The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-03
First Try McCrory's and Find
ing Nothing Climb To Roof
Enter Next Door
Slide Down Rope
From Third Story
Enter Through Skylight and
Take This Means of Reach
ing Ground Floor-Dnll
Hole In Bottom of safe

Professional yeggmen cracked ths
safe In the once OF the +. W. Wool
| worth d Co.'S i've and ten cent store,
1T 4ls-4l5- East Broad Street. some
time during Saturday night or early
Sunday morning, after climbing
through their roof and sliding down
IN elevator shaft from the third floor
They dragged the safe from the office
On the first floor TO rear hallway.
turned It over on one side and. chiseI-
ing out hole through the bottom
about eight inches square, made away
with about sos in cash. They left
several checks and other valuable pa
pers and several Canadian coins be-
hind.
|. They gained an entrance through
skylight In the roof after having
gone through the J. G.. McCrory Com
pany building. breaking down several
doors in a search for that stores safe.
The McCrory Company keeps no SAFE
. and the yeggmen. discovering the fact
left through the roof, entering the
Wooiworth store next door.
Finds Door Open.
The robbery was discovered about
|Is:30 o'clock yesterday morning by
patrolman Tyler, when in patroiing
that beat he found the rear door 10
the Woolworth store stretched wfde
open. One Glance inside told him the
story and he at once notified poiice
headquarters.
Detective Sergeant wiltshire an
swarea the call from headquarters and
several plain clothes men were soon
securing about the building looking
! for clue that might lead to the
Iiaentity of the yeggmen. Like the
other Jobs recently pulled of In Rich-
mond. there was no clue left excep'
topics OF finger prints found on the
safe and photographs of these VIII ne
#faken by Bertlilion Expert Toler TINS
morning in an effort TO identity the
men
Detective Sergeant wiltshire FOUND
.hat the yeggmen arst entered
through the hallway leading 10 the
second floor Of the McCrory Buila'
ling, where the Offices of loan com
pany arc located. They broke dowr
the door leading into 1t from Tn.
street stairway entrance. and Their
nrnra down a door to a pair OF steps
leading into the McCrory CompanS
sfore. They ransaeked the store
rrom front to rear, breaking oper
desks. drawers and doors Thes
twisted q light door leading into tht
once of the store from its hinges
looking for the safe they thought WA
there.
Ascend to Root.
The vexxmen then left The build
in~ through skylight and walked
ACROSS the roof 20 the Woodwork
. building. They broke one OF the
panes, inserted hook and released
4 catch by which It WIS held down
The skylight was then raised ans
- shrrt,rfg Find.
inx II impossible to work a large
freight elevator. which Is worked h'
hand. they slid down to the FRS
moor on the rope by which the efe'
Gator In controlled.
a. soon as they landed on the firs
Noor they commenced the same pro
Srarn carried out in xhe McCror,
euilding, by breaking down a dool
leading into small ONCE cut or
from the store by small partition
Tney rolled the safe out and through
fhe store to a rear hallway. They
turned Il over on one side. and WITT
sns aid of chise1 and hammer,
hitch they found In the store. the,
eook ont q plug about eight inche:
SQUARE. Through this they dragged
. small money box containing ths
cash.
Thev broke the box open and few
rcfns Of different denominations were
Uttered about on the floor. They
ata not take the time necessary Il
.y.ther these up and left without them
ssrsrr with them bills and casf
aynounting to about sos. They twist.
"A 4 lock from the rear door. and
made their way out into an alley In
tho rear.
Systematic Robbcries.
n. w. Stevens, All Brook Road
3lnter Park. who Is manager OF the
Woolworth store here. arrived on the
scene shortly after the robbery was
discovered.
Mr.. stevens is of the opinion THAT
the yeggmen who operated here are
ems same who have for. two years
worked the wuolworth stores through.
mt the country in q systematic man
~. Every second or third Saturday
rixht. Mr.. Stevens said that one OF
their stores had been entered and the
nfe cracked.
He pointed out that only last SAT-
urday night the Wooiworth store IN
scranton, Pa. had been entered and
ire safe broken open in the same
manner. The yeggmen who. pulled
tte Scranton job went into the once
~ the store In that city, rolled the
ssfe into the back of the store from
under the iigts which were kept III
n the store. and then placed a dunn
nv safe made of cardboard In the
rlsce OF the safe This WAS done 80
MAT the patroiman. In passing would
look In, see what he Thought was
ss,a safe. and would pass on. thinking
ri iii was right. The Scranton safe was
ertsred the same way, and the yegg-
$1,000 hcrAl n hnla through the hnf~