New Britain herald., 1916-09-30
JEWELRY VALUED AT
 $25,OOO IS MISSED
When Store on Arcade Is Lo0ted
 by Amateur CrackSman
MAKES CLEAN GETAWAY

Himberg and HOran'S JeWelry Store,
 Stones Throw From Police Station, Visited by Robbcr Early This Morn
 ing-Umbrclla Only Clue.
 A sensational jewelry store robbery was committed last night at the store
 owned by Him berg and Horan on the railroad arcade. Although tho
 robber got only about S10O worth of gems, the methods employed indicate
 that the burglary was a most daring
 one and the fact that the robber un-
 willingly left over $25,000 worth of
 jewelry in the store, within easy reach, adds to the sensationalism.
 Himberg and Horans jewe1ry store
 is situated about midway between the depot and Main street, adjacent to
 the Western Union Telegraph office and only a stones throw from police Headquarters. When the last train pulled out last night at 11:50 o'clock and the electric lights on the arcade and in the store windows were ex- t1nguished everything was all right. At 5:O5 o'clock this morning, how | ever, when Louis Holt, yardmaster for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. came to work he found the front window of the jewelry store broken in was the glass in the door. Rings and jewelry were scattered about the sidewalk and a general state of demoralization exist ed in the front of the store. The
 police were notified and a search was
 at once instituted for the robbers. Uses Umbrella As Hoe.
 The methods employed were as simple as they were bold. Evidence shows that the robber opened the screen door to the store and then cut away a section of the plate glass in hopes that by reaching in he could i unlock the door. Failing in that, he
 went to the front of the store again
 and with a crude glass cutter and
 two heavy cobble stones broke in the l heavy glass window. A cheap um- | brella with a crooked handle left in the show window indicated how the i robber had used his umbrella as a 1 hoe to drag the jewelry towards him | that he might pick it up with his l hands. That the man worked in | haste is evident from the several rings strewn about the walk in front of the store. Further investigation showed where the burglar had es- saved to cut a hole in the window on | the right side of the doorway but
 was evidentally frightened away be-
 fore accomplishing his purpose. A thorough search of the locality
 showed that the robber crossed the
 railroad tracks, for several empty l ring boxes were found beside the
 tracks near Commercial street. A l few price tags from the iewelry were
 found beside the railroad tracks at l the East Main street railroad crossing.
 Time Set at About 80 A. M. Officer Thomas Storey who patrols
 the arcade and Church street nights
 did not see anything unusual on his
 rounds of duty last night. As there is l a considerable interim between his 1 trips down the arcade the robber had i ample time to make his hurried haul and escape. It is thought however, that the robbery was committed 1 somewhere around 1:30 and o'clock
 this morning. Freight men state that at 1 :35 o'clock a freight train drew into the city and then proceed ! ed. At 2 o'clock another trainman
 picked up an empty ring box beside the tracks. indicating that the rob- Der footed the window about 1:30
 o'clock and hopped the :35 o'clock
 freight going towards Hartford.
 Robbcr Overloolxs $25,OOO Worth. The proprietors of the jewelry store
 do not keep jewelry of any great val ne in their store windows over night, but in their safe in the rear of the store they have thousands of dollars worth. A careful inventory of the articles stolen show that their whole sale value was in the neighborhood ! of s100. Among the articles taken
 were eighteen rings twelve brace
 let watches. two~solid gold watches
 and four gold-fs sRedtk | watches and
 thirty-s six other tchSs Two heavy
 stones were found In the floor. show
 ing that after c ling the window
 means of gaining an entrance.
 Inside the store, only few feet
 from where the robber stood while
 making his haul, were two ordipary 1 trunks that had been left there for 1 the night by a tewelry salesman. In l these trunks were diamonds and gold | icwelry valued at more than $25, 900. 1 The police are not inclined to think | that the robbes'y was committed by
 any professional thief, but are of the l opinion that 1t was the work of some l amateur cracksman. The bungling 1 manner In which he went about his ! work and his evident haste stamp the 1 job as the workings of possibly some ] wandering knight of the road who, on
 seeing an opportunity for some ill.,
 gotten gains. gTaSped it.,
 Two Suspects Released.