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CLEANING SHOPBURGLARS GETH$4,000 HAUL”Englewood Police Arrest Five Here With Loot From East Side0 «lt; ti01flt;arClothing valued at over $4,000, left • u In the Corbin Dseing and Cleaning Ul company's office, 7225 Wentworth ave.» for ('leaning, was stolen Wednesday o morning of last week when the place U was burglarized, lt;bPractically every garment loft in n the store vs as taken 1y the burglars a and when Miss Zcna McLanc, an cm-i s ployec, opened tho place Wednesday , v she found only a few pieces of wear- j ing apparel sfattored about the place* P l-nlranco had been gained by forcing'1 open iho rear door and from the'a qunntuj of stuff taken it was ew-, * dent th.it it. was hauled away in a c HIM* of 11 ui h.\ number ot siuulcry burglutles ! ha\c occunrd on ih^ south side rc-;ccntly and while In the act of moving a truck load of loot stolen in a burg- ( « lary on the lrexel Cleaners and Dy- * ers* 4720 Cottage Grove ave., into a house at (5U20 Union ave. early Friday morning the men, who later* J confessed to the crime, were arrested r t by Ofhceis Henry Busam and John ’ | R Watson of the Knglewood station.J? { The burglary had been committed* j two hours before and $3,000 worth ofwearing apparel was taken after the | robbers had beaten into unconscious*I ness John EJhs, the watchman. They 1 hud gained entrance to the store by f Knocking in a manner familiar to employees ot the firm.The policemen noticed a truck in s [ the alley in the rear of the Union 1 lave, addresi and upon investigating lx|they found Ray Burley, 33. 534 W.*! st, carrying into the house* quantities of women's dresses and coats. In the house they found still more wearing apparel and Franklt;ij Rjy, 20, 01)50 May St., one of the| two burglars. Hugh Cullen, 25, and ‘his wife. Lilhun. 21, who make their I home there and Luilan Charleston,)[17 years old, who had run away from Iter home at G427 Harper ave.[ All were taken into custody and X \ the goods found in their possession was identified by A, Oslan, proprietor of the Drcxel Cleaners. Burley and I Ray were charged with burglary and et arraigned in the boys* court Saturdaywhen their rases were continued toNovember the complaint ofMrs. Maud Charleston, Cullen and his it I wife were charged with contributing h to the delinquency of a minor, it According to Wilson Corbin, pro-:r prielor of the Corbin Dyeing andf Cleaning company, the stock of goods—women's dresses, fur coats, and men's suits—was not insured but arrests made by the police of gangs of clothing store burglars makes him hopeful of recovering the loot.
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Suburbanite Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Oct 22, 1924
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