Word: burglars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bread & Butter Note. In Bloomington, Ind., a burglar who appeared worried lest his robbery of $5 from a grocery go unnoticed left a message for the proprietor: "I robbed...
...Those Days. In Cleveland, a burglar cut himself breaking in a window of Kovachy Bros.' auto-accessory store, labored long and hard trying to pound open a safe that was not only unlocked but empty, finally looted the store of its only cash-a $10 bill, which he absentmindedly dropped...
...brown golfing cap, similar to the one worn by a burglar of the Advocate. Titcomb heard the names "Bob" and "George" yelled several times...
...Pelt was killed while on a hunting trip with friends last summer. Sallade testified he mistook him for a burglar...
Recently, when Mosler offered a booklet. What You Should Know About Safes, one request came from a burglar serving a life term in the Texas State Prison. "When puzzle locks [i.e., combination locks] were first used a century ago," said Mosler, "crooks devised the 'drag,' a powerful screw to crush the walls around the lock. When the walls were strengthened, they took to the jackscrew to force wedges between the door and the jamb. When safe doors were built with bolts that slid into the jamb on all four sides, safecrackers began blowing gunpowder around the door with...