Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-08
ROBBERS GET $500
FROM SAFE At THE
WOOLWORTH STORE

At an early hour yesterday morn
ing a small safe in the Woolworth
J store on Central avenue was broken
into and $500 in silverS and paper
! taken.
i At 1890 o'clock Saturday night the
store was closed and locked by the
manager, c. f. Turner. About $3.50
Sunday morning, a woman who has
| rooms over the store, heard noise,
| but thought something had fallen
! from a counter or shelf in the store
and gave the matter no further
| thought.
Turner came to the store at about
! $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning and
! discovered what he thought to be
pieces Of plaster lying on the floor
| in the. rear of the store. Upon making
| further examination, he found that no
| plaster had fallen from the ceiling but
! that the rubbish was nothing more
than some fire clay. 1t was then that
he discovered the bottom of their
small safe lying few feet away. Go
ing to the safe, which was kept in the
front end of the building, he found
that the bottom had been taken out
the tin box broken and the money was
missing.
1t was later found that the safe,
which is concealed from the street
by the large display in the front win
dows, had been taken into the back of
the room, where it was broken into
with a pick, which was found close by
and which the robbers are supposed
to have taken from the tools that are
being used by the workmen in the re-
modelling Of the Kistler-Collister store,
which is nearby.
The noise which was heard early in
the morning is now thought to have
been made at the time the robbers
took the safe into the back room,
turned it over and pried the bottom
off.
The supposition is that the robbers
entered the store some time saturday
and concealed themselves in the base
ment and were there when the store
was locked Saturday night. A bar used
to fasten the back door on the inside
was not in place Sunday morning and
1t is quite likely that the robbers re-
moved this bar, opened the door and
made their getaway after rifling the
safe.
The police are still making every
effort to apprehend the robbers and it
Is thought they will be placed behind
the bars within the next few days as
the job has all the earmarks of being
done by amateurs.
Another robbery reported to the po-
lice station yesterday took place at
the home of Dr. C. II. Carnes, 901
North First street. 1t is reported byl
DR.. Carnes that while the family was
away his house was entered at $50
o'clock Saturday night and several
valuable pieces of jewelry taken. No
traces Of the burglars has as yet been
found.
Robbers continued to play a high
hand in the city last night in spite of
the vigilant work that was done by
the police. The home of r. Y. Sharp,
AIS South Sixth street was entered
last night between hours of and 10
o'clock. The robbers obtained Sc I'M
silver, one check and one bank book
and a cash box containing deeds and
insurance papers, also key to safety
deposit box. Officers were sent to the
scene of the robbery as soon as it was
reported, but were unable to find any
trace Of the robbers.
Shortly after the above robbery was
reported, Homer I. Spitzmessmer, 416
New York avenue, rang up the police /,
station and reported that his house |
had been broken into and some mon |
ey, the amount of which he was una
BILE to ascertain at that time, together |
with some goods, had been taken. |
The police were unable to get line
up on the robbers at a late hour last |
night.
j. f, Rogers, who lives on West Sill
yer, reported the theft of his auto
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