New Britain herald., 1930-04-28
Vaults Are Looted Before the
 Eyes of Close Watchers
Jacobs Watched

udtcDo "dlClltSl Samuel Jacobs dealt in furs Of the most valuable sort His show rooms had immense windows. His turs were locked up each night in ar immense vault that filled the back of the room, except for doorway that led to the rear where The fur workers made repairs and alterations.
 Each night he kept lights in the room.
 And yet one morning when he got down to personally open the vaults. as he always did, d glance showed that some skilled crooks had forced the locks to tho steel vaults and carted off more than two hundred thousand dollars worth of furs.
 Jacobs was naturally furious.
 To the reporters he had plenty 10 say about the police.
 T pay my taxes, I am entitled to thieves two or three hours to get into my vault and cart away the furs-where were the police?" he said.
 The papers printed it.
 They also printed his remark 10 the effect that almost any morning he expected to come downtown an discover that someone had stolen lis entire six-story granite-front block.
 The police met in their rounds exactly in front of Jacobs store. They had seen nothing and they insisted that it was an inside job. They hintcd that the vault door had been cut up somewhat for ap- pearance, but that the furs had been removed during the day.
 Jacobs announced that he would bring suit because such a state ment intimated that ho had re- moved his own goods.
 A second time his vaults wcre . opened and cleaned out of furs.
 S20,00O Cash in Vaults More than that, on each oc- : casion. there had been moro than twenty thousand in cash in thc5e vaults,
 These vaults were painted an olive green and decorated n panels to add attractivencss to the salesroom.
 Jacobs was nearly frantic this time. It began to look as though he might be doing it himself. He decided that it was done by would know when he had hiS costliest furs in great quantities 7 or when be had an unusually large amount uf cash. Jacobs got per mission to sit in the real estate office up one flight directly across the street. With lights out h2 couldn't be seen and he could watch every move made in his = salesroom.
 Jacobs purposely mentioned, be- fore closing, that he never had q more valuable stock on hand or more cash in his vaults than right then.
 U uO JdCObo JuSIlCtb llt watched his sales room from across the street faithfully all night. He saw the policeman pass and re-pass. He noted that they took especial pains to stare into his salesroom each, time they passed.
 This is one time they didn't do anything" Jacobs said at daylight as he left to get methng to cat
 When he arrived at his shop he found quite a crowd there.
 His twice-replaced vault doors had again been forced open.
 Vanished Third Time
 His furS and cash had vanishe l for q third time,
 The police were inclined 10 give Jacobs the laugh.
 "Therc was q suspicious man there a lot of times-a look our, .. I can see now. he was. why didn't you arrest him ?' Jacobs demanded.
 The man was brought and Jacobs identified him. He proved 10 be a trusted detective cmployc l hy the company ~ that insure ] Jacobs.
 Two policemen, the insuranca detective and Jacobs himself all swore they watched the salcsroom through the night and that no one entered or was seen inside.
 They were right mono of them