Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-10
THIEVES HOLD HIGH
REVEL ABOUT CITY
OVER WEEK END
At 622 West Eighth Street They
Were Frightened Off by
an Aged Woman.
ENTERED CHURCH AND
STOLE 81 900 COAT

The wave of thieving in this city
reached its highest point over /he week
end, when thieves stole goods And money
totalinr a value of 81 600. Sex raj at
tempted thefts were foiled.
Robbers who entered the home OF
George W Weaver, 622 West Eighth
street, this morning, were frightened OF by
a woman 7S wears old Mrs Amanda
Weaver, whose home is in Miami, Indiana,
has been visiting her son, George Weaver,
since Christmas This morning about 3
q o'clock. while in bed, she heard the sound
OF falling glass downstairs Thinking II
was her son and his wife, she wrapped n
hathrohe about her and started down the
stairs. When she entered the front room
she found all the lights burning and the
front window broken open. She called
her son hut no trace of the thieves could
be found bv this time. Lace curtains
which hung over the window. were re
covered in front of a house several doors
away. II is believed that the thieves
became frightened at the noise of the
aged woman getting ont OF bed and fed
I Nothing was stolen except the curtains
While John Chappell, colored, lSOl
West Eleventh street, was working on
Saturday morning thlei entered his
home and stole 500 IN cash. Chappeil
believes that II was a man who boarded
at his place several weeks ago and DIS
appeared with S400 IN cash at that time
which he had hidden in 3 bureau drawer.
On Saturday night colored man en-
tered the laundry OF Hop Iick. 3l4 East
Ninth street. broke open the cash drawer
and stole the days receipts amounting 70
+ over SIS. Hop. who was in the rear OF the
laundry al the time, heard the door slam,
and running front, found the cash drawer
missing He darted out the door IN pur-
suit and saw a Negro running down Ninth
+ street with the drawer IN has arm. he
man, however, outran Hop and escaped.
/ The drawer was found later several blocks
from the laundry.
1 TAILOR SHOP ROBBED
A bold attempt was made early this
morning by burglars TO enter the tailoring
/ establishment Of Morris Freeman, at 1927
! Market street. Shortly after , o clock
residents in the eneighborhood were startled
bv the shattering of heavy plate glass
! Investigation showed that n brick had
been hurled through the northern window
/ OF the Freeman store Of the Market street
address
Frightened by the noise of their crude
method OF operation, the thieves were
rewa rded with only two pieces of sulting
This material was valued at approximately
/ SI00 The window which was insured
was also valued at sl0G.
A milkman of the Clover Dairy Co,
passing the store &t 30 o clock, noticed
the glass scattered over the pavement and
he at once notified the police The brick
was the only clue.
Mr.. Freeman. later in the morning, III
conversation with a representative oi
Every Evening, said that on last Saturday
night two suspicious characters had
/ entered his store and made inquiry con-
cerning his business. These men, Mr.
Freeman said. were both colOred and OF
the toughest type.
The property at 1927 Market street as
owned by MIR Freeman. Last March the
entire building underwent extensive altera-
tions. and the Market street front was
converted into a modern tailoring cstab-
lshment Alr Freeman says he has nc
I enemies. as far as he knows and there Is
every reason TO believe that theft was
the only object in smashing the window.
THIEVES INVADE CHURCH.
/ During the morning services Yesterday
/ at First Church Of Christ, Scientists, Van
/ Buren street and Park Place, 4 sneak
/ thief gained entrance 10 a rear reading
/ room and stole a mink fur coat valued AT
/ 81 900, the property Of Mrs. Marie II
Haughey, 1904 Shallcross avenue.