The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-27
Browns Mills Station Broken

About halfpast five o'clock, >Satur-
day morning, a constable who is guard.
ing a pile of lumber not 300 yards
away from the railroad station at
| Browns Mills heard noise which
caused him to think there was some
thing wrong going on inside the sta
ton. 1t sounded as if some one was
knocking doors and windows open.
time by the Waterman at the power
house and he ran to the station, get
ting there about the same time the
constable did. The latter stationed
himself at one end of the station, re-
volver in hand ready for execution and
| the Waterman ran back to the power
house and had the lights in front of
the station turned on. When he got
back search was made but the burglar
had flown.
The two men then began to look
around to see what had happened.
They found that the front door to the
ticket Office had been pried open with
a heavy crowbar. The burglar did not
stop to examine the contents of that
room. In drawer was valuable
package which was not disturbed and
the tickets were left untouched. There
was not any money in the cash drawer.
The iron grating which protects the
ticket window was pried off and the
burglar crawled through the opening
into the waiting room, where there
were two trunks belonging to Mrs.
Marguerite Pyle, of Little Rock, Ar
kansas Her husband had left Camp
Dix to go across the ocean and she had
put the trunks in the station to be sent
out Saturday morning. These had
been pried open and the contents had
been turned over in confusion. So far
as could be discovered nothing had
been taken. A gold watch and chain
was in plain sight and was left where
it had been placed. Liberty bonds
for 81 500 were on top of the clothing
L.
There were lot of letters at the bottom
of the trunk and it was at first thought
the idea was to discover whether they
contained anything that would dis
close information that could be used
against the government, but Mrs
Pyle, after hasty look, said she did
not think they had been disturbed and
even if they had been taken there was
nothing in them of value to any one
but herself.
, The situation seemed to resolve itsel
, into the fact that the burglar, hearing
, the Waterman and the constable out
q side, didinot have time to do nythins
, but to make his escape. But here is
where the curious part of the affai
comes in. To get out the man insid,
was compelled to crawl back through
/, the narrow opening where tickets al,
sold and go out of the front door OF thu
station. That he did this is acknow
lodged by all and is proved by the fac
- that all the windows in the station
were found locked on the inside. Tn
constable said he stood at one end O
:. the station with his revolver ready TO
use, and lights in front of the station
we're on and the man inside was abb
: to walk out of door not twenty fee
: from the constable and the latter di
not see him. Another odd thin
;, about the case is that all the windo,
shades of the station were up and moi
withstanding the constableswas RICH
where he conld look in he never sa,
anybody inside. If he had taken til
: trouble to look in through window b
:, might have been able to get shot q
: the intruder as the constable is pos
/" tive the man was in there all the tim
' he was on guard.