Word: burglar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...burglar entered the building by the front door, walked past a steward into a rear room, grabbed the box (although it was unlocked) and escaped through a back window. Harvard and Cambridge police have been notified...
Local and state police continued their search yesterday for a burglar who evaded arrest after vainly attempting to force open a safe at George's Cottage Grill on Holyoke Street last Wednesday morning...
...Deposit Only. In Denmark, Wis., Bank President George de Broux, whose bank had been held up, insisted that his burglar-alarm system worked fine; the only trouble was that the guard's rifle ammunition was locked in a safe...
Gourmet. In Los Angeles, the burglar who broke into Charles P. Durfey's cafe and whipped up a meal for himself left a note: "The steak was tough...
...true faith of an Armorer [is] to give arms to all men who offer an honest price for them . . . to Royalist and Republican, to Communist and Capitalist . . . to burglar and policeman, to black man, white man and yellow man, to all nationalities, all faiths, all follies...