Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-30
BAND OF BURGLARS
SECURE $5()0O LOOT
Evergreen Avenue Apartment Of
Mrs. c. M. Taylor and Two
Others Robbed
FOUR ATTEMPTS THWARTED

Robbers were active during the night
and obtained 1921 in money and
Jewels from three houses. but got little
for their efforts in four other homes.
Mrs. c. NJ. Taylor. 410 East Ever
green avenue, Chestnut Hill. was the
heaviest loser. A necklace of seventy
two pearls and diamond pin with
fifty. two diamonds and cash amount
ing in all to $4,000 wee taken from her
home.
1ntruders who entered the apartments
Of Mrs. J. Walter Cregar. 4l12 Old
York road and Mrs. Anna Minehan.
same address. ransacked the rooms and
got jewelry worth S206 from Mrs.
Minehan.
Entrance to the apartment was OBJ
tanned by means of false key. In their
containing $500 in Liberty. Bonds
under the bed in Mrs. Minehan's room.
The apartment Of Peter Olsone, 1O22
Spruce street. was entered and robbed
Of clothes. Liberty Bonds and cash
totaling 5000.
Another Gang Busy
ODprntlOnS OF WnHJ HpUeHT NO nav
been an organized gang Of burglars put
the neighborhood of Twelfth and l.u-
zerne streets into turmoil early this
morning.
Four houses are known tn have been
entered and attempts made upon a
number more in the neighborhood. The
early rising of several residents upset
the calculations Of the thieves. and
they were frightened away. AS far as
is known their loot was very little
compared with their trouble.
Houses entered were those of Alfred
Gerstenlower. 4O25 North Twelfth
street; Fred Hahn, 1923 North Twelfth
street: Claude Angeny. 1927 North
Twelfth street, and James F. Flaherty,
4037 North Twelfth street.
Marks were found upon the window
ledges of a number of other houses In
the neighborhood. 1t is believed the
burglars either found the houses diff =
cult to enter, or did not have time
enough to finish the job before day
break.
Entered Through Window
The Hahn home was entered, as were
the others. through a parlor window
opening upon the front porch. The
thieves went through the lower foot
carefully. making their way from the
front to the rear of the house and
escaping through the yard in the rear
The peculiar feature of the robberies Is
that the houses seem all TO have beer
entered from the front and left by the
Der of burglars made a simultaneou,
onslaught. for the police point out thai
one or two men, after entering the from
of a house and leaving by the rear
would naturally enter the next hous,
through the rear and work toward L
the front instead of continually run,
ming around the block.
Every drawer and possible hiding
place for valuables in the house Of Mr.
Gertenlower had been upset and tum
bled about in the search. He said thi
morning it was impossible for him I,
make an estimate Of his losses, bu
they were small. as he had few valuable
where the burglars could reach them.
Jimmied Window
Mr.. Angeny told of the robberies thi
morning. Although my front window
was jimmied OPEN" he said, I'VE los
nothing. arise early to go to bust
ness and l believe the thieves heard M
moving about and left by the window
through which they had entered tn
house. When examined the from
porch found jimmy marks beneath
all three windows. Only the cente
window was open. however. I gues
the fastenings of the others resisted tn
efforts of the men.
''At 4023 the screens over the from
windows had been nailed on from tn
outside. The thieves had CAREFUL.
drawn the nails, apparently with a pal
of pliers, before forcing open the win
dow.
when I examined the rear of m,
house found everything tight, bu
in the yard lay Mr.. Hahn's coat Wit
the watchchain still attached to tn
pocket and the watch gone. He toll
me he lost 81 in cash also"