Colery Tolliver and Franklin Brown burgle Norman Smith, Frank Pullman and Alphonso Othely

Officer Barts "trailed the defendants to the said premises and did see the defendant Tolliver attempting to break the lock of the door leading to said apartment while the defendant Brown was standing near by acting as lookout; Deponent [Smith] verliy believes that these defendants attempted to enter the said vacant apartment with the intent to commit a crime therein, to wit: to cut some of the lead pipes and steal same." "Deponent [Othelly] states that the locks on doors leafing to said vacant apartments were securely locked ... he saw the defendant [Tolliver] come out of the 2nd floor apartment witha hatchet in his hand; Deponent states the he later examined the said vacant apartments and discovered the locks on the door broken and the lead pipes underneath the sinks tampered with."

Officer Barts "trailed the defendants to the said premises and did see the defendant Tolliver attempting to break the lock of the door leading to said apartment while the defendant Brown was standing near by acting as lookout; Deponent [Smith] verliy believes that these defendants attempted to enter the said vacant apartment with the intent to commit a crime therein, to wit: to cut some of the lead pipes and steal same.""Deponent [Othelly] states that the locks on doors leafing to said vacant apartments were securely locked ... he saw the defendant [Tolliver] come out of the 2nd floor apartment witha hatchet in his hand; Deponent states the he later examined the said vacant apartments and discovered the locks on the door broken and the lead pipes underneath the sinks tampered with."