Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
YEGGMEN CRACK
WOOLWORTH SAFE
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said it was the slickost robbery pulled
off in Harrisburg for sometime.
Gain Entrance Through SlSylight

said 1t was the slickost robbery pulled
off in Harrisburg for sometime.
Gain Entrance Through SlSylight
Entrance was gained to the store
through a rear skylight. One OF the
robbers roomed last night on the third
floor of the ST. James Annex, IL North
Fourth street He climbed over the
roofs of the adjoining buildings and let
himself down with a rope to the
Woolworth roof. Two sheets tied to-
which the robber climbs to the main
store floor. 1t Is believed the robber
left his accomplice in through a door
or window.
The robbers, it is believed, worked
between IL and l o'clock, when a
heavy storm was passing over the city.
They pulled the safe. weighing 500
pounds, to a part of the store out of
view of the front doors. In the place
where the safe stood a pasteboard safe
was constructed with the side of a
large carton and some black paint. To
make the dummy safe look real they
broke off the round end of a tin horn
and fastened 1t in the center of the
pasteboard to represent the combi-
nation. For the safe handle they used
the other end of the horn. BY this
plan the night watchman looking into
the store from the front would think
he was looking at q real safe.
A large stepladder was used in
climbing back through the skylight.
The robber. in his bare feet, made his
way back over the roofs of the adjoin-
ing buildings, entering the st. James
Annex through a second-floor bath
room window. The robber was seen
by Mrs. w. L, Roe. who, with her hus-
band, are with the Ferari Carnival
Company. Before Mr.. Roe could call
the police the robber had returned to
xx-hn io haI y
was waiting with other clothes. The
pair got away on Pennsylvania Rail-
road train, according to the police.
Second Robbery Within a Year
This was the second time robbers
entered the Woolworth store. During
last July, on stormy night. the store
was entered, but the robbers were
frightened away before they could get
the safe open. At that time they en-
tered the store through the cellar
Robbers also within the year robbed
the home of Manager Griffin, at S07
North Seventeenth street, when they
got jewelry and cash. About fouI
in the South was robbed The robbers
in the South used the same methods
as last night
It is the belief that a tall. slim gen.
tleman, aged about 2S years, who
registered at the st. James Hotel. Mar
ket street, last night as Lewis Green
thai New York, was one of the rob-
bers. The other is believed to be a
small man, aged about % years, who
tried to get room with Greenthal.
The stranger, wearing a blue serge
suit and black derby hat, was as
signed to room No. II, on the third
floor of the st. James Annex. Il North
Fourth street. He was in his room at
9 o'clock, according to Edward Lynch,
who Is in charge of the annex.
In room No. II there is a bureau
which stands against a door leading
to the roof. Once on the roof the
robber had little trouble in getting TO
the adjoining building. Around the
chimney was placed a rope and the
robber climbed down to the Wool
worth skylight. Fastening the sheets
to large board placed across the
frame of the skylight. the robber slid
down the sheets to the store.
Mrs. Roe said she heard someone
on the outside and looking out saw a
man coming toward the window of
her room. She said the man used a
large pole and tried to climb to the
third story, but slipped back and
went through the bathroom window.
Mrs. Roe called her husband, who
went for the police.
When the patrolmen arrived the
robbers had left and the officers did
not discover the WoolWorth robbery.
Later 1t was reported to the police that
man answering the description of
the man who roomed in No. II of
the st. James Annex was seen getting
on an eastbound train. 1t was said
he was accompanied by a man small
In stature.
Manager Griffin said he would now
arrange to have the safe used only as
place for the books; that in the
future the money would be banked
when the store closed.
Manager Griffin banked the receipts
of yesterday morning at 2 o'clock.
The money taken by the burglars was
the cash sales for the afternoon.