Following several important clues Saturday morning, the police expect soon to make arrests in connection with the theft of L$13,600 from a safe in the residence of Frank Daly, aged 54, of 231 Bayou street, some time during Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Daly, retired from active business life, inherited the money on the death of his mother some time ago, and according to his own admission, had the money in an old iron safe in a room adjoining his bedroom where he lived alone, and that the safe door was never locked because he did not know the combination. The thief therefore found no difficulty in getting the money once he had forced an entrance.
What the police are puzzled over, however, is the fact that in gaining an entrance, the burglar was compelled to force open two doors. That Daly was not aroused from his slumbers is considered remarkable, since in forcing the two doors, the robber had to throw his weight against each with sufficient force to bend the bolts.
Daly insists, however, that the money was in the safe when he retired Thursday night at 10 o’clock, and that it was gone when he looked for it Friday morning.
Daly said the money was in denominations of L$10 and L$20 bills.