The daily sentinel., 1905-10-12
THIEVES AT WORK AGAIN.
THREE STORES ENTERED.

Last night three business houses
in the city were broken into by
thieves but they were evidently in
search of money only and as the bust
ness men have gotten wise and
quit leaving cash in stores at night
they made no raise.
Some time during the night the
Norbeek Music and Book store was
entered. The thieves evidently tried
to gain entrance through one of the
windows on the north side OF the
building but failed and after batter
ing up the rear door directed their
attention to window in the rear and
cutting the screen they opened the
window and entered the store The
cash drawer was broken open but
not even dime was there to welcome
the housebreakers. Owing to the
fact that the curtains to the big
front windows were not drawn and
there being no curtains on the front
glass doors the thieves did not make
a thorough examination OF the store
for with the lights on there was
much danger Of detection. Mr.. Vor-
beck found the window in the rear
open this morning and made a close
inspection of his stock but as far
as he could ascertain nothing was
missing.
The Independent meat market was
also entered MT Gessert has follow
ed the habit of leaving the front
doors unlocked and locking the heavy
screen doors that open on the street.
The strong paddock on the screen
doors was torn OF by the burglars
and then access was easy The cash
iers office was entered and the money
drawer was broken open but not
dollar was found Then the drawers
of the desk were ransacked and bank
books and papers scattered over the
floor, but findng no money the
thieves left the building. Mr.. Gas
sert states that as far as he can
ascertain nothing was taken from
his stock,
NJ. j. Walshs railroad store on
the corner OF Secont street and Colo
RADIO avenue was also visited by
money-hungry individuals in the dead
hours of the night This morning
when the store was opened for the
days business nearly every drawer
in the counters and under the shelves
was found open. the contents scat
tered over the floor, and the cash
register had been tampered with and
opened, but as no money save a few
pennies had been left in the store
there was poor picking for the
thieves. The pennies Were left in
tact in the bottom of the money
drawer. Apparently nothing was
missing from the stock.
The manner in which the thieves
entered the Walsh store is not pos
itively known. The front doors are
fastened by two locks and neither
lock had been disturbed while the
front door screens We're also fasten-
ed on the inside and in the same con
dition as they were when the store
was closed In the evening. The back
door was bolted as usual on the
inside and had not been molested
while the windows were all In place
There are bars across the windows
in the rear of the building but Il
would have been possible for an en-
trance to have been gained by push
ing down the upper sash and this is
probably the means used by the
thieves TO gain entrance.
Evidently the same parties enter
ed each of the three stores and to
all appearances they did not secure
as much as a dollar to repay them
for their trouble
Three suspicious characters were
arrested by the city officers this
morning and lodged in jail.