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Show SAYS POLICE FAILED 10 HEED WHIG: t Drug Store Robbed After Officials Had Been Notified Noti-fied of Purpose. That burglars looted the Lion drug store, 553 Fourth avenue, early yesterday yester-day morning, after the police had been given Information several hours beforehand before-hand that a robbery would likely be at-i at-i tempted, is charged by Charles H. Tur-j Tur-j ton, proprietor of the pharmacy. Stock j valued at 575 was carried away hy the j burglars, who also damaged showcases and other furniture to the extent of i another 7Z. ! "Tracks we discovered in the fresh ! f now early Monday morning made it I ciear that someone had. during the night, (examined even- possible entrance to our I store, and other evidences showed plain-, plain-, ly that our place of business wis marked ' for robbery' Mr. Turton paid. "We no-i no-i tified the detective department at once. I Three detectives came out about 7 ! o'clock Monday evening, and after talk- I I tng a while stated they would make a special effort to catch the robbers, who , j they believed likely would come during i j tho night. Then they left the place and that was the last we saw of them. I "Whether the police remained in the 'vicinity after we closed the store, we do not know," continued Mr. Turton, ' "but certainly they should have ixcn, as our place does not need watching while my cierks and I are here, but after af-ter we go home. I was surprised when my clerk phoned to me that upon opening open-ing the placo he found the glass smashed out of the front door and the store looted. loot-ed. Then I telephoned the police again and told them the store had been robheuV as I expected, and asked them if they had caught the robbers. I3y way of reply re-ply thf-y ent out two other detectives, who, utter asking some questions, went away, taking with them a slip of paper whit. h one of the burglars had evidently dropped in the store and on which was written a name and two addressed." l"p to a lat1 hour hwt nii;bt no nrrts had been made in connection with thin robbery, which is the second to occur at that place within a hrn.-f period. The police po-lice are making every effort to suppress th new? of this robbery. Neither h;'ve fMty arr.pti yet been made in connection with the third robbery of the Sixth Avt-nue Avt-nue drug store, which occurred last Friday Fri-day night but four blocks from the seine of this affair, although the police profess to know who the robbers are. Thieves who gaitied entrance to the cigar stand in t he lobby of the Iooly bu titling early yesterday morning made off with loot valued at more than $.:irn according to a report made to tho police yesterday. Thr: hundred pckas of cigarettes at J' cents p;irh, and UT'i 10-ccnt 10-ccnt risers wont to make up th boot y of tho burglar1?. No arrests had been made up to a late hour last nip.ht. |