Assured that there were no dogs or guns and that everything would be easy, the boys took on the job. From the confession which they made they appeared to look upon it as_an adventure.
Huhn and Katz, who worked in. a dental supply laboratory,—stole some chloroform, because they had learned at the cinema that this was the correct thing for burglars: to have. They waited until—their victim, Schreiner, had closed als store, and retired to his bed chamber in the rear, and then opened the door with the key which Dieht is alleged to have given them.
Still keeping in mind the moving picture example they went into the cellar, and opened a door so as to make sure of their means of escape,, and also took off their boots, which they fixed to their belts.
Their key would not open the door of the bedroom, but they opened the window with a serewdriver and climbed in. Mr. and Mrs. Schreiner were asleep, but as: the woman began to stir, the boys: were afraid she would waken, and they then brought into use -the chloroform.
The dose which they administer~ ed on cotton wool must have been a strong one, for it took a long: ime to waken her the next morning. The boys could not find the box with the papers, but they stole other things, and escaped.
Diehl was held for Special Sessions on a charge of petty: larceny, and the boys were dealt with by Judge Humphrey it Queen's County Court, as already:
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