The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-08-12
ROBBERS STEAL CAR and
$4,000 CLOTHING STOCK
GAR RECOVERED At FARGO TUESDAY
NO CLUE OF THIEVES OK Cloth.
Ing FOUND; $500 REWARD

some time occurred Monday night,
when thieves entered the Plymouth
Clothing store and took 1862 suits and
btween so and rs silk shirts and also
entered the S. S. Lockha1t garage and
stole his Buick car, making clean
getaway with the stolen property.
The Plymouth store robbery un-
doubtedly took place between three
and three fifty-one o'clock. Ed Nur-
ray, might watchman, made his usual
round at three o'clock, at which time
he found the back doors locked and
everything looking alright. After
meeting the train he made another
round, at which time he found the
screen door unlocked and the back
door omen.
Howard Manchester passed the
Lockhart residence about midnight, at
which time he was sure that the gar
age doors were closed. At about 2:3O
John Martins passed and he saw the
doors open and the car gone.
Mr.. Manchester, w. w. Wilson,
county sheriff and Chas. Sutcliffe, po
liceman were Immediately notified.
They teiephoned and telegraphed to
all Of the large towns, notifying The
COUNT sheliiIs and police departments
of the robbery. AS soon as the report
became generally known clues began
to come in. Mrs. E. H. Deussing, liv-
mig on Third Avenue heard ard saw
three cars at $3.50 O'Clock driven at
terrific speed pass the house going
south to the Ackelmaa corner, where
they turned and went east. The trad
was picked up and followed to Re-
villo and east, people along the road
having been awakened from d sound
sleep by the roar Of the engines.
Mrs. Doussing reports there We're
three ears, two large touring ears ami
one coupe, possibly a Ford Pete
Peschong, living abou, seven miles
southeast of the city, was one of the
many awakened, who says the noise
made MIN Jump out Of bed. The cars
were also tracked by tire track of one
of the tires on Judge Lockhalt's car.
The entrance was made thru win
dow on the balcony in the rear One
of the robbers was boosted to the shed
which covers the back door, where he
made short work of getting in by
breaking the window pane and un-
boiling the window which is on hinges
He then down and unbolted and open
ed the rear door and let his confed-
crates in.
The actual tir,c in the store could
not have been over ten minutes, as
everything had been located, and thev
lost no time in picking over the goods
The new fall stock OF suits, which had
just been received by the store, were
hanging to the west end of the suit
rack Only the dark patterns and blue
serges were taken, all of the light
patterns being left. They ranged from
size 3! to "A, being stouts, short
stouts, Sims and regulars. As near as
can be checked the number was 162,
altho that estimate may vary ten
suits either way. Two shelves con-
tanning silk shirts were taken, with
the exception of a few dropped by the
robbers as they We're being carried out
These were found nea1 the cash reg
lister behind the courter. In their
hurry, or because the cash register
drawers were open, the thieves pass
up about 500 in silver which was
left in the register
AR Manchester went up in the aero
plane about ere o'clock, in an endea-
vor to locate the cars. should they
have stopped in a grove or corriold
to await night, 50 that they could
tra-ei without suspicion with their
loal. Vic Amdahl ard Chas Sutcliffa
speat five hours searching the ahan-
dordea barns, groves eulleys, el.vett
and .crnGelds south Of ReviIlo and
Marietta, where the trail was lost, but
without avail.
That the robbery is the handiwork
of professionals is the general belief.
Everything was planned perfectly, the
time OF entry. the location of the
goods spotted, the method Of entrance,
the stealing OF the car and the get
away. There is no doYb but that
the gang had been here for some time
or several times and had the field well
in hand.
Judge I4ockhart's Baick was dis
covered parked in the park IN Fargo,
n. D., las: Tuesday afternoon by the
sheriff of that county. He at once
telenhoned to r.;;sjsa.;s:.,,- and received
a description of the car from JUDGE
Lockaalt, 20 that the identity Of the
car was Immediately established The
stolen clothing was not in the car.
nor was there any trace of chem.
Nv Manchester left Wednesday
morning for Fargo. where he will
identi1v the car and bring it back
with him. He will also make thoro
search Of the second hand shops and
fences which are under the observa-
tion Of the police and sheriff, in an
effort to locate the stolen property.
Since this development of the af-