Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-10
BURGLARS AGAIN USE
RED HOT IRON TO
BREAK OPEN DOORS
Five Places Robbed. Several
Near Eleventh and Orange
Streets.
WERE POORLY REWARDED

isncrlns the vleil usually left
around Eleventh and orange streets,
hurslars early yesterday morning got
husy there and used a red hot screw
driver with which 90 burn holes
Through doors. badly seorching the
Woodwork and eudangerins the prop
efty 20 damage hy IRE. In all, five
places were visited hy burglars since
Yesterday morning.
Alihough only SIS in money was
stolen. the damago to property Is con-
@idsrahle. Tho places visited by the
thieves were as follows.
white Brothers. automobile supplies.
los West Eleventh street money TO
the extent % sgS5 stolen from a desk
drawer,
Taylor Auto supply Go. i0s West
Eleventh street 81 IN money missing
from tho cash drawer
nlted Auto stores. Inc. southwest
corner % Tenth and Orange streets;
money O. the extent ~ S4s5 stolen.
Mccormick Brothers transfer. 1909
lincoln street magueto stolen from
en- automobile
end and Walnut streets. small
quantity ~ cigarettes and merchan-
dise taken.
Evidently tho frst place visited was
she auto supply shop ~ white
ilrothers on West Eleventh stree,
climbing up tho iron grin work at
She rear u the buildlng. the thieves
reached tho roof A heavy skylight
was pfied from its fastenings. and
crnwling thrcagh the opening into an
air shRft, tho burglars dropped 10 the
first floor. A desk drawer in tho Office
was rrled open and the money, as
stated above. taken. The thieves next
entered the cellar, where they forced
enen n door az the property occupied
~ tho Taylor Auto Supply Co Find
ins the door securely locked iesdlng
from the cellar 20 the main show
rooms q tho latter place, the maraud-
ers rctraced their steps and ro-entered
tho cellar of white Brothers. lie.
they secured largo screw driver used
far automobile repairing. and heating
~ the cellar furnace. returned to
the stairway landing leading 20 the
fHylnr Auto supply Co After burn
ing three large hoies irfn the door. a
smal portion % the woodwork was
removed. However. after reaching IN
through the opening the thieves were
confronted with sitter proposition
NJ key had been LETT in the cellar
door. a. had heen found IN the cellar
onor ~ White Brothers Determined
te complete their Sob. the thieves Sc
cured a heavy hatchet and chisel and
broke the Jock completely from its
fasteninEs. They lott behind several
eountersigned checks and stamps.
After completlng their sob the burg
lars deliberately opened the front door
- the Taylor Auto supply Co. and
walked cut into Eleventh street
u u the opinion that after complet-
ing this sob the thieves made for the
United Auto Stores. Inc. az the south
west corner a Tenth and Orange
streets. Here they gained an entrance
by forcing a cellar wind " on Orange
street. From the cellar they made
their way 20 the main noor hy forcing
oper a trap door. This door was
weighted down with heavy cans OF
iuhricating Oh and autorlyohile acces-
srries. The money drawer was pried
upen here and S4.25 in change taken.
several hundred stamps were ignored.
~ McCcrmick Brothers. on North
Lincoln street. a magnetic was re-
moved from an automobile stored in
ihe garage This is the second mag
ueio stolen from Mccormick Brothers
within fwo wrecks it was stated to-
aaV
AZ thc genera merchandise store
ord pool rooin uudcr The management
~ a kirschner. 90 second and Wal
nut streets. the thieves pried open a
s.de window AlthouEh the place was
thofourhly ranssrked she loss was
slight