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Evening star., 1927-03-13
DEWITT SWIMMERS
CONQUER VISITORS

Strengthened markedly by the addi-
ton of Cliff Sanford. former Central
High fash. Dewitt swimmers con-
auered Baltimore Friends yesterday IN
the Y. NJ. G.. A. tank. 40 to II. II was
"A sweet triumph for the local mermen
who bowed to the Monumental City
Youngsters 25-35 in Baltimore carrier
this season.
six OF the seven events yesterday
were captured by the victors. san
ford accounted for two of the contests.
giving a mastery exhibition to win
the fancy diving and splashing In
ahead of the field In the 5O-yard dash.
Sanford achieved 72 points of pos
sibIe 80 in the diving, flashing one OF
the best of his many excellent per-
formances. He also was member OF
the victorious Dewitt relay team which
also comprised Johnson, Brown and
Morris.
other members of the local combina-
tion 10 win first places We're Johnson
i'm the fDO-yard backstroke. English
who copied the 220-yard free style
and Brown who pointed the way in
the 1O0-yard dash.
Levey who finished in front in the
I00-yard breaststroke was the only
Friends entrant to win an event.
Dennison of the visitors was second
In the 100-yard dash and third in the
fancy diving.
f.. f. Martyr, assistant physical
director of the Y. NJ. c. A, was ref
cree. Summaries:
2s0.YARD RELAY-won hy Dewitt, lsan-
ford johnson. Brown. Norris Time. :05.
FANCY DIvING-Won by Sanford. Dewitt.
second. Stone. Friends; third. Dennison.
So-YARD DAsH-won by sanford Dewitt
second. Albaugh. Friends: third. Morris.
i0o-YA ARD BACKsTRoKR--won by John
son. Dewitt: second. Orme. Dewitt: third,
Frey. Friends. Time. ] :26.
IOO-YARD BREASTSTROKE-WOn by
Levey Friends: second Morris. Dewitt. third.
Alfred Friends. Time 81.
220-YARD FREE STYLE-won by Eng
liSh Dewitt: second. GrOgan Dewitt: third.
E. Ellis. Friends. Time, OS.
IO0-YARD DASH-won by Brown. Dewitt;
second. Dennison. Friends: third. Doller.
Friends. Time. lis.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
LONG G-DISTANCE GOLFER
is MAKING PROGRESS

LAKE CHARLES, La, March II
OPl.-Dripping wet, tired and dis
gusted with nearly everything" but
his determination to get there or
bust" Doe Grahame of Mobile, Ala,
the youth who is driving golf balls
from his home town on his way to
California, arrived in Lake Charles
today.
Grahame's card showed i4.24i
strokes since he teed off February 13.
He hopes to make the trip in
! 500 900 strokes. but whatever he
does it in will be par.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
ST. MARY'S CELTICS
WILL TAKE DIAMOND D

ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 12--
St Mary's Athletic Club base ball
team. amateur unlimited champions
of the city last year, will start prac-
tice tomorrow afternoon for the COM
ing season. Fourteen players from
last years championship combination
and Larry Kersey. the only new addi-
tion, will turn out to work out under
Capt. Bill Langford.
The team will have for its pitching
staff the same group of hurlers that
turned back every local nine which 1t
opposed during the course of the 1925
campaign Leon Riley. Buck Struder.
Jimmy Moore and Ashby Wood will
twirl for the Saints. with Russell Kid
we'll back to resume his duties behind
the bat.
The infield is intact. Joe Hamilton,
first base; Bill Langford, second base:
Busy Brenner, shortstop and Rip
Hicks and Dick Dennis, third base, will
report. Larry Kersey, the addition
from the Virginia Gray nine. will
strive to replace Hamilton.
Earl Cronin, Buddy Zimmerman,
Manager Louis Latham and Macey
Berman will be assigned the outfield
duty.
Dreadnaught Athletic Association
practice tomorrow afternoon, and the
following are urged 10 report at $50
pm. along with other candidates:
Jake Driver, pitcher; Al Schneider,
catcher: Ike Dreifus, first base: Joe
Heiser, shortstop; Gerard Edwards.
third base: Red. Warburton, third
base; Art Ludlow. Gillie Lee, Eddie
Carroll, Slim Giles. outfielders, and
Johnny Laycock. pitcher.
TryOuts for positions on the eight
man golf team Of the Bell Haven Golf
and Country Club will start just as
soon as the weather favors the golf
ers. The Belle Haven Club will again
strive to win first honors i'm the Tri.
State Association, which is composed
of clubs in West Virginia. Maryland
and Virginia.
st. Mary's Celtics will play the
Washington Yankees here Monday
night at $50 o'clock. The CeItics will
use Brenner. German. Kersey, Zim-
norman, Lyons and Cronin.
No. 5 Motor Company base bail
team will report to Manager Leslie
beavers tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock on the North Alfred street
field for the first practice of the year.
Alexandria High Schools base ball
team will start practice some time
during the coming week. Eight vet.
Grams will report to Coach Howard
| III. Jones.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
SUNDAY SCHOOL LOOP
CUNTS IN THRILLERS

Calvary NJ. r. tossers who some
time ago clincned the Sunday School
League title nosed out Columbia
Heights Christian in a hot 14-to.13
league battle last night at the Y.
Frisby for Calvary and Evans for
Columbia were main scorers.
The other loop game last night also
was o thriller in which North Caro-
lima M. p. squeezed out a 2S-to-27
victory over Calvary Baptist. Dawsey
and Berger for the winners and losers.
respectively, starred on attack.
A third tilt carded last night be-
tween Peck Memorial and Church of
the Covenant was cancelled
Calyorv f1A( Cnlt,~.bs1 ffal
Evening star., 1927-03-13

NJ
ball squads o. tae locai
group will begin this week
10 speed preparation for the season
which gets under way in less than a
month.
Because of continued cool weather
not n great deal of work has been
done thus far. although number of
squads got i'm some good licks during
the past week when conditions were
considerably better
Beginning tomorrow, however, if
the weather man treats the boys right,
and there has been evidence lately
that he probably will vigorous drills
viii he the order. Coaches also will
know tomorrow if they have lost any
tosSeFs because of failure 10 make the
scholastic grade With this knowledge
i'm hand they can begin to plan their
campaign more intelligently, know.
ing az they will upon just whom they
can count.
Central and Tech are the most ad-
vanced squads of the public high
followers of the other schools are con
fident that their representatives will
soon be abreast of these two.
Coach Jack Collins will lead his
Business High diamond aspirants
over to Eastern tomorrow, where they
viii begin energetic prepping on the
secondary field. The Stenographers
will use this diamond for all their
preseason drills. Western plans to get
started tomorrow in earnest with
Coach Dan Ahearn in charge, and
Charley Guyon, Eastern mentor, who
has been giving much time recently
10 Spring foot ball practice, IS ex
pected to have his base bailers down
aus private prep school diamonders
also are starting to point vigorously
for the season.
Two or three scholastic basket ball
ouints plan to get in bit more ac'
Evening star., 1927-03-13
HYATTSvILLE GUARD
0UINT WINS CLOSER

HYATTSVILLE. Md. March r.
Regular basketers of Company r. Ma
tionaI Guard of HyattsviIle. closed
their season tonight with a 24-19 vic.
tory over. Bliss Electrical School. The
Guardsmeh held the whip hand all
the way and at the half were in front,
Is to s.
The visitors rallied in the final half
but did not have enough to overhaul ul
their hosts. Shanklin and Wright for
Company + and Travers and Meloy
for Bliss were the evenings biggest
scorers.
Both regular and reserve tossers
of Comapny f have enjoyed highly
successful season.
Evening star., 1927-03-13

w cadia tonight and tomor-
New York Celtics. destined
to win the world professional cham
pionship. play the Washington
Palace tossers. Tonights clash viii
start at o'clock, preliminary be-
tween the Wonders and Montrose
opening at 73e.
Although the local players have
lost virtually all chance of taking the
second half title in the American
League, the hometown fans have
indicated by their demand Tor
tickets that there will be no lack
Of moral support when George
Marshall's henchmen meet the in
vaders. Advance seat sales began
two weeks ago with rush and there
has been a steady call for paste
boards ever since.
The celtics viii bring a combina-
ton composed entirely of stars OF
the pro cage sport. almost any one
OF whom would be a drawing card
anywhere in the league. But in Nat
Holman the New Workers probably
have the greatest box office attrac-
ton In the game today.
Holman has exhibited his versatii-
ity, his GOODNESS under fire and his
wonderful showmanship on several
occasions before in Washington, but
in these games he will be given a
torrid argument for the spotlight by
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v. M. /. ELECTS CAPTAINS.

LEXINGTON. Va. March 12.-F
Fl. Frost of Independence. Mo-, was
elected captain of the 1928 V. M. l.
basket ball team. The leadership of
the boxing team went to w. s. Grif.
fin of Portsmouth. Va, while C. NJ.
Woodbury. of Staunton, Va, was
made leader of the wrestling team.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
GOULD AND WRIGHT WIN
COURT TENNIS DOUBLES

BOSTON. March II GP).---Jay Gould
and w. G.. Wright. jr.. of Philadelphia
today won the national court tennis
championship at the Tennis and Rae
quet Club here today by defeating T..
Russell. Boston, and Fulton Cutting.
New York. in straight sets, s---2. s-5,
g.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
OLD DOMINION FIVE
WINS LEAGUE TITLE

ALEXANDRIA. Va. March 12.---
Old Dominion Boat Club basketers OF
this city tonight won the Nautical
League championship vanauishing
Washington Canoe Club, 10 TO Is, in
bitterly fought contest in the armory
here. At the half the locals were
ahead. 10 to Z.
Clark and German for the winners
and Shaw and McCartee for the losers
did most scoring.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
TROOP SO, BOY SCOUTS,
BEAT WOODSlDE INSECTS

Led by Rufus, who scored l3 goals
from floor. tossers of Troop 50. Boy
Scouts. routed Woodside Insects, 54
to u, yesterday at Walter Reed gym
nasium, The victors were ahead
from the start. Walker was the
heaviest scorer for the losers.
Troop s3 t5tl. woodside t2I)4
Evening star., 1927-03-13
WOMEN In SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

jorie Montgomery. Anne Bradley, for
wards: Billie Barber, center: Dixie
Robinson, side center: Louise Wilson,
Capola Rourland, guards Katherine
Abbott, Gertrude White. Clara Louise
Kessler and Maude Perrin, reserves.
Establishing a record for marks
women at George Washington Univer.
sity, the coed sharpshooters scored
9SS out of possible 1000 in their
match against the University of Wash.
ington yesterday, with the five high
targets counting, giving them a 500
to-497 victory
Never before have fair riflists of the
District equaled this mark In fact,
1t is doubtful If any in this section
have matched 1t. University of Mary.
land co.eds set record last week with
5 possibles out of 10, but George Wash
ington went them one better yester.
day.
The Colonial squad is the present
holder of the n, r.. A. Intercollegiate
Women's Gallery championship. The
10 members who fired yesterday are
Ermyntrude Walden. manager; Mae
Huntzberger, Marjorie Folsom, Helen
Taylor, Betty Clark, Helen Prentiss,
| Verna Parsons, Grace Mclean, all of
| whom made possibles. and Katherine
Shoemaker, captain. who turned in
| the 80.
Basket ball at Wilson Normal School
has been confined to series of inter
| section games for the school title. No
| varsity schedule has been planned
with the exception of one game with
| the Alumnae team, which is tradi
| tional affair.
Two teams are tied for the title,
the 13 B-l and i3 B-3 sextets. They
will play In the final game on March
Is, according to the schedule.
Members of the Is B-1 squad include
Freda Rosenblat and Dorothy Light
forwards: Ruth Henderson and Eve
Yyn Bixler, center and side center, re
| spectively; Marjorie Talbert and Aline
| Lucas, guards.
Thirteen B.3 players are Eva Fish
man and Marion Ziegler. forwards
Emily Shoemaker, center; Anita Tflly
side center; Eleanor johnson and Mar
| garet Gibson, guards.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
scoFIELD COLE VICTOR.

PINEHURST. n. c.. March IL up.
Edwin l.. Scofeld OF New York
won the annual Spring golf tourna.
ment here today by defeating w. o.
Kenny of Weston. Mass, and. 4.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
BOWL 1924 IN DOUBLES.

PEORIA, H.. March 12 OPD.-Sen-
sational shooting by G. Holner and j.
Vyzral of Chicago gave them the
leadership in the doubles of the Amer
lean Bowling Congress today with
1924 total. Vyzral rolled a 27S game.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
FIGHTERS SAIL FOR U. S.

VALPARAISO, Chile, March II up.
LoayZa, Chilean light
weight, is sailing for New York today
ON the Aeoncagua to resume his ring
activities in the United States. He
is accompanied by Eliecer Ortega,
Chilean middleweight champion.
Evening star., 1927-03-13
N. c. STATE ADDS GAME.

RALEIGH, n. c., March 12 CP).-
Michigan State>has been added 10 the
North Carolina state 1927 foot ball
schedule for a game on September 8.
Evening star., 1927-03-13

~ EMINARY tossers from Hoiton
Arms and Madeira schools met
Yesterday in their annual
. court tilt staged at the Church
street gym Holton Arms
scored over it's ancient rival by rs
tolls count.
PLAY on the part of both squads
was fast, Dunctuated with brilliant
pass work and some spectacular goal
shooting. Eleanor Colahan found the
basket for Is of Holton's IS tallics.
Christine Ekengren rolled in Ave 2.
pointers, enc Of them a beautiful
angle shots from the corner of the
field.
Holton Arms had the reach on the
visitors in practically every position.
This, coupled with exceptionally we'll
organized team play, accounted for
their victory. The work of Anne
Carter Green at side cssnter was par
ticularly noteworthy Matched with
Marie Dixon, stellar pivot player on
the Madeira squad, Miss Green put
up an excellent exhibition of both Of.
fensive and defensive play.
Madeira held the winners on even
terms until the third quarter and
early in the game had 2-point lead,
but was unable TO hold the pace
against the fast brand of teamwork
uncorked by the hostess team In the
last two periods. The third quarter
opened with a 80 tie. Holton Arms
pushed ahead to 20.to.12 advantage
by the opening of the fourth and in
creased its lead steadily, allowing
Madeira but three additional tallies In
the final session while adding eight
to it's own count
Betty Blair, Madeira guard proved
adept at intercepting passes and
through her all-around defensive work
did much to keep down the Blue and
White score.
Lineup and summary:
G.. Ekensren (io) .LF.,.t Isl NJ. Johnston
| Alies Worthings.on kE. ,,o ro,,s,
knne sressleress car,sr Green aars oIpsor poI
MarS sEarees IeDis DkfH Hail Georgia ss clarI S
RsfeTee---Ramsay hewitt. Umpire-Mis'
E. Fosdick.
Outdistaneing their opponents in
every department OF the game, East
man School passers earned a decisive
victory over the Fairmont Seminary
sextet on the Epiphany gym floor
| rolling up a score of 39 to Z.
With the first tip-off the Massachu
setts avenue team rushed the ball II
the basket for a goal. and followed
this with a procession OF shots which
gave them substantial lead in thu
| opening quarter which was never
| ieoparofzed Fairmont put up game
! fight, but could not keep pace witt
/ their more experienced opponents.
Members of the Eastman squad wht
| figured in the game were Julia Yates
Nancy Jones, forwards: Josephine
! Duckett. A. r. Slingiun, centers
| Florence Avis, Sarah Mills. side cen
ters; Katherine Heath and Dorothy
| Gambrlil, guards,
f! Fairmont's squad consisted Of Mar
Evening star., 1927-03-13

w YITH basket ball so far as this
n season is concerned just
wv about over. schoolhoy base
ball squads % tae locat
Evening star., 1927-03-13

w YAsHINGToN'S basket ball
N fans viii pack the Ar
w cadia tonight and tomor-
row night TO watch the
Evening star., 1927-03-13

Catholic University will be repre-
sented in two Spring sports. base ball
and track. The nine has been work
ing out several days and seems 10 be
well on the way to he a typical G. u.
diamond aggregation, difficult propo-
sition for any combination 1t faces.
Real effort is to be put behind track
TO make that something worth while.
A schedule of dual and triangular
meets is to be arranged. one of which
is 10 be with George Washington and
Johns Hopkins.
Evening star., 1927-03-13

The one change in the foot ball
rules that everybody seems to be
criticising is that which makes a
Eumbled punt, recovered by the OPP
posing team. dead. The aim of the
committee i'm effecting that change
was simply to reduce the amount
of punishment team might suffer
for an error. Members of the COM
mittee. and many others. have felt
that the error committed in the fum-
bling OF punt, and losing the ball
pm account of the tumble by having
II recovered by an opposing player,
&as punished sufficiently in the big
kain for the opposing side. For in.
htance, suppose team carried a ball
10 its opponents 5-yard line and were
held for downs. The team on the 3.
yard line then punts for midfieid and
the ball is fumbled and recovered by
one Of it's ends. That means a gain
Of As yards by virtue Of a tumble
and II is held. not without consid
erable justice, that 4b yards Is a
pretty SEVERE penalty flor anything on
foot bali eeid. oftcourse, there Is
New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
Committee for May 30
Selected by Ginsburg

Commander Harry Ginsburg OF
Tddy-Glover past. Am Legion.
las announced his Memorial Day
committee to work in conjunction
with and subject to the call OF the
G.. A. r. Harry c. Jackson is chair
man and serving with him are Ed
ward Ogrer. Arthur Petts, Dewey Sc
lander, Duncan Shaw and Maurice
Pease.
Eddy-Glover post is planning q big
time for the celebration OF next Arm
istice Day due TO the fact that 1t
will be the first legal observance In
his state besides being the tenth
anniversary OF the signing OF the
arn1istice which brought peace TO the
warning nations. The Legionnaires
are planning a historical pageant at
Willow Brook park in the afternoon.
l, is planned to ask the local militia
% help put on a sham battle repre-
sen,ing the Company I and E OF war
fame. Commander Ginsburg has
appointed the following committee
70 arrange details: Joseph Andrews,
chairman; Cedric Powers. Edward
johnson, George Rawlings, Harry
Vessels and Nathan Avery.
In the event that the war memoir
fial cornerstone laying will take place
on Armistice Day. a committee OF CO.
operation for New Britatn's official
committee has been named by Com
mander Ginsburg. consisting OF W.
w T. Squire. chairman; J. s. An
drews, H. C. Jackson, Harry Gins
burg, and Harry Scheuy.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
APPEAL TURNED DOWN
HNeright Loses Protest Against
Decision Which Torbids Playing
Of The Captive"

New York. April Up - Horace
B. LtverighL publisher and play
producer. who came TO the defense
Of The Captive" when the play
was raided, today lost his appeal 10
the supreme court in which ne
sought TO reverse a lower court
order refusing him an injunction
TO restrain the police from inter-
fering with his contemplated pro-
duciion OF the play.
The appellate division OF the su-
preme court unanimously affirmed
the order OF a lower court refusing
the restraining order.
The cout held in substance that
the play might have a lecherous
influence over certain types o. peo-
pie and that the courts should not
restrain the police from exercising
their discretion In matters OF this
kind,
The captive" was one OF three
police raided dramas in the recon,
Broadway cleanup" crusade. The
casts and producers escaped prose
cu,ion on a charge OF presenting
an indecent play by ending the
production. at which point the pub
Usher announced he intended 10
make the play a test case.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
NOW YOU
ASK ONE

Who wrote The Faerie
Queen?
What famous italian poet
spent the greater part OF his life
In exile?
3-Who wrote series OF soanets
20 dark lady?
4-What are Longfeilows thre.
best-known ,ong narrative poems?
5-What is the line following
Thou s.il! uaravished bride of
quietness"
I'm what poem, by whom, DO
those lines occur
Who wrote "Kgb.a Khan?
8-The death OF VIVA. friend
prompted Shelley to write Ado
nais"?
9-What young poet vas killed In
the World war shortly after he
wrote the poem. 81 have a rendez-
yous with Death?
lo-Who wrote Leaves of
Grass?
New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
BEAT HIS WIFE
Witness Iestifies That Col. CarriaS-
ton Once Gained Her as He Did
Brother.

Chicago, April LE9-Colonel Ed
ward c. Darlington once severely
Caned his wife. Mrs. Anna Walsh
Darlington. whom he is seeking to
divorce. her two daughters and Mrs.
Carriugton's mother, deposition
read into the court record today de-
clared.
Angered by his belief that Mrs.
Darlington had been intimate with
the colonel's brother. Campbell, and
drunk. Colonel Darlington entered
his wl:e's New York apartment and
after abusing her and her relatives.
beat them with his walking stick. a
deposition taken from Warren
Walsh. Mrs. Carrington's brother,
said. Walsh said he had been ad-
vlsed OF the attack by Elinor Syuder,
Mrs. Carrington's daughter.
A substantial deposition by Eliza
beth Johnson, who lived in the same
apartment with Mrs. Darlington,
told how Elinor had come out OF the
apartment with her face bleeding,
crying Tor a doctor.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
HUSBAND WAS BRUTAL
Tied Wife and Sister by Wrists and
Hotstcd Them In Air-Divorcc De-
cree Is Granted.

Bridgeport. April 1-Susan
Moscow Bronson was given a divorce
from her husband. Gerald, by Judge
Isaac Wolfe today after she had told
a corroborated story OF being tied at
the wrist to a sister and hoisted in
the air by her husband so that both
swung like a pendulum. This was
done after a quarrel, she said, which
arose out Of interception by her Of
letters written by another woman to
her husband.
Mrs. Bronson told tbs court o.
other cruel acts by her husband be-
tween 1919 and 1921, and a sister.
Mrs Kennedy. gave corroborative
testimony. Il was also stated that
Bronson had sent word that he
would be pleased il his wife got a
divorce" He left home n 1921 and
IS serving his third enlistment in the
army.
Mrs. Bronson was given a decree
on the ground CT intolerahle cruelty
and custody Of young son.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
Club owners MEET
TO TALK OF STOCK
Hornsby's Holdings Are Subject
Of Controversy

Pittsburgh. April S Gp--Club own
e-s OF the National League went Into
executive session here today TO seek
a solution OF the problem surround
ing disposition o. l.ls7 share. OF
stock OF the s.. Louis Cardinals Leld
by Rogeres Hornsby, second base
man OF The New York Giants.
The special meeting OF the club
owners was called by Preside nt
John a. Heydler TO decide whether
he Is right In MS ruling that so long
az Hornsby Is financially Interested
in the Cardinals he cannot play ball
with the Giants.
The problem was placed before
The league magnates after futile et-
forts by Heydlsr TO effect oompro-
mise. Hornsby, manager OF the
Cardinals when they won the worlds
championship last year, retained the
stock, previously acquired In the
club, when he was gold to the Giants
He offered TO SELL Il for sos a share
but the highest figure named by
Sam Breadon. president OF the
Cards. was $50.
All clubs except Cincinnati were
represented at the meeting. Horns
BY, although in Pittsburgh, did not
participate Immediately In the dis
cu.sion but his attorney, william T..
rahey, accompanied the magnates
into the conference room. Present
at the meeting in addition to Presi-
dent Heydler were Attorney l.. j.
Bon1y. New York, Barney Dreyfuss.
owner 0, the Pittsburgh Pirates
Who also held proxy for the Bos-
.on club; Sam Breadon, s.. Louis;
William F. Baker. Philadelphia:
William l.. Week, Chicago, and At
-ornsy Frank York. Brooklyn.
II vas the understanding among
-em.paperrnea that Hornsby and his
attorney had agreed to stand by the
sle5 figure for the Hornsby stock.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
$50 Pairs of Shoes Are
Stolen hy BURGLARS

Bridgeport, April S P-Burglars
last night broke into two stores in
Bridgeport, stealing $50 pairs OF
shoes valued at $500 from Louis Ru-
bens' store at 1910 Stratford avenue
and getting 800 in cash from Davey
Eros. grocery store at 355 Hunting
ton road.
At the Stratsord avenue shoe store
entrance was gained by forcing a
rear window. Thomas Gillespie,
manager Of the Davey Brothers
store, discovered the burglary there
when he arrived this morning. He
found that cellar window had
been broken open. The 500 had
been secreted in a special hiding
place in the store. but the burglars
discovered it