St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-23
Seven Thousand Dollars Worth of Dia-
monds Stolen From Elliot's
Jewelry Store.
The Robbery Committed About Ten in
the Evening, When the Streets
Were Crowded.
Queer Election Muddle--SnfderM May
Get a Certificate Which Should
Go to Merrill.
The Evening Duplicate Given a
Pointer on the Republican Com
mittee's Debt.
ADIAmONO ROBBERY.
Over $1,000 " Orth of the Precio
IJeUeIS stolen at EIIiot's.s

Over $1,000 " Orth of the Precious
iJeUeIS stolen at EIIiot's.s
Minneapolis was last evening the scene
of one of the biggest diamond robberies
ever known in the Northw est. and the
Doodle was only equaled in size by that Sc
cured when the postoffiee was robbed. Ii
was Elliot's jewelry store on Nicolet ave-
nue. that was the sufferer last night. A
few moments after 10 o'clock the pedeS-
TRANS passing along Nicollet avenue. be-
tween Washington avenue and Third street,
noticed dOuble-seated cutter. drawn by a
handsome span of big bay horses, drawn up
in the street Just above ElliOtS jewelry
store. A few seconds later a crash
of breaking glass was heard
and two men were seen To
rush to the cutter. jump in and drive rap
idly up the street. A crowd Of hundred
people soon collected and stood gazing at
the broken plate glass window. All that
could be seen was the gaping hole and bits
of glass and diamonds scattered around.
The doors were at once locked by the clerks
on the ms de and word sent to Mr.. Elliot.
who had gone home for the night. As soon
as he arrived he made an examination and
found that a big diamond valued at S.. 600
was gone. as we'll as case of small dia-
mond rings. He places the entire loss at
about s., 600.
THE PLAN PURSUED
by the robbers was bold one ano lii nine
cases out of ten would have been unsuc-
cessful. owing to the number of people on
the street. The sleigh which was seen to
stop in front of the store contained three
men. all wearing SLOUGH hats. Two sat on
the back seat and one, evidently the driver,
on the front seat. Just as soon as the
sleigh stopped, the two men on the rear
seat jumped out ard walked up
to the brilliantly lighted store. One
Slipped heavy oak stick
between the handles of the doors. so that it
was impossible to open them from the in
side. As soon as this was done he stepped
around to the front of the window, where
the other man stood with small axe in his
hand. As the two men came together. the
one holding the axe raised it above his head
and dashed it heavily against the window
shattering the glass and making hole
about three feet long by two wide. Before
the crash had died away the man who had
broken the window stepped to the opening
and. reaching his hand in. secured the
SIS. 900 diamond and a tray of diamond
rings. This done they rushed TO the cutter
and in a second were speeding up NicOllet
avenue. E. A. Atkinson, a clerk, was in
the back room at the time and hearing the
crash rushed out.
REVOLVER IN HAND.
Throwing open both doors at once the
bar placed between the handles dropped to
the ground, and Atkinson ran out into the
street. climbed in passing cab and gave
chase to the flying robbers. They had about
two blocks start. however. and as they
turned at Twelfth street and went toward
Hennepin he lost track of them, and was
obliged to return to the store, where it was
found that about half of the rings IN the
tray had been dropped by the robbers
as they climbed into their sleigh. The po-
lice were at once notified of the robbery
and the surrounding cities were notified to
be on the lookout for the thieves. 1t was
stated by man who came across the sus-
pension bridge some twenty minutes later
that he had seen bay team. drawing a
two seated cutter, containing two men, 60
ing like the wind. The police are inclined
to think that these are the parties who conf
mitted the robbery. and that they are resi-
dents of Minneapolis Every effort is be-
ing made to recapture the guilty parties.
1.-The robbers showed very poor taste, re-
marked Mr. Elliot. as he gaZed ct the broken
window. There were about &25, 600 worth of
diamonds in the win lows, and had they taken
more of the smaller ones and left the big one
they would have done a great deal better
The big diamond will. am inclined to think,
prove white elephant Oh their hands.