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Show THORNTON'S DRUG " STORE ROBED AGAIN Tholves entered Thornton Drug No. 1 last Saturday night and depart, cd with nearly 'all of tho store's sup. ply ot morphlno and about 0.50 in cash in which had been left in tho cash register. When Mr. Thornton arrived last Sunday morning, ho found tho back doors smashed in and gtass all over tho Moor whore they had broken into tho prescription cabinet. Tho burglars had used an old auto, mobile drive shaft to break tho doors down) Tho top panels of tho outsldo door were completely broken away. Thero was a largo coco cola barrel In front of this door, and not being able to movo it, thoy proceeded to knock a hole In tho door.1 This let them into a small store room in the back and In order to go( into tho main part of the store, thoy had to break through another door. It seems as though the party implicated wero ex. porlenced in the line of taking drugs and morphlno, as they appeared to have had, little trouble in finding this. After they had secured the drug and ease, an flxHwMmadebv the way the entrance wat-sUUlSSl. - The stertMSwas called and iow working's the ease. r Some of.tkt dree store were reb. bed ih'praeUeaily jthe same manner laMeaki salefc. Fork aJkd.Far, m, , t Js thottih't te W the' werk of the same men. it appears that they were drug fiends and had to have the drug regardless of the way or means of getilng It The 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 be was looking for.' Re made some good excuse and went out It was .though afterwards that the was after "dope" and was taking this means of securing It. He failed to get anything, however. |
