Putnam patriot., 1916-08-11
TWO BURGLARIES
Bugbee Store Entered Saturday Night.
 Store RanSacked but Little Taken
Sunday Night Seder's IS Entered for
 Fourth Time in Eight Months

the Meek.enus mere were TWO hleaks and the police believe the same parties responsible for both,
 The department store of B. D. Bug bee was broken into some time be- tween l0.30 o'clock Saturday night and Sunday morning. As far as can be learned the only things missing are three pairs of shoes, of small sizes, some neckties, handkerchiefs, cheap stick pins and few Buffalo niekels, This is the first time that the store has ever been entered by burglars.
 The break was first discovered when Ralph X. Bugbee, son of the propriet or, went to the store shortly after o'clock Sunday morning. MT. Bugbee said: "As 1 entered the store l noticed that things were greatly disturbed. l saw also that the rear door was open In my office I found that my desk had been ransacked and my papers strewn all about. l had two fountain pens, a gold pen knife and pair of glasses on the desk but the only thing missing was the glasses. In a drawer l had a number ot Buffalo nickels that 1 had been saving and these had been taken All through the store drawers had been pulled open and goods strewn about. A cash drawer with some pennies in 1t had been opened but the money was not touched. In the shoe department things were topsy.turvy and shoes were piled in a heap in the middle of the floor. The men apparently gained entrance from a seeond,story window after trying to get in lower door. Nothing on the second floor was dis turbed.' y
 Captain Ryan of the police depart- ment said he was called to the store by MT. Bugbee and made an investiga- tion. He found that the men went through an alley in the rear of the Bradley theatre and climbed ion to a fence, apparently two of them boost ing the other up. Then a glass was broken out of long, horizontal, mar row window and piece of sash appar- ently cut away with a jackknife. The man who crawled through this open. ing must have been small man. This is also borne out by the fact that one pair of shoes taken was size ,. George Lewis, manager of the shoe depart- ment, looked over the stock and found that but three pairs of shoes were gone. There were no old shoes left behind. "f notified the police of Webster of the break. 1 also notified the Providence police. 1 learned that about 9.30 Sat. urday night an automol ie with five young men in it stopped three doors below the Bugbee store door and one of the occupants was heard to say, This is a good place to wait l re. quested the Providence police to try to locate this machine through the Igar- ages in the city,
 Following the burglary at the Bug bee store Saturday night came another break Sunday night when for the fourth time within eight months the clothing and furnishing store of Chas. Seder on Elm street was entered. As far as MT. Seder lcould ascertain his loss Monday, without taking account of stock, the following goods are mis- sing: Fifteen handkerchiefs, three belts, twelve pairs of white silk hose, size 10 ,; two silk caps, two leather suit cases, six pairs cuff buttons, six pairs garters, two straw hats, six shirts, six suits Of clothes and quan- tity of neckties.
 Mir. Seder has an .additlon to his store in process of completion. On each of the windows are three.quarter through rear door This door is glass paneled but wooden shutters were used for protection. The glass panel of one door was broken out and the wooden shutter fpried from its fas. tening of hooks. This gave chance to turn the lock and open the door.
 MT. Seder said Monday morning: "I was in the store early Sunday evening with Sam Johnson of Willimantic, who | is manager of the Loomef Opera House | for me there. He wanted pair of garters and 1 gave them to him and took a pair myself, that is how 1 know there are six pairs missing. l had heard of the break at Bugbee's store and went to my store purposeiy to see | if everything was all right. The nexi 1 knew was when l was called tout o I bed this morning and told of the break ' 1 found the clothing scattered ali ovel the store. There were six empty hang CTS 50 l suppose six suits were taken I We have no meaps Of knowing bu that other things beside those emu merated were taken but we can mol tell until the stock is checked up.n
 W. J. Wilmotte discovered the burg lary when he opened the store in thu morning.
 The police believe that the same gang that operated at the Bugbee stor are responsible for this break.