Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-17
BL0ODHOUNDs FAIL TO
FIND ROBBERS TRAIL
Store of A. a. Harvey Mt Laurel Is
Looted by Unknown
Men.
PROPRIETOR SLEEPS ABOVE
Thieves Gain Entrance Through Ven
tiiator to basement and Then Saw
Hole in Floor of Store-ValuabIe
Goods Picked Over.

The most daring robbery ever perne-
trated In the ncighborhood of Laurel
was followed yesterday by an audav
nunt for the burglars by n score of cit
iZens OF Henrico. accompan MED by blood
sounds supplied by the superintendent
of the State Farm.
Sherift Kemp, with several consta bles,
led n search for the fugitive thieves In
another direction. Chief Kennedy, az
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and 20
, .oill"c ponce secured still another sec
tion OF the county. At late hour
last night none OF the pursuing parties
mad overtaken the thieves. The heayI.
rain that fell in tho afternoon DESTROYED
the scent for tho bloodhounds. and they
were sent back to the farm.
The robbery was at the general mer-
chandise store Of A. A. Harvey, which
is about seven miles from Richmond on
the Hermitage Road and on the line Of
the r.. +. & p. The boldness Of tho
roobers, the county authorities saw is
amazing The manner in which they
inaoe their entry and their successful
getaway with large part of the stool,
In the store Indicate that the mon wcro
no novices
FINDS STOCK OF GOODS
Uttered ALL OVER STORE
Harvey. the proprietor. lives over the
store. When he went downstairs
shortly after daybreak Yesterday morn-
ing he found his stock Uttered over the
noor. Ciothing, shoes, drygoods gro
were strewn in every direction.
Near the rear of the store. immedi
atelE under the room in which he had
sept without detecting n sound a hole
T ma ro,,D been opened in the flooring.
entered from the concrete basement
beneath Entry had been effected to
the basement through vcntilator
Inc condition of the store and tho
manner in which the goods had been
spread out after being taken from
shelves and cases disclosed that tho
burglars had spent n long time in rho
pace probably several hours, making
careful selection Of the loot they were
anic TO carry away. The most valuo bio
articles In each line OF the stock car
80 werc taken, the remainder being
left because of the limited facilities Tor
transporting the plumber.
NOT ABLE AS YET
TO ESTIMATE Loss
me merchant was unable last night
10 give an intelligent estimate of bic
loss. lie deferred taking an inventory
ana devoted the whole day to the hunt
tor the robbers. He stimulated tho
enthusiasm of the searching partIes nv.
offering reward of $50 to the flrst NM
VINO might locate one of the ooeinp
thieves: 'is
Inc numerous tracks left bv vehicles
or inherent kinds in the county road
passing the store made it impossihle
ior the scarchers to determine even tho
charhcter or the vehicle in which tho
stolen stock was loaded by the rob
ners. railroad signal light, which had
pecn stolen from the tracks of tho
r.. #. d p. supplied the thieves win
illumination. II was found in tho COW
crete basement \ wheelbarrow 10
alaonE the missing articles. and it is
assumed that the robbers used II tn
carry the plumber to some vehicle st,
,ioned Mt distance from tho store. md
IN which they made their pct-aw,v
Inc search for the thieves Will bo
continued to-day. 'o