Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-03
BURGLARS USE
RED HOT POKER
Continued from page 1.

communicated Win tne ponce.
Two uniformed officers and two de-
t,ctivea were detailed on the scene.
An investigation showed that a cash
drawer IN the bookkeeping department.
had been broken open and money and
stamps stolen. as stated above. The
entire store. from the basement TO the
third floor. was found to he In disorder !
Following up the course OF entrance
hN the burglars. n further investiga-
ton led to the discovery of the robbery
oi the Robinson store at Ills. Here the
thieves had removed "A glass panel
from window and reaching inside
unlocked the sash. Although this
store WAS thoroughly ransacked, and
az show eases broken into. only few
fountain pens werc missing, according
% MIR Robinson.
while tn. police and detectives We're
hNsily engaged In securing data and
~ ld,nce IN the Robinson store, the
burslarr had evidently scaled rear
fence. At the rear of the New York
waist shop, at ia Market. they lifted
heavy iron grating protecting the
cellar window. The window was
smashed and once inside the cellar
the mauadcrs directed their opera
tlona to the offices Of the Waist shop
On the first noor.
Burned Holes Through Door.
! Finding their way barred by two
/ locks protecting the cellar door, they
returned to the cellar. where a heavy
iron poker. used for furnace purposes.
! was put to an entirely new use. After
heating the poker in the cellar furn-
ace. they used It 20 barn three large
holes through the cellar door. Ignoring
an dangers of fire. and after the holes
had been burned through the door,
the pancl Was removed and~the lock
npened from the inside. The poker.
Z atnndinr near the cellar entrance,
Where Il was later found.
\ cash drawer In tn office of the
Waist shop was broken from its
lleglgsa and 81 taken. This store. like
that ~ Hurley Powell and the Robin
SON stationary store. was also thor
uughly ransacked.
stood on Telephone Table.
Il Evidently not satisfied. the Colon
lal shoe shop. ON the second floor Of
\ IA Market directly over the waist
{
thieves returned 10 the basement' 81
the waist shop. crawled through the
}, cellar window and climbed the iron
window rratings leading TO the shoe
shop Here they found their way
barred by heavy iron sratings pro-
trcting the windows. With one foot
on the telephone cables and another
. on the window ledge, the iron graf
! lnr was lifted from one OF the win
dnws 4 pane OF glass was next re-
/ moved and the window opened. IL
was explained by the management OF
ihe shoe shop that no money ia left
in the cash drawer az night. A a re-
suit the thieves were unrewarded in
this latter attempt.
From che Colonial shoe shop the
burglars retraccd their steps They
scaled the iron window bars to the
third floor, where they succeeded In
b fOrcing a window IN the office of DR.
J baldwin. Although 500 was stolen
\ from a secret drawer IN his roIl tor
I desk, nr, Baldwin this morning stated
I that he felt fortunate In escaping with
such small loss. inasmuch as the
Instruments used in his profession ar,
appraised AZ approximately s2s. 900
I However, the burglars thorough,
. rarsacked both the Office and operat.
. INK room used by Dr. Baldwin. ManS
90 his Instruments were found thi.
morning unpacked and lying on m,
huor Ills Operating room. he said
vas in great disorder. According Il
\ pr. BALDWIN. his roll top desk hae
been left open. bat the small drawe,
containing the money was locked. Thi,
I drawer the thieves pried open. A golt
watch and heavy fur coat left in IN,
once was ignored hy the thieves.
after completing thsir mission o
" Nterkage in DIR. Baldwin's Office q,
ihe third noor. the burglars aga.I
{ visited the shoe shop. on the seeon.
nnor. where they secured several fro,
n7h-pullers hammers and other in
tunmenis. These Instruments wcr,
found this morning on the foor IN tn
. waist shop. or the FIRST floor.
The thieves evidently scaled an iror
fence adiacent 20 the old Central Pres
mterian Chun d. cn King street, be
tween Seventh and Eighth
AZ the rear Of the Hurley Powy
p store. 90 ZIG Market a deep areawa,
iaiied % check the flight of the burg
lars. After piling several woodei
: boxes against the wall they succeede,
!. in climbing over the ledge ~ the pit.
/. Detectives today made photograph
4 ~ both the finger prints and foo
4 prints made hy the thieves. In the Of
4 hfe ~ Dr. Baldwin. where whit
4 q lamei paint il In evidence in eacl
4 ruon the finger prints were quite. dis
a tinrt. A. resul. ~ the recent heay
4 rains TIE ground az the rear of in
\ husinrss houses was ~ a soggy ma
turp. Footprints were visible from ia
Il feef ~ the Robinson store 10 the iro
!. fruce on King street. Despite the fac
I. that the thieves found their way Jarre
4 in many Instances with a series {
"A fences between k!ag "ud Marks
4 street business houses. they succeede
a in EettinE through. In one instanc
\ they Crawled through a small hol
- cut in one ~ the fences. barely larg
- enough 10 admit a person