Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-09
BURGLARS ENTER
THREE PLACES IN
HEART OF CITY
Bold Marauders Make Good
Hauls in Washington Street
Stores.
BELL ALARM PREVENTS
ENTRY OF SHOE STORE
Loot in Cash and JeweIry to
Amount of 500 Obtained
by Thieves.

early today and about $500 in cash
and jewelry were stolen. That the
work was done by experienced burg
lars is hown by the fact that early
last night wires for the burglar
alarm system in one of the buildings
was grounded
The first place entered was the
Wallpaper store of the Alfred Peats
Company, 2ss-2S7 Washington street.
T st the corner of Campbell street,
where after breaking the safe 1850 in
cash and about 500 in checks, be-
sides $50 in cash. taken from the cash
drawer. composed the loot From the
Schultz Printing Company. 239 Wash
ington street, a few cents in cash
and a pearl and diamond scarfpin
was taken. At the r. E. Mcdonald
Company, los Market street, the burg
lar alarm of the Newark District
Telegraph Company was set off and
the thieves were frustrated before
they entered the store
y The thieves entered the Peats place
through rear window, opening on
the rear yard, which runs to Camp
bell street. After getting through
this window a door leading to the
main store was broken open. To get
into the Office, which is near the
Washington street side of the store,
pane of glass was removed.
Safe Was Jimmied.
The combination of the massive
steel safe was jimmied off and then
the plungers were dropped The in
ner compartment was chisseled open
and the strong box and drawers were
removed. The cash drawer in the
Office was ri1ed of It's contents, which
amounted to $50.
The thieves then went to the rear
of the store on the Campbell street
side. where they cut a hole in the.
wall about two feet square. through
which they climbed into the rear han :
way of Arion Hall They their went
Ito the third floor where the money
was removed from the strong box
and where the box and drawers were
found by the police this morning,
They then climbed through the
scuttle of the Arion Hall building
and went over the roof to the roof of
the next building. which is occupied.
by the Schultz Prirting Company. In
the office on the second floor a small
safe was opened with a "can OPENER
Thirty cents in cash was all the
money in the safe. though there were
checks for more than $100 The change
and a pearl and diamond scarfpin
were taken.
They then went back through the
scuttIe to the roof and over to the
adjoining building, 105 Market street,
al the corner of Washington street,
occupied by the Mcdonald Shoe Com
pany and the Ril<er drug store, which
was also entered by the scuttle They
went down the rear stairs to the sec
ond floor. where they started to bore
their way through the door. which is
equipped with burglar alarm by
the Newark District telegraph Com
pany
Here, evidently believing that the
wires were still grounded, they made
considerable headway. cutting away
about half the door before the alarm
was sounded in the office
Alarm Received at s:is
At the central office of the tele-
graph company the alarm was re-
ceived at 3:13 o'clock. and officers,
James F'itzsimmons md Patrick
O'Neill were dispatched to the scene,
and il is believed that when they en-
tered the Market stree, door of the
shoe store the thieves were freight
ened away, making their escape over
roofs TO the Arion Hall building.
through which they descended. and
got away through the rear door open
ing on Campbell street.
A youth employed by the Newark
News Company, whose name the po-
lice did not procure, told the tele-
graph company's officers that he saw
three medium-sized white men, wear
ing straw hats. rush out of the build
ing and run through Cambell street
in the direction of Plane street,
where he lost sight of them.
Finding that the place had been
entered Fitzsimmons and O'Neill
went to the street and blew their
police whistles for help. When the
police arrived, however, the thieves
we're gone, and only a trail of bur
glars tools were found to show the
route taken by them in their get
away
IN the hallway of the Mcdonald
store a broken jimmy and a brace
were found Other implements were
found scattered on the roofs and IN
the Arior Hall building. Lieutenant
Mcmahon and Detective Conlon, OF
police headquarters, were assigned 70
the case and Immediately covered the
tube station and the Plank road troll
lev line hut no clues were obtained,
J. p. Farrar. superintendent of the
Newark District Telegraph Company,
and William Deutsch, manager of the
Mcdonald store. told OF the ground
ing of the burglar alarm wires of the
store. Mr. Deutsch and several other
employees of the store left the build-
ing about II o'clock. and in about
half hour a signal was received in
the central Office indicating that some
one was tamperng with the wires.
Two men were sent to the place and
found that the wires were grounded
They were Immediately put in work
ing order, and thereby the signal was
received when the men came in con-
tact with thI wires in trying to cut
through the door.
John M. Kraus. manager or the
peats store, discovered his company's
loss about 7:20 o'clock this morn
ing when he arrived at the store and
found the front door open. A few
minutes investigation by him re-
vealed the fact that all of the COM
pany's money on hand had been
stolen.
According to Mr.. Kraus this Is the
third time that his store has been
robbed within the last two months
The first time a quantity of valuable
tools were stolen. and on the next
trip the cash drawer was robbed
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