27-04-2009, 04:21 AM
October 14, 1958
Van Wert, Ohio
300 Guns Are Stolen
From Canton Armory
CANTON, Ohio (AP)—More than 300 guns were stolen by burglars who broke into the National Guard Armory here Monday night. Police said the loot included 300 M-I and carbine rifles, four .45 caliber submachine guns and eight
.22-caliber bolt action rifles. No ammunition was taken.
THE JOURNAL-TRIBUNE
Wednesday, October 15, 1958
Armory Raid Laid
To Cuban Rebel
Sympathizers
KENT, 0. (UPI) — P o l i c e guarded the Kent National Guard Armory until dawn today following a tip that Cuban Rebel sympathizers might raid the place. A tipster, speaking in a heavy Spanish accent, told police Tuesday
of a plot to raid the armory. He said the same gang struck the Canton Armory Monday night and took rifles, carbines, burp guns, and practice rifles valued at $20,000.
Authorities believed the Canton raid was made by Cuban Rebel sympathizers because no one else could readily dispose of such a quantity of arms.
The FBI, meanwhile, investigated the Canton burglary but has reported no new leads. The raiders escaped with 148 rifles, 153 carbines, four burp guns and eight 22 caliber practice rifles. In Columbus, state Adjutant Gen. Leo M. Kreber said, all unit commanders have been ordered to make a thorough check of armories before locking up for the night. "We haven't had any indication that the Canton robbery is a widespread attempt to obtain weapons," Kreber said. "For that reason we are not planning any aighfguards at this time," Kreber said. Weapons and ammunition have been stolen from armories before, but the Canton robbery was the largest haul he remembered.
The robbers were believed to have hidden in the Canton armory before it closed Monday. They forced open supply room door and, wheeled gun racks to a side door where they apparently were loaded into a truck, Canton police said.
Van Wert, Ohio
300 Guns Are Stolen
From Canton Armory
CANTON, Ohio (AP)—More than 300 guns were stolen by burglars who broke into the National Guard Armory here Monday night. Police said the loot included 300 M-I and carbine rifles, four .45 caliber submachine guns and eight
.22-caliber bolt action rifles. No ammunition was taken.
THE JOURNAL-TRIBUNE
Wednesday, October 15, 1958
Armory Raid Laid
To Cuban Rebel
Sympathizers
KENT, 0. (UPI) — P o l i c e guarded the Kent National Guard Armory until dawn today following a tip that Cuban Rebel sympathizers might raid the place. A tipster, speaking in a heavy Spanish accent, told police Tuesday
of a plot to raid the armory. He said the same gang struck the Canton Armory Monday night and took rifles, carbines, burp guns, and practice rifles valued at $20,000.
Authorities believed the Canton raid was made by Cuban Rebel sympathizers because no one else could readily dispose of such a quantity of arms.
The FBI, meanwhile, investigated the Canton burglary but has reported no new leads. The raiders escaped with 148 rifles, 153 carbines, four burp guns and eight 22 caliber practice rifles. In Columbus, state Adjutant Gen. Leo M. Kreber said, all unit commanders have been ordered to make a thorough check of armories before locking up for the night. "We haven't had any indication that the Canton robbery is a widespread attempt to obtain weapons," Kreber said. "For that reason we are not planning any aighfguards at this time," Kreber said. Weapons and ammunition have been stolen from armories before, but the Canton robbery was the largest haul he remembered.
The robbers were believed to have hidden in the Canton armory before it closed Monday. They forced open supply room door and, wheeled gun racks to a side door where they apparently were loaded into a truck, Canton police said.
"History records that the Money Changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance." --James Madison