Evening journal., 1920-05-18
lone BURGLAR
ON nine JOBS
gets ONLY 81
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tents lying on ihe floor Nothing was
cents in change.
The burglar ilrst entered the yard Of
William H. Longacre. 2i3 West Six
teenlh street, and after trying the
doors and windows climbed over The |
fence into ihc yard OF 2ii. doing no
damage aside from lramplng some /
flowers.
From The Negendank home the
burglar went 10 the home OF William |
Thompson. next door 209 West Six
tcenlh street, taking a chair from Tho |
back porch attempted 10 pry open a
window. While the man was al work |
here a small dog, belonging 10 Leon |
Craig. 207 West Sixteenth street. gave |
the alarm by barking Mr.. Craig sails |
fed that some thing was wrong. went |
down stairs and let The dog In the |
yard The dog at once ran 10 the
fence separating tho Craig and
Thompson homes and began TO bark !
vigorously Mr. Craig followed the
dog as far as the fence. bui owing TO
the formation OF the buildings could
not scot what The dog evidently knew
was there, and feeling that u was a
false alarm returned 10 the house,
taking with him the protesting
animal. Mr.. Craig now believes that
The burglar was at that time secreted
In corner OF The building next door
From here The burglar went through
The baek yard of one Of the houses
fac/r on Seventeenth street. and en-
tered The yard Of George u. NJ. Stengle
223 West Seventeenth street, break
ing his way through a hedge fence in
10 the yard Of s. r. Ogden 22i West
Seventeenth street AMer trying the
doors and shutters here without being
able 10 effect an entrance, The thief
returned TO Stcngle's yard, and evil
/ IDENTIFY tried ihe rear windows as The
barking of a small dog In The house
gave the alarm and caused the burglar
10 hastily run across ihe garden. and
climb another hedge. Tho tracks OF
The burglar were very noticeable sun
day morning as lie garden had recent
| ly been planted and every step left a
clear impression. A measurement OF
! lhe tracks showed that The burglar
had a shoe that was about i3 Inches
In length and nearly inches wide.
His next visit was TO The home OF
Hycman kanOfsky. Of pa Wcsi
Eighteenth street. Here the thief ef-
fccicd an entrance by prying open a
side window TO the Kitchen and upon
entering opened the back door After
ransacking the kitchen the man with
a blunt instrument of some kind all
tempted TO force open The door lead
ing 30 the diningroom, but 10 Is b.
I lievod was scared away by the up
settling OF a small mouse trap, the
catch OF which was found released
and the trap lying on the noor by
The door that the burglar was trying
90 open. Nothing was missed here. al
though the burglar missed some extra
good picklngS In the way OF valuable
silVcrWare and other things easily
convertible into cash Mr. kanofsky
who was away OF the dime and did
not learn OF the visit or the burglar
until Sunday, said he felt well salts
iled as his loss was nothing compared
TO what 10 might have been II M,
/ man had succeeded In breaking int,
, the diningroom.
Ihe next home WISHED was the al
soinlng dwelling occupied by GeOfs,
. II, Whalcr 2i2 West Eightccnln street
, where entrance was made by prslnl
open a diningrom window Here a.
/ thief evidently worked al his leisure
Z thoroughly ransacking The lowe
rooms. and getting only 50 cents. on
Z very amusing feature 10 Mr. Whalor q
, lhe fact that The burglar overlooked
pOckeibook containing $50, which wa
, IN plain view down stairs \ goll
, watch belonging 30 Mr.. Whalcrs sol
was also left evidently The thief no
caring 10 steal something that coull
I be identified or else overlooking
! as he did the nOckotboOk Five pocket
1 books and a handbag were found 4
the yard sunday morning. an OF Nhicl
q had been emptied of their contents
Z but TO whom they belonged is no
n kosNn.
= The next home visited was that o
I Former patrolman Hiram White, q
West Eighteenth street. Entrance Wa
!, made by way of side window as b
p the other cases Here The burglar 60
a small amount OF change.
a All OF the rObhcrils were cVidcnll
i HE work OF lhe same man. as Oh
y tracks made In the various yard
seemingly were made by The sam
10 size shoe, a broad one of the arm
= type. Early saturday night ,lrane
Negro was seen wandering aroun
F. that ncichhorhOod He was accoslC
~ by Mr.. Negen dank shortly after
IN O'Clock and his actions aroused NJ
~ NagCndank's suspicion. but as q
N Negro stated that he was looking Z,
m The show ground and when spoken
NJ by Mr. Ncgendank. lett the neighbo
hood Mr. Negendank went on 10 n
az work and said nothing OF the matt
en- until ne discovered lhcfneXt morhiI
IA that hs home had been robbed
only a few weeks ago another q
tempt was made 90 enter homes
lhe same nolghborh0Od. but foriunai
by a light sleeper gave the alar
and the man lcfi without doing al
damage. Mrs. EllWood Souder. a
Washington street. heard a man
their back porch trying 10 open
door, Hastily turning The switch
an electric light In their yard she r
20 the window In time TO SIC ihe m
Jump over The fence into the ward
n J H. Peach. i7i2 Washington sire
" and disappear. but not until next a
n did Mrs Souder learn that In
ID hight the burglar took With him
basket OF things picked up IN {
Soudcr homo before the alarm y
given. Mr. Peach was as much 81
priscd the neNt day as Was NJ
ra- Soudcr when he found some one D
vic LEFT him a basket full of useful hou
in hold and toilet articles. and not ul
vas examination, seeing the name
Of Mr.. Soudor on one Of the silver ba
ays ed brushes did he have any idea
ed knew the owner Of the articles.
San shortly after This robbery additio
ted elcciric lights were placed on the r
ms. of several houses In that neighh
hn. hood, and while these lights were
10 on sunday morning they seemed
:. serve only as q guide TO ihe burg
re- Every house In the two squa
oi bounded by Washington and W
are and from Eighteenth 20 SiXlcc
"a. streets, has stocked up heavily
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