The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-15
Sneak Thieves Garry Away
$500 Worth of Silk Mer-
cnandise from Greening
Store Sunday.
WORK WHILE OWNER EATS
Charles w, Greening Enjoys His sun
day Evening Supper in Home Above
Store while Robbers Strip Shelves of
Valuable Garments.


While Charles W. Greening was en-
ioying his Sunday evening supper at his
home above his men S clothing store at
553 Rowland avenue, choiey gentle
men" thieves entered his store through
a rear entrance, helped themselves to
five suit cases and travelling bags off
the top shelves, crammed these full of
silk shirts. neckties, collars and other
fnery to the value of more than fifteen
hundred dollars and escaped with the
loot. Mr.. Greening, who had been in
the store at six clock Sunday even
ing and found nothing disturbed, return
ed at 1885 after eating his supper and
found the shelves stripped.
The police were notified Immediately.
but as yet have found no clew as to
the identity of the robbers 1t is be-
lieved that there must have been at
least three in the gang and it is
thought probable that they had an au-
tomobile waiting for them near the
rear entrance Of the store to help them
cart away their booty.
Help Themselves to the Best.
The thieves had worked fast aud
quietly but they refused to take any
thing except the very best merchandise
of the store. Mr.. Greening found the
back door unlocked showing how his
"visitors had made their entrance A
small round chair was found leading to
top shelf of the store from which the
thieves had taken three suit cases and
two travelling bags. The empty cases
showed that they had picked out the
best clothing of the store to fill these
and had quietly left the same way
They came.
The merchant had recently completed
an invoice of his stock and by checking
over it, he found that the following
loot had been secured by the thieves:
so silk shirts "a $8-12.....- $4,000
20 Dozen Neckties % 1882. 10000
5 Dozen Silk Collars $500. 1900
20 Dozen Pairs Mittens with
fur "a 81 .............. $4,000
2 Black Handbags ....... $500
B. Cuff and Collar Buttons 1900
Pair Silk Gloves ..... 1900
This inventory puts the total Of mer-
ehandise secured above $500 and Mr..
Greening is certain that it viii not fall
very much below that amount Last
evening he had thought that some
twenty-five dozen pairs of socks were
also missing, but these were discov-
cred this morning.
Never Heard a Sound.
In telling of the robbery this morn
ing, Mr.. Greening declared that he and
his family were upstairs all of the
time that the robbery was going on in
the store. "We never heard SCUM -
he declared. More than that, / was
in the store twice from six o'clock un-
til seven-thirty and it is possible that
the thieves might have been hiding
there all Of the time" Mr.. Greening
does not remember opening the rear
door Of the store, but the lock is not
picked and it is believed by the police
that the door must have been open
for the thieves.
The cash register and the safe of the
store was untouched by the robbers.
There was also large case OF jewelry
in the front of the store which, it is be-
lieved, they refused to touch be-
cause of fear that they might be
seen from the street.
The police, upon being notified Of the
robbery, made thorough investigation
and sent out word to neigbboring cities
In an attempt to capture the thieves in
the event that they had escaped in an
automobile. The thieves left their
tracks very well covered. Tracks at
the door of the store seemed to indi-
cate that there were two men, but it
is believed that there must have been
three in the gang to be able to carry
away the stolen goods. On the chair
used by the thieves was found the print
of rubber heel and the collars taken
were sizes Il to 141a. Outside of this
the police have little upon which
to work
There is belief that the robbery
must have been made by persons who
knew the inside Of the store well so
that the thieves knew exactly where to
find what they wanted. Some police
officers, however insist that the theft
is similar to some which have recently
been carried on in Chicago and declare
that they believe that some E'profes-
sionals' from Chicago spent the week
end in Kenosha to carry on the robbery.