Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-23
THIEVES RAID
5 STORES IN
BLOCK
Commission Shops in Piedmont
Avenue, Near Police Station,
Repeatedly Looted.

Il. The FIRST block of Piedmont ave
nue., running from Decatur street to
Gilmer there are several little com
mission and produce dealers who say
they will have to go out of business
unless the police furnish some pro-
lection against the continual breaking
in and robbery Of their store places.
At No. l Piedmont avenue t. NJ.
Redwine has suffered loss by rcSbery
no fewer thsn ten times since De
cember l. Following is summary
of the methods used in entering his
place:
How Thieves Get In.
Nine times in front; once from
r,ar.
Four Yale locks broken
one common door lock picked.
Three heavy wire window
screens Gu; with Ratchet.
One door screen cut.
one glass window broken and
stats pounded eff
And all this is within twenty steps
OF Decatur street said Mr. Redwine
Monday. and so near the police sta
ton could bit It with rock. If The
Jacobs drug store wasn't in my way"
Hides Butter and Eggs.
Mr.. Redwine vas detailing the lat
est robbery, saturday night. when the
store was entered once more by way
Of the front door and several hens
all that remained from the Saturday
trade. were carried or
81 had my butter end eggs hidden.
Mr.. Redwine said or they would
have been taken, too. never leave
any money in the place"
Mr. Redwlne said he had talked
with chief Beavers and chief Lam
ford with no results in the way Of
increased protection. he declared
II reported the stealing OF case
of eggs to tho detective department"
he said. "and what do you suppose
they said? We'll, they asked me II
| could identify the eggs Can you
beat it?"
Corroborating Mr.. RedNine's testi-
mony, o. S. Toney, produce dealer
next door, at No. II Piedmont ave-
nue., said his place had been broken
into three times this year. The gas
meter was robbed twice; chickens,
eggs and butter were taken, and once
two turkeys were stolen in a coop
from the front of the stora
Eight Times Since Christmas.
l.. Lewis & Sons, No. 2S Piedmont
avenue said mat thieves i,ad attempt
ed to enter their places eight times
since Christmas, breaking three Yaic
locks in their efforts. but being baf-
fed by an inner chain and double
lock inside He was using the latest
broken lock as a paperweight. In
December, before installing the dou-
ble-lock system, a successful raid was
made and SIS worth of eggs were
carried off
The Empire Sausage Company, No.
80 Piedmont avenue, having been en-
tered and robbed three times in the
last year, has resorted to the plan OF
keeping a savage bulldog with two
equally savage pups in the store at
night. The front door has been for
chilly opened since then, but the bull
dog broke UP the raid right there
and was found next morning slum-
berinE peacefully across the entrance.
The biggest raid OF the season &C
CURED at the expense Of Charles Tay-
lor. proprietor of the European
Bakery, No. 30 Piedmont avenue. Fri
day night week ago.
Come to Front Door.
Il barricade my back door, because
it is on a blind alley said Mr.. Tay
lor, but, bless my soul, these fellows
don't come to the back door, like
thieves. but to the front door, like
gentlemen They came a week ago
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