The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-31
BURGLARS BUSY
IN OUR TOWN
Five Residents Visited Last
Sunday Night.
BURGLAR ALARM TELLS OF
PRESENCE OF INTRUDERS.
No Booty Taken.

No Booty Taken.
Sunday about midnight burglars
started their winter season in our
district by making several visits To
the MONIES OF some of our residents.
Out In all places they were fright
ehed away before the arrival of the
police and before anything of value
was taken.
AT the residence of DR.. r. L.
Riley, on Sunday night, burglars
gained an entrance there al about
TWO O'Clock in the morning. and thew
would no doubt have made quite a
maui at that place, had il not been
LOT burglar alarm, which set ring
ing when he attempted to get in the
door OF DR.. Riley's bedroom. Ii is
quite evident that the burglar was
IN the house some time, as he was
upstairs in the building, and he had
tried several of the doors.
When the burglar alarm went off.
ne was heard running down the back
steps, and in coming out the back
way, DR.. Riley, who had gotten his
revolver in the meantime, saw the
shadow OF the man, just as he was
leaving the rear of the house. DR..
Riley fired a shot, which was not
effective.
In the City Electricians Kitchen.
1t is very evident that they were
two burglars working Sunday night
at the same time, for the fact that
while one of the burglars was in the
kitchen of City Electrician w. A.
Dllzell, 232 Vallette street, there was
also another burglar across the
street at the residence of Mr.. Gus
Umbach. The discovery of the bur-
glar at Mr.. DilZzell's residence was
made known by Miss Margaret Dill
zell, who had come home from the
city at late hour, and on lighting
the lamp, the burglar was fright
ened away. He was not seen at the
DilZel residence, but Mr. Dilzell said
that he had heard footsteps in the
kitchen. The kitchen window was
open, showing where he had gained
entrance.
Miss Stella Simms, who resides
across the street from the Dilzell
burglar standing in the shadow Of
the building before making his en-
trance, but Miss Simms thought IL
was Mr.. Dilzell, and on this account
did not give any alarm.
Steals MIR. Umbach's Pants.
Judging from the time of the re-
port of the burglar in the DilzelIs
residence, and at the Umbach's res
idence, it is evident that there were
two burglars for the fact that the
families were disturbed about the
same time. At the residence of Mr..
Umbach. Mr.. Umbach was relieved
OF pair of pants, which we're found
later on, in the yard of Mrs. A. E.
Hotard, where the burglars also
made visit later on in the morning.
After visiting the residences of Mr..
DilZell and Mr.. Umbach, the bur-
glars, no doubt, tried to gain en-
trance in other residences. Mrs. A.
Z. Hotard stated that it was about
twenty minutes of two when she was
awakened by a noise in her dining
room, and thinking that il was her
daughter, Lillian, she called down
TO ask whether ii was she. But Miss
Lillian answered her mother saying
that she was in bed, and Mrs. Hotard
that no one else of the fam
ly was out, was positive then that
someone was in the room down.
stairs. Looking out of the window,
she saw that the door was open, and
then after investigation II was found
hot hn htt,
trance through the door and win
dow of the dining-room. Mrs. Ho-
tard believes that there were two
men, for the fact that the window
was open and also the door which
can only be opened from the inside,
and Mrs. Hotard believes that one
OF the burglars allowed the other
one to get in through the door. Mrs.
Hotard's attention was first at
tracted by the burglar trying to light
the electric light in the dining room
and in fumbling the beads on the
dome of the lamp, it made quite a
noise, and a character OF noise that
made Mrs. Hotard recognize the fact
that they were trying to light the
lamp. Nothing was disturbed in the
Hotard residence.
Break Window of ThOs. BuchhOlz.
At the Buchholz residence the
thieves were frightened away by
by their pet dog. which makes quite
racket when strangers are about
the house. The burglars in using
their Jimmie broke the lock on the
window, piece of which fell in be-
tween the sash in such a way so
that the window could not be raised.
Up to this time the police have no
clue and the only description is
given by Mr.. Umbach who said the
man wore an alpine hat which was
pulled down over the face and could
not tell II he was white or black.