The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-06-20
BURGLAR TAKESI
S45 FROM HOME
Of ]. c. P!CKARD.
Home On East Curtis Street
Thoroughly Ransacked
By The Thief
PACKED THE SILVER
In A HANDBAG
Work Was That OF Expert
enced Burglar, Says Act
ing Chief MeElroy

A burglar entered tile home Of Fire
,.tr~et, iast nisnt auu after tnotVuyn.
u ran.sdcniny t,iG nvuse from top ~
-Ul,om Sroie %4o. IN currency. E. =.
rie was eviaent,y friJnrened away
JCtute lie Cvuipieted ms work tor
.tascuny lag was found tns morn
my in downstairs front room and tne
II it.
Inls consisted OF two watches, Il
j, palr vi trousers, anu some Jeweiry.
1t appeared as though he was just
about 70 pack the plunder into the
u iaNe eilhg Das when he was irishten-
ii away.
In the robbers search through the
lOuse he raiisaUkeu tables, desks,
ana cupDOards, scattering the con
tents of the drawers on the floor.
III the room where Mr.. Pickard
oiSCpoy thC Jul oSaiShCS u vi Soc7
er which was less than tnree feet
from The bed.
The robber according to the Fire
CHEZ, proDaDly made his entrance
through the front door between the
nours Of midnight and i O'Clock. The
front door key was found on the in
side on the moor, this morning and it
IS supposed that tne burglar pushed
| the key out OF the key noie and gain
ed entrance With skeleton key.
Alter he had gained entrance, he
unlocked the other down stairs doors,
III orucr to make a hurried exit i'll
case it was found necessary.
MISS Alice Plckard, came home last
night about 1850 o'clock and said to-
day that she did not see amy trace
of the burglar at that time.
The burglary was not discovered
until five O'Clock this morning when
Mr.. Pickard awoke. When he start
ed to dress, he found that his clothes
which he mad left on u hcair along
side OF his bed were gone. He also
noticed then that the room had been
ransacked.
On going into the various other
rooms OF the house he found them in
the same condition.
When he reached the downstairs
he found the travelling bag which had
been kept in cupboard on the Sec
ond floer Along side of it were ar
ticles of silver ware, clothes, Il cam
era whihc had been stolen from Miss
Pickards room and various other
articles.
Chief Iickard's pocketbook which
had contained $45. was on the floor
Along side of it was note book, in
which were four one dollar bills that
the intruder overlooked. In one OF
the pockets of the clothes was a
small amount of silver money, which
the burglar did not touch.
According to Mr. Pickard, at one
time during the night he was awaken
ed by a niose, but he supposed it was
on the outside and did not get out ol
bed to investigate it.
Acting Chief MclIlroy, said this
morning that the intruder was an ex
perienced burglar for his search was
very systematic. He did not over
look anything of value and had he
not been frightened away he would
have made large haul
Bloodhounds weer used this morn
ing by Acting Chief McElroy ant
they Immediately picked up the scent
at the house. The followed it as fal
as Sandusky street in the vicinity
Of the Cooper Company where they
lost it,
According to the officer the burg
lar probably entered machine il
this vicinity and made his escape
, The acting chief also said that tn,
job was probably not done by any lo
, cal man.