The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-24
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Thieves Made Big Haul At
s. Rochester, MINI.
ENTER THE JUDD HOME
Schusters and Others Suffer
Losses, the Burglars Get
Away Easily

Cash and jewelry totaling more
than $4,000 was secured by burglars
from Rochester homes Friday night.
This according to the police, is one
of the biggest robberies staged in
that city for several years. The vic
tins and their losses were:
DR.. E. Starr Judd, 705 Second
Street Southwest, Jewelry valued
Henry schuster, S2s Fourth Av-
enuue Southwest SIS in cash,
DR.. R. B. Martin, rooms at
above place, $40 in cash.
C. J. Reiter, Reiter~ Annex, TIT
First Street Southwest, $38 cash.
Mrs. McDermott, Reiter Annex,
$40 cash.
Miss McDermott, $1.O0.
Fred Schuster, 205 Fourth
Street, Southwest, so cash.
the operation of the burglars be-
cause of the manner in which the
various robberies were committed.
In no instance did they wake their
victims except in the case of Mrs.
Henry Schuster, who awoke exactly
at two o'clock in the morning when
she heard footsteps on the second
floor.
In other cases the robbers operated
so queitly that the theory has been
advanced that they used chloroform
or some kind of an anaesthetic on
their victims. This seemed especially
true IL the case of Mrs. McDermott in
the Reiter Annex who claims to be
light sleeper and is accustomed to
awake about six o'clock each morn
ing. This morning she slept until
$50 and believed on awakening that
she felt the effects of an anaesthetic
of some kind.
The Judd Robbery.
Entrance was gained to the home
of DR.. Judd through a side door
which had been left unlocked. The
family retired about ten o'clock and
occupied a sleeping porch. The rob-
bers entered bed room on the Sec
ond floor and appropriated six rings,
watch, a brooch and diamond
pendant, all valued at more than ST.
600. Mrs. Judd had been up with the
children several times during the
night but failed to hear anything of
the robbers.
The burglars visited the Reiter An
mex sometime between one and six
o'clock, according to c. ]. Reiter, one
of the victims. Mr.. Reiter awoke to
find his trousers lying on the front
porch and $38 missing from his
erlooked his watch and some small
change contained in the pockets.
Mrs. McDermott, who occupies
departments in the same building, lost
$40 in cash which was taken from
the foot of her bed. When she awoke
the bed gave evidence of having
been searched thoroughly by the
robbers and as she is a light sleeper
she is of the opinion that she was
given sleeping potion while she
slept. Her daughter lost one dollar
which the robbers took from her
pocketbook lying on the dresser.
Woman Sees Robbers
Miss Olga Hoffman, who conducts
street Southwest, today said that she
was sitting on her porch about elev-
en- o'clock last night and saw man
peering through window in the Nc
Quillan home across the street. He
came to the window four successive
times and looked In Miss Hoffman
said.
Both Fred and Henry Schuster who
are living in the same neighborhood
during the night. Fred Schuster
awoke between two and three
o'clock this morning and after he had
switched on the lights heard some
one whistle outside the house. When
he arose he was informed by his wife
that $50 had been taken from her
pocketbook which she had left lying
on a desk on the first floor Further
Investigation showed that the rob-
bers had gained entrance by Jim
mying two front windows, smashing
the locks.
At The Henry Sehuster Home.
The home of Henry Schuster, 223
Fourth street Southwest, was entered
by a robber at two o'clock and $58
~ cash taken. or this amount $40
we're taken from the trousers peck
cts of DR.. r. B. Martin, roomer
and SIS from Mr.. Schuster's clothing.
Mrs. Schuster awakened on hear
ing the prowler ascending the stairs
and noticing that the lights had not
been turned on, decided that the
Eoise was not made by any members
of the family and called out to the
intruder. The intruder escaped while
Mrs Schuster was arousing her hus-
band.
Thieves Worked Quietly
Investigation showed that the rob-
Der had entered both the rooms &C.
cupied by DR.. Martin and Mr.. Schus-
ter without arousing either of the oc-
cupants Mr.. Schuster's trousers were
found in the hall way and those of
DR.. Martin on the front porch. The
robter had emptied the pockets of
both garments with the exception of
dollar bill he overlooked in DIR.
Martins pockets. 1t was evident that
the burglar had made his getaway in
all haste after having aroused the
occupants of the house.
Ali the victims of the thieves are
well known in Mankato.