Crime! Is your silverplate part of the loot?

This is an article from the New York Times Archives. Dated February 1st 1902, it highlights a robbery at the Meridian Britannia Company.

"BURGLARS ENTER BIG FIFTH AVENUE STORE; Silverware Stolen from the Meriden Britannia Company. Thieves Do Their Work in the Full Glare of Double Electric Lights -- Loss Now Estimated at $5,000."

"Burglars forced the Fifth Avenue entrance of the store of the Meriden Britannia Company at 1,128-1,130 Broadway some time Thursday night and are believed to have carried away a whole carriage load of carefully selected silverware from the counters of the establishment, which is one of the largest of its kind in the country."


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