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Monday, June 28, 2021

Mint Hill Store Robbed of $2,000 Worth of Goods While Employe Sleeps on Premises, June 28, 1921

Robbers Strip Mint Hill Store. . . About $2,000 Worth of Goods Taken While Employe Sleeps Near By

Thieves entered the general merchandise store of S.C. Alexander at Mint Hill Monday night and stole around $2,000 worth of automobile supplies, tobaccos and produce. A man was sleeping in a room in the rear of the store at the time, Mr. Alexander reported to the Charlotte police Tuesday morning.

The robbery, while believe to have been committed sometime after midnight, was not discovered until the store was opened for the day Tuesday. Consequently, not the slightest clue could be obtained which might lead to the apprehension of the robbers. Neither was it possible to indicate how many were in the gang nor how many automobiles were used to carry away the booth, although the amount of goods stolen led the police to believe that two or three cars carried the thieves to the store.

A list of the stolen supplies, as furnished the police by Mr. Alexander, follows:

Twenty automobile tubes, size 30 by 3 1/2; 15 blow out patches; 24 tubes of repair patched; 40 pounds Maxwell House coffee; 200 boxes of Chesterfield cigarettes; 100 packages of smoking tobaccos; 3 ½ gallons Texas motor oils; a 5-gallon can of gasoline; Philadelphia batteries, two boxes spark plugs, one box of valves, 12 cans of cement and a big assortment of cakes, salmons and canned goods.

The thieves left two sacks of canned goods and a sack of flour sitting on te porch of the store.

The Alexander store is located at the forks of two roads in Mint Hill and is one of the largest general merchandise stores n the county. In addition to the Charlotte police, Sheriff W.O. Cochran’s office also was notified and rural policemen made an investigation.

The thieves evidently were familiar with the surroundings and made a safe getaway without leaving the slightest clue. Entrance into the store was effected through the front doors, the locks on which were broken.

From The Charlotte News, Tuesday, June 28, 1921

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