Chief Askew's Diary: Feb. 25, 1930

Teen caught in burglary attempt; what men and ladies of fashion were wearing

A second attempted burglary of a Newnan store was thwarted around midnight. A fifteen-year-old Black boy was found in the alley behind Hope Hubbard’s store, trying to get in through the back door, the chief wrote in his diary. “He admitted going in Fred Arnold’s store several nights ago, getting 5 or 6 dollars in pennies and small change,” the chief wro…