This Day in History: 1930-07-01
Mr. Finch called Chief Smith to report that the men had arrived with the new furniture for the fire house. Smith, who was involved in several other cases at the same time, told them to go to the fire house and he would meet them with the key. He discovered that the Public Service had borrowed the key to read the meter and had not returned it. He was not able to get it back until late in the afternoon. Meanwhile there was a house fire in Cragmere caused by lighting striking the roof. Someone must have had a key, because the fire company fought the fire. Perhaps they took in the furniture at the time they came to get the truck to go to the fire. In any event the case of the missing key seems to have been solved since there is no further mention of the problem in the Mahwah Police blotter. (Bristow)