It is nothing new that small business owners have hurdles on the way to making a living. One of these hurdles shared by all is that thieves may cut into profits by making off with the merchandise.
From the Arizona Daily Star Sunday, July 9, 1916:
So. Meyer Street Store Is Looted by Burglars
Thief Enters Before Place Was Closed; $400 Worth of Merchandise Is Taken
Goods to the value of more than $400 were stolen from the wholesale and retail store of Stein Brothers on South Meyer street Friday evening, according to a report made to the police and sheriff’s office yesterday morning. Up to late yesterday none of the thieves had been apprehended.
Because there was no evidence to show that the thief had entered from the outside, officers believe that he entered the store before closing and remained hidden until after closing time, when he started his work of looting the stock. The door was unlocked from the inside as the key remained in the lock as it had been left by the proprietor on leaving the store.
Among the goods taken were 20 suits, a box of gold crosses, a box of knives and other articles.
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We do think the proprietor should have taken the key with him when he left, though it probably wouldn't have mattered.
