The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-04
PIGGY
WI(,(,[Y
VICTIM
Two Safes Stolen
From Stores and
S349 Loot Taken;
Elude Police

Piggiy Wiggiy grocery stores
In Seattle were the prey OF ban
dts for the 18th time this year
early Tuesday morning when a
gang Of yeggmen stole the safes
from the stores at 4128 Uniyer-
sity way and 100 18th ave. NJ,
getting total loot OF S3i9.
A police prowler car. manned by
three officers. gave chase 10 the
bandits soon after they stole the
University store safe but the cracks
men escaped after a thrilling chase
thru the University district at re-
ported speed of 60 miles an hour.
The officers. who wore called to
the scene by neighbor, came upon
the men as they were cracking the
safe open. The yeggs promptly piled
into their auto and drove away.
dumping the safe from the car after
understanding the prowler car.
Eight Piggy Wiggly safes
have been stolen aud robbed in
Seattle during the past year,
three times Piggy Wiggiy stores
have been held up, and two at
tempts at robbery have been
frustrated, according TO j. X.
Mcpherson, local manager.
The men chased by the police are
believed to be the same yeggs who
broke into tho Piggy Wiggiy store
at 100 18th ave. N, earlier In the
morning. carting away 600.pound
safe and almost tearing the front
door off In getting the strong box
outside.
The robbers obtained s1s7 from
tho University store and s1S2 from
the other.
At o'clock Tuesday morning. r.
W. Johnson, manager OF the Piggy
Wiggly store at 100 18th ave. ~,
discovered that safe.robbers had Wis
tied his shop. taking a 600.pound
safe. Johnson's store has been
robbed twice. The other store on
University way has never been
robbed before, altho the safe-robbers
stole safe from the Jameson &
Doane drug store across the street.
recently.
The safe taken from the johnson
store has not been located.
ANOTHER ROBBERY
ATTEMPT FAILS
The robbery of the Piggy wiggly
store occurred about 4 o'clock. At
$3.50 a. m. the same automobile, ac-
cording to the police. manned by
four thugs answering to the same
description as the safe robbers, made
desperate but unsuccessful attempt
to break into shop at 1921 L. Pike
st. They were frightened away when
a man living upstairs heard them
and called the police,
Captain of Police e. l.. Hedges had
just come on duty at o'clock when
he received telephone call from a
physician living over the Piggy Wig
ely store, to the effect that four men
We're stealing the safe. Hedges de-
tailed Patrolmen c. d. Follrich, NJ.
w. Palmer and Ivan Miller, in a POI
lice auto, to search for the safe rob-
bers. Hedges was told that the safe
crackers had headed toward the old
Bothell road.
The police auto followed the new
Bothell road to Morningside. and
then turned into the old highway
and started back to the city. The
safe robbers were seen two blocks
away on E. 65th. attempting to open
the strong box.
BANDITS CAR
SKIDS ON CORNER
The bandits turned on 25th ave. N.
f. and went south for over 10 blocks,
while the police car. a much less
powerful machine, tried vainly to
keep up with II. The bandit sakidded
as they turned on Ravenfa blvd,
crashed over the parking strip and
missed by few INCHES disastrous
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