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A Skillful Burglary

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
February
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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The recent great burglary in Baltimore was a remarkably skillful and successnl crime. The Wrglors dug through a brick wall into a jewelry store at night. ?he safe contiuuiug the most valuable art oí the stock was on a platform, fnlly ;xposed to siglit irom tlie street, and vith gas bnrniug bríghÜy. A screen ViiB placed in front of it, and the burglars thus worked uudetected, while a onfederate iu the street was ready to ;ive warning of danger by jerking a tring. Compact but powerful mahiiury, afterward abandoned, was used u breaking the door of the safe. Vatchos and diamonds worth $20,000 yero carried away.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus