Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-29
WAVE OF CRIME
REACHES HARBOR
Gangs Of Hoboes Driven From
Sound Cities Infest Crays
Harbor Cities
MANY BOLD ROBBERIES
Two Robberies and Five Hold
ups is the Record for Sat-
urday and Sunday

The criminal record for Grays Har-
Dor was broken Saturday and Sunday
when the cities of Aberdeen and Ho-
quiam were the scenes of two rob-
berries and five holdups. On Satur-
day night, holdup man secured
$27.5O at the Hayes G. Davis gro
Gerry, Michigan avenue and Market
street, and Sunday night, robber
got away with about $500 of jewelry
by breaking in plate glass in a
show window.
Bold Holdup Artist.
The robber at the Hayes & Davis
store was evidently no novice. About
8 o'clock in the evening, while Hor-
ace Davis was casting up the days
accounts, a man wearing mask and
long slicker coat, entered, and, point
ing a revolver on Davis, demanded the
money. While he was obeyipg the
robber, Mrs Grace Anderson enter
ed the store. and the robber coolly
told Davis to wait upon her first.
When the lady left the thief told
Davis to come with him for walk
walk in front of the store. Finding
Mrs. Anderson standing there, the
robber took Davis and the lady back
into the store, tore the receiver from
the telephone and backed out of the
door. Mr. Davis ran into the
house adjoining and telephoned the
police.
Smashes Plate Glass Window.
Between 12 and 1920 yesterday
morning, the G street show window
of the Thomas jewelry store, Wish
kah and G streets, was broken into
and jewelry estimated worth about
$500 stolen, the thief leaving no trace
but a cobblestone and the cloth in
which it was wrapped and with which
he had broken the window. A tray
containing 40 wedding rings, dia-
mond brooch, Rockford watch, lavi-
liers, etc, were taken. A diamond
brooch worth $3.50 was overlooked by
the thief. The cobblestone and wrap
ping cloth were thrown into the gar
bage can on the corner.
The Wave at Hoquiam.
At Hoquiam the home of Mrs. H.
r. Rundell was entered in her alb
sence at church and jewelry valued
at about $500 was stolen, consisting
of an Elgin gold watch, four rings,
jeweled necklace and about $500 in
coin.
The residence of Gunder Sjolseth,
7O2 First street. was entered through
a window and thoroughly ransacked,
but no booty secured, the thieves evf-
IDENTIFY being scared off by the re-
turn of the family.
Sunday night, near the Hoquiam
cannery, Roman Gyrkuch, Russian,
was held up at the point Of gun
and robbed of $50 in money. Pete
Osten was knocked down and his
watch taken from him, but he yelled
loud enough to attract attention, and
the thief, who gave his name as Bill
Whalen, was caught with the watch
in his possession.
Bessie Lewis, who conducts lodg-
ing house on Eleventh street, was
entered by two men, who pointed a
pistol at her and forced her to give
them $40, which she had concealed
in trunk.
The officers of Aberdeen and Ho-
quiam are doing all in their power
to locate the criminals, but in no case
was a clue left sufficiently clear to
follow with any certainty. 1t is known
that crowds of hoboes, driven from
the Sound cities, have arrived on the
Harbor, and the police are rounding
them up as fast as possible.