The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-23
FOUR GOOD HAULS.
Burglars Made a Round Wednes-
day Night.
ONLY STORES WERE VISITED.
DeMers : Co.. N. Jenes s Son. 6. Kel-
Isgg 3 CO. sad Pharmacy Hall Were
the Ones That Suffered.

Fonr burgiarses occurred in tie city be-
tween 10 o'clock Tuesday night and s
o'clock yesterday morning, and four sue
eeSsful hanIS were made by the thieves,
who managed 70 get OF with their plumber
and without detection or arrest.
The dry goods store or De Mers & Co.,
on Union street. between Front ard Second.
suffered the most. and property 10 the
value OF about Sl5g. and IN addition nearly
SIS in money Was taken from the till IN the
Office The discovery was made about 5
o'elcck BY Merchants Patrolman Collins,
who noticed that a pare of glass in
the front door Of the store had
been removed. Collins blew his whistle,
aud in q few minutes Officer Valid came TO
hiss aid; bnt in the meantime the burglars.
who we're in the store when the whistle
sounded, took alarm and escaped through
the rear door. The officers went through
the premises, and IN the rear OF the store
found barrel filled with miscellaneous
assortment OF dress goods, which the bur
glars had packed ready 10 carry away.
Patrolmarl Collins remained in the store
lsntil the proprietor arrived in the morn
ing, and acquainted him with hi.l loss.
H. Jones & Son. boot and shoe dealers.
en- YesieT avenue at the head OF Second
street. Lost about SIS in fine shoes. The
burglars entered the store by cutting hole
in The west side OF the tent, and carefully
selected nine pairs of calf shoes. worth
from $50 to IS pair. The theft must
have occurred between and 6 o'clock yes
terday morning, as tracks we're plainly
seen in the snow, which did not commence
falling until about clock. Two pairs of
shoes were picked up on the ground by an
employee of the store who made the dis
covery. Up to last Saturday it had been
the custom for an employee of the firm to
sleep in the store. but this was discontinued
rs there was thought TO be no danger. The
thieves may have known this and taken
advantage OF the fact.
another sufferer on the list was g. Kel-
logo & Co., whose drug store, on Fourth
and Pike streets, was entered about 1880
O'Clock Tuesday night, dsiring the tempor-
arg absence of c. NJ. Kellogg, son Of the
proprietor. The contents of the cash
drawer, to the extent of $50 in money and
IS worth of stamps were taken. Young
Mr.. Kellogg left the store about 1880
o'clock for the purpose of going to lunch.
and carefully locked the front door upon
going out. The fhief operated on the rear
window. and entered the store by breaking
pare Of glass and removing stick which
held down the sash. The enterprising
burglar evidently timed Mr.. kellogg's de-
parture, as the latter was away from the
store not over twenty minutes. bus in the
meantime the operator had taken every
thing in sight of exchangeable value and
departed through the window.
Pharmacy hall on Third and Columbia
streets was Also entered The thief nos
sibly the same one who operated at Kel-
logg's store. robbed the till of SIS Nothing
else in the store was touched. the fellow
evidently having no use for drugs and
medicines--except the medicine he will be
compelled to take If captured.
The number OF burglaries. and all evil
IDENTIFY planned beforehand. leads strongly
to the belief that fresh lot of criminals
have struck the town and are about to
work it for all they can get, until either
CAPTURED or driven out