Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-14
]. W. MOSTELLER
LOSES VALUABLE
PAPERSANDCASH
Mrs. w. S. Ivey Frightens
Negro Intruder From
Room

Thieves, evidently working under
cover of the circus. which exhibited
here yesterday, ransacked several
Americus homes last evening. in one
of them, that of J. W.. Mosteller.
on East Church street, obtaining
more than $1,000 worth of Liberty
bonds and money. besides notes,
deeds and other papers of no value
to the robbers but representing val
ue believed to be between $4,000
and $4,000 to their owner.
Il have no way to estimate care
fully just what the value of the miss
ing papers is" said Mr.. Mosteller to-
day.
Other places entered were the
home of Mrs. j. w. Stallings on W.
Church street, the home of H. M.
Sellers. across the street from the
Stalllngs home. and the home of w
S. Ivey. on South Lee street Other
depredations were also reported to
the police.
In the Ivey home Mrs. Ivey en-
countered negro, who ran from the
house. In the Sellers home the IN
truder was frightened away. In the
Stall.ngs home four silk shirtsg valued
at $40, belonging to Roney Stallings.
SCI Of Mrs. Stallings, were stolen,
along with some articles of jewelry
The Jewelry, said to have been of
QntJnITn dncint1 Il
ing near the Mosteller residence. be-
side the tin box which had contained
Mr. Mosteller' IS missing papers. which
had been cut open. Two knives, one
with a broken blade, were also found
nearby. The jewelry was enclosed
IN Sunday school envelope bearing
the scriptural quotation "The Lord
Loveth a Cheerful Giver'
White Man Seen.
Neighbors of Mrs. Stallings report
ed having seen a white man about
the back ya.3 of her place about
o'clock la -yening which leads
to the conclusion that the robbery
of her he and that of the Mos
teller hci.- was not done by negro.
Tod DR.. MosJeller gave out the
follow ; list of his losse for pub
licatio which, he said, was not d&-
tailec -.ld not complete:
"Cue lot OF valuable papers con-
sistil of deeds, notes, life insurance
polio IS, etc.
" Eve hundred dollars in Liberty
bonds nd War Savings Stamps, prop
erty O. the children.
On let Of rare old coins.
zone small pearl and diamond cen
ter bsooch, one lavalier.
''IWc twenty dollar bills, other
currency and some silver money"
q had been feeling bad yesterday"
said Mr.. j. W. Mosteller today. Last
evening, shortly after 7 o'clock,
asked my wife and the other members
of my family to ride down town with
me to get the mail We returned
home about O'clock, and as soon as
we entered the house we saw that it
had been ransacked. The burglar
had entered through rear bed room,
from which he had torn the blind. He
had taken my pistol from the bed in
this room, then thoroughly searched
every room, going systematically
through the house
Neighbor Say Lights Turned On.
~. Fl. Gaines, who lives across the
street, was sitting on his porch, and
reported afterwards having seen the
lights turned onN and off in all the
rooms, one after another. Unfortu-
nately. there was money in almost
every room, where it had been left
by various members Of the family, and
it was all where it could be easily
found.
81 do not care so much about the
loss of the bonds and money, but
would pay very literally for the re-
turn of the other papers. The only
reason l kept them at home was be-
cause / did not have safe Some
time ago ! ordered one, and sent my
check, but the firm finally sold it to
someone else for a little more than
the price made to me, so ! have just
delayed putting them in place OF
safety.
81 believe ! came near losing an
automobile. too. as found that
barrier which had placed in front of
my ear had been carefully removed