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SMALL AMOUNT OF CASH TAKEN, 2 CARS STOLENBurglar* Remove Phone Boxes A* Safes Yield Nothing; Seek Joyriders As Cars GoneThree automobile* stolen from garage* here and at Two Riven last night have been recovered, the car of Attorney John Mayer being found at Two Riven,-the Wiitiatns car was found at Seventh and Pine street* and a car stolen from Henry Carstens, Two Rivers, was found on Marshall street here.Crime ran rampant in Manitowoc early this morning and four oil - company stations were looted of small amounts of cash and two owners of automobiles reported their cars stolen. The total cash taken will not be considerable as it consisted entirely of the proceeds removed from four pay-station telephones as moneys kept in the safes of the four places visited had been removed except in ope station and there only a small amount of • change was takenThe places visited were the Dill Oil company station at 25th and Washington streets, the Tewell and Schisel station across the street from the Dill station, the Standard Oil company station at Eighth and Huron streets and the Kaufman station at 26th and Marshall streets Discovery ofthe burglaries was made by police between 3:15 and 4:45 o'clock this morning after-, a checkup of station* had been made at 2:45 a. m.Automobiles were stolen fromiohn Mayer. 702 Huron street, and oseph Williams. 704 Hamiltoncovery of the looting of the Standard Oil company station was made by Officer Joseph Smrz at 4:450CinCall cases, the burglars forced their way into the stations by jimmying windows. The .saie *n, the oil company station had not been closed but the burglars scattered papers all about the office in search of valuables before ripping the telephone box from the wall.About eight dollars In change was taken at the Tewell and Schisel station after the .place had been entered through a window on the nortbeast-side-of-fcbe-bulld'A steel desk was upset and open safe was sbovpd for about 15 feet before the burglars were forced to content, themselves with the change and the money in the paytelephone. ,Through Small Window Entrv to the Kaufman station was effected through a small window and the burglars went out the same wav Instead of forcing-the door open. Nothing other than the telephone box money was.secured there.The telephone box was tne. omy loot taken at the Standard Oil company station, also. ,Proceeds of the four burglaries were small considering the risk as the boxes had been emptied shortly after Labor Day. Three of the boxes, with the contents removed, have been found, police recovering two of them on Meadow Lane and the third on Hamilton street., between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets.Other Police Work Other reports at headquarters showed that threo lodgers had been given quarters at the tramp station:’ a’ man giving his name as John Ourke. alias John Millard, 36.JUilll vumc. ... I.... - . . . .. ,was ordered confined In jail after he had been caught while stealing a lady's mackinaw coat from tche Sigman store; family trouble at a S. Ninth street home was quieted with the arrival of officers; police notified the utility plant that crossed wires at Eleventh and Huron streets were causing sparks to fly, and a bov playing footbaN on the courthouse lawn and who was said to have been one of a group damaging the lawn was told to round up his partners and bring them to headquarters.PACIFIC OCEANtreat. Mayer reported the loss of ChiSi* 1929 Chevrolet sedan bearin 3981 license number C 157 722 also Mrs. Williams reporting toofficer* that the Hupmobile 8'lasedan, bearing 1931 Wisconsin 11 cense number D 129 704, was re moved from the garage In spite of the garage and automobile having been locked earlier in the night.Window* Forced Open Discovery of the looting of the DiU station was made at 3:05 a. m.by Officer William McConnell and after he notified headquarters, aninspection of other stations on the southslde revealed that the Tewell and Schisel and the Kaufman stations bad been entered. The disFLIERS RENEW FLIGHT TODAYI A*floc!nf*lt;3 Treat J.«naplt;l Wlr*J NOME, Alaska, Sept. 25—Cec.il Allen and Don Moyle, California aviators. took off from Solomon Field, 24 miles east of here at 8:15 a. m., (1:15 p. m. C. S. T.) today on an attempt to fly nonstop to Tacoma, Wash. . .Those from out of town who attended the funeral of Dimond Donohue Thursday were Miss Hose Dimond, Thomas Donohue, Frank Donohue, Miss Addle Donohue and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Donohue, St. Paul; Miss Mayme Bowler, Milwaukee: Mrs. William Donohue. Hoy Donohue and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Donohue, Portage: William Bremmer, Carroll Bremmer and Thomas Murphy, Montello.anmtopeithethfIMoberMeiito\whic1u‘andwaitheCorto
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Manitowoc Herald News
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Sep 25, 1931
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