The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-20

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Tie Police % he city are engaged In IN
yessigskssg Al extrsor1issrT series 81
bzrvssrtes and ATTEMPTED burxfsrsex sf,..
took place sssre tire dnrsng lat Frstsv
nasst sid s4tur1sy morning. The place.
upon which csr midnight arslsss exercised
fheif burslsfs01s iuTsnafsy numbered I've.
Of which four were ccntned within The
space u cne-hah beck, while the ffsh
sas In The as3a1nsnz bsoek-
The Crit On BE list VS. the store a Chs
Narxs, on Ersut street, some tine b.
i=esn and : efeIock sussss rro~usav.
NJ. Marks fsther, who Is sieepsar tempo
rsrtiy IN TIE rear Of the store. vas nwrk.
eiaea ~ senas one shaking the cutter ae.ar.
~ u ts5lng - enter. He called ca, ar,a
Jumped % BIS feet, grasftd 4 sfx. shoeste-
ass1 rushed 70 the door IN time to see t.o
iosus disappearing IN the msorIIzh..
About 3 sselerk SATURDAY. raa~r5.,v ear,,.
Cil@ enc N Adam OFxinss boot ana sno-
STORE ass below NJ. Mark. aoffeef 4
pane o. glass % be missing FROM the rear
skTiight Investigation showed thai sss1ne
9as rad climbed r,scn q shed behfnd the
tg'1lia.ng, fsrefnIly cut away the patty
iFof'i the szshs aud pushed In tue usrlIow.
pane. Just behind the location Of fhe N.
tempted entrance was = xIass-4ss1r open
ing into the shoe shop, where The krIrxlsr
might mliea more easily have entered. and
mere obtsinea say quantity of tssots. sho~z
Ana Inrn.sht;ss E9ods. o. gained enfFasee
into the front store
The third attempt wss made mon the
yeweiry store OF l. r. Saith 4 son, and
mere The burglars appear 70 have heen q
uitle more 'sou the bungiest thar facy we're
- the tHo other places. The rear door 81
ne w essaolish r,sns Is prc;eeted by at out
SIDE cogs that Is fastened from the inside
% two locks aud $50 hooks aud sseples-
Some blunt instrument was sppIlesi =, the
crack between the door aud SILT and appar-
enily strenuous efforts made 10 effect an
entrance, but without success A window.
covered BY shutter, offered q much more
promising place n entrance for the ffifru-
Gers. but they weat ieseking for soft Straps
Inc ioerfh place on the block that was
visited BY the ynarauders. was TIE grocery
store OF VIM. GalIsxher. ard they we're
more Successfsl here than IN their three
former attempts. The outside shutter fn
the rear window was burst from ~ fsssen-
fngs OF bolt and 9 hook and staple, and
m ana, assienaps was mAde % pry up the window
Win sonfe instrument ThIs failing. q
window was broken through ard the bar
glsr passed Through the opening into the
store. lie. or they, went 10 The money
drawer and abstracfed fherefrosn about
~ cents In small change left
ttATlttI W g Af-9tts III ttktif tE tame Oar
and laid fifteen cents on the desk In the
Office, and opened partially one OF the
drawers: but be left uniisiurbed the con
tents, amongst which was n very dne pfs-
t0l. A shotgun and knighf TcEnplas sw ord.
which il might have been expected would
have caught the eye Of this amateur store
breaker. were lelt alone In tbs corner
whore they were standing. TIE fellow
made his exit 80 ceuts better on than when
be went In This successful attempt did
not end the exploits Of these strangely
disposed tilIexplorcrs- Passing down
into the next block, they attacked the
window in the rear Of Haley e Wrights
grocery store, broke ont two panes and the
intervening portion Of the sash. and one OF
both passed inside. Going TO the money
drawer in front they prsed II lo1Se from
the counter. goekeied about 20 copper
cents. and then. seized with a faeefioua
Idea, hunted up a box Of ginger snaps.
and taking 3 handful. replaced the cop
pers with the snaps Going into the Office
ia the rear Of the store they pried open q
money drawer aud a private drawer. both
In the business desk, bur took none o:
their contents Tie burglars alse paid
ikels unfelonious alterations 70 q Eatrhel
left IN the sisfe by a farmer. They broke
Il open, but touched none OF It's contents.
Then they passed from the building aad
postponed farther ore-enteriIg depreda-
tons TIL some sfher night.
Various eon5eetures have been offered in
explanation Of this very remarkable series
Of exploits. On one thing. however, all
arrec. and that Is that the burgiaries were
either very bungiingiy and hastily com
rnitted or the perpetrators had some psr.
pose beyond mere robbery in their expedi-
ton along the rear Of the i've stores. The
latter would seem certainly SO be an unasu-
ally startling method 10 demonstrate any
hnFgiaHous proposition; but il appears 10
have been the method adopted In fhls case
The mystery VIII, II possible he sif,ed To
the bottom. The only reasonable theory Is
that some one committed the burglaries
Just 20 show the projectors OF the stores
how unprotected they were.