Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-28
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BURGLARS GET $40 IN
 NEW LONDON LIBRARY

Burglars got into the public library at New London Tuesday night through a window, cracked the lock of the safe and stole $40.
 Two csisels, a cold chiseI and a carpen- ter's, chisel and an IS pound hammer. used by the intruders were left behind Large spots of candle grease and ex- pectorations of tobacco juice were spat- tered about the floor. All of the draw CTS in the various desks on the main floor of the building were ransacked, but $2.5o in pennies. wrapped up in paper packages was left behind. The packages, containing 50 pennies each, were opened on the ends but then thrown back in the drawers.
 Nearly 50 dents and scars were located on the window ledge Wednesday by Pa trolman William Manice, when he in- vestigated the break Once the window had been opened the screen was set in- side the building and the robbers fol lowed.
 In going over the spaulding yard in the vicinity of the window Wednesday morning, Librarian Frederick W. Edger- ton discovered a small paper package containing seven loaded cartridges, all ot them over one inch in length. This leads to the supposition that the robbers came armed. The lining of straw hat bearing a label reading Globe Clothing | Co.,, Washington, D. C., was also found near the same spot
 Once inside the building theN robbers made their way into the librarians of flee, where the safe was located. Luckily Mir. Edgerton had taken s6O out Of tht safe Tuesday and turned 1t oyer to Judg, William Belcher, treasurer of the library This left but $40 remaining in the safe | ha ia 7scl0 ings and moved out into the center aisl, between the book stacks. To remove tn, safe the robbers had to rip up a nunbel of sets of small blocks nailed to the floor The wheels of the safe fit in betweel l these blocks and held the safe fast. One, the invaders had gotten the safe into al open space sufficient to work in, the, swung the 1S-pound hammer and crackei off the combination lock The tools wer then dropped and the getaway made.
 Two large grease spots on a nearb, desk show where the two lighted candle had been set to throw light on tn
 scene.
 In the opinion of the officer the thef was crudeiy executed and plainly shove
 that the robbers were amateurs
 The hammer used to crack the sa1
 was brought to police headquarters b
 Patrolman Manice and proved to be
 large Eallet with a three-foot handl, such as is used in stone cracking.
 had been wrapped in paper and a portio of the paper and rope was still attache
 to the long handle,
 Under the new police schedule of a,
 signments as promulgated some month ago by the police committee, no pr,
 vision is made. to assign a patrolman
 night duty on the south side of Sta
 street and as a result there was I l man doing duty past the library Tuesda might when the break occurred. At noe
 Wednesday Sergeant Charles P Han z mopd learned that the hammer and chi
 els used by the robbers had been secure
 from the new Methodist church und
 construction across the street from the
 brary.
 . Librarian Edgerton in expainir | how the money secured fro the safe had collected stated tn j. the money was all in s2 bills and tn 2 it had been received from summer vi itors to the city who wish to take O = cards and not being citizens they are T quired to make S2 deposit. This d posit is returned to the depositor upl r the surrender of the card.