Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-13

Thermometer Registered 20 Degree.
 w--Superintendent x. ". Files
 Monthly Report.
 Another break was discovered Mon day morning when the store of the Isaac Champeau Company. Inc. was opened for business. An inspection o1 the stock showed silk suits, silk waists, silk hosiery, some small arti- cles, two suit eases missi<s; all o1 a value of $400. it was later stated al the store.
 Selected Finest of Silks.
 The burglars that worked at the Champeau store must of have been o1 the elite clan of crooks They se- lected the finest of the silk dresses disturbing none others in the case and cleaned out a shipment of crepe de chine silk waists that were received at the store Saturday night. Getting over in the hoisery department the nifty burglar who operated in that sec tion selected a pair of gray silk socks for himself and then hustled about to find pair of gray silk hose support CTS to match, and took them, too Silk mufflers and handkerchiefs were among the things taken.
 The fact that the store had beer. burglarized was discovered by S1r Champeau when he opened the store at o'clock Monday morning. He hac been in the store at 9.30 Sunday night, and when he left everything was in order.
 Transon Over Rear Door Broken.
 Two night lights are left burning in the store. one at the front the other at the rear. Both lights are operated by the same switch. When Mir Cham peau unlocked the front doors Mon day morning he immediately noticed that that the light at the back of the store was out. Going in that direction h 1A RI0% 4I1~ = l. gained by breaking out the transom doors closed but unlocked.
 The store was in such good order, however, that, he thought at first the burglars had not taken anything.
 In inspection in the ladies' garment
 chociest of Goods Selected. department began to show losses. garments are kept silk gowns had been taken. Discrimination had been shown in selecting these, for only the choicest of the lines had been selected, and the same rule applied to the taking of the silk waists.
 A few minutes inspection of the store gave a fairly clear idea of what had taken place. Entrance had been gained by breaking out the transom at the rear. Once inside it was a sim back door and left in his confederate. Then the precaution of unscrewing the bulb at the rear of the store so as to extinguish that light had been taken.
 Worked With Assurance.
 Apparently the burglars worked in- side with assurance and confidence, for they must have remained inside a con siderable length of time.
 Although a night man is constant ly on duty in the Putnam inn. in which building the Champeau store is located, he heard no disturbance during the night Neither did Officer on duty in the business section, see or hear anything sus- picious. It was impossible Monday 
 Mir. Champeau said Monday after noon that he had been given to under stand by Capt@n Ryan of the police that officers on night duty have inn plfcit orders to make regular tours of inspection during the night to the rear of the Putnam Inn building.
 New Series of Buralaries.
 The robbery at the Champeau store proved particularly disturbing Monday because it is one of a new series start ed here within the past month. The loss there, too, is larger than at the other places robbed. S. D. BuEbee's following in quick order came the rob- bery of the Putnam A ito station asd the attempt to rob the Be1isle garage on Bridge street. Also recently has Foundry and Machine company of one pf- pair of large gray houses. the horse being promptly recovered, how sver.
 Probably Work of Professionals. I There are some indications that point to the fact that the men engaged in making the breaks are professionals. NI, ,l...- F.. things taken at the Champeau store, -he first dry goods store out of which ! considerable haul has been made.
 Twenty Degrees IeIow.
 One thermometer in the city-one hat seems to have craving for pub fcity-showed a reading of 20 below 'ero Monday morning. and that stood IS the low record for the winter, as 'eported here by citizens of men chilled sections in this section of Nindham county.
 From West Thompson came a report # IA degrees below and there were eports of 3. and 10 below from a1- most every nook and corner in this vii .inity. From Webster came a. report if 24 degrees below zero. Notwithstanding the variance in the instrument readings, there was no dis agreement over the general proposi- ion that the morning was the coldest If the winter. Persons obliged to be ut for any length of time suffered se- ,erely from the cold, especially the milk men. who managed to make their ounds in good time.
 City Court News. Business was good in the city court donday orning-from the point of numbers before the bar of justice. Old Iohn BarleycOrn made a killing over he week end and was able to present l ix of his victims before Judge L. H. l fuller. The court heard the cases with l nacadanaize strip of road from just l