Tires, Inner Tubes, Chewing Tobacco, Cigarettes, Shoes, Socks Stolen from Cochrane & Brown, Oct. 10, 1925

Robbers Carry Off Big Lot of Goods in Night. . . Store of Cochrane and Brown at the Roberts Mill Suffers Big Loss from Work of Robbers

Goods valued at $700 were carried from the store of Cochrane and Brown at the Roberta Mill near here during the night, Sheriff Caldwell was advised the morning. Officers are working on the case but they have few clues to follow.

Between 20 and 24 Diamond tires, Ford size, were taken, along with a case of inner tubes to match, it was reported, and other stolen goods include:

--10,000 Camel cigarettes,

--Between 15 and 20 boxes of Brown Mule and Kite chewing tobacco,

--A number of pocket knives,

--Several pairs of Peter brand shoes for men, and

--Case of socks.

Zeb Cochrane, one of the owners of the store, states that the robbers probably got other stuff, the goods named above having been cased.

Entrance to the store was made through a front window, it was reported. The robbers evidently opened the back door and drove a truck to the rear of the store, as the goods could not have been moved in any other fashion.

Owners of the store have offered a reward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of the robbers.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Oct. 10, 1925

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