| Show BURGLARS THEY ARE GETTING TO BE AS THICK AS FLEAS since the last issue of this paper reached its it city readers on wednesday evening no less than six and in all probability many more attempts at burglary have taken place within the c corporate orp orate limits faur houses were visited on wednesday night and one of them ente entered and thoroughly ransacked but the thief finding no money or valuables took nothing but himself away but even this simple simpie act was enough to show that his intention was not to gratify the inmates of the house who have been looking anxiously bof to him ever since the til e chances are that if he ever comes there again he will vill take something 11 away with him if it is nothing more ncr less less than a few ounces of lead the event referred to happened at the residence of I 1 mr ir john R sands of the walker house bar who lives on the state road between third and fourth south streets A similar attempt was made on the residence of f mrs airs allen alien on main street one block west of the sands louse house about half past three am soon after the other house haa had bad been visited but amr a mr tupper who rooms there saw sav the figure of the would be robber in the moonlight just entering the front window and in r reaching for his pistol made a noise which alarmed the burglar and lie he forthwith departed i the residence of dr dart was also called at but an alarm bell on 0 the front door which the burglar took hold awakened of the doctor and his 4 am visitor hastily hast ily lly de camped before his case could be attended to the other incident took place at 0 P miles residence 0 opposite the methodist church about ralf raif half past 12 mrs miles nilles heard some one remove the screen at the window and awoke her husband who called out to the maur auder and he vanished the probably ty y is that one and the same hero figured in the above named exploits the same night a small store in the sixth ward had a burglarious visitation the door doo was partly pried open when a wo woman gan man liv ing tri trl tried ld to awake her husband but accidentally woke up her baby first and its cries scared scaled away the scamps scalps who were attempting to effect an entrance but the latest event of the kind so far reported took place at the residence of the late bishop E D woolley ward at 4 this morning one of the bishops sons waking up saw a man in the house and aiming his pistol at him pulled the trigg trigger ger but the cap did not go off although the b burglar arg lar did immediately afterwards mr air wooley followed him up and fired a shot from another barrel but missed his man who by this time had got pretty well out of tile the way we are not disposed to be bloodthirsty but it does seem as if a little peppering in enough to malm some of the rascals who are now preying upon the inhabitants of the city wi with ath perfect immunity would give a little wholesome variety to the situation at present the clous cious i fraternity are having it all their own way |
