The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-29
THIEVES GET AWAY
WITH BOOTY FROM
STORE AND A SHOP
Conkey Drug Store and Steg-
all Barber Shop Robbed
of Money.
BURGLARIES INCREASE
Police Have Few Clews to
Recent RObberies in
City.
BURGLARIES INCREASE

! Two more burglares. both success
ful, wege added last night TO the list
which is growing rapidly. when il was
! reported that Harry Wigs, an EN-
| ploye of the Ora Stegall barber shop,
/ had left with about $50 and eight
! watches Thursday nighl, and an un-
detected person entered the Conkey
| drug store, Ninth and Main streets, es-
Gaping with s22 in small change.
| An unsuccessful attempt TO enter
the home of John Alderman, 1875 South
Eighth street, was reported. TWO men
trying to force an entrance at the rear
door were frightened away by pass
| ersby.
This is the fourth of a series of
burglaries in the last two nights, which
| began with the attempt of Edward
Burts, Colored. to enter the James
Carr residence at Fourteenth and Main
| streets Burts was captured, due TO
the bravery of Burton Carr, who re
ceived an ugly cut above the left
temple while holding the colored man
until patrolmen arrived.
Enters Front Door.
With booty amounting to s22 in
small change. a fountain pen, cigars
and tobacco, the thief who entered
COnkey's drug store between 2 and 8
o'clock this morning, escaped. running
west in the alley south of Main street
between Eighth and Ninth streets.
The money was taken from the
stamp drawer and cash register. Draw
erS back of the counter were opened
and ransacked. Three OLD watches ly-
ing on the counter at the watch repair
! shop were thrown on the desk but not
taken.
There are no clues to the burglars
identity, although a fleeing man was
seen by employees of the livery stable
at the rear of the Conkey store short
ly after o'clock They were driving
in with their cabs, when their atten-
ton was attracted to the man who
ran down the alley west of the stable.
Rear Door Locked.
| When Patrolman Wierhake passed
the store at o'clock, the door was
locked. Passing about twenty minutes
later he saw the front door open. Chief
of Police Gormon is puzzled over the
method of entrance to the store. No
signs can be found to indicate how
the thief entered. Doors and win
dows were closed and locked. The
only rear door to the store opens into
a barber shop, but this was locked.
Several persons were questions by
Chief Gormon this morning, but no
arrests nave Deen maze.
The family of John F. Alderman, 1876
South Eighth street, enjoyed perfect
rest last night, not knowing until this
morning that two men were seen late
at night trying to force an entrance to
the rear door Alderman did not know
of the attempt until friends began to
call over the telephone this morning
and ask if the robbers frightened them
or got anything. The men were fright
ened away by persons passing on
Eighth street.
$50 and Watches Taken.
The theft of about $50 and eight
watches from the Ora Stegall barber
shop, 420 North Eighth street, is at
tributed by Mr.. Stegall to Harry
Wigs, an employe, who was seen in
the shop several times that evening,
and who bought ticket for Dayton
and left on the Pennsylvania train at
1890 O'Clock.
A pair of pliers in Wigg's overcoat
pocket which he left behind had the
points strained and had evidently
been used to open little savings
bank. which Stegall believes contain
ed s25. Another bank, kept behind the
mirror, in which money was put from
time to time to meet the shops run
ming expenses, was opened. This con-
tanned about SIS
Earlier in the week Wigs had
drawn $40 advance salary. Mr.. Ste
gall also does watch repairing and had
his case full Thursday. Friday morning
eight watches were missing.
At the railroad restaurant where
Wigs ate lunch about midnight. en-
i ployes saw him look at a watch which
bore a tag, such as Stegall used TO
mark them. Persons who saw Wigs
earlier in the evening said he had been
drinking heavily.
Wigs had been working at the Ste
gall shop since the Fall Festival. hav-
ing been employed previously at the
Sanitary shop.