The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-29
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People.

n was typical Thanksgiving Day
The air was crispy and clear With
the exception or those who went out
10 see Dartmouth literally fall upop
theatres S~ "pb abere snoss who b, '9ok 9o IN
astir Everybody appeared TO be de-
sirous of making it a home day. "a time
for family reunions not 60 be broken
IN upon by outside visitors or strolls
about town
The poultry offered was OF excep-
tional quality and that with continued
cold weather made the prices range
high, state birds, SO called selling AT
state ~ TO 26 and choice Western Is 20
20 cents.
There was more than enough stock
I'm the market 10 meet the demand and
yet those who put on shopping until
for bargains among dealers. anxious 90
close at reduced prices, gained nOth-
ing, for the rates were maintained TO
the end.
Today the market prices are just as
stiff as they were Wednesday.
The weather was I'm marked contrast
with that recorded one year ago. Then
the mercury at ! y. m THANKSGIVING
day. stood az so, yesterday at the same
hour IL was -.
There was skating on the smaller
ponds in North Providence yesterday.
a sport the boys and girls had not
had IN that town ON Thanksgiving day
for nearly decade.
This morning the river between the
Market square aud Crawford street
bridges was frozen over.
And vet there were plenty OF straw
berries, blueberries and asparagus tips
i'm the local market today.
They were all in cans, though!
Joshua Gray. the old clockmaker and
AT his former home, 4j5 Pine street.
yesterday. and he had attained his Nth
year.
For years ne had store or West
minister street. gradually moving up
town as the tide Of business swept
westward. his last stand being oppo-
site Burrill street.
Prior TO taking that store he was
located I'm a building which stood at
the corner OF Westminster and Math-
ewson streets.
There were two stores and he occu-
pied the down street one. A Hight or
stairs between them led To offices and
small shops on the second and third
floors.
The door opening upon this stairway
was always closed and locked Satar--
day night until Monday morning.
Some enterprising safe crscksmsn
dropped I'm here on Saturday night,
sized up that stairway and Mr.. Gray's
shop and proceeded 10 do business.
~-ney forced a back door. got into
the hallway, crept down the front
stairs. barricaded the doors and then
cut hole through the wall
II was evident that they had been
I'm Mr.. Gray's shop and paced on ae-
curately the distance from. the front
door 10 the centre of the safe.
This was large. uouDle uoor andl,t
and II was backed up TO the wall
which divided the store from the stair
way.
When the slick thieves had cut away
the lathng and plaster they found the
back Of the big safe directly In front
Of them.
At their leisure they tore of the back
of the safe. took out all the trays,
packed up watches. jewelry, solid sll,
yer ware. etc, 10 the value OF 5000 ana
carted the booty 10 little lane bdck
OF the building.
This was protected by gate upon
which the cracksmen had fastened
new and strong snaplock. the bolt OF
which could be pulled back ny hauiing
on 2 stout cord which they put through
a little hole bored at the back or the
gate.
The Job was done probably after the
noon hour. and the swss was lett
where it could be conveniently carried
away after dark.
AS luck would have IL. that cord at
tracted somebody's attention. and IL
was pulled.
The gate came open. the packages
were discovered. an alarm was given,
the safe robbery was disclosed, and,
barring the cost Of repairing his safe,
Mr. GRAY got out Of the visit or the
New York crooks quite eheaplY-
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