Evening journal., 1913-11-29
STORE ROBBER
FINDS CAVIAR
GOOD ENOUGH
FOR HIS MEAL
Thief In White DeIiCateSSen
Didn't Top Off With Tur-
key Which He Overlooked
FINEST CHEESES ALSO
APPEAL To HUNGRY MAN

robber with as delicate taste
as the much told OF gentleman so
ciety thief. broke into the delicates-
sen store OF Raymond White at No.
227 Delaware avenue, sometime early
this morning and helped himself 20
such daintles as caviar at 90 and 80
cents can. sardines at so cents a
box olives, and all other dainties that
he could find In the store, TO say moth
ing Of making entree into the cigars
Of Mr.. Whites private stock, COM
pletely exhausting It. That no money
was secured is due to the habit Of Mr..
White of taking all his cash out or
the register before he closes the es.
tablishment at an carly hour every
morning and taking il home with him.
Last night he took home about $50.
Judging from the appearance of the
shelves In the store this morning. the
robber knew what would be consid-
cred a dainty dish in a fashionable
home and what would not. lie
sampled everything that was worth
sanpling at such a risk. leaving
bologna and smoked meats 10 rest
I in peace. and went for the finest
cheese and other good things.
The robber made his entrance 10
the store by the back way. coming
/ through an iron gate which has the
appearance Of being part OF the fence
Next to IT is a gate which is always
locked. Tho windows Of the store
arc OF frosted glass and are divided
Into small squares OF about six inches
each. Behind one of the squares Is
la hook which holds the window. Evi-
identity the robber was familiar with
the store as he smashed the square
next to the window hook and II was
then an easy matter to reach inside
and unfasten the window. Lying out
side the store this morning was a
brick the robber used 10 break the
window.
After getting inside the store tn,
robber disturbed very little in III,
kitchen and it is supposed that afte
satisfying himself that there was n,
4 money IN the cash register ne TUNE
NJ fllsis ttientions to Mr. Whites des
which be opened by cutting tho WOO
3 from around the lock with pocke
+ knife The knife was found thi
morning when the store was opened
II was Of the ordinary pocket variof,
with white bone handle. Mr. Whit,
turned It over TO the police.
The robber rummayed through all
OF Mr.. Whites personal papers and
found a box Of cigars from which
Mr.. White had smoked only four. The
remaining cigars we're appropriated
by the robber.
That the rohber went abouf his work
without the least fear of being detected
WAS evident from the fact that fancy
dates and candies which were next to
the show window on Delaware avenue
were taken. ANY one walking ON Della
ware avenue At the time of the robbery
could easily have seen the man at work
One thing the robber overlooked
which, according to this time of year
should have been thought Of, was a
Thanksgiving turkey. already roasted
stuffed and ready for the keen edge Of a
cafving knife. The turkey reposed in
the store ice box, and below IL were all
the trimmings for a Thanksgiving din
ner. but the robber missed them all
Mr.. White valued the missing goods
at about $50. What other things were
taken he does not know Both the po.
lice aud Mr.. White think the robbery
was committed by some one very famil-
lar with the store. None of the neigh
bors heard any unusual sounds about the
store after il closed about I o'clock this
morning. and no signs of the robbery
were seen until Herman Berger, an en-
,ploye of the store. opened this morning
land discovered the broken window.
Mr.. White has had the store about
two months. Before he had ii he was
in the iewelry business at No. 3 Fast
Sixth street. About three years ago his
iewelry store was robbed and The roll.
bers were Just in the act Of picking shs
safe when they were frightened away.