Wednesday, May 25, 2005

House Safe Job Nets Burglars $200,000 Haul

May 25, 1947
Los Angeles

Next time his brother Lawrence asks if he can put a safe in his bedroom closet and fly out periodically on his private plane to rummage around in it, Archie Bardin will probably say “nix.” Archie and the missus came home from a day at the beach to find their house at 8655 Airdrome Ave. filled with smoke, a souvenir from the acetylene torch burglars had used to gain access to the floor safe after climbing through a bathroom window.

Detective Harold B. Williams asked about the safe’s contents, only to learn Archie had no clue. Whatever rested inside—cash and securities, Archie thought-- was the property of brother Larry, general manager of the Indianapolis Brewing Company. A call to Indianapolis revealed the missing cabbage to number 250,000 leaves.

The missus told Detective Williams about two strange phone calls received yesterday, from an anonymous, accented caller, but otherwise clues were scarce. Police reckon the crooks knew the location and contents of the safe, which implies the answers will be found in Indiana.

1 comment:

notarysojack said...

Sunday, time for the book listings:

TOP BEST
SELLERS

IN LOS ANGELES

Fiction:
“Gentleman’s Agreement”
by Laura Hobson
[Amazon sales rank = 534,180]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]

“The Wayward Bus”
by John Steinbeck
[Amazon sales rank = 193,496]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]

“Lydia Bailey”
by Kenneth Roberts
[Amazon sales rank = 309,275]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]

“The Left Hand Is the Dreamer”
by Nancy Wilson Ross
[Amazon sales rank = out of print]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]

Nonfiction
“Human Destiny” by
Pierre Lecomte du Nouy
[Amazon sales rank = 1,246,320]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]
[Number of copies “in transit” = 1]

“Peace of Mind” by
Joshua Liebman
[Amazon sales rank = 238,609]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]

“Three Came Home” by
Agnes Newton Keith
[Amazon sales rank = 412,153]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]

“Essay on Morals” by
Philip Wylie
[Amazon sales rank = 501,393]
[Number checked out from L.A. Public Library = none]

source: Los Angeles Times, May 25, 1947, Page C4.

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