Burglars during the early part of the 20th Century often were disappointed in their efforts to achieve wealth at the expense of Carthage citizens. There was an example cited in The Carthage Press of May 27, 1903: “Burglars got into the residence of H.C. Cowgill on Grand Avenue some time last night but worked so quietly that nobody woke up and nothing was known of their work until this morning when the front door was found open. Mr. Cowgill’s pants had been moved from their usual resting place near his bed and the sum of 40 cents from the pockets were the burglars total gain. The silverware of the household had been collected, however, and was piled and ready to be ready to carried away, although none of it is gone. The theory of the Cowgills is that a burglar stepped on a push button in the floor near where the silverware was piled, heard an alarm bell and assumed it was a burglar alarm, assumed the house would surely be alarm and took flight. No member of the family was awakened, however.” It is apparent the police report involved received major attention by The Press because the Cowgill family was among the most prominent of the Carthage business community and the potential yield for burglars from their home might have been substantial. On another page we find an interesting letter to the editor: “In a Monday evening article, you said that a number of cakes of ice frozen by the Peoples Ice Company were on exhibition on t ...
Anytime
Burglars during the early part of the 20th Century often were disappointed in their efforts to achieve wealth at the expense of Carthage citizens. There was an example cited in The Carthage Press of May 27, 1903: “Burglars got into the residence of H.C. Cowgill on Grand Avenue some time last night but worked so quietly that nobody woke up and nothing was known of their work until this morning when the front door was found open. Mr. Cowgill’s pants had been moved from their usual resting place near his bed and the sum of 40 cents from the pockets were the burglars total gain. The silverware of the household had been collected, however, and was piled and ready to be ready to carried away, although none of it is gone. The theory of the Cowgills is that a burglar stepped on a push button in the floor near where the silverware was piled, heard an alarm bell and assumed it was a burglar alarm, assumed the house would surely be alarm and took flight. No member of the family was awakened, however.” It is apparent the police report involved received major attention by The Press because the Cowgill family was among the most prominent of the Carthage business community and the potential yield for burglars from their home might have been substantial. On another page we find an interesting letter to the editor: “In a Monday evening article, you said that a number of cakes of ice frozen by the Peoples Ice Company were on exhibition on t ...