Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-06
WOMAN'S SHOP IS
LOOTED OF GOWNS
VALUED AT $1,000
Believe Same RObber Who
Robbed Jeweler
Next Door

Unquestionably the same thief
who burglarized the jewelry store
of Rodney Jenkins last Sunday af-
ternoon, played a return engage
ment last night between and
o clock by entering the Woman s
Shop at 5S5 Main street, owned by
Mrs. Margaret Wagner, and TAX
ing 80 or more dresses, valued at
$1,000.
The rear of the Woman s Shop
enters into the same yard which
provided such good protection for
the burglar while he was at work
last Sunday. The yard is hidden
from the alley between Main and
State streets by a high galvanized
iron fence, so that anyone CHANGING
to pass through the alley would be
unable, even in the daytime, to see
a man working on the doors in tire
rear of the stores. At night the
burglar would be doublv safe from
observation.
After entering into the yard, the
burglar pried open Il window screen,
by using a piece of half-mch iron
rod rs 4 jimmy. The glass about
the window catch was then broken,
and the window raised. Once inside
the burglar opened the rear doors,
and also opened the gate in the
fence, so that he would have an op-
portunitv to get away in case he
We're detected.
The rear room of the Woman q
Shop was well stocked with new
spring gowns, which the burglar re.
moved from their hangers. and pill.
ed in 2 heap. The office of DR..
Sem Bacon, Optometrist, opens into
the same room, being separted from
it by a black and green baize cur.
tain. The burglar used thc latter to
wrap up the dresses, scattering the
hangers about the room.
In the main part of the store, and
only few feet from where the
burglar worked there were 100 or
more dresses in show eases. and it
is believed the burglar was inter.
runted in his work before he was
ready TO take these
Dr. Bacon stated this morning
that h" cntc""d his office from the
front last ni"ht about Z o'clock.
He did not have any occasion to
ro To the rear, so did not notice the
burglarv. He remembered fumbling
about the door with his kcv for p
few seconds. and believes the buro-
lar heard him "nd skipped out the
rear door with his loot.
Believe Same Burglar
Tho robbery was discovered about
o'clock last nioht when Mrs.
W2"nor went To the store. She inn
nacdiatelv notified the police and
the shcriff's offirc. and tbouoh an
Investigation of the entire block and
vicinity was m1d". no trace of the
BURGLAR was found.
The belief that tho hnrrlar is
the sompS ono who robbed Jenkins
store is strepothnned hv foot prints.
ehowino a,now United States Rub
her print. which we~c found direct
" heneath the window throuoh
which the brrqlar entered. Similar
tracks were found around Jenkins
place last Sunday.
1t is also believed that the buro-
lar may have planned to paw anoth-
or visit to Jenkins store before ha
left. There is door through the
wall between Dir, Bacon 5 office
ond Jenkins store, which is only
loosely fastened.
That additional visits in the hlocl,
may have been Manned by the huro-
lar is Given color by the report Of
the rioht watchmon at r Solomon
and COMPANY, who believed he
heard someonc moving about on the
roof Of the store later in the eve.
nin~. Investigation showed nobody
in the immediate vicinity.
The burglary was the third "a oc-
cur in the block in week. Early
last week the showcase at King
johnson 5 was broken into and sew.
eral pairs of shoes were taken, to
be followed by the Jenkins rob
berry and last nights affair.