The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07
Burglars Enter Two Other
Stores and Make Try
at Fourth
OFFICIALS HAVE
VARIOUS CLUES
Finger Prints Found-Bare-
headed Man Gets on
Early Train

Cne of the boldest robberies in Brat
tleboro in years occurred shortly after
midnight this morning when three stores
on Main street were entered and an at
tempt made to enter a fourth, and mer-
cbandise to. the value of 5000 taken from
one Of. the stores TIE establishment
that suffered the principal loss was that
Of Houghton & Simonds, drygoods, from
which FIVE fur coats and two suitcases
were taken The other stores that were
entered were T. W Kuech & Co, dry
goods. and Donnell and Davis, millinery,
Mrs c. A. Wood proprietor, and en-
trance was attempted at the clothing
store Of f. J. Fenton
Village Commissioner Henry E. Whit
ney, jr., and Officer w e. Tyler started
an investigation at an early hour this
morning and later were joined by States
Attorney Harold E. Whitney.
The firm of Houghton & Simonds has
offered reward of $500 for the appre-
hcnSion and conviction of the person
or persons who made the break in their
store and made off with the fur coats.
Several clues are in the hands of the in
vestigAtorS The boldness of the breaks
and the value of the goods stolen has
provided an impetus that it is hoped
VII result in the apprehension of the
thieves and no stone viii be left un-
turned by the officials in charge to run
them down.
From various clues it is evident that
the break at Houghton & Simondss was
committed first. The thieves are thought
to have passed into the alley between
the Hooker building and the Vermont
Savings bank and the entrance is
a. l.. INT
Houghton & Simonds store through
rear door. which was found unlocked
this morning After ransacklng the
Office in the store. and making away
with tie coats the thieves made their
escape down the steep bank back OF the
Hooker building to The railroad track
along which they proceeded TO point
directly back of the Kuech store. Foot
prints were found leading from the
railroad track up the bank through the
underbrush to the rear OF the hueeh
store where the thieves are thought to
have crawled along wall to tie roof
of shed at the rear of the store. Hav-
ing attained the roof of the shed, the
thieves made their way to a window at
fEe rear of the basement. pane Of
Fl sss was broken and all the broken
pieces removed from the casing TO al
low the passage of a mans body through
tie window After entering the base
mcnt the robber opened the rear door by
means Of n key which was IN the door
ard allowed his companions to enter.
In breaking the window pane, the rob
bcr carefully laid aside several large
l,icces of glass. and in doing so, left
seFeral very fine finger prints which
were taken and which form a definite
clue.
julius Kueeh said this morning that
as far as is known three or four blan-
ketS which were part of a supply on one
Of the basement shelves may have been
taken. Mr.. Kuech was not certain as
to whether the blankets were stolen or
net. but IL is thought they were taken
as the pile of goods seemed considerably
d;sarranged. Before leaving the kueeh
store the thieves went up the stairs INTO
Tie main store. where they took out q
drawer from Mr. Kuech's desk and seat
tered the contents over the top of the
desk. They also opened other drawers
but did not touch the cash register or
tho safe
Irpop leaving the store they gained an
entrance to the Donnell 4 DAVIS store
by breaking a pane of glass in the rear
basement door. One Of the thieves then
inserted his hand through the opening
ard unlocked the door. They made their
way up stairs and took the cash regis
ter which occupies a position on one. OF
the counters near the front of the store
ard carried il to table In the rear,
where they examined the register, lay-
ing the sales slips on the table. Ihey
found a few pennies IN the cash drawer
which they left untouched. As tar as
could be aScertained no merchandise
was taken from this store.
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