Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-09-14
A STORE BURGLARIZED.
Thieves Enter T. Holverson's Store and
Help Themselyes-Marshal Ross
Lands One of Them in Jail.

THIS morning about three o'clock
some sneak thieves forced back en-
trance into Il. Holverson's fine dry
goods store and made away with
about S75 or 500 worth of under
clothing and various articles.
The thieves arrived in the city
yesterday, and it seems as
though they at once laid out
their grounds. They entered the
hardware store of A. E. Strang and
armed themselves with saw and
large ladel which they used as a
pry. They then stepped across to
the rear of HolversoD's store and
with a pocket-knife and the ladel
broke out lower panel of the door
some fifteen inches square. Through
this they entered and proceeded to
help themselves. AS near as can be
learned they took a number Of blue
flannel shirts, a lot of underware,
some silk handkerchiefs, and all Of
the ladies' ties that were in the store,
beside taking a lot of jewelry,
hat and various other articles.
The noise made by them in pryinS
out the panel caused the dog be-
longing to Mr.. Forstner who lives
upstairs next door, to raise terrible
racket and this together with a
clock IN DR.. Henderson's Office up
stairs which started to striking and
did not stop until it had struck one
hundred times is supposed to have
frightened them away.
When Fred Wiggans, n salesman
at the store, went to open the store
this morning and prepare for the
days business, he at once discov-
cred that robbery had been COM
mitted. Last evening about nine
o'clock Mr.. Holverson's little daugh-
ter noticed a man pass along
in the rear of the building
but no notice was taken of him.
AS soon as the robbery was commit
ted Marshal Ross at once set to
work to discover the thief or thieves
and by eleven o'clock he had one of
the gents lodged safe behind the
bars.
HOW HE CAUGHT HIM.
Mr.. Ross has long been known
as detective of no small note
and in his rounds in passing the
rear of the Capital National
Bank he noticed bundle of
old underclothing. This threw
a little light on the subject
and showed that the robber had
changed clothing. He went on
around the city, and soon espied u
man that arrived in the city yester-
day, sittiug down, and as his pants
were little short his socks could he
seen as we'll as some underclothing
that compared with that stolen.
He also had a hat on that came
from the store. The strange gentle
man wandered around town awhile
visiting a number of saloons, and by
eleven o'clock was pretty well load
ed with liquor. Marshal Ross
saw enough TO convince him
that he was the man wanted
and at once placed him under
arrest. When arrested he had on
clothing that was Identified by Mr..
Holverson, as that taken from the
store. The man arrested gave his
name as Geo. harrington, and when
asked where the rest of the goods
were, said that his "partner had
planted them out and he did not
know where they WERE" The
trouble of the matter was, he
was too drunk to know where
he was. He Is now in the city
jail to sober up and 1t is expected
that his "par' will share the same
fate before many hours. The police
force in this city is one to be proud
of and il any depredations are COM
mitted during the fair that the
"boys" don't get out it will be
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