Evening journal., 1921-10-24
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THEFTS over
THE WEEKE
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.ity and probably by the same gang.
Residents of the West Side OF
shipley street between Fourth and
FIfth street. about IL o'clock Sat
arday night, saw a man walking
over roofs in that locality with a
search light
six or eight men heavily armed
at once went in pursuit but the bur
glar made his escape, leaving a step
ladder against a wall which had
been used in gaining access to the
roof. Failing to locate the man a
search was made of a number of
houses in that section, but as moth
.ng unusual was discovered everyone
vent to bed.
At noon yesterday II was discov-
.sred that burglars had robbed the
electrical supply store of L. p.
Moore 407 Shipley street. broken
3pen a safe. ransacked these prem
SOS and also the Harting Sign Com
pany on the third floor Seven
dollars was secured from the cash
register in the store OF l. =. Moore
and the interior OF the safe was
damaged.
Entrance was gained by forcing
q third-story window in the Harting
shop which opens on a roof.
This is the second robbery OF an
Electrical supply store within a
week. the other being at the Wendt
Electrical Company at s35 Madison
street a few days ago. Although
the loss is small the manner OF en-
.ering the place showed the thieves
knew something of the premises and
expected to find a large sum OF
money In the safe.
The robbery was discovered short
~ before noon yesterday by Frank
G. Harting who conducts a sign
painting establishment on the third
noor Of 407 Shipley street.
They then broke open the desk
CT Dir. Harting and ransacked the
place but took nothing OF value so
far as could be learned. They then
took crowbar from the place,
descended the stairway to the sec
ond floor and opened a door lead
ing from the hallway TO the back
room used by Mr. Moore as a store
-eom. They broke the panel Of the
door and pushed the latch.
The 1ewelry store OF Norman I.
Harris on the front OF the second
aoor apparently was visited but
nothing Of value was taken. The
thieves then gained the first floor
by going down the stairway at the
back, opened the door OF the sate
IN the Moore store and broke open
ali the locked compartments. Mr.
Moore habitualiy leaves his safe un-
locked, the safe being for fire pro-
lection only, he says.
Nothing of value was taken from
the safe although a number OF
checks were scattered about. The
money was obtained from the cash
drawer.
All the tools used in breaking
through the door and into the SAFE
and drawers were found on the
promises. The crowbar brought from
the Harting place was found unoel
the safe on the ground hoor.
Selak and Hoffman, cigar manu-
facturers at Fifth and Orange
streets. report number Of petty
robberies recently and have put on
night watchman.
The store Of Theodore Hanski, a
dealer In cigars and candies at New
Castle avenue and Lobdell streets
was found to be on fire at $50
,clock yesterday morning by Pa
.rolman Daney who turned In an
alarm from box AZ. The blaze was
extlnguished by the district COM
panies. The loss viii amount 10
about 500. covered by Insurance.
Cigarettes and candy scattered
over the floor has led 10 the belief
that boys had FIRST robbed the place
and either fired the store or dropped
burning matches on the door.
Lewis Lloyd. aged Is years
George Wright, aged i5 years. an'
Paul RICHTER. aged 10 years, al col
ored. escaped from the Ferris In
dusfrial school last night about 7.3
o'clock. Word was telephoned q
this city and officers were watchinl
for them. The trio was found al
small store on South Market stree
along the causeway az o'clock thi
morning. Two were standing in IA
~ezr OF the building and the othe
Was on guard out front Patrolme
1lcAteer Id ROdenheiser. who ha
been watching the boys and suspect
ing they were about 20 rob the storl
caught them and brought them {
the police station. When searche
the boys were found 70 be well SUP
piled with candy and as this is nc
furnished them al the school the
are suspected OF having been NOR
seccsssful in their operations earle
ID the night
" The boys were returned 10 tn
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