Theft at Simon & Brownstone
A store in the city is broken into by thieves, prompting calls for more vigorous policing as property crimes rise.
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Sunday evening burglars entered the store of Simon & Brownstone by forcing open the rear door and carried off about $40 in money and some articles of trifling value. The burglary was committed early in the evening. This form of crime is becoming entirely too common in the city of late, and vigorous measures should be taken to ferret out the guilty parties. It is more probable that a crowd of sneak thieves and rascals who belong in the city have decided upon this method of working.
“This form of crime is becoming entirely too common in the city of late, and vigorous measures should be taken.”
This 1883 report on rising property crime in downtown Seattle mirrors the perennial anxieties regarding shoplifting and business security that continue to feature in local civic discourse today.
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