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Show FAMILY RETURNS TO FIND THIEVES ; In Act of RansacKin Home ; in Broad Daylight; Get ; Away With Watch, Opera Glasses and Child's ; Banli. Two rohhers entered the borne of RIcbeM W. Maflaea. 07 Eeet First Sooth street. - yeeterdey exUnteao inrtagr the absence of ' the family. The robbers gained entrance .. to the house thronsh a rear window sad were in the act of raaucklug the boose '. when the family returned home. Mr. Mad-' Mad-' eeo was the first to reach the bouse and noticed two men ia one of the rooma on the - seeoad floor. She screamed and the rob-4 rob-4 hers broke one of the windows and leaped to the (round. One of the pair tell aa he reached the ground, but regained his feet qniekly and followed hie companion. Both robbers went east to Seventh East t thronsh the block. They were followed for , some distance by Mrs. Madsea and others, but mad good their escape. The polioe were at once notified and went to the scene. hasty examination showed that the robbers rob-bers had carried off a gold watch and chain, two pairs of opera glasses and a child's ' bank containing about $12. A number of- the rooms of the house bad been ransacked and It was -evident that the i thieves would have carried off more plunder if they had not been disturbed in their operations. There is no clue to the Identity of the pair. |