Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1889 — A BOLD BOBBERY. [ARTICLE]

A BOLD BOBBERY.

Hardman’s Jewelry Store Gutted In Broad Daylight. On Friday afternoon, while many :of the business houses were closed and nearly everybody out to the races, some wyAydeoto Wm-5 or thieves, broke into Hardman’s jewelry store and carried off about all- of the most valuable goods in the store. Among the property taken were half a dozen gold watch cases, the works of five Elgin and eight Rockford watches, five Waterbary watches, 45 or 50 valuable set gold rings, a dozen chased band rings, and a number of plain gold rings. Several customers’ watches, in the store to be repaired, were also taken, including a gold son, a fine silver watch belonging to C. W. Coen and the ease of a gold watch belonging to John Kegg. Entrance to the room was effected through the rear door. The thief breaking a pane of glass in the door and then reaching in’and turning the key, which had been left in the lock. To prevent the noise of falling glass when the window was broken, the thief stuck a large quantity of butter to the glass before breaking, and the weight of the butter naturally carried the broken glass to the floor “butter side down” and without noise. The butter was bought of Charley Simpson, clerk in Tuteur’s grocery store, who thinks he would recognize the man who bought it, if he should Sfe " bun again. The goods stolen were nearly all in the counter show case. The thief is supposed to have left? |on the 4 o’clock train, immediately ;after the robbery, carrying his plun!der with him, in a grip-sack. Mr. J Hardman went to Chicago Saturday ! and, through the agency of the police J f urnished the numbers of all the ■ watches stolen to the pawn-brokers ! and jewelers of that city, so that if any attempt is made to dispose of the watches there, there is a likelihood that the thief will be caught and the watches recovered. Printed cards with the numbers have also been sent to many points. The total value of the goods stolen. i • iis estimated at SSOO and the loss is ; one that Mr. Hardman if illy able to sustain. A Sneak Thief Jailed. Chas'. A. Bradenburgh is the name under which a young fellow lias for the last three weeks. He professes to be a book agent, but made no effort to sell books, and had no other visible means of support. He has ! been under suspicion for some time iof being the perpetrator of several •j thefts about the hotel and other places J and on Tuesday night he was arrestjed and his room searched. He was : found to have in his possession a fine silk hat, stolen from Emmet Mulholland, cashier of the Rensselaer ! Bank, on the night of the base ball boys’ dance, and a fine fountain lien, the property of Landlord Hyland. He had also got into Frank Douglas’ trunk, at the hotel, and abstracted an eight dollar revolver, which he had pawned to Ambrose Yorkey, T. P. Haas’ baker, for $1.50. Mr. Douglas identified and recovered the revolver. Bradenbugh has often claimed during his brief but brilliant career in these parts, that his father was very wealthy, and the proprietor of two of the largest museums in the country, located at Boston and Philadelphia. The young fellow looks like, a “.Sheeny/ but says he is not, is about 21 years old and is, doubtless, a confirmed crook. lie was taken before Squire Morgan, yesterday morning, for examination, but it was postponed until next Wednesday, to enable the state to secure the attendance of an important witness, a drummer. Matters look wery mueh as though the young chap was in for a term at Michigan City. Another new and complete stock of goods of all kinds bought this ’week at the Fountain bead, at our own price. It. Chicago Bargain Stork. ■ - * -• :-.*-**?*