The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-14
Third and Most Dastsrdly Of
Series of kohberies Occur
red at Cambridge City at an
Early Hour.
BLAZE THREATENED
BUSINESS SECTION
Robbers Break into W. A.
Johnson Drug Store. Tap
Safe, Securing $50, Then
Robbed Cash Drawer.
LOSS IS ABOUT $1,000
And Is Fully Covered by In
surance-" Job" Was Prob
ably Done by a Gang that
Operated in Milton.
LOSS IS ABOUT $1,000
Palladium Specially

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Cambridge City. Ind. Dec l4.-Sc.
curing $50 from the safe In the w. A.
Johnson drug store early this morn
ing. BY using noiseless explosive. u
gang of cracksmen whose depreJa-
tions in this vicinity In the past few
days have caused general alarm, set
fire to the building. probably to de-
stroy clues. and then made their cs.
cape without being detected. This
was the third. and by far the most
dastardly robbery, that has been com
mitted in this neiEhborhOod since
early Saturday morning.
The building was partially de-
stroyed. and the entire business sec-
tion Of the city was threatened. The
blaze was discovered by Walter Smith,
cleris In the Central hotel, Who
sounded the alarm. Efficlsut wos1 "
the fire company, aided by citizens,
saved the building. which II owned by
Mrs. James McCaRery. from total de-
struction and prevented the flames
from spreading. The total loss re-
sulting from the flre will be over
$4,000 Mrs. McCanrey carried 31.SOO
insurance. Or. johnson lost his en-
tire stock Of drugs He carried $500
insurance
TWO Proceeding jobs.
The robberies proceeding the one
here today were the blowing OF the
safe OF the Farmers bank of Milton
early Saturday morning, the "yeggs'
escaping with $500 ID money and $500
in stamps. and the burglary OF the
F. NJ. Jones company store 1T Milton
the following morning. when the rob-
bers secured about 475 worth Of loot.
The first intimation which Cam
bridge City residents had that their
town had been visited, undoubtedly
by the same experts who had worked
at Milton. was hStween one and two
o'clock this morning. Waiter Smith.
clerk at the Central hotel, CHANGING
to look out OF the hotel window. saw
smoke which he thought ct flrst came
from the north end of the town. but
little later he saw II was from the
building in which the drug store 10
located.
local fire company had succeeded in.
extinguishing the fire, II was discover
ed that the fire was OF incendiary ori.
gin, ascribed to burglars who had en-
tered the building during the night
and cracked the safe and looted the
cash drawer.
Were Expert Crooks.
The drug store is located on Main
street between the hotel and the Ebert
block. Just how an entrance was ef-
fected is not known. However. the
robbers were such able craftsmen At
their art that their operations alarmed
no one, not even Mr.. Smith. who was
in the adjoining building.
The Investigation OF the two @jobs"
at Milton is still going on and. % far
as the public knows. nothing which
might lead to arrests. has been dis
covered. The authorities have several
under surveillance and II II under
stood that some Of these suspects have
been closely examined. The county
officials refuse to discuss anything In
regard to the evidence which they
have. They are not unwilling to ad-
NIT that they are ba6led.