Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-30
THOMPSON AND
THOMPSON ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN, EITHER
No Clothing Taken But About
$50 Is Missing.

Somebody must be trying to stamp
their work SO indelibly upon the
people of Martinsburg that the clos
| ing days of 1919 will never be for
gotten. and will often be referred to
as the year of numerous robber
! les
To keep the record straight as
we'll as improve the time, thieves
paid a visit to Thompson and
Thompson's clothing store on
| North Queen street last night, and
while they failed to carry away any
clothing or at least none was miss
ing this morning. about $50 In mon
ey has not been located, and the
| indications are ii never will.
The thieves. following their we'll
established rule. effected entrance
through the rear door 1t appears
chat first they broke the glass. and
/ then man put a hand through
and dnlooosened bolt which held
one of the small iron bars which
/ protected the glass portion of the
/ door.
This gave the gang a better OPP
/ portunity to work, and a small iron
! bar was put into service. The party
! in charge of the affair used the
small bar on n yale lock with such
effect that 1t was soon rendered
helpless and fell from its position.
Then the work of opening the
door was begun in earnest. the
small bar again being used to pry
i II open and by constant prying and
pushing against the door an iron
latch which held in position one end
of large bar, which was used to
protect file door in case of robbers
care way and The remainder was
quito easy The small bar, often
fefored te as a Jimmie or John
ate'5 was left IN the store
The eans, it appears. did not mo-
+ lest any clothing. but was after
money The money drawer was
'unsacked as were the drawers in
me dtsk' ana when an inventory
was taken thls morning it was esti-
mated that about $50 was gone
he thieves departed very quietly,
'lflr presence not being known IN
III abo4t tI7 o'clock this morning
I Whtn henry PoWeH Johnson,
n.t6r, appeared TO enter upon his
+ Guiies- shortly after his arrival
MT. l.Htleloh shaull was on hand
f and they made hurried eXamina-
ION oil the place. The Messrs.
Ihompsons Were notified and they
We're soon ON the scene, but were
unable 10 detect the loss Of any
( thlng eXcept money.
At Lieklider's Elevator.
Some unwelcome visitors were az
/ 7. p. Licklidcr's elevator during the
absence o. the employees last nigat,
/ but We're generous enough not %
carry away anything However,
the visitors ransacked several draw
ers, upset several bags OF seed and
scattered things around in general.
It is believed they effected an en-
/ trance through "a window in tho Gle
yatoe.
Restaurants Robbed
During the night two East Ma
lin street restaurants were touch.
ed up by the gang. At the place Of
business Of Scott Brothers, rear
j door was priced open and the
thieves secured about $3.50 in
change. The restaurant of Nolan
Bowers. 100 East Martin. was also
entered from the rear. There the
/ thieves secured about dollar in
pennies. stopped long enough to
drink several sodas ana then de.
parted. Nothing else was missed at
either place. The coin taken includ-
cd war tax.
Missed Jewel Thief
Ha the officers received g., me-.
sage sooner they might have bcen
able e, apprpbend the tewnlrv =tbisf
] The MESSAGE came foo lata fa,