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Show Robbery at Richmond On Friday night of lust week tho home of Mr. David Smith of Richmond Rich-mond was entered by sonic person unknown un-known who relieved tho family larder of 25 pounds or cheeso, 4 pounds of meat, several loaves of biead and a lino largo cake. Not only this, but tho light lingered gentleman visited the family sleeping room and removed from Mr. Smith's vest a watch which ho valued very highly. The eatables were In the cellar and there was little difficulty In securing tho same, but tho fellow certainly had his nerve when ho visited tho bed-room after tho watch. Mi. Smith has never found It necessary to lock the doors of his homo nd 11 was easy enough for an Intruder to walk In, but Just haw ho managed to ransack tho place without with-out arousing Iho family Is rather puzzling. puz-zling. Mr. Smith says that his wife ., waked him during thonlghtand asked -iliIm about a noise, but hototd her It . 1X" was "only cats," gave a yell at them and went to sleep again. The same night tho home of Mnt- thew Bell was visited, presumably by the same person. A watch was secured secur-ed here. Mr. Hell had merely locked the screen door, and this was cut in such a way as to permit of it being unlocked. un-locked. The thief entered, went Immediately Im-mediately to the bedroom and there went through Mr. Hell's pockets, securing se-curing the watch and pocket-book containing a small amount and a number num-ber of valuablo papers. It seems that Mrs. Hell saw tho burglar come in and watched him but was so badly frlghtr ened that she could not arouso her husband until the fellow had departed. Tlicio was an Immediate seaich made but not even a clue could be found. Just a few nights before, a man attempted at-tempted to get away with some of Ilcrhchcl Hullen's wheat and did manago to get away with about 75 pounds of pork from Win. Hope's granary. Most people believe that the work Is bolng dune by some local peison,and every effort Is being madoto'trap hhn, but so far, without avail. Outside of tho Smith home, tho burglar's footprints foot-prints In the dust wero found and It dcvclopcs that he had removed his shoes. Measurements were taken and It Is hoped that this may eventually lead to a clue or Identification. The disposition of tl(c fellow to take eating material seems to lead to the belief that he must be a hungry .man or a lazy man, so It won't hardly be healthy for a man In that vicinity to bo either from now on. The fact that ho took Jewelry might Indicate that he was merely out for a "good time" (piece.) Tho students of ''Shylock Holmes" or "Jack, Plnkerton's Rest man" ought to offer some solution of this problem. |