The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-22
Earl 5. Shepard's Store Was
Raided Last Night
MANY FIREARMS STOLEN
Entrance Gained BY Ripping off wire
Screen in Rear Break Discovered
BY Patrolman Gamble at
2;4o a. m.

The trail Of the robber led to Earl S.
shepard's sporting goods store On Elm
street last night for tie second time IN
three months. and tne thief Or thieves
got away with small arsenal Of weap-
ons and ammunition, at least five rel
volgers and two rifles having been stolen,
valued perhaps AZ 500. This was prob
ably the work Of the same gang which
robbed the United Fruit Co.'s store SUM
day night and which tried to rob Wool.
worths Fiye and Ten.cent store last
Saturday night
Entrance 70 shepard's store was easy,
las all the necessary labor consisted Of
tearing Of wire screen from a rear
second story window The window had
been left Up when the store was closed
last night, and the thief went 70 the
paiutshop Of G. A. Heath near by and
got q step.hdder Placing this beneath
the window be found It was too short
to reaeh to the windov SO a ladder
was secured from the same place This
ladder reached the window, and pull
at the screen removed the only bar to
entering the store.
The burglar or burglars decamned
BY the same method as entrance, leaving
both the step.ladder and the ladder
against the building When Patrolman
Gamble made his rounds ct 2.40 this
morning, he discovered the ladders and
Investigated with the result that the
break was discovered He then notified
Nr Shepard Of the robbery. Since the
theft n three months aro, an electric
light had been kept burning in the store
but this did not deter the thieves
Before leaving at 10 O'Clock last night.
Mr. Shepard had taken The preeautlon
to lock some Of his mos, valuable re-
volvers IN the safes and rte net saved
worse plnnder, the arm oY the robbery
seemed to be revolvers. and all u sight
were takeH-s Those taken include 4 rs.
ealibre Hopkins s Allen nammerlesa
Harrington & Richardson Sec.
ond-hana reYolver 32-oalhre Tver.John-
son revolver with spring rfnkan; one
ola revolver make aHinewn ono Har
rinefon s Richardson revolver iust back
from the factory. who're IL had been
This wa the property of Ai-
leo Mcclellan az Guuitevile
The other weapons stolen include
$50 Winchester rifle with newly var
nished stock which was one of the
cheapest IL d case Of about 40 guns
Perhaps the new vaFnish attraeted the
thief Then there was second rife.
whose make Mr. Shepard Il rot able to
recall
a considerable quantity of ammuni- 4
ton was stolen, the exaet amount not 4
leing known The thief was careful in
bis selection, as was noted by tae fact
bet BE had laid cut several boxes of /
'artridges fer carrying away, onlg to 4
ind that they were shot cartridges. in- 4
stead Of bullet cartridges and those he /
eft on 4 lower shelf IIe Ma evidently I
lnlled out many other boxes for inspec- 4
Jon as they were pat back III the wrong
flaccs in tile shelves.
the safe was not tampered with. The
ash register is now left open each night
s mute warning to burglars of tnoth-
ne doing here There were thirteen
,eunies ii IL last night and there were
till thirteen pennies after the burglars
'isit When Mr. shepard went home
asst night at 10 O'Clock. ne removed the
-eys from the inside Of the locks, mind.
ul Of the attempt to get into Wool
gorths stores but he forgot to close
ear window looking out On Central
lace. That was the weak link ii hs
balm Of defense, adm the burglar seized
pon It.