The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-05
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I 1afglaSs Wednesday night made
. 5000 haul in jewslry, silver
ware. wearing apparel and other
articles ct the home Of Lynn II.
Ewing, president Of the Photo Art
Engraytng company, vice president
q the Franks Manufacturing COM
pany, 1905 Twenty-third street.
j The same burglars are believed
- have entered the home Of Fred
Ttttegington. secretary and mapa-
ger OF the Argillo Works OF Carbon
gliff. living 1t 816 Twenty-second
street, Rock Island. Mrs. litter
jngton returned home from prayer
meeting at about . O'Clock at night.
Her husband stayed for . business
session. but returned in time to aid
the police In search of his home
Tor trace OF the burglars.
Shot Fired Near Wife.
On entering her home Mrs.
Titterington turned on the lights
In the vestibule and walked back 20
the kitchen. She turned on the
kitchen light and as she did so
there came q revolver shot with
the flash OF the gun directly in
front of her. The shot came from
. door leading to the basement and
close to the one through which
Mrs. Tltterington had entered the
kitchen. She rushed from the
house to neighbours and called
the police.
Detective Charles Ginnane, Sta
ton Officer Gus Kirsch. Motorcycle
Officer d. G. Cox and Patrolman
William Epperson, Harry Fitzsim-
mons and Edward Miner respond
ed. On searching the premises the
officers found an empty cartridge
on the basement steps. The shell
was said to have been thrown out
OF an automatic. revolver. The
burglars had entered the basement
from outside cellar doors and had
made their way up the steps and
unlocked the door leading into the
kitchen. They did not have an op-
portunity to rob the dwelling
Neighbors saw two men running
out OF the alley near by. One OF
the men was limping and the po-
7 lice believe that the shot that was
fired, in all probability to frighten
Mrs. Titterington, but possibly by
accident. might have taken effect on
one of the robbers. Either this
was the case or the gun was loaded
with blank cartridges as no trace
of the bullet could be found in the
house, the police said.
Thorough Job at Ewing Home.
At the Ewing home the burglars
made thorough Job Of it. The re.
port of the robbery was received
by the police at 10:45 O'Clock, d.
rectly after the family returned. af
ter leaving the home at s O'CLOCK
for visit with friends. 1t is be
lieved by the police that the rob
bers at the Tuterington hom
q would have had time to rob thu
Ewing home either before or afte
the visit paid the Titterington resi-
. dence.
However. it is thought that tn
Ewing home robbery was pulle'
after the failure at the Titteringtol
home as in case the one gang pull
led both Jobs they would have ha
3 more time to the Ewing r0bber
afterward and considerable tim
must have elapsed in pulling tn
Ewing robbery, considering tn
thoroughness Of the Job.
Haul Is q Rich One.
s Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing, but yseter
/, day returned from two week
vacation during which time thel
= home was unmolested. The burf
\ lars cut the screen at the rear an
unlocked the door. They pulle
down the blinds over the enfir
house and worked systematicall,
They even went into the att
where they found suit cases whic
they filled with loot.
Among the articles already lis
! ed as missing are: one solitail
: diamond ring. one ring set wit
three diamonds. one cluster dian
r ond ring, one diamond stick pi
one solitaire pink pearl ring, or
ring set with three pearls, a viii
o shrine pin set with pearl. a go
wrist watch, another valuable pi
four sets Of gold cuff links, col
siderable amount of silverward,
kodak, one black grip, leopal
skin muff and other leopard I,
pieces and other womens wearir
e apparel.
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