Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-09-26
A GENTLEMAN BURGLAR
Bold Robbery Perpetrated At
Benesch's Store By Profess
SiOnaI Thieves
ATTEMPT TO OPEN SAFE
Burglars On To Their Job Enter Store
By Rear Window $4l.0O--
No Arrests Yet Made

Sometime between midnight Satur-
day, when the store was closed, and
1880 Monday morning, the big stores
of Isaac Benesch & Sons, 123-127
/ Main street. were entered, and an at
tempt made to open the large safe.
Just at what time the store was
entered is not clear, but it is thought
probable that it was last night, rath-
er than Saturday night.
That an attempt had been made at
burglary was discovered this morning
by Mr. w. u. McCready, who was
first to enter the store at 2 80, follow
ed few minutes later by the mana
ger. Mr.. George B. Gephardt.
That the work was that of profess
sional crooks can scarcely be doubted
as a common thief would have scat
tered things about, but this gentle
man burglar left things in apple pie
order, almost, scarcely disturbing
anything after his Tor their ineffect-
ual attempt to open the safe.
An entrance was made through one
of the three large windows in the
rear of the store, and that the window
entered was the one directly over the
safe. shows the burglar had spotted
the place. The heavy iron bar was
removed, the nut being unscrewed,
and the steel fireproof shutters, the
same the world over, were easily
opened.
The burglar began by drilling a
hole in the large safe, one of the kind
made by Hill, of Cincinnati. After
drilling through the iron, steel lin
ing was encountered, and the spring
to the steel baffled all further at
tempts at drilling The safe has two
outer doors of iron, and an inside
piece of steel, the door being made in
three pieces. Then the burglar went
to work to remove the combination,
and one more half hours work would
have completed the job, when the
burglar was either frightened off, or
morning hours overlook him. How
ever, the safe was left unopened, but
was completely damaged so far as the
door is concerned, and will probably
have to be blown open with dyna-
mite, and a new door will cost $3.50.
NOluIHR was SIOlGu UuI IWO WdICIeS
left for repairs, each valued at $50.
These and one dollar bill were all
that was taken, making the actual
loss SAL, besides the damage done
the safe door. Several dollars worth
of stamps were left untouched and a
small savings bank with some money
in it. No papers were disturbed, and
things were left in pretty orderly
shape. No arrests have been made,
and suspicion seems to point to no
one. 1t is thought the burglar, or burg
lars, We're strangers, and are profess
sional crooks from the methods and
means they used Why they did not
complete the job of blowing open the
safe after all the trouble they took to
accomplish it, is a mystery, but that
did not, is a matter of congratulation
for the firm, as the safe contained
many valuable papers, besides dia-
monds and jewelry, but not much
money as it is near the end of the
month, and Annapolis never has much
money at the end of the month.
The papers in the safe are valuable
and had they been destroyed by fuse
in blowing the safe open, the loss
would have been most disastrous.
Police are at work on the case.