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Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - September 5, 1903
AGED WOMAN ROBBED
The home of Mrs. Christiana KRAUSS, relict of Henry KRAUSS, of near East
Greenville, was entered by thieves during Monday night and some money and the best
part of a ham were stolen. Mrs. KRAUSS is about 85 years of age and since the
death of her husband, she in company with her servant, Miss Susan KRIEBEL
occupy the house alone. The thieves opened a window at the shanty attached to the
house, secured a light in it, unscrewed the hinges on the cellar door and
entered. They came out of the cellar, cut a pane of glass out of the door which
led into the sitting room and then unlocked the door. After ransacking that
room the lock on the door leading to the kitchen was unscrewed and after they
entered that room they found several tallow dips, one of them they stuck into the
neck of a bottle and lit it. They then used two lights to clean out the
drawers in the kitchen. They found five dollars in change in the cupboard and a
handful of rare old coins in a drawer in the kitchen cabinet which they took with
them, as well as the best part of a ham found in the room. Miss KRIEBEL
thought she heard a noise during the night but was not aware of the presence of the
thieves. The supposition is that tramps were the offenders
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