The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-04-27
JACK DRUG STORE
IS BURCLARIZED
Two Bandits Enter Establishment
Early Monday Morning and
Garry Off Goods.
ONE BIRD is CAPTURED
Minneapolis PatrOlman Makes Arrest
and Receivers Most of Prop
erty Carried Away.


erty Carried Away.
It is very seldom that burglars
visit Princeton and, being situated so
near to Minneapolis, which is the rem
devious Of all sorts and conditions of
crooks who go forth nightly to pry
upon the surrounding country, we can
consider ourselves in luck.
However early Monday morning a
couple of that class of criminals who
obtain their livelihood by manipula-
ton of the jimmy and application Of
nitroglycerin Cor soup) put in an APP
pearance and escaped without detec-
ton.
When the C. A. Jack drug store
was opened on Monday morning it
was found that burglars had been op-
Grating during the night and had made
their getaway with goods valued at
from $500 to $1,000. They entered
through the cellar door, which they
jimmied, and departed the same way.
Although the curtains in the store
were up, they seemed to have worked
leisurely as they selected the high
priced goods and left those Of lesser
value. They carried of all the ex-
pensive kodaks, ivory goods, foun-
tain pens, and something like so
boxes of cigars, leaving those which
had been broken. They also appro-
priated a number of watches and
other articles.
Mr.. Jack phoned the police authori-
ties at Minneapolis asking them to be
on the lookout for the burglars, and
proceeded to that city in his automo-
bile. A little later Henry Plaas,
Mr.. Jacks partner, received a phone
message from the Minneapolis police
that they believed they had the goods
which were stolen and one Of the GRIM
inals.
It seems that Patro1man johnson
Of the Minneapolis police force, who
was on duty on Marshall avenue and
had been instructed to watch for burg
lars who had robbed store at Lit
tie Falls, noticed car out Of commits
sion on the street upon which two
men were working. He approached
the machine and then saw it carried
no license plate. The fellows made
some excuse, and the officer, suspi-
cious, turned back the curtain Of the
auto and saw that it was full of a
variety Of articles. One Of the ban
dts remarked, II guess I'll get a
truck and have the boat hauled in"
He started across the street, ostensi-
bly, for a garage, and then ran around
the corner The other burglar in
stantly made move to reach for
"gat" in the pocket of the machine
and the officer drew his gun and said,
~ guess I'll take you to headquar-
ters."
There the auto was unloaded and,
in addition to the loot from the Jack
drug store, a modern set of burglar
tools, a supply Of nitroglycerin and
three automatic pistols were found
A very ingeniously contrived flashlight
was found among the burglars equip
ment. The burglar, whose name was
aco foIr ~
locked up, and when questioned as to
his residence he replied, "The United
States" When Mr.. Jack arrived at
police headquarters he Unidentified the
goods as those stolen from his store.
On Tuesday Sheriff Shockley, armed
with a warrant, anu accompanied by
S. E. Vandevanter, went to Minneap-
olies to bring Anderson to Princeton,
but the police decided to hold him
there as they also had charges against
him. Then, again, they wanted an op-
portunity to look up his record Der
tillon measurements, fingerprints, etc.,
in other police departments of the
country.
The articles recovered have been
brought back to Princeton, but Mr..
Jack estimates that there are a suf-
ficient number missing to entail
loss of something like 5000.
On the night of the burglary Chief
OF Police Finn was in Minneapolis,
having been called there as a witness
in district court, and Joe Whitcomb
was on duty. Joe went through the
alleys and barns on Sunday NIGHT at
1890 and everything was quiet when
her started for home, with no ma
chimes standing around. This would
leave the impression that the burglary
was committed after that time.
Reasons for Not Attending Church.
Rev. W. B. Milne, pastor of the
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