Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-22
BABY IS INNOCENT
AID TO PR0WLER;
CASH IS SECURED
Mrs. Herbert Ryerson, Fearing for
Safety of Child. Allows Purse
TO Be Taken.
rur INTRUDER TALKS ROUGHLY
INT Woman Says He May Thank Lit
tie One for Escaping Without
Meeting Battle.
THE INTRUDER TALKS R0UGHL'

prowler armed with lot of rough
talk and a pocket fash may thank
h.by In home he robbed last evening
ar the easy time he had in staging
,bs lob. He secured $40.
III II hadn't been for my baby there
xo,Id have been battle" Mrs. Her
bert Ryerson. 1906 Thirty-ninth street,
ssld today. II was in the kitchen and
the lights were out. The baby was in
The dining room. II the baby had not
haen in there and l wouldn't have had
n fear for It's safety, he wouldn't have
go,ten away. But | had to think OF
the baby first and let him have the
money"
Police have an idea that the pTowler
is the same one who broke into the
rear door of the meat market conduct
ed BY H. Cronau, 1922 Fourteenth ave-
me six weeks ago They base this
ABDUCTION on a statement made by the
burglar to Mrs. Ryerson as he left
He said:
so you're the woman that heard
me break into Cronaus meat market,
en-"
Mrs. Ryerson was seated in the din
inc room of her home with her baby
in her arms at $50 o'clock. She saw
man pass around to the rear door.
lie knocked, and she set the baby
down and answered the summons.
The stranger inquired as to whether
the family living in the second floor
Of the house was at home. Mrs. Ry-
erson explained that the people were
away. The stranger started to leave
and Mrs Ryerson shut the door.
Pushes Door Open.
He turned quickly on his heel and
pushed the door open. His act fright
ened Mrs. Ryerson at first, but when
he ordered her to turn out the cleo
uic light she went to the switch and
obeyed
The intruder then took a flashlight
from his pocket and asked for money.
Mrs. Ryerson pointed to the table and
told him that there was some in the
purse. She started to go into the din
ing room.
Get away from the phone" the bur-
gar ordered.
I'm not going to the telephone.
want to go to my baby" Mrs. Ryer-
son answered.
Never mind: get back out of there,
quick" The prowler took the money
from the purse and Mrs. Ryerson start
cd in the dining room again. He told
her to come back. She said again that
she wanted to get to her baby.
Nothing to that here. It's not kids
want. | want money" the burglar
said. Taking the contents from the
purse, SO, he threw the pocketbook
on the floor and said:
There's your pocketbook for you.
He looked around a while, watching
every move Mrs. Ryerson made, and
r then with the remark about the mea,
market burglary he left.
Mrs. Ryerson said that she did not
think that the man was armed. She
said he appeared very nervous at all
times and tried to maintain bold
front with his rough talk.
Office is Entered.
The Office of Dr. ". D. Snively, 1861
Twentieth street, was burglarized al
about the same time that the Ryerson
home was entered. The prowler gain
ed entrance presumably with pass
key, and 50 in stamps was secured
The Office was ransacked. The office
OF DR.. NJ J. O'Hern, next door, was
unlocked, but the thief did not en-
Ter it.
R. G. Hudson, 1913 Twelfth street
today reported to the police that &
bicycle was stolen from the back porch
Of his home last night.
Henry Stengel, 1907 Fourth avenue
reports that a kit of plumbers tools
was stolen from a new house in which
he had been working on Tenth stree
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth ave
nues, last night