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yet ering, BethaUo.Burglars Entericantiotiaate ary. ons, ruy-the. will IjVos Apparently the work of the same ! parties, two Edwardsville service onalj stations and a garage at Hamel— the i all located on U. S. Highway 86—its.3 Establishmentssues am* ; he lists intore-, 50-rth-ofredcan,theam-alk-andprimaltor,rnu-om-ers.aretheaningtedherex-u*i-iceusetheor-were burglarized early Monday morning.Entered, in each instance by breaking a glass, were West End Service Station, 620 St. Louis street; Fruit's. Standard Service, 305 West Vandalia street; and George Cassens Sons garage, at Hamel.Edwardsville police said a cigarette vending machine at the West End station was removed from its base and carried off. Later in the morning the machine—stripped of its coins and all but one brand of cigarettes—-was found in Valley View cemetery by the sexton, Edward Schaefer.Also taken from this station, operated by Robert S. Heidinger and Henry Dohte, Jr., were two sets of socket wrenches which Heidinger told The Intelligencer were valued at $30 to $90. The thieves gained entry by breaking a glass in the front door In order to operate the lock.The same method of entrance was used at Fruit's station, operated by Maurice E. Fruit. He told police that some change was takers i from the cash register, but said I nothing else appeared to be missing.Two cash registers, one containing a small amount of money—plus several toncoals and a woman's jacket, were removed from the Cassens garage in Hamel.Arnold Cassens told The Intelligencer that the wearing apparel belonged to employes of the establishment and had ben left in lockers near the showroom office. One of the missing cash registerss was taken from the office, the other from the parts department, Cassens said.Local police Investigated the Edwardsville break-ins, while Deputy Sheriff Joseph Gruenenfelder wasl§Nelt;thedoi:onl;cos!ten:PoToaidas-ns,onlor;ed)Ollex-otCH rict / today issuelt; inves into t Chlca Keivac at 19 n. postaagainneces ants.Hestartallege precii said, devel Kei be Jt who ■ gatio: Pate porte were $1,5(K Ke: the lassigned to the burglary at Hamel. !^a^e Police Chief August Soehlke said Patrolman Ren Spanholtz discovered the break-in at the West End station about 5:35 a.m. Spanholtz said everything appeared to be ail right at the station as late as 5:10 a.m., when he previously checked it. f r 1The forcible entries at Fruit’s ^ station and Cassens garage were found about 7 a.m. when the places were opened for business. At Hamel, the burglars entered by breaking a rear window glass.He s mon jury, askelt; Ha of jcPostnouncentmastWsJohn
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville, Illinois, US
Mon, Aug 25, 1952
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