Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-11
BURGLARS AND
ROBBERS STILL
VERY BUSY HERE
Eleven HoIdupS and RObberieS
Reported in Last Two Days,
With No Offenders
Caught.

The activities of burglars and
highwaymen in Omaha continued
throughout Saturday and Sunday.
According to reports received at the
aolice station, Il persons were
pictimized between midnight Satur-
day and early Monday morning
None Of the offenders has been APP
pretended.
Yeggmen forced an entrance to
the grocery store conducted by J..
Radiziner. 2404 Fort street. wrecked
the safe, stole $50 in Liberty bonds
and war saving stamps and $3.50 in
cash. Groceries, the estimated
valae OF which was placed at $3.50,
were hauled away in a truck, which
was backed up to the rear entrance.
Entrance was gained by breaking
a plate glass window in front of the
store. Dynamite is believed to have
been used to blow open the safe, the
door OF which was carried across
the room by the force of the ex-
plosion. The detectives who in
vestigate the case are OF the opln7
ION that the thieves worked more
than an hour in the store. The
burglars made their escape without
leaving a clue as to their identity.
Clothing valued at 500 was stolen
from Mrs. Brooks, Sterling apart
ments, Sixteenth and Yates streets,
by burglars who gained entrance by
climbing down a fire escape and
through a rear window. Several
other apartments in the building
were ransacked, but nothing was re-
ported missing. sI Ha".
Mrs. H. Adler, who lives in the
Troy apartments, reported that
S6.25 in cash was stolen from her
rooms by two men. who represented
themselves to be from Orchard &
Wilhelm. They declared they had
been sent to examine the curtains
in the apartment. Mrs. Adler
missed the money when the men
departed. Visits were paid to other
apartments in the building by the
same men, but they left without
stealing anything else.
Woman Assaulted.
Mrs. c. f. Nelson, $500 Corby
street, was assaulted by two negro
men in front of an unoceupied gro
Gerry store in the vicinity of her
home. One Of the men is said to
have seized the woman by the
wrists while the other held her by
the shoulders. A third negro, who
acted as a lookout, gave the signal
that some one was approaching.
The men disappeared down an alley.
Using a pass key sneak thieves
entered through the front dor of the
residence of B. A. Chappell, 1921
Pinkney street, and stole cut glass
and silver valued at $50.
The glass in a front window of
the residence of A. Rosen, 4l6
South Tenth street, was broken out
BY burglars, who took number of
household articles, a list of which
the police were told would be fur
nished later. -
RanSack Residence.
Clothing valued at 500 was
stolen from the residence of Mrs.
Elizabeth Engel, 1924 Capitol ave
nue.. Thieves ransacked the house
during the absence of the oecu-
pants.
Otis Williams, 261s Parker street,
reported the loss Of an overeoat
from his home. The garment, which
was taken by sneak thieves, was
valued at SIS.
The Troy laundry reported the
loss of bundle of laundry from one
Of their wagons. The package, said
to have been valued at SIS, was
taken from delivery wagon while
standing in front of the laundry at
2l17 Cunning street.
Thieves forced an entrance TO the
residence of Ed Bryant, 28l7 North
Twenty-seventh street, a1d stole
elothing valued at Sis. A rear win
low was broken, through which the
thieves entered and escaped with
heir booty.