Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-28
HUNGRY THIEVES
LOOT STORE AND
TAKE PROVISIONS
Used Chisel Stolen Year AgOk
to Effect Entrance in
BeIleville. 4

Evidently using a horse and wagons
as means to convey their loou
burglars last night or early today enA
tered two places ir Belleville and sue
ceeded in one instance In stealing
about $100 worth of goods from a
butcher store, and in another in se-
curing a 2O0-pound pumpkin from q
garden.
An odd fact in connection with the
burglaries is that one of the weapons
employed to force an entrance is
chisel which was stolen from Edward
]. Mutch, Belleville contractor,
about a year ago by thieves.
The store which was rifled is the
butcher shop of Charles Kuhlmann, in
Washington avenue, which is in the
building known as Belleville Hall, and
the garden disturbed is in front of the
residence of former Township Com
mitteeman Peter d. Alderman, an
architect of Cortlandt Astreet. That
the intruders were badly suffering from
hunger is evidenced by the fact that
in Kuhlmam's place all the articles
taken were foodstaffs, among them be-
ing various kinds of meats vegetables,
fruits fish, canned goods, etc From
that place Kuhlmann says the follow
ing are missing: Several bags of
beans, several large paper bags OF
-four about five large strips of bacon,
four hams, four bolognas, a basket OF
peaches, four legs of lamb several
links of frankfurters and some salt
pork. Among the canned stuff taken
from the shelves were sardines, lobster
reas and molasses.
Burglars Were Hungry.
In the centre of the store is located
several wooden shelves upon which
were many tin boxes of crackers and
small cakes A number of these boxes
are gone.
The unwelcome visitors also took the
trouble to enter the large ice-box in the
place and lay their hands on several
pieces of meat which were being kept
there.
Conditions in the refrigerator indi-
cate that the electric lights were
turned on to "show them the way"
Kuhlmann said today that the goods
stolen amounted to over 500,
Entrance was gained by the cutting
out of a pane of glass in a window on
the lower south side of Beleville Hall.
This route leads to the cellar and the
thieves then walked upstairs in a
! u lHS SioiS. L L0
exit was effected by the opening of q
door about ten feet from the window.
which leads to an open lot near Isaac
street.
The Belleville police are inclined to
think that the miscreants drove a
wagon from Isaac street into the lots
in the rear of the hall and then backed
up to the door that they had opened
ha nd
drove away back to Isaac street. Kuhl-
mann discovered the theft when he
opened his place today and notified the
police.
In the other case where the pumpkin
was taken it it thought because
of it's weight and several dozens
of tomatoes which were gotten that the
wagon was also employed Mr. Acker-
man was trying to grow the plant to
its limit, and it is said that it was go-
ing to be exhibited at a fair soon.
Policeman James Flynn, while exams
lining the chisel in the Belleville police
station which was found in the cellar,
discovered that on the tool was imprint-
ed the name of "E. ]. Mulch"
| 1t was recalled that a year ago Mr..
Mutch's tool-house was broken into and
apparently the instrument has been
held by the same robbers ever since.
Sergeant Charles Perl is working on
| the case