Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-09
4 VERY DARING ROBBERY
a WELL DRESSED CUSTOMER
Attracted the Attention Of the Sales
man While His AccompIice Was
Frying Open . Cash Drawer and
Riding 1T of it's Contents-Other
Criminal Happenings Yesterday.

Yesterday evening at the business
house OF Bruemmer & Hilderbrand,
furniture dealers, corner of Market and
Twenty-second streets, occurred one Of
the slickest robberies that has happen
ed in this vicinity for some time.
Mr.. Charles Breummer was up stairs
over the store waiting on a customer
at about six O'Clock, when he heard
some one enter the store. Going down,
he found a rather nice looking gentle
man waiting, who wanted TO look at
some furniture. Mr.. Breummer at
once proceeded to a side door at the
front of the store which leads into a
side hall, where they also keep iron
beds. Stepping to the foot of the stairs
he called to Mr.. G.. E. Hilderbrand, who
lives upstairs over part of the store, to
come down at once. Mr.. Hilderbrand
was eating his supper, but responded
at once. Mr.. Breummer returned to
the party he was waiting on and as
he went out, the man closed the side
door that enters the main store. MI.
Hilderbrand. at the request of the
stranger. showed and quoted prices on
the iron beds that were In the hall.
The man took things in a leasurely
manner, saying at intervals that the
prices were very cheap. Suddenly his
eyes were attracted to a X. of P. charm
on Mr.. H~ilderbrandis watch chain.
Remarking that he was a member of
the same order in Pennsylvania, he
called attention to a badge on his coat.
After some time he asked to see some
bed room sets. They then entered the
main store room and the same proceed
ings were gone through, he keeping up
the same old Very cheap" Then he
switched off on iron beds again. For
the second time they entered the side
hall, and as they passed the front door
Mr.. Hilderbrand noticed another man
on the front steps with his back to-
wards the front door.
Mr.. Hilderbrand, who now began to
think he was in a walking match, en-
tered the hall, closely followed by the
stranger, who, as he closed the side
door, looked back at what proved to
be his accomplice on the front steps.
While the two were in the side hall,
stranger No. 2 quickly entered the Of
fee in the rear of the store, and with
a Jimmy cleverly pried open a door
in the desk and procured all it con-
tanned, seventy-four dollars and a few
cents. All the money left was seventy
six cents in a small iron safe beneath
the desk, which, perhaps for want Of
time. was untouched.
Mr.. Hilderbrand in the meantime,
having failed to sell any iron beds, re-
turned to the main room in quest OF
linoleum. Failing to sell any of this
the stranger stated that he would bet
ter bring over his wife, whom he had
left at the jewelry store across the
street. He then passed out of the store.
In a few minutes one Of their customers
entered to get some money changed
and upon going to the Office for that
purpose Mr.. Hilderbrand found the
empty money drawer thrown on the
floor.
The police were at once notified, but
lie deed was executed in such a neat
manner that the firm have faint hopes
of the thieves capture. 1t might have
been a greater loss, as it was a COM
mon thing to have four or five hun
bred dollars in the drawer. Forum
ately a deposit in bank was made on
Friday. Mr.. Hilderbrand says ne
could identify the man, as he was
about five feet nine inches tall, wore a
gray suit and was of a fair complex
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