Smyrna times., 1908-05-13
THIEVES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VISIT Home of George c. HeinoId Sun
Gay Evening and Secure About $40
IN Money and a Gold Ring.

n anu MrS. George G.
: helnold and their children were .
church Sunday evening, a few door,
from their home, their house was ON.
tered into by thieves and after ron
sacKlng the house left with about s1C
IN money and some iewelrv. anC
made good their escape. The rob.
oery occurred between eight and nine
CLOCK and was as bold and daring q
work as could be imagined. At cor
ner store few doors awav some mon
were cOngregated, but never knau
OF the robbery going on. The thieves
maze their entrance by prvinp nm
window facing the front porcb
mere was a lamp burning on tbe
taOIe nearby, but despite the LIGHT and
[he lear OF being detected, they pulled
uo"h the shades and got to work
Ihey went to the dining room and n
the closet discovered the savinns
banks OF the children. which +bov
broke open. Mr.. Heinold also had
some small change in a bag which
they also took. Their boun+,,
amounted to about $40. Leavino +bo
ulnlng room, they went up stairs
and completely ransacked the he'd
rooms tearing up the beds and strew-
ing the floor with bureau drawers and
other receptacles. They procured .
gold ring belonging to Mrs. HeinoId
Evidently the thieves were bent on
money and jewelry for the clotbing
and everything else was left behind
Mr. and Mrs. Heinold were onIv
away from home about an hour and
were much dismayed over the condi-
tlOn OF their house on their ret7r, !.
Inc robbery is but one of the manv
which have been perpetrated in that
section, especially around Townsend
"here house breaking has become fre-
quent. = :
Camden's Business Block Robbed.
Burglars having designs on the Bal
tlmOre Trust Company, ransacked tho
principal business block of Camden
early yesterday morning, and robbed
the secretary of that chief law-mak-
ing body, the State Senate which
only last year made more severe the
penalty for various forms of robbery
ana refused to abolish the wbippino
post for burglars and thieves. The
Camden robbery was deliberately
planned. The first store robbed was
the hardware store of C. w. Lord &
Son. Mr.. Lord was selling ont q
large stock of hardware and had loft
much of the stock about within oos,,
reach and plain view. The BURGLARS
operated with dark lantern and
'nce IN Lords store stole all the tools
necessary files, chisels and bars. to
AIRY out the bank job. Colonel Levi }
T. oterner, secretary of the Senate
'"hs a store on the corner of the
'ame block with Mr.. Lord Tbev :
ut Sterner's till for enough cash fo.
emergency purposes, such as feeino
III the midnight train. Only SS.75.
oweVer, was taken from the fiji
mail articles of value in the NOR v
nandlse line and few canned goods =
I the pure food variety were taken .
waiter q. BOoker's shoe store was =
ooted OF boots, shoes and fittinus +o
ne extent of which Mr.. Booker conld y
ot' yesterday morning, estimate
round the bank building the burglars
'od' trying windows and door but Vi
of passers-by evidently q
ounded the warning note that tho fl
reak of day was approaching and III
ley fled, with their merchandise and al
loney-drawer change giving up the E
'ld IN currency. An effort to rob al
lis block once before about five years el
go, eliminated in fire which en- II
rely destroyed it. Norris Fitzger- bi
ID, a bricklayer of the Dover Brick al
ompany near Moore's Mill. was ar CT
'sted yesterday afternoon as being Cl
le OF those connected with the bur- tr
airy. Some goods were found and sh
entitled in his home. Fitzgerald sh
as quietly working when an co
cached, maifested surprise at his De
rest, but made no statement when OF
aglstrate Ridgley held him in 81. $50 en-
III on the three charges for robbing tel
e stores of Sterner, Lord and TO
'oker, and the fourth charge for In
rrying concealed deadly weapons. we
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