Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1911 — Dentist’s Office Robbed While He Was in Chicago. [ARTICLE]

Dentist’s Office Robbed While He Was in Chicago.

The dental office of Dr. W. L. Myer was robbed while he was in Chicago Thursday and gold and platinum to the estimated value of SIOO was stolen. There is no clew to the Identity of the thief but it is quite certain that the thief was a professional at the .business and one that knows the value of dental metals and knows how to locate things of greatest value about a dentist’s workshop. Dr. Myer had gone to Chicago to see the exhibit of the dental manufacturers’ association and Miss Ruth Ames, who assists him in the dental office, was left In charge. She remained at the office until 20 minutes before 12 o’clock and returned'at 20 minutes before 1 o’clock. She had been working with the gold in the box where it is kept and left it on the work bench. The door between the reception room and the operating room was locked but the door from the hall to the reception room was not locked. The thief found it easy to make his entrance and selected an hour when all the occupants of the office rooms were at their dinners. The latch to the door into the operating room could be turned with any blunt instrument. The gold box was cleaned out, plate gold, solder gold, scrap gold and platinum being taken. He also went to the safe, which was unlocked and took from it two or three envelopes-with some gold fa them. Such familiarity did the thief show with the keeping place of the gold that Dr. Myer thinks It might have been some one who was acquainted with the office, possibly some one who had been a salesman at some time. The dental office of Dr. Biickenstaff at Monticello was robbed one. noon last week in practically the safne manner and about S4O worth of gold stolen. Dr. Myer lost several pieces of new work as well as the metal.