Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-03
HUB CLOTHING STORE
IS BURCLARIzED LAST
NICHT--L0SS $4,000
Robbery Attempted AT Thomp-
cons Shoe Store.


Store, on North Queen street, ami
secured about $4,000 worth of cloth
Ing, shoes, underwear. neckties.
etc. An attempt was also made %
enter the shoe store Of Mr.. Char
les +. Thompson, also on North
Queen street, but no entrance could
be made because the rear door had
been so securely fastened that 1t
cannot be opened from the outside.
Some of the employees OF the
Greek-American restaurant heard
noise about the time the robbery
is believed to have occurred, but
upon going out they failed to see
any one or hear the noise again
Mrs. William Lambert. who lives in
that section stated today that about
three o'clock this morning she
heard an automobile on North
| Spring street in the rear of tho
Douglas building, where the Hub
store IS located but did not know
of the burglary and gave the matter
no thought. This morning when the
authorities were making an investi-
CATION Of the premises she gave
them this statement.
At Snyder's store entrance was
| effected by prying open a screen
| side door, breaking a heavy plate
| glass in the other door, destroying
the lock, lifting the iron cross bars
and then the remainder was easy.
After securing what they could car
| ry or haul away, the burglars de.
n,-tp "A Xpit hot 80
ing known to Mrs. Daisy Douglass
family, who occupy the second and
/ third floors, or the city authorities.
Perry Snyder was on his way to
tie store this morning when he
| heard Of the attempt at Mr.. Thomp-
sons shoe store and stopped to in
! quire about it. When he reached
his place of business he was sur
prise to find the stock Of merchan-
disc promiscously scattered. He be.
gan an investigation, after ascer-
tanning how entrance had been ef-
fected, AMI discovered that their
loss was very heavy.
This morning Mr.. Snyder stated
that 50 suits of clothing. 25 silk
shirts, 80 pairs shoes, several caps,
suspenders, neckties, many suits Of
underwear. all OF their b. V. D.
underwear and a large number q!
other articles were missing. He es
timated the loss at $4,000. which :
partly covered by burglary insui
anee He also said that lights wert
burned in the store every night
Allen b. Noll, prosecuting attor
ney, upon being informed Of the
burglary, went to the store at once
and began an investigation. Lying
near the screen door, which had
been pried open, he found two burg
lars 'jimmies," one being entirely
| metal while the other has a wood
en- handle. He has them in his pos.
session. Mr., Noll stated that they
could formerly be purchased at the
Ten Cent stores, but owing to the
advance in material the metal
| one could not be purchased. It was
stated that they were not purchas-
ed in this city, and this leads the
authorities to believe that the work
was done by outsiders.
Mr.. NOll at once got busy on tho
case, and notified the police author
tiles of every city and town within
a radius of many miles Of Martins
burg Of the affairs and asked for
their cooperation in finding the
guilty parties.
No money was taken as it hal
been secreted. The safe was left
unlocked last night when the store
was closed, and in attempting 10
/ open it the burglars tamperel
with the lock In such a man.
ner that the safe could not
be openel today. Perry Snyder
stated that the safe contained val.
liable papers, such as deeds, insur-
ance policies, etc.
Thompson's Shoe Store
Fer the third time in several
weeks an attempt was male to enter
| Charles f. Thompson's shoe store.
| When robbers were active In the
| city recently Mr.. Thompson placed
! heavy iron bars across his rear
door, and made other improvements
which he believed would prevent
any entrance from the outside The
burglars attacked the door with a
klOh Ddit pith anu saw IIC ldbIft
being broken In an attempt 10 open
the large door so the next one
| could be reached Mr.. Thompson
found the steel frame of the saw
this morning on the outside. as well
as the pick and crowbar.
The heavy outside door bore
evidences OF rough treatment. but
being securely fastened all at,
temps to get through were unava'l-
ing
Downey Thompson, a young son.
came to the store this morning to
open mp for today's business and
male the discovery. He at once NOT
flied his father who hurried to his
place and was glad to learn that
his action several weeks ago in
preparing the rear door had pre-
vented entrance.
Nessrs. Snyder and Thompson
carry BURGLARY insurance with tn
e. Granville Smith agency, and 70
day the company was notified o.
ne happenings.
Visited Mantz's.
It is believed that the burglars
visited Nantes tobacco store, a few
doors south OF the Hub The indi
cations this morning were that en-
trance had been made through a
window, but nothing was taken. so
fo, oc cOuld no loo rpod