The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-17
ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
sOLOMoNs' DRUG SToRE AND Al
ANS PAINT STORE nnOKEN INTO.

sOIoMoNS' DaUG SToRE AND AD-
ANS PAINT STORE nHOT<EN INTO.
The safe AMI cash Register In solo
mons Rincd aud sI2o in cash and
several Hundred Dollars an Notes
and Checks Tnkcn-tiurElnr Cut a
Hole In the Glass Door. Turned the
Key on the Inside and Went out
Through Congress Lane, Carrying
the safe HoN with him happened.
Dozen People Around the star"
when ~ Was Entercd-A Futile
job az the Adams stare.
Two hoid rohbercs were committed in
Savannah yesterday The solomons
Company drug store at Barnard aud
Congress streets and she Adams Paint
Company ct 80 700 Congress street. west.
were burgarzed in broad daylight
soiomous etore was entered by the front
door ou Congress street. between 1880 and
O'Clock time when there S. cone
tinuous flow 81 podeetr.ans. and when
street cars arc passing every few minutes
Besidcs This. there o. clear Wow Of tho
door from the market iu which "a police
man Is stationed und the door can be seen
also from across the street where thorc
is fruh stand which was open az tho
time. There is also fruit stand built
against the Barnard street side 90 th.
store. and the proprietor and his assist
ants al the time che robbery was com
mitted. were. wt.hin a few feet 81 the door.
IL.
store between ! and O'Clock From the
exposed condition OF tho place. that any
one would or could enter b. unobscrved
has never been Thought o. 20 IL is not
customary 90 take ans unusual precnu-
tious in the way OF dispo-ng 81 the cash
or even 81 closing me SAFE 10 whi.h are
kept the money and ta. books. The kcy
90 the front door which is usually the
first locked Be- generally left 90 the lock
on the inside. as tno ci.rs goes out through
q side door on Barnard street
Yesterday the store was clos a ns usual
at o'c.oak a few minutes before a
little girl who called 60 have prescrip-
ton hllcd found the front door open.
though there wes 90 ono inside she called
tn attention OF one Of tho fruit dealers
q the matter and be- in turn notified q
conductor 90 passing trolley car The
policeman stationed iu che market was
called. and ths discovery was al once rec
ported 10 tine barracks when th. clerk
whose business e. was 10 open the store
az o'c.ock returned. boz telenhone1 the
Bull ond Charlton streets store, and Mr.
A. Solomona ana Mr.. Max Woln were
notified that they were wanted al the
Congress street store.
An examination 81 the door showed that
the thief had gained an entrance hy cut
ting with glass cutter. a hotr in the s.ass
pane OF the door. few Inches from thc
lock aud had then reached through the
opening and unlocked the door. once i'm
side the thief took nll the money in the
cash register. shout $50 which being uu-
locked he had no trouble in securing, aud
also secured the entire contents 81 the
lock box % the safe in which. heslies
about 500. there were number q checks
and other papers amounting 20 probably,
500. though until the cash IS made up to-
day ~ Will be impossible 20 tei the cNnct
amount The thief took the box with him.
p.yinE it from rs wood n niche In tho
safe by means ~ large screw driver.
which was found on the floor lie then
made his escape through the rear into
Congress street lane, unlocking ono door.
or gate. with key that h. found hang
ine near the safe. and opening the other
rs unscrewing the hasp that held it. He
left absolutely no trace nor clue TO his
Identity except the screw driver
The Adams paint store is supposed 10
have been entered before the drug store
The thief opened way for himself by
breaking the lock fastening the iron
on the 81 Julian side of the huildins.
From the cellar ne went 90 the FIRST floor
and into the office There he hrst at-
tempted TO get into the e5fe by unscrew-
INK the ornamental tops ~ the hinges. hut
had gone on with the work only q short
time when he evidently gave up the plan
as being too difhcuit. and without doing
any further damage, 50 far os could be-
ascertained. made his way out Of the
building. on the 81. Julian side, By un-
fcrewiug ths catch 81 tho lock.
Everything points 20 the fact that both
Jobs were done by the same person. or
persons In fact shcre Is strong evidenc
that che scrcwdriver that WIS used in
the drugstore job and the giass-cuttcr that
was used on the door We're taken from che
paint store The handle Of the screw
driver found w the drugstore is almost
Identical with that 81 another tool
found Oh the Office ~ the paint store last
night. close % tine safe where IL had been
taken from a work bench IA the paint
store also. We're "a number Of glass cut
tiers In an unlocked show case within
easy reach OF the thief had no cared 60
take one. A. the number that were in
stock Saturday when the store was closed
Is not known ~ was impossible by
counting them 20 ten if any were missing.
While the rohhSrics are admitted TO be-
% an uncommonly daring kind. e Is
thought that they We're not done by pro-
freionals Evidence OF this Is shown in
the paint store case. as no cr1cksman
would ever nave attempted tu enter safe
by merely looseuiug the hinges.
The detectives were put in possession
% all the Information obtainahle. but
have secured no clew to the robbers.