Seized by thugs in broad day light while crossing the railroad tracks at the foot of Washington Street, this noon, William Williams, a stone mason from Chicago, was robbed of a gold watch and $20.
(7)
With all the skill of professional
thieves, two neatly dressed little
girls robbed several stores in the
neighborhood of Amsterdam Avenue
and 159th Street yesterday, by arranging
that the younger, about 12
years old, should engage the proprietor
in conversation while the
older, about 14 years, proceeded to
take whatever she could carry away
conveniently.
(8)
Sticky fly paper pasted on show
windows to prevent the crash of falling
glass, was used by burglars who
broke the plate glass windows of
three jewelry stores on Third street
last night, and got away with about
$15,000 worth of plunder.
The following story of a robbery shows how various
details are grouped in the lead and in the body of the
story:
Westhampton, Ind., April 10.—By
drilling through a fourteen inch fire-*proof
wall of the vault of the temporary
post office from an adjoining
store, expert cracksmen got away
with $18,653, all in stamps, some time
last night. So skillfully did they
operate that mail clerks at work all
night fifty feet away from the vault
knew nothing of what took place.
The police and post office inspectors
have no clue.
The robbery was discovered at 7:30 o'clock this morning by Oscar Otter, a clerk in the United States
