The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-21
TACOMA ruLL OF suxaLAEs.
Peanut sheI1s the only CIue 20 .
safe acknowledgements Jailed.

Peanut SHELLS the Only Clue 20 .
Safe Robbery-yagrsnts Jailed.
Tacoxs. Nov. IA gang OF burg
lars have struck Tacoma, and by this
time probably look upon the city as
one OF the greatest '.puddinss they
ever struck. 20 use an expression Pc
cnliar 90 the craft. Several saiiies OF
small importance and small results
have been made within the past two
weeks in this way, showing that they
were here; that they meant business
and that they knew how. One was
the robbery Of the till of the Boca
saloon some few nights ago. In an
other instance the same night, or
rather morning. Louis Lamere. who
keeps a saloon little further down
Pacific avenue. went to open up lit
tie earlier than usual, and entering
the place with little noise
heard some one whiting at the
window frame and occasionally tap
ping the glass as ii 20 break il. La
mere stepped OUTS se TO look for a po-
lice officer, but could see none He
then went back into the saloon, armed
himself with two reyolyers, took a po-
sition back OF the bar
where he would be concealed from
view when the expected burglar would
have made his entrance He neglect
ed TO fasten the door however and
while he stood Shere with an ugly
weapon in each hand noisy customer
entered and demanded an explanation
so excitedly that the burglar was
frightened off. But these little depre-
dations tof which there are many OF
the samel were the mere play OF the
skirmish line. The concentrated
movement WIS made Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr.. G. Uzafovage who keeps a shoe
store on Pacific avenue, was sitting IN
church Sunday when a messenger
entered and informed him that his
store had been burglarized. He hur-
ried down and found that the back
door OF his store, which had been
locked, bolted and barred with heavy
wooden plank, had been pried open,
the safe drilled into and blown open
and over $500 in money which had
been in il, missing.
The notable feature OF this circum-
stance was that the safe stood within
two or three feet of the window, which
looked out upon Pacific avenue
large store window where every passer
by might see all that was going on in-
side The floor in the vicinity OF the
safe was covered with peanut shells,
showing that the burglars had mixed
pleasure with business.
II placed the safe at the front of the
store, where II might be under the eye
of the police force all the time. Beside
that I pay special Waterman 10 keep
his eve on it, but il seems that both
precautions have gone for nothing,
said Mr.. Uzafoyage as he looked at
what was left. The robbery was not
discovered until Sunday morning, but
persons who live over the store heard
noise at 10 O'Clock Saturday night
which leads to the belief that the work
was done at that time.
Miss Cunningham, who keeps mil
linery store on Eleventh street, was
aroused by unusual noises early Sun
day morning, and gave an alarm,
frightening two men away who were
engaged at breaking into the gun store
OF kimball Bros. on Eleventh street.
About an hour afterward she heard
other noises which indicated that the
burglars had returned. She again
gave the alarm and again frightened
them away, this time attracting the
attention OF some passers-by, who
investigated and found that after try
ing to Jimmy the door in several
places where it bore the marks, they
had boldly broken large pane OF glass
in the door, entered through il, and
made away with number of revolv-
ers, 10 the value, Mr.. kimball thinks,
of $50. In this place also special
Waterman was employed who, with
the other officers on the beat, were
about the last persons in the neighbor-
hood to hear of the robbery.
The police force has been aroused.
however, and yesterday jailed no less
than 10 persons who were found loaf
ing about the streets with no visible
means of support, and who failed TO
give a satisfactory account of them
selves. The recent exodus of thieves
and gamblers from Seattle, caused by
the crusade against them of Chief
Mitchell, is thought to explain the
presence OF an unusual number in this
city, and the chief of police is being
called upon 10 follow Chief Mitehell's
example