Show burglaries THE CITY INFESTED WITH DESP CRACKSMEN 41 THREE ATTEMPTS IN ONE NIGHT z 1 evidences that this city is infested with a horde of experienced and de burglars continue coutin ue to r late in addition to the breaking already reported with in the past few days first fir at the residence of F S richarda Elc Ric hards t esq and then theia at A H cannons the house of GG G 0 bywater in the ward was also entered and searched in in vain ain for valuables suitable for the craftsmen cracksmen cracks men to carry away the night before last and now three cases canes are reported as having occurred last night or rather tuis morning between four and ancl five this morning thy wife of harvey dardy resides immediately south ol of ane governors residence on west terl teba pie street awoke to find a man rummaging in a bureau in the bedroom she immediately gave the alarm and tier her husband sprang from thi the bed seized his pistol and followed the burglar out of the back door which had been left open to facilitate his sit exit and as all the fellow was dodging among the trees fired at him but without e effect invests In investigation vesti ga tion revealed the fact th that at th the e burglar had enteen the house b by y mounting a swill barrel and pryl prying n g open a pantry window from fram where h he e proceeded iu tu rough the dining room childr childrens enlo bedroom and into the room occupied byar and mrs hardy where he extracted 15 from the pockets of mr hardys clothing and was diligently searching for more when discovered some time early this morning mr sam levy who resides on third south street between west temple and first west streets was awa awakened bened by a slight noise in his bedroom and arose in ILI time to see a man dart through an open window and escape in the darkness he had no firearms in the house bouse or he might easily have shot him the burglar had entered by way of a window which happened to be unfastened and had probably not been in the house many minutes when discovered not long enough to secure any booty some time during the night mr E M jones who lives opposite Mr Levy ina in a house owned by george whitaker heard soma som one trying to pry open a window of his residence but when he presented himself at the window pistol in hand the housebreaker de camped leaving behind him a long handled ax with which he was probably bl trying to open the window I 1 if if these fello ws vvs keep up their efforts and are only sufficiently indiscriminate in their choice of houses bouses we may hope to hear bear of a burglar funeral soon for their are resi residents dems who are prepared for them and know how to shoot |