The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-31
BURGLARS OPEN A SAFE.
Money and Property Stolen From the
Chatham Trunk Factory.

The Safe Rihed of It's Contst>ts and
! Some Satohels and Pocketbooks
| stoIen-These Robberies Becoming
AIarmingly Frequent and People
Are Putting in Burglar Alarms-A
Speedy Capture and Conviction
Probably the Best Remedy.
The frequency Of robberies and
burglaries in the city is becoming
alarming. They are not altogether con-
fined TO the sections which are
sparselv frequented, but are often of
the most daring nature and committed
right under the electric lights and under
the nose of the police officers who are
supposed to be patroliing the beats where
they occur.
The burglary of the store Of the Chat
ham Trunk Factory sometime night be-
fore last or early yesterday morning is a
striking case in point. When Mr.. r.. p.
Wimnerly the manager entered the place
at Whitaker and York streets yesterday
morning he was startled to find that the
place had been entered during the night,
that his safe had been opened, and that
the entire inside of it had been torn out.
FORGOT TO LOCK THE SAFE.
The thieves made their entrance from
the back door. They evidently came in
through York street lane, climbed over
into the back yard, got upon box and
broke the glass over the door. Through
the opening thus made boy probably
entered and unbarred and unlocked the
back door.
Burned matches were found on all sides
showing the light the thieves had used
in doing their work The tools they used
were obtained in the store. They had a
hammer, a pair of ships, and claw tool
which they took from the horse. Open
ing the safe, however, proved to be a very
easy task, as Mr.. Wimberly and his assis-
tant, Mr.. Hanleiter, were in the Office
late the night before, and in
their hurry to eaten car
they had forgotten to lock
it. All there was to do was TO slide the
bolts and it came open easy enough. The
tools were used to complete the work
after the safe was opened The safe was
Quilted. papers contained in it were strewn
over the floor, some Of them being found
in the back yard outside, and the iron
money box was pulled out and taken TO
the back yard where a successful attempt
was made to open it.
BROKE OPEN TIE MONEY BOX.
The thieves first tried breaking the
hinges, and not succeeding at that they
broke OF the back part of it by cutting
the rivets with some sort Of chisel. From
this they took about $50 in cash. Besides
this they made way with three leather
satchels, half a dozen or more fine
pocket books, a silver extension cup, and
were even mean enough to take an old
cob pipe and a sack of tobacco
They then left the store, according to
footprints, by the same way they entered.
To all appearances the work is not that of
persons who are unfamiliar with the
place, and it also appears to have been
done by a finer hand than that of a negro
thief.
WAS ROBBED LAST APRIL.
Mr. Wimberly has no idea as to who
could have done the work, and there
seems to be no clew Whatever. This is
the second time his store has been robbed
within the last two or three months. 1t
was broken into April 25, and about $50
worth of pocketbooks, belts, and other
articles were stolen. A negro, Zeke
General, was afterward caught and
charged with the crime, but he has not
yet been tried.
The frequency of this class Of crimes
and the boldness displayed in their com
mission is making many people anxious
with regard TO the safety of their own
property. Several cases of putting in
burglar alarms have been noted, and
other means of protection are being en-
ployed If the robberies keep up much
longer there will probably be a network
OF alarm wires in many of the stores and
houses, without regard to the protection
that such property should be given from
outside interferences by the officers of
the law A speedy capture and conviction
would probably be the most effective
means of putting an end to such out