Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1914 — BURGLAR APPEARS AS PORCH CLIMBERS [ARTICLE]

BURGLAR APPEARS AS PORCH CLIMBERS

Man Tried to Gain Entrance to Residence of B. J. Moore But Was Frightened Away.

A man tried to gain entrance to the B. J. Moore residence at the corner of Welton and Susan streets at 5 minutes before 4 o’clock this 6 Friday morning. He had Climbed to the roof of the front poreh and* Mrs. Moore was awakened by hearing him pry at the window of the upstairs hall. She called out, “Here, what are you trying to do?” and she heard a scurrying over the roof. Her daughter, Miss Eva, a mm nt later, saw the man or a confederate at the side of the’ house. The vines growing over the side of the porch along one of the columns were torn down, evidently where the man had climbed up. After 7 o’clock a man applied t the Moore door'for something to eat and it is believed he was the man who had tried to enter the house. Thursday night as Mrs. Moore and the children returned home in their auto, they saw a man in the alley back of their residence and he went into the yard of Bruce White.

It will behoove every person to lock' their homes securely and take no chances with the robbers.