Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1900 — Burglar Upsets General Alger. [ARTICLE]

Burglar Upsets General Alger.

Detroit, Dec. 12. —General Russell A. Alger, ex-secretary of war, was badly shaken up early ib the day by a burglar in his home on West Fort street. The general was awakemd by some one prowling about on the first floor of his residence, and started downstairs to Investigate. Just as he reached tlie foot of the stairs he ran into a burglar, who tripped him up, the geirnal falling heavily. When General Alger recovered himself after the fall be 1 >egan an investigation which showed $390 worth of silverware had been taken by the thief, who escaped through a window immediately after discovery.