Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-18

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pulled the back door too behind them.
Removed Big iron Bar.
Abe Horwitz, who was present
when the store was closed up Thurs
day night, says that he saw the back
door securely fastened and large
iron bar put in place across II. ms
bar had been removed and was stand
ing against the wall nearby yesterday
morning.
Soon after the robbery was report
ed to them yesterday morning, the
police learned that several white men
carrying suit cases had left this city
on a freight train at 1:z0 o'clock yes
terday morning and the officers
thought that these men pulled on
the robbery. Later, however. Mrs.
Shimkowitz reported about the two
negroes and still later Jake VanAr--
dale. who Ives on Cypress avenue,
near the Boulevard, told Cher Rey-
neds that early yesterday morning
he saw two negroes, each carrying
two suit cases. walking near Salter
creek and later saw them board
street car The chief began inquirins
of the street car conductors on the
Old Point cars about the men and
finally found the conductor of the car
which carried the negroes TO Old
Point. The boat for Cape Charles
was the only one leaving Old Point
after the negroes got there excep
the boat going TO Willoughby Spit.
Chief Reynolds is sure the negroes
went to Cape Charles and ne wired
to that city However, the authorities
there had seen nothing Of them.
TeIesraphs to Philadelphia.
The chief also telegraphed to Phil
adelphia describing the negroes and
asking that they be arrested. Inc
telegram was sent from this city
about an hour and a half before the
morning train from Cape Charles
reached Philadelphia, but up to mid
night last night the police had re-
ceived no reply from the Philadelphia
authorities.
1t is more than likely that the ne
groes got off the train at one of the
numerous stations on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia and they may never
be captured However, the police
have communicated with many or
those places and asked that the men
be arrested.
Had MIS-. Shimkowitz reported 10
the police Thursday night when she
saw the negroes come out of the alley
with the heavy suit cases, the Off
GERS very likely would have landed
the men yesterday morning as they
spent the night here. Mrs. Shimko-
witz describes the negroes as large
men and says that they wore black,
stiff hats and dark clothes.
Two Other Robberies.
Two other robberies were reported
Ito the police yesterday morning.
Someone smashed a window in Morris
Widzer's tailor shop, 1904 Jefferson
avenue, and stole suit of clothes
and two pairs of trousers, which had
been left at the shop to be cleaned.
This robbery occurred sometime dur
ing the night or early morning and
the police have no clue to the robber.
The second robbery was reported
by p. A. Cooke, $50 Twenty-sixth
street, who says that someone broke
into the house during the night and
stole two cheap nickel watches. This
robbery is a puzzle to the police. This
is the third time that Mr.. Cookies
house has been entered and there
,sr
stances attending each. On the first
occasion, Mrs. Cooke saw the burglar
in the hall and tainted, the man es-
Gaping. On the second time, the
burglar left a handkerchief contain
ing opium in the house.
Chief Reynolds investigated the
robbery carly yesterday morning. Mr..
Cooke is of the belief that the robber
climbed the front porch and entered
through a second story window. How
ever, he says that he found some mud
on lounge downstairs and he thinks
that the burglar tok map" on Il be
fore leaving the house Chief Rey-
nolGs says there was a mark on one
of the poles on the front poarch as
If some one had scraped his foot
on Il, but no other marks weTet
found higher up on the column and
If the man climbed the column he
should undoubtedly would have left
some scratches on the paint.
Mr. Cooke thinks that the burglar
Gsed dope in the house TO make Mr..
and Mrs Cooke sleep soundly. Hel
declares that he fastened the house
up secsrely before retiring Thursday
night and that tn blinds to the win
dows on the second floor OF thei
building were securely fastened. The
burglar took nothing OF value. leaving
nineteen cents in Mr.. Cookies trous-
ers- The watches we're worth probab-
iy fifty cents each