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Show RESIDENCE IS ROBBED. How Doth, the Busy Burglnv Improve Each. Evening- Hour? The homo of W. R. Wlscombe, 15 Te Lamar avenue, was burglarized last night in tho regulation manner. During the absence of the family thieves on-teied on-teied the house with a pass key and ransacked ran-sacked tho rooms, taking silverware, a J20 gold piece, a silk dress, a suit of clothes and somo Jewelry. The burglary was discovered when tho family returned homo from their evenlnsr's visit, about 9 0 p. m. Tho police were notified apd an Investigation was ninde it was fojnd that neighbors had scon two strange men at the house about S o'clock, but no satisfactory sat-isfactory description of them could b-obtalned. b-obtalned. The police aro of the opinion that tho series of burglaries of the past ten clays, all performed In the same manner and In the absence of tho families, have been committed by one, who Is an expert In his lino and who probably has a fence In some other city whore the plunder ob-tainod ob-tainod can be safely disposed of. Thus far absolutely no clue has boon found which might lead to the apprehension of the burglar or burglars. |