Typed as spelled and written - Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirty-First Year - Number 25
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, May 30, 1931

STORES AT MOOREVILLE
AND WESTPHALIA
ROBBED

Knob Knockers Chisel Way Into
Vault of One But Fail to
Reach Money

Knob knockers chiseled their way into the vault of the H. S. Jones
store at Mooreville some time Friday night, but failed to reach the section of the safe where money was kept, while burglars obtained a considerable quantity of loot from H. A. Hoelscher's store at Wesphalia.  Sheriff Reese and Deputy Hay investigated.

After digging an opening in the brick vault of the Mooreville store, the intruders knocked the knob off the safe and opened the outer door, but failed to get into the money compartment.  No merchandise was missed from the place.

Entering the Westphalia store by forcing a front window open, burglars got away with a quantity of high priced shoes, silk hose, apparel and bolt silks, also other merchandise.  A check may show several hundred dollars worth missing, it was estimated.

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