New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-16
BURGLARS STARTLB
new ULh CITIZENS
ATTEMPTS MADE TO ENTER
THREE DIFFERENT HOMES
ONE EVENING
ROBBER SECURES ONLY SMALL
SUM AND MAKES GOOD HIS
GETAWAY

TO wake up at midnight and find q
burglar looking into your room and what,
is worse, straight into your face, is an
experience which many women would
not like to have. Saturday night, how
ever, several of New Ulm's women were
given such fright by a burglar who
tried to enter their houses but in each
instance was heard or seen before he
could do much damage. The places
entered or attempts made to enter were
the Jacob Fritz, Clarence Young and
Jerry Reardon homes, the first house
being on First North and German Street.
and the other two on Valley Street.
The burglar, who has not as yet been
caught, was so-called window burglar,
that is, in all cases attempts were made
to enter via an open window. All three
OF the burglaries were made by the same
man as is evident from the descriptions
given by the parties that saw him.
The first of the burglaries was at
tempted at the Jacob Fritz home on
First North and German street, back
of the Fritz saloon. The robber tried
to enter by one of the back windows
Mr.. Fritz, who with his wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. Zobel, were sitting in a room on
the south side of the house heard noise
outside on the veranda. Thinking it to
be some man who wanted to get into the.
saloon Mr.. Fritz went out to see what it,
was and ask him what he wanted. His
wife likewise went out side door and
the little group were startled to hear her
cry out that burglars were taking of
the screens. The intruder left en- run
and Mr.. Fritz and MIR. Zobel immediate
lly followed after having notified the
police. Then began a search thru the
lumber yards adjoining their homes.
No one was seen and at last the search
was given up. The time of this at.
tempted robbery as reported by Mr..
Fritz was about ILLS.
From the Fritz home the robber NO
doubt wended his way down to the
Clarence Young home This was the
only place where he secured anything
and his haul here amounted to $2.O2.
The shock that Mrs. Young got from
seeing the burglar was of more concern
to the family than the money taken for
Mrs. Young stated, "she would rather,
die than see another face like that look
IN at her window" At the Young place
the robber before attempting to enter
the house cut off the rope from swing.
that hung about thirty feet away from
the window thru which he tried to enter.
Mrs. Young was awakened by noise.
which sounded as if their dog, a young
puppy, that was kept in the bedroom
was playing with something in the room.
Thinking that he was gnawing the straps
OF valise Mrs. Young sat up intending.
to take the valise away. To her horror
she saw the head of a man leaning on
the window sill inside the room. She
tried to scream but her throat failed to
respond. Finally she managed to make
sound loud enough for her six wear old
daughter who slept in the room to hear
her. The little girl upon seeing the man
was also frightened and screamed Just
then the man put his arm out toward
Mr.. Young who was sleeping with his.
head about a foot from the window.
Seeing rope in the mans hand Mrs.
Young shook her husband who then
awakened but before he could realize,
what the matter was the burglar had
vamoosed.
The pocket book which the burglar
got was lying on the dresser which stood
the other side of the open window. 1t,
IS possible that the robber knocked some
thing of the dresser in his attempt to-
reach the purse and that was the noise
Whlch awakened Mrs. Young. Her
impression is that he intended to tie
Mr.. aung's hands IS he lay asleep and
thel ,sacl& tbs a9ase.
A-l& Young is of the opinion that
tllere were several men concerned in the
robtery as considerable dirt was kicked
up III 1ron5 Of tue windows and the grass
and flowers were also trodden down.
Ihls theory is contradicted by the report
OF Mrs. Reardon. The Reardons were
Just ready to go to bed, it being little.
past twelve. Mrs. Reardon was sitting
with her sister in room before the
window i'll the front part of the house,
with the lights out, when she noticed a
man run into the gate. Thinking it to
be some foolish prank that some Young
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