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under the refrigerator, the water
flooding the kitchen floor. Wet foot
prints were easily tracked to all parts
of the house from the water on the
kitchen floor. and these footprints
showed the intruders had been chill
dren, not adults, as they were child
size feet outlined
Money Not Disturbed
By strange coincidence the sum of
! SIS. left in box on a table, had not
been disturbed. The money was be-
meath some writing paper, and the box
top had been lifted. but seeing the
paper, the would-be thief made no
| further search OF the box The money
had been taken out just before leaving
and given to Mrs. Persons by her
daughter, but the mother said she
would not need it, being sufficiently
supplied with cash for the day, and
the daughter returned it to the house
placing the SIS underneath the paper
in the box.
That the house was entered in the
afternoon is credited to the fact that
the next door neighbor, Mrs Guy
| Thompson, saw two boys at the side
door of the Manse and asked them
what they wanted. They replied that
| they had a note for the minister, DR.,
Persons, and were told he and his
family were out of town. No further
notice was taken of the boys, but the
| incident was recalled when ii was dis
| covered the house had been entered
First VI. L. Parsonage
On the same afternoon or early
evening the parsonage of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church was en-
tered and the house ransacked. Among
the things said to be missing is dia
mond ring, the property of Mrs, Bur
| gan. the minister's wife; a gold watch
and gold chain and locket, all of
which have been identified by the
minister and returned to him today
DR.. Burgan had gone to Baltimore.
on Monday TO visit his mother and
father. and it was during his absence
i the mouse was DfOken into.
Upon his return Dr. Burgan found
| the rooms had been ransacked in a
manner similar to that of the Manse.
He found, among other things, miss
ing a diamond ring belonging to Mrs.
Burgan, who, with her mother is
spending several weeks at Atlantic
| City. DR.. Burgan was at first doubt
| full whether the ring had been stolen
or whether Mrs. Burgan had taken ii
with her, but it was identified today
in the loot found on the boys upon
their arrest.
Some $500 in cash was taken from
the parsonage, the properly of the
| Salvation Army. DR.. Burgan said the
boys had been undetermined whether
or not to take a small Communion
Service which he uses in giving Holy
| Communion TO the sick at their
homes. There was evidence of the
service having been played with. re-
moved from the plush case and han
died, but the culprits decided to leave
it, The minister said today he knew
none but the foolish would attempt
to rob the parsonage of a Methodist
preacher.
Some OF Articles Taken
Officers Holiday and Lowman went
to Baltimore last night to bring the
boys back home. The lads were be-
ing held at the Pine street Police
Station, Western District, Baltimore.
Some of the articles found on them
were the following:
One gold bracelet, two gold watches
CadiesO. one bead necklace, one
Fleur de Lis pin, one lavalieT, one
pair cuff-links, one diamond ring,
lion head ring, set with diamonds;
small gold ring, blue stone; one gold
chain and locket, one pair pearl ear
drops. one pearl collar button, one