Lock Foils Theft of Gilbert's Big Sedan, Thieves Ignore Lowly Ford, Oct. 1, 1920

Thieves entered the garage of O.F. Gilbert, back of his handsome home on Pennsylvania avenue early Sunday morning, and made an unsuccessful attempt to get away with Mr. Gilbert's big, expensive sedan car. The Yale lock on the automobile baggled all their efforts to pick or unlock it, and they fnally gav eup after breaking off a key in the lock. Close behind the big auto which they tried to carry off was a Ford. The would-be robbers left a Ford key behind themn, proving that, had they been so minded, they could readily have made a getaway with the flivver, but they turned their noses up at the plebian Henneryford, and left it sitting there unmolested. Neighbors declared that they saw three men leave the Gilbert garage about 4 o'clock Sunday morning, and an incomplete description of the trio is in the hands of the police, who also have other clues to assist them in runnibng down the latter. Thus far, lhowever, no arrests have been made. (From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., October 1, 1920)