The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-04
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GOODS
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THIEVES ENTER STORE OF
s S Til ON SOUTH SIDE AND ;5ss
MAKE AHA I'll.
LADY SAW some MEN WORK.
ING "a n AN ELECTRIC
IL GH Z 81
BUT PAID NO PARTicuLAR3 Al,
TEMTlON-o OFFICERS ARE
ON THE LOOKOUT.

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: The general S tore owned = by j. z
$ Smith between Virginia and Castor
], avenues on Eighth street was entered
i by thieves last nfg ght IN d Tnerchandst
q Ito the value of thirty dollars was
!: taken. The goods taken consisted
:. of sweaters. shirts, overa1ls, tobac
I co, three hams. canned goods, etc.
/, About midnight Oflcer Shaw was
{ standing at the cornerof Eighth street
and Fairmont avenue when he no.
ticed something peculiar about the po-
4 sftton:of the arc light at the cornerof
j Virginia and Fig ghth street. pom In
i vest tfgatfng he found that the rope
4 by which the light is suspended had
been severed and the Ugh L was lying
on the ground
4 Mrs.a5Worthy Post no lives few
doors below the corner, noticed the
Eemen at that point but supposed that
4 they were fixing the Light and paid:
no particular: attention to them. Shaw
saw that the live wires were ina
Edangerous position, went to Smith.s5
4 store and tooka barrel TO protect pe-
I$destrians He also lied the broken
tsrope across the pavement reported
the supposed acciden the car barns
and went home to lunch. When Sc
curing the barrel he looked in the
store and again when he returned
from lunch. on both occasions trying
the door, and each time finding it Sc
cure. At six o'clock this morning
when Mr.. Smith opened the store hesI
found that a screen had been cut, the
glass broken in both sashes OF al
side window and the goods gone No.
clue to the robbers was found but
Mrs. Post gives a fairly good descrip
ton Of the men she saw tampering I
with. the light and this may lead to- I
something yet. The police believe
that a gang of hoBos are responsible
for, the job.
Officer Shaw was attl1e store when
Officers Morgan and Bartho1ow ar.
rived and after viewing the premises
the three started out along the hill.L
side to inspect some supposed hobotl
roosts: They thoroughly covered the
territory between Watson and 4 the Bs z
and O. station, and In an unused house E:
near Johns Bros glass works found Fl
races Of the parties they have excel EE
ent reasons to believe did the job. 81
When the chief and newspaperfl b
nan reached the house they found IS
races Of G are recent fire and a big heap
# recently cast Off clothing. 81
n the meantime Officers Bartholow1
nd Shaw were following the rai1road,Esg
nd overlook a man who had tjusbESe
walked from Kingmont and upon be- to
ns questioned stated that he had Is
cen eight men on "a freigh train thatit
ad Just left this city, but could giyep
9 description of them as thes train Ia
Ias moving rapidly. Grafton offfcerslH
tere notified and In the event that Eai
hey do not reach that city, omcers3 q,
ill be sent out from each city to- f(I,, IS
aptureS them. fa
Possibly tramps had MOI thing to do yt y,5t
'ith8t e5robb berry, but tits the general bt
pinion that hey did the work A' ne
sw homes are under surveillance,
OF to mention the different gangs of
oboes now p1entifulln in the city. ss
Arefrigerato tor on the porch Of aSresI- - p
ance occupied by a family named
erry and located near the scene Of to
st nights robbery, was cleaned Of Ior
5 contents by unknown persons. sa
Last night the residence Of Mrs ~ pl
'hn Wilson, a few steps below the ptE'
ore. was spfciously examined by
owlers but an entrance was not eff
cted ss ss1l5 szy 5szsy
Mrs g. NJ: Shinn, ofsyVashington, /;
c5.,,ss and Mrs Anna Vockrodt, Of E(s
ttsburg, are IN the city, having arr
ed few days ago to attend the
neral MI q. Cochran. he hay-
ssbeenS the rother- III Law Of the Rors
ri and the uncle Of the latter. lE8
Why not let the Marion Claim