Ellis County Texas Archives News.....Burglaries in Ennis October 19, 1901
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Ennis Weekly Local October 19, 1901
Daylight burglaries. Last Sunday, probably between 11 and 12 o'clock, John
Tidwell's saloon was entered at the rear and the cash drawer tapped fro a few
coins. At Gibson's grocery the thieves went in at a rear window and took what
cash they could find.
At Faulkner's saloon they got some liquor and a few dollars in money. They also
broke in a window at the rear in Calhoun's drug store, by which means they
opened a door and walked in; but all that is missing is some cigars.

These episodes will probably learn our merchants that window glass is not
burglar-proof. A window may be well be up as down so far as its protection in
these kind of cases goes. What is there to hinder a sneak-thief from taking his
old pocket knift and breaking a glass in a back alley between buildings and
stepping into the store and helping himself, when no one is about and the front
door is locked?

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