New Britain herald., 1921-03-11
PLAMHHLE NEWS (Continued from Seventh Page)

was a sum of money lying. This was
 apparently overlooked, as it was
 wrapped in paper.
 Probably this robbery would have
 been discovered earlier If it had been
 committed before 12 o'clock last
 night, as MT. Marowitz, clerk at the
 store. was on the point of entering. He had returned from attending a | show and, hearing of the burglary | in the Plainville Hardware store, was | about to examine his place with friends, but did not do so.
 The shoe repairing store next to ! the market in the Neri block, owned | by c. Blancato, was picked out as a glars probably could not gain en- trance The rear window had marks | of the chisel under it and signs of a hard tussle in an effort to pry it open. which seemed to have dis | couraged the men.
 Simpsons grocery store on West
 Main street had been tried, but when the robbers saw what they were
 up against, apparently left their task.
 The putty in the back door had been
 removed and the window was half
 way cut One had been broken near | the lock. evidently that they might l put their hands inside and unlock the l door However. a barrier of wood | confronted them When the store is | closed at night, the windows and rear
 door are locked securely by placing a board on the inside and heavily barring them. The discovery of the attempt was made this morning when the place was opened.
 The fact that all these places were entered and an attempt made to en- ter others, caused considerable alarm among the merchants, and the first thing they did was to make a thor ough examination of the premises. These places were apparently the only ones entered or tried, as others had not been reported. Constable Marine was on duty during the whole night and did not see any suspicious characters about the town. He goes on duty at g o'clock and remains un- til about 4 o'clock in the morning. During that time he visits his stations at the rear of Rogers bakery, Neri block, Plainville Engineering com- pany, J. J. Murphy's pool parlor. the Plainville Trust company and Hem ingway's store He is given an hour to cover this territory in order to make close examinations behind the blocks.
 The fact that the robberies were in the center or the town only, gave evidence that the men had prob ably watched the constable and work cd at their leisure when he was at the other end of the town. The state police will possibly be- called on the case and investigations made. Sev- erai people claim to have seen sus- oicious looking characters on the street during the day. Two very we'll dressed young fellows entered one of he local stores and after looking lbout purchased a small box of matches. One of these entered again 'ome time later and made another | smal purchase. From the descrip- ion given, it appears that they had ,een in other stores, and in all bought some small article Joseph | Sen said that he was awakened at bout 3:3o o'clock this morning bv he ringing of his doorbell. He look ed out of the window and a party or II .hree men were in 8 touring car on he road near the traffic post They III made inquiries about the road to II Hartford. Neri directed them. Il
 Falls Through Window. HI
 Frederick Spencer of washineton H 'treet fell through the window of the II olainville Hardware store yesterdav Afternoon and sustained severe pasb ,n his left arm. He was attended to III