Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-02
BURGLARS BUSY LAST week
EHkEE DIFFERENT PLACES US.
iIED BI NI0hi PLoWLERS.
Nix. i!arswi, Il Residence, Water
E"ckn,u Garage and b. L.
BuC.nel Barb SHOP.

During the ras, week burglars
have visited one residence and two
business houses in DEBORAH and Vi
cinity On Saturday night, May
p, the VIM. Eauswrth residence
near Trout Run was visited by a
burglar. There was nobody at home
at the time. The folks had come
Up town TO meet train and on
their return that evening discovered
that an unlimited guest had visited
the house in their absence. When
Mrs Hausworth went up stairs to her
room she noticed the dresser draw
ers pulled out, and several articles
in the room misplaced, and she
started an investigation. Two small
coin tanks were in the room, and
one contained in the neighborhood
of IS or SO, and the other a small
Ter amount, and the contents of both
were taken. Some jewelry, etc.
was on the dresser but was not
touched.
The next burglary reported oc-
Cured Thursday night, when Wal
ter Bucklell's garage in the J. j.
Marsh building on West Water
street was entered. Entrance was
made from the hall leading up to
the dance hall. At the street en-
tran to the hall there is a door on
the east side which enters into the
garage. This was pried orea. The
next move was 10 get into the office
where the safe and cash register
was. While the door leading into
the office from the garage was not
locked. it was somewhat hard to
open, and an entrance was gained il
another manner. A small closet en-
tends from the Office out into the
garage proper, and there is a tran
som in the partition across the room,
the transom being right over the
closet door. The invaders crawled
on top of the closet, which by the
way had only very thin board cell
ing covered with tar paper, and they
broke through, no doubt falling in
to the closet The safe stood right
in front of the closet door, and an
attempt was made to open it, The
burglars evidently were not profess
SIGNALS, as they were unable to oren
the safe, and only succeeded i'll
breaking the lock and hinges up
some. The cash register stood open
on the counter and contained about
fifty cents in pennies, which were
not taken. They were evidently
somewhat partial burglars and only
cared for the long green. An inves-
LEGATION the next day disclosed the
fact that nothing was taken by the
providers, as money was the princi-
pal object of their visit.
On Sunday night, the third and
last burglary was reported. This
time it was b. K. Bucknell's barber
shop which was visited. An en-
trance was effected through the rear
door Two panes of glass had been
broken out some time ago and were
temporarily replaced with a piece
of tin. The tin was ripped off, the
bolt shot back and the entrance was
made easy. Two cash registers, one
il the barrier shop and one in the
pool room were emptied of their
contents, besides a big can OF PEN
MES which were in the cigar cabin
ct, the door in this being pried open.
These burglars, like the ones visit
ing the other two places, were at
ter nothing but money, as nothing
else was touched. They procured in
the neighborhood of $40 in the bar
Der shop.