Crime Time — Burglary, Reckless Riding, A Mysterious Call

Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1908

BURGLAR WAS A JACK-IN-BOX

Leaps Through Trap Door and Scares Servant Girl

Startled by seeing a man jump through the outside trap door of the furnace room a servant girl in the home of J. E. Wallace, 315 Oakland avenue, rushed up stairs Monday evening, and informed Mr. Wallace that there had been a burglar in the house.

Mr. Wallace reported the matter to the police, but the girl was able to give only a meager description of the man. She had gone down into the furnace room about 8:30 o'clock, and her sudden appearance startled the intruder, putting him to flight.

Harry Taylor and Renos Anderson, 19 and 16 years of age, were arraigned before Judge Snyder yesterday on the charge of fast and reckless riding. The case was continued until April 10 and the boys were released on good behavior, under orders from the court to appear on that date and give an account of themselves.

The boys were stopped by Deputy Marshal Crum in the midst of a race down Vine street, from First street to the police station, where they were taken in custody and later released on their own recognizance.

The hearing of the case of William Frisbie and George Drummond, charged by William Van Brunt with larceny, occupied considerable time before Judge Snyder, but the court held that while the evidence was strong, it was not sufficient to warrant their being bound over to the grand jury.

Frisbie refused to tell to whom he telephoned until pressed by the court, when he said he had called his home through a neighbor, not caring to call his own number for family reasons. He gave the number he had called to Deputy Marshal Crum, who inquired of the family whether Frisbie had called there, receiving a negative answer. Frisbie explained this by saying that he had not thought the people would care to answer for fear of being dragged into the family differences.

—The Daily Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 11, 1908, p. 5.