Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
go BURGLARIES
SINCE JUNE FIRST
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The burglars know no fear and move
up and down the districts of the city
undetected.
Thus far two arrests have been
made by the police. but the persons
suspected were discharged.
Nine Weekend Burglarics
Over the weekend from October Z
TO nine homes were entered and at
tempts were made to enter four other
places. All Of these We're on Allison
Hill. where the majority of robberies
occurred within the last month.
Although the exact value of the
plunder obtained by the thieves in
their many marauds can not be accu-
rately estimated, 1t is believed that the
jewelry. money, clothing and provisions
stolen total hundreds of dollars.
Mayor Meals announced recently
that when the budget for 1917 is
turned in to City Council he will ask
for thirty more patrolmen to be sent
out on city districts SO that the terri
tories covered by each officer will be
greatly reduced, increasing police pro-
lection.
Inefficient Men On Force?
Officials. however. have hinted at
different times that political influence
! has been exercised to keep some of the
men on the force whose work is in
efficient. That the present force is too
small Is conceded by every official in
the department, but several of the ex-
ecutives declared that adding thirty
men will not do any good unless they
are efficient and capable of serving as
officers.
Mayor Meals himself has gone out
with the officers on burglar hunts
when some of the night calls came in,
but no arrests were made.
Several of the detectives, working
on some of the robberies. have COM
planned at times because reports of
more recent raids were not received by
them when the reports might have
aided in running down important
clues.
Raid After Raid
The thieves, picking out any section
of the city they choose to work In,
have made raid after raid. and al
though seen on several occasions. they
have escaped before neighbors or
officers could interfere. Superintend-
ent of Detectives Windsor and Chief
of Police Wetzel both declare that at
times the persons whose homes were
entered could have given the police
department more assistance by calling
Headquarters when they saw people
acting suspiciously.
have worked overtime and run down
numerous clues without any results.
Motorboat and auto rides to supposed
hiding places of the burglars brought
no returns. according to the police.
The latest raids were the most ex-
tensive in the city since the burglaries
began in the early part of the summer.
Beginning in the West End early in
June. the thieves visited a number of
places, then suddenly switched to Alli-
son Hill and began visits to houses.
entering from three to five homes in
one night.
The Loot
Most of the robberies have been
committed, it is believed by the police,
between midnight and o'clock in the
morning. Two victrolas, watches,
chains, rings, lodge emblems, stick
pins. flashlights, noseglasses, mems
and Women's clothing, provisions, dress
patterns and money have been taken.
In many of the burglaries valuable sill
verware and other expensive articles
were missed or were not wanted by
the thieves. who have so far success
fully eluded all efforts on the part of
the police to catch them.
Residents of suburban communities
have requested Superintendent Wind
sor to assign men to watch certain
streets and roads on which men were
seen acting suspiciously. These re-
quests were not taken seriously and
rests made.
Statements have been made at po-
lice headquarters that the detective
bureau knows the parties who have
been responsible for many of the rob-
berries, but are waiting to catch the
offenders in the act" Just how long
the public will wait for the police to
get results and end the early morning
visits is the question asked by persons
whose homes have been entered.
Will Not Tell Number of Burglarics
Superintendent of Detectives Wind
sor when asked for a record of the
names and addresses of residences en-
| tered since the burglaries began de-
! clared, II consider 1t most unfair
and unjust request to make to an off,
| cial; to ask him for list of places
robbed. to be used to show incompe-
| tency in the police department. | will
never willingly give anything from the
official police complaint book If ] be-
lieve it is to be used against the de-
partment.
'I can show from records of former
administrations, that there have been
robberies just as serious as the present
ones, and more so, and no arrests
made"
just n Few Places Robbed
Following is a partial list of the
! places entered in the city and nearby
! places. Much of the goods stolen in
cluded provisions;
June 26--W. c. Metzgar, 2332 North
! Second street.
July and SIS. c. Wenrick, 500
North Sixteenth street; P. II. Bailey,
602 North Seventeenth street; b. F.
Rohrer. 23 North Seventeenth street;
George II. Biles, S19 North Seven
teenth street; A. w. Myers, 1900 State
street; Preston Crowell, sol North
Seventeenth street.
July Samuel Levinson, Sixth and
Forster streets.
July 5-W. F. Gotwalt, 201 Muench
street, (attempD burglar seen.
July 27 and 28-Harry E. Phillips,
621 North Sixteenth street, and f. j.
Lewis, 73 North Seventeenth street.
August 23-William Mooney, 1910
Regina street; H. L. Derr, 1912; Will
liam Meikle. 1920; Primo Lippi, 1922.
and John Davis, 1928 Regina street.
September II - Joseph E. Trego
1904 North street.
September 24-Edwin Fl. Fisher,
I'll North North Eighteenth street;
Mrs Mary Mohler. SIT North street;
Mrs Florence Wright, 619 North
street; Clayton Parthemore, 623 North
street; Robert r. Markley. 700 North
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