The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
Burglars Visit the Offices OF the
Evening News and Manage
To Find Money
SAFE GETS ROUGH USAGE
Men Get Away With Cash and Certi-
ficates to the Amount of Over
$500 but Payment is Prompt
ly Stopped on All

work in Kenosha struck close to home
Wednesday night when the offices of
the Evening News were entered, the
safe looted and the man or men man
aged to get away with about $50 in
money and checks and certificates of
deposit to the amount of nearly $780,
The robbery was discovered when the
morning and reported to the police and
oE:aa was opened for business Thursday
every possible effort was made to get
some clue to the guilty parties. AS
a newspaper Office is about the last
place that visit from a burglar is
to be expected the footing of the
News safe came as surprise.
The burglar or burglars made their
entrance into the Offices by means of
skyhght over the rear end of the build
ing On the roof of the building was
found an improvised ladder which had
evidently been made by the men to
use IN entering the print shop, but it
was too short to be of any value to
the men and it is evident that after
opening the skylight they dropped
down on to the big composing stones
just below the skylight. The outer
door of the safe was opened by work
ing the combination and the inner door
while not locked must have proved
fooler'' for the burglars as it was
battered in several places. 1t is evil
dent that the fellow discovered after
working awhile that the door was not
locked and slipped it opened.
The interior of the safe was badly
wrecked. There was an inner com
partment with a steel door and this
was broken open. The door of the
apartment is missing as is the cash
drawer it guarded. In this cash
drawer was small sum of money be-
longing to B. H. Larrabee, certificate
of deposit on the First National Bank
No. 149067 dated May 81, 1909, and
made in favor Of Head & Simmons.
1t was issued in the sum of $470.65. In
the same drawer was a check on the
Germania National Bank Of Milwau-
kee made out to B. H. Larrabee and
signed by the Milwaukee Printers Rol-
Ter Company in the sum of 1926. This
check had been backed by Mr.. LARA
bee and had been placed in the inner
compartment of the safe for safe
keeping. Payment was stopped on
both of these checks before the open
ing Of the two banks this morning and
it is not thought that the cracksmen
will find it possible to negotiate them.
From the petty cash drawer the burg
lars secured the following checks.
One drawn by the Knights of Pythias
in the sum Of So, one by the Royal
Baking Powder Company in the amount
of 1886, one by the Derma Vivi Com
pduy LOA PI.CO, 0uo q ulOuCJ O1OOl LOI
80 cents.
None Of these checks had been
endorsed, but it, is possible that the
burglars will attempt to cash them
and people are warned that any en-
dorsement of these checks is a forgery.
After the men had secured the
money from the safe they scattered
papers about the interior, but no papers
were taken. No other portion of the
office was visited by the men and it
seems that they were looking for moth
ing that could not be turned into
money at once.
1t is thought that the total loss from
the visit of the craftsmen will amount
to less than $50.