 The police suspected that the robbers had used guns to threaten the house owner and neighbors.Some tellings have Pitung stealing money only from rich persons who had collaborated with the Dutch colonial overlords.According to the daily "Hindia Olanda", on 18 July 1892 a "schout" (kind of police officer) in Tanah Abang rummaged through Bitoeng's house in one of villages of Sukabumi.