall diamond. and chain, engraved
n case ITO Hattie A. Waring from
ichard Waring April 81" 1 shrin- Il
: pin; 1 cameo pin, large, set with II
lbies; SOLITAIRE ruby ring; 1 ruby s
i'd pearl ring; 1 gold pin. carved; a
amethyst pin; sets beauty pins;
chains of white beads; set hol- Il
W handle silver knives; set W
ain silver knives; Q sets of silver CT