The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-10
Burglar Chiseled His Way
Through Wood Panel
in Rear Door
TOOK $40 IN MONEY
AND CIGARET CARTON
Stole Chisel from the Rowell.
Woodworking Shop on
Wheelock Property

Transferring his operations from resi-
denees to stores, the burglar chiseed his
way into the Red Cross Pharmacy last
night and decamped with a sum Of money
thought to be about $40. He preceded
that exploit by breaking into the Rowela
woodworking shop on the Wheelock lot
almost opposite the store and stealing a
lathe chisel with which he broke out a
wooden panel in rear door of the Red
Cross.
The burglar went to considerable eff;
fort to break into the store by rear
window only to find. on failing in that
effort, that the rear door of the block
was unlocked SO that he had easy access
to soft wood door which separated him
from the Red Cross store In his opera
tions on the window he drew a glass cut
ter across large pane Of glass and after
taking out the glass found himself up
against a tier of wooden boxes which
contained goods He tried his ehiscf
against these boxes and only succeeded in
knocking some of the goods out of the
boxes and onto the floor.
Finding his entrance blocked there, he
walked along to the double doors and
found them unlocked. Just inside the
entrance is the rear door Of the Red Cross
Pharmacy, and the burglar directed his
ehisel against the soft wood panel in the
lower part Of the door He succeeded in
cutting out quite cleanly an opening
measuring l3 by 9A inches, sufficient to
admit the body of medium sized man
by sufficient squeezing. If he tried to
unboit the door by reaching through the
aperture he failed because there are two
bolts just ont Of reach and. besides, the
upper bolt has no knob and has to be un.
oosed from the inside by alternate press.
ing against the door jam and against the
bolt
That the burglar was not very bulky
is proven by the fact that he thrust his
body through the aperture after carefully
placing a board inside the door for
landing should the drop prove consider
able. Once inside that door he had ths
run OF the store, but ii seems that the
cash register, the ticket stand for the
Squag Holler Folies and the cigarette
case were the only things molested It
is possible that the burglar figured on
getting haul from the Sduag Hollez
Follies sale of tickets; but. fortunately
for the thespians, the mo<ey for last
nights show had been taken away and
the money from to-nights tickets had
been placed in the safe, all except per,
haps few dollars. Tickets for the show
were strewn about the floor and the
drawers of the ticket stand had beGa
pulled out.
In the cash register the burglar cleaned
out everything, even to the last penny;
and he must have had quite load, for
there were at least 100 pennies in this
register. From the cigarette ease he
took a carton Of his favorite smokes.
On going out Of the store he left the
rear door slightly ajar and the oBtside
door swinging, so that his depredations
We're soon discovered, for David Farrand,
janitor of the building, came along about
4;30 this morning to see to the fires in
the basement and found the outside door
open. Another glance show ed the store
door slightly open and panel cut out.
Without waiting for further examination
he telephoned the proprietor, Floyd g.
Russell, who arrived shortly afterwards
The police, too, were notified and a search
about the premises was instituted.
Tracks in the fresh snow along the rear
Of the Miles building were discerned. the
departing imprints being headed toward
caboOse car which was standing on the
railroad track just to the rear Of the
building.
A little further search disclosed the
lathe chisel resting on a packing box out
side the rear door of the store while all
about, of course, were the chips ana
splinters from the door. 1t soon deveI-
oped that the chisel was stolen from the
Rowell shop across North Main street
from the store, the burglar having with
apparent familiarity with the surround
ings there, crawled through a board chute
to door with glass panel. Smashing
the panel he pulled out a large spike used
for a fastener and then picked out the
tool which he wanted. The tool was
identified this forenoon by Mr., Rowell as
his property.
The police are following up the clues
which have developed in this newest of Il
long series of robheries in Barre resi-
dences and stores; and they are working
on some theories which are considered to
be quite plausible, although no arrests
are anticipated at once The Red Cross
store was closed at about 10 o'clock last
night, and the burglar must have got to
work soon after that, as it was fully an
hours Job to chisel hole through ths
door large enough for him to make an
entrance.
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