Coal Office Robbed Saturday

Thieves Open the Safe in Hiscock's Coal Office

SECURE OVER $80

In Money and Checks - Money Drawer Taken With Contents - No Clue to Thieves

Edward D. Hiscock's coal office was the scene of a very successful burglary Saturday afternoon, in which the thief succeeded in getting away with some $80 in cash and checks.

The man in charge of the office had gone out into the yard to sell a load of wood, leaving everything in the office supposedly safe and secure. When he returned he found the safe door standing open and the cash drawer, with contents, gone. The safe had been left with the door closed and bolted, and the combination turned to the first number so that it could readily be opened in order to reach the cash drawer and yet be safe, it was thought, against any strolling thieves who might find the office without an occupant.

The thief or thieves succeeded in making a clean "get-away" and absolutely no trace has been discovered of the perpetrators.