Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-15
A BIG HAUL.
A Safe Blown Open and Five Thousand
Dollars Taken.
Watches and Jewels OF Great Value and In
Large Quantities-A Bold Burglary.
The Only Clew.

w. c. Seyfriedt's jewelrY store, go
Main street, was entered by burglars
before day break yesterday morning and
money, watches and jewels to the value
| of between $4,000 and $4,000 were OK
tracted from the safe, which was blown
open for the purpose.
The bold thieves got away with their
swag without leaving the slightest clew
by which they could be traced.
1t is believed the safe was blown open
| about O'Clock IN the morning, for
about that time muffled explosion is
said to have been heard by parties in the
neighborhood of the store.
But the deed was not discovered until
o clock yesterday morning when the
proprietor, W. &. SeyfrIsdt, entered the
store and perceived that he had been
robbed Of his whole stock and capital.
Seyfriedt's jewelry store is located in
the front part of the apartment in which
Zane Cetti S office is. The latter GENTLE
man occupies all the rear. In the rear
of the building are two windows opening
upon an alley. 1t was through one of
these that the burglars gained entrance.
The window was fastened down, but the
visitors inserted lever under the sill
and pred it up. They proceeded straight
to the safe, it appears. for nothing else
III the room was touched so far as could
be observed.
The safe rested behind The counter. 1t
is IL medium sized article, made in Gin
cinnati. The burglars drilled hole I'M
mediately above the combination lock
with diameter about as great as ones
finger. Into this they inserted an eX-
plosive, either dynamite or grnpowder,
touched match and let her go, CAL
laghsr.
One of the strangest things about this
burglary was the fact that the report of
the explosion excited no interference
from parties in the vicinity. Several
people occupy rooms in the near vicinity,
ami the police headquarters is only q
short distance from the scene.
But no one appeared.
The second lock in the safe was deftly
pried open by the expert gentry of the
dark lantern, who then found them
selves in the midst OF valuable plumber
There we're twenty-five new watches and
thirty-seven others which were In the
hands OF Seyfriedt for repairs. There
were also jewels of considerable value.
Among the watches were two belonging
to Col. Robert McCart, one valued at
5000, the other at 5000. All these arti-
cles we're carried away by the burglars.
Seyfriedt says the the loss is between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Inside the safe was n small lock-bo4
containing cash, which the thieves car
ried away intact. This box was found
yesterday morning under the railroad
tire stle east of the city, broken open and
rifIed Of Its last cent. About $40 was in
the box.
The only article left IN the store which
would furnish any possible ciew is a
sledge hammer, which was found on the
floor near the window through which en-
trance was made.
1t was thought that the burglars left
the store through the window by which
they entered, but Bob Stafford, the hack
driver, does not think 80. About
'clock yesterday morning he was COM
ing past the scene of the burglary but on
the opposite side of the street. In hall
way near Leyfriedt' door stood man,
and another was iust coming out of the
door. The one standing in the dark
hallway stepped boldly to the curb as
Stafford passed by, and the other pulled
the door close from the outside with a
bang-their actions being snch rs men
might use IL trying to put a bold front on
dishonest deed.
The chances of detecting the thieves
are not first-class. The police have but
little to work on. Yesterday three men
were put in the county Jail who had been
seen lettering around the city lately
without visible means of support, but
they proved conclusively that they were
not connected with the burglary, and so
were released. The police are still at
work on the case. but they have not
much hope Of making the proper arrests.