It seems burglaries were a regular hazard of being rich in the 1800s.
Below two reports, only five years apart, the second the more interesting I think.
The Newsman 16/11/1895
North Wales Chronicle (Bangor Wales, Saturday 12 April 1890 (Issue 3254)
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