New Britain herald., 1921-03-11
STORES ARE LO07ED
 BY DARING ROBBERS
Five Attempts Made During
 Night-Three Are Entered
SECURE FAIR SIZED BOOTY

Window and Receives Bad Cash on Arm--PrincipaI Shade to Speak turns.
 A general overhauling of the stores in the center of the town was made last night by daring burglars, when
 five attempts to enter were made and
 three of them successful. The Plain vile. Hardware company on Whiting
 street, Rogers Bakery, almost direct
 ly across the way and the Plainville
 Cash Market in the Neri block, suf
 fered some losses through the robbers
 hands. The entries were made some time after 1 o'clock in the night and before o'clock in the morning. Con
 stable Philip Marine was on duty be-
 tween these hours and made the dis covery during that time.
 The first to be discovered was the
 Plainville Hardware company. Rich ard Norton, proprietor left the store : shortly after 9 o'clock and everything
 was in good condition then. Con- stable Marine, while on his rounds
 about 10 o'clock, was in the act of
 ringing up his time clock in back of
 the Alderidge block, which the store i@ in, and heard a noise near the fence directly in pack of the store. There is
 lot of refuse in the rear of the ! block, and the sound of persons walk ing over bottles and cans was heard. Marine went over to the fence to in vestigate and claims to have seen somebody jump quickly over it and disappear into the adjoining lots. He went to the rear of the store and ex-
 amined it with the result that the . back door was found open. The place had been entered by prying the back window open with a chisel or sharp ] instrument. Marine Immediately mo- tifed MT. Norton and an examination revealed the fact that the robber or robbers had calmly ransacked the desk , which only contained papers and talk Ing a fiashlight, that was on one of the cases, found the battery to be a bit low and replaced it with a new
 one from the case. The articles in- side the cases were mussed consider able in their search for valuables, and
 about a dozen good knives were taken. Several cheaper ones were left behind.
 There was no money in the register. Rogers bakery was the next to be found that had been entered The discovery was made at about } o'clock this morning. Constable Ma l rino was on his rounds when he found the back window in the shop open. He made an investigation and sum
 moned MT. Rogers. The window had been pried open in the same manner as that of the Hardware company
 and apparently with the same sharp | instrument. The office was a mess. Papers were strewn about, drawers in the desk were out upon the floor and a hurried search seemed to have been made They were more suc- cessful in the bakery, however, and about $20 in change and bills was secured from the cash register. | There was a good sum of pennies
 also. but these were left behind. The
 register is in the store directly in
 view of passersby on the street and
 the robbers were taking big chances
 in their work. They also partook of
 pie and other delicacies. Crusts of
 the pies were strewn on the floor.
 The discovery of the robbery in the
 Plainville Cash Market was made at
 o'clock this morning when the store
 WIS opened by Charles Marowitz. A
 ..css of scattered papers from the
 desk greeted his gaze on entering.
 The rear window had also been
 opened py the same meInou, as
 marks of the chisel were plainly seen
 on the sash The burglars had a
 considerable drop from the window
 when entering, as it stands some ten
 feet or more above the floor. The
 back door had apparently been
 opened from the inside. Other
 thieves if there were any, had been
 let in through that way. There is d
 burglar light constantly burning by
 the refrigerator and throws dull
 glow over the entire store. The desk is directly in front of the ice