The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-03
Moore & Owens, A. & P.
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Thieves entered the stores Of Moore
& Owens, the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Co. and 6. w. & L. |. Lander on North
Main street sometime last night carry
ing off total loot Of S3l.ll and seven or
eight flannel shirts. The loss at the
clothing store may amount to more
when the survey of the stock Is COM
pleted.
The robberies were first discovered
BY Edward j. Owens when be opened
his store shortly before o'clock tins
morning. He notified Chief OF Police
James W. Sullivan at once. Raymond
.C. Waterman, manager Of the A. 4 T.
store, which adjoins the clothing store.
arrived at his place soon and found
tina. he had also been robbed. Mr. Lam
der did not discover until an hour
later that his place had been entered
The thieves entered the Moore a
Owens and A. & P. stores by breaking
a pane of glass in the cellar window
OF the Barre Gas Co.'S workshop and
forcing door from this room into the
store cellar. The door was locked with
two slide bolts but large iron bar
was used to pry it open. The stairs
from the cellar lead to the tailor shop
OF the clothing store, which is directly
behind the A. e. p. store A beaver
board partition separates the two. This
was cut through with the tailor's large
shears.
In the Moore & Owens store hasty
inventory showed that $40 had been
taken from the cash register and that
several flannel shirts, size Is, had been
taken from the shelf behind the reg
ister. The shoe racks at the rear OF
the place showed evidence OF having
been rifed but the members Of the firm
could not tell before tallying up wketh-
er or not any of the shoes were miss
ing.
Mr.. Waterman found that $40 iH
change. which he had left in a small
drawer under the counter in his store
had been taken but that nothing else
had been disturbed. The thieves left
the A. & p. store through the same
hole. in the rear partition, through
which they entered. The rear door ..
the Moore & Owens store tailor shop
which was securely locked last night
was found unlocked and open, indlcat-
ing that the robbers left that way.
At the Lander store one of the pane5
in a rear window had been carefully
removed by scraping off the putty. Mr..
Lander found the glass on the piazza
split. but not shattered. A careful ex-
animation OF the stock of the store
showed that only Sill was missing.
OF this Al cents in pennies was in the
cash register and the other 70 cents
was in the stamp drawer in the des';
at the back of the store.
Mr.. Waterman received a large ship
ment of stock recently and was work
ing in the back room of his store up TO
10 o'clock last night. arranging tbs
cases and boxes. One of the last things
he did was to move to place of bet
ter advantage several large boxes which
had been piled against the rear .parti-
tion.
The hole cut in the partition was
large enough To admit an average -sfzJd
man which. taken with the facts that
force was required to pry
open the cellar door and that removal
OF the glass from the Lander window
was perfect. would indicate that the
Jobs were not the work Of boys. Moth
ing could be found in any Of the places
which might lead to the Identification
of the thieves. Chief of Police sullivan
went TO work on the cases immediately.
One feature which lent bit of irony
to the affair was the fact that the rear
windows of the Moore & Owens stors
were heasily barred recently.