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Show THORNTON'S' DRUG " SfORE ROBBED AGAIN Tholves entered Thornton Drug No. 1 last Saturday night and dopart. od with poarly 'nil ot the store's sup. Ply of morphlno and about $5.50 in cash .in which had been left in the cash register. When Mr. Thornton arrived last Sunday morning, ho found tho back doors smashed in and glass all over tho floor where thojr had broken into tho prescription cabinet The burglars had used an old auto, mobile drive shaft to jTrcak tho doors down) Tho lop panels of tho outside door were completely broken away. Thoro was a largo coco cola barrel in front of this door, and not being able to move It, they proceeded to knock a holo in the door.' This let them Into a small storo room In the back and in order to get into tho main part of the storo, they had to break through another door; It" seems as though the party implicated were ex. porlenced in the line of taking drugs and morphine, as "they appeared to have had. little trouble in finding this. After they had secured the drug and eath, an ,tU waamadebjr the: wvjtramc?4lil!a3L 'Tn gtfriit?waa called Md 'lrow worUii'wfa, ,. ome t?iW lni store were rob. bed lnpraeUlly :tk same Manner lMtiatMQliriiPork' uH-,Wt94 or the a.m mcn::it.pir. 'that they were drug fiends aud had to- have the drug regardless of the way or means ot getting It Tho night (before this, robbery, a man was found searching around in tho rooms of the hospital. The at. tending nurse saw him and asked him what he was looking for." He made some good excuse and went out It was .though afterwards that tho was after "dope" and was taking this means of securing it. He tailed to get anything, however. |