Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-09
THIEVES BREAK INTO
THEATRE AND PLANT
Get Little Loot in DitmaS-
Steal WatChman'S Time
Clock at WeiIer's Factory.
REPORTS OF OTHER THEFTS
Loot in Playhouse SmalI-Rob-
berry Was Committed Yes
terday Afternoon.
REPORTS OF OTHER THEFTS

Robbers and pickpockets were
busy in this city Saturday night and
yesterday, according to reports to the
police and statements made by sew
ercl of the victims. The Ditmas the
atre in State street was broken into,
a thief stole a watchman s time clock
from the watchman looking after the
factory of DR.. Paul WELLER, manu-
(" turing chemist on the city dock
property at 326 Water street and
pickpockets operated upon trolley
cars and in crowds at railroad sta
tions and elsewhere about the city.
T = amount of loot taken appears to
be small, although it is not known
what the pickpockets might have
taken. About 81 worth of stamps,
other small articles to the value of
about $40 were carried away from
tn Ditmas theatre.
Evidence at hand indicates that
the play house was entered between
2 and o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Entrance was probably gained by
forcing open a transom over an exit
door at the northerly side of the
building. Manager Ned K. Miller
visited the theatre at S:15 o'clock
yesterday morning and found every
thing in proper condition, he says.
When he again entered the play
house about o'clock this morning
he first noticed that the cash draw
er in the office had been jimmied
or IN and it had been rified of it's con-
tents. A hasty examination indi-
Gated that stamps to the value of
about 81 and some other small
things valued at nearly $40 had been
taken. A screw driver had evidently
been used to pry off the front of the
combination cash drawer, for a
twisted instrument OF that kind was
found on the cash desk. The drawer
was completely destroyed.
There u no evidence that the rob-
bers tried to enter Mr.. Miller's desk,
which stood near the cash drawer,
but it is believed that they forced
on the second floor. Nothing appears
to have been taken from the booth
except possibly some tools, of which
the screw driver used on the cash
drawer, may have been a piece. Man
ager Miller was quick to notify the
police upon discovery of the robbery
this morning.
A representative of DR.. Weller and
the watchman at the WELLER chemi-
cal plant on the city dock property
went to police headquarters this
morning and complained about the
theft of the watchmans time clock
about 1880 O'Clock this morning. 1t
appears that the watchman placed
the clock and strap, which he used to
carry it with, on certain spot to
perform another operation and that
when he returned the time register
ing outfit was gone 1t is believed
that one or more thieves were prowl-
ing about the plant at the time and
that had they. not received the oppor-
tunity of searching the plant, they
might have felled the guard, who is a
one-armed man. No trace of the
thieves is at hand
Several complaints have been
made about the presence of pickpock-
cts in some quarters of the city the
past two Saturday nights, particu-
larly on trolley cars. Harry S. Me-
dinets, a young lawyer, of this city,
is reported to have been a near vic
tim. Efforts to locate Mr.. Medinets
to question him proved futile. The
police professed to know nothing
about the activity of any pickpockets
when questioned today. They dis
credited the reports and said it would
not take much energy. to discourage
any such activity and perhaps nab
the thieves.