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Big Robbery At Prof, Hudson's

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
April
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

BIG ROBBERY AT PROF. HUDSON'S

Oriental Rugs, Tapestries, etc. Were Taken

THIEVES FROM DETROIT

May Have Done the Work with a Local Pal - Prof. Hudson Was Absent

Some time early Tuesday morning, the residence of Prof. Hudson on Oakland avenue was entered by burglars and property valued in the neighborhood of from $1,000 to $2,000 taken away.

The robbery was not discovered until 8 o'clock this morning, when the woman caretaker reached the house and discovered that the place had been broken into.

She immediately communicated with Sheriff Gillen, who was in Detroit. The latter returned to the city at once and immediately offered a reward of $100 for the capture of the robbers, but up until the hour of going to press no clue to their identity had been obtained by the sheriff.

The burglars entered presumably by a cellar window, as their footprints were plainly discernible leading from the cellar to the upper portion of the house.

The property secured by the thieves consisted of silverware, some tapestry, a Remington typewriter and several valuable Oriental rugs. They, however, missed the most valuable rug.

The Detroit police and those of surrounding towns have been notified of the robbery and every effort will be made by the local authorities to catch them.

The theory of the local officers is that the marauders slipped into town from some outside city, possibly Detroit. That they may have had a pal here who knowing of Prof. Hudson being absent from the city communicated with the Detroit thieves, who at once came here and rifled the house. It is thought that a wheelbarrow may have been used to take the property away.