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Show House Looted For Third Time At Yuba Dam It's getting so that Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Broderick can't tlock their house up tight enough to keep out persons unknown who insist upon entering and helping themselves. them-selves. Three times now in their absence their home at Yuba dam, where Mr. Broderick is care taker, has been robbed. Three weeks ago, when they were away on business, someone entered the house and took $85 from a wallet. A week ago Monday Mon-day they made a trip to Delta and on their return found an entry had been forced, and two guns and $200 of clothing taken. They had left the house securely secure-ly locked. The back door was bolted, bol-ted, but whoever got in chose that way, and had kicked the door frame off. The racket wouldn't matter, as the Brodericks are 10 miles distant from any neighbors. Also whoever entered must have figured on taking time, for the house had been well prowled thru. Some boxes that Mr . Broderick keeps on a clothes closet shelf had been dumped out on the bed and ransacked. They contained papers pa-pers of value to him, and they were left scattered on the bed. A new suit of clothes and other articles belonging to their son Dean, were taken, including 20 pairs of all-wool sox he wore for basketball. The drawer they were in was left cleaned out. A suit and overcoat of Mr. Broderick's was taken, but Mrs. Broderick's fur coat was left. When in Delta Saturday Mr. Brod erick was wearing the same blue wool suit coat he wore on the day of the robbery' with khaki pants. The pants and vest (to the coat were taken with the other clothing. cloth-ing. Mr. Broderick figured that within with-in 3 weeks they had been robbed of about $350, in cash and property. proper-ty. The first of the three robberies was in the summer, when someone also kicked out a door and entered At that time all that was taken was cooked food, and the dishes it was in. |