The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-11
OFFICERS SEEK
ITALIAN BONDS
Stolen from Safe in Shoe
Repair Shop of Ame-
dio DeAngeis
VALUE 15,600 LIRE
OR AROUND $4,000
Several Local italian Places Of Bust
ness Searched - Bonds Abstracted
While Owner and Enploye Were at
Moving Picture Theatre.

States Attorney E. W. Gibson's Office
is trying to unravel the mystery of the
theft of 5000 lire in bonds of the Ital-
ian government from the safe in the shoe
repair shop of Amedio DeAngelis. OF
GERS have been searching several business
places conducted by Italians in Brat
tleboro, but this noon States Attorney
Gibson said none of the missing bonds
had been recovered
The bonds amount to about $4,000 in
American money at the present rate OF
exchange and they were stolen the night
of Monday, Nov. "a. but no official
search was made for them at that time
because of the lack of means for posi-
tive identification.
I Mr.. DeAngelis's shoe shop is located
in the basement under Donnell & Daviss
millinery store on Main street. Mr. De
Angels owns the building, which he
bought in large part from his earnings in
the shop, where he conducts a prosperous
business Out of his earnings he also
has bought Italian government bonds
from time to time These he has kept
in an inner compartment of his safe. He
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has not been his custom to lock the out
side door of the safe
| On the night OF Nov. q Mr. DeAngslis
and an einpolye who works with him
nights left the shop about SIS o'clock
and attended the moving pictures, re-
turning to the shop at IL o'clock The
front door was locked as usual, but on
entering the shop the proprietor noticed
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open. He then discovered that the inner
door had been broken open and the bonds
abstracted Several dollars in United
States currency also were missing, but
L the thief overlooked about 500 in bills
i An examination of the place showed
that door opening into rear alIeyway Y
/, was unlocked and that the door at the
other end of the alley, opening onto the
railroad bank also was unlocked. Both
these doors were locked when Mr.. Dean
CELLS and his employe left for the picture
house and the keys were left in the
| locks. None of the doors were broken or
forced open.
i Only one way is known by which a
burglar could have gotten into the store
without forcing an entrance. The upper
part of the front door contains a window
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is fastened by button, which Is seldom
turned. The door is fastened by a spring
lock. II the button had been turned be
fore the door was locked a person could
push open the pane of glass, reach in and
turn the spring lock.
4 The states theory is that this was the
!, method by which the burglar gained ad
mittance, but Mr.. DeAngelis did not no
, tice at the time whether the buttor
which fastens the window pane in place
was turned. The state believes that
/, whoever stole the bonds was familiar
: with all these facts and that he was an
Italian. Acting on this presumption
States Attorney Gibson had The sheriff:
J, department raid number of local Ital
ian business places and while they fount
t Italian bonds in substantial number.
none of the bonds bore the serial mum
r bers of those taken fror, Mr. DeAngelis',
r safe.
. The officers making the search wer,
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