The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-18
GRISWOLD' STORE
IS BROKEN into
AND ROBBED
Burglars Took Fountain Pens and
Rey0IverS
DIDN'T TOUCH MONEY DRAWER
Gained Entrance in Rear BY Boring
Hole Through Back Door and
Unlocking Door.

Il. 7. Griswold's store on Mai
street was entered by burglars som
time after o'clock Sunday evening
1t is Impossible 10 state exactly jus
how much plunder the thieves Obtain
ed, but it is known that they go
away with some OF the most yaluabl
property in the store.
The case containing the fountain
pens, between / and Il dozen, wa
completely cleaned out and of abou
| Is revolvers, including some high
! priced automatics, only two remain
A few flashlights also are MISSING
| and it is probable that when a NOR,
complete examination is made it vii
be found that other articles were
stolen.
Entrance into the store was effect
ed through the door from the small
court in the rear of the store. With
an auger of about three-quarter inch
door was cut large enough to permit
the admission of a hand. The door
is fastened with small catch which
was easily turned.
The fountain pens were kept in a
small cabinet with glass front and top
near the front of the store. With a
nail-puller, which the thieves found
In the store, the light wood work of
the back of the cabinet was broken
and the pens removed.
On Saturday the agent of the com
pany from whom Mr.. Griswold buys
his fountain pens was in town. He
went over the stock and from the
supply that he carried filled the sizes
and numbers that had been sold
since his last previous visit. The
pens We're nearly all high grade sell
ing from 81 to So. The thieves drop
ped one cheap pen on the floor and
left it.
Mr.. Griswold was unable to tell
how many revolvers were on hand
with out looking over his inventory,
but says that there were about Is.
The two which were left were small
blue-fnished arms of 81 calibre.
The thieves attempted to open the
cash register but failed. The register
is operated by an electric motor but
there is crank with which the
drawer may be moved when the cleo
trio current is turned off. The
thieves attached the crank and
pushed in some of the buttons, but
did not strike the right keys to open
the register.
Lawrence Griswold, brother of the
proprietor, who is employed in the
store, was in the building about o.
clock in the evening, Andrew Maur-
er, another employe. usually visits
the store Sunday evenings for the
purpose of attending to the furnace
fire, but did not do so last night. The
weather was so warm that the fur
mace required no attention.
States Attorney w. j. Meagher and
Chief of Police Brazil made an inves-
tigation soon after being informed of
the burglary. The condition of the
footprints found in the soft soil in
the court from which the thieves en-
tered appeared to indicate that the
burglary had been committed after
midnight.
Circumstances would appear to in
dicate that the burglary was the work
OF amatuers. The thieves did not
visit the safe of which both the doors
and the money drawer were unlock
ed. There was not much money in
the drawer which contained some
bills of small denominations and
checks.
The store has twice been entered
in recent years One break was
proved to have been the work of
boys who took few articles of lit
tie value. The last time the store.
was entered was just previous to the
of Chauncey Todd, a
young negro who raised money on
Two forged checks and who is now in
prison for theft committed at New
Haven, Conn. On the occasion of the
last burglary a small sum of money
was obtained from the cash register.