The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-07

front door there was a strong double lock,
and there is also en- iron gate across the
entrance.
When 81. W. Clark, one of the statesmen,
reached the store yesterday morning at s
o'clock. he unlocked the gate, and while
unlocking the paddock he saw through the
glass in the door pieces Of broken plaster
on the floor and the store ladder leaning
against the back of the front window,
ms reused his suspicious that some
thing was wrong. and when he stepped
inside and saw that one of the large show
cases which contained gold-rimmed spec
tacles and eyeglasses ana fine gold chains
was empty, with the exception of a few
evidence OF the exit aud entrance of the
burglars.
An explanation was offered by hole in
the plaster molding above the top of the
window and near the center The hole is
about twelve inches broad and fifteen
inches deep, just enough to permit a thin
man to crawl through. A brace lay on the
the plaster. and which the burglars had
overlooked in taking their leave.
The hole Is about twenty-0ne feet from
the floor and is so clean cut that the pre-
sumption is that after making several
small holes with the brace and bit a fine
saw had been used round the edges.
But how they had got behind the m I'D
ing was the next thing to be explained.
The explanation came very soon. Above
the store to the west is the Office of James
F. Teylin. attorney, and Humphreys 81
WEIGH, attorneys, which is room So Of
826 Market street. - Close to the bav.win-
dow is Mr.. Humphreys desk, and imme-
diately in front of it, just where he sits, the
carpet had been cut On lifting the cnt
mir hnl n ha hafw
was exposed, measuring 10 by Is inches.
The jagged edges showed that brace and
center-bit had been utilized in making the
hole. 1t is even smaller than the one in
the store molding. which leads to the be-
lief that boy or very small-propOrtioned
man had wrigged through it,
Attempts had been made in two other
places TO make the hole, but joist had
interviewed. In one of the places piece
of the flooring about three inches wide by
thirteen inches dsep had been forced off.
Entrance TO the attorneys Office had
been obtained through the transom, evil
dence being there to show that it was
forced open from the outside. 1t is the
general opinion that there were only two
in the job.
After the hole had been made In the
flooring the smaller of the two men worked
his way through it and crawled along
about three feet, till he reached the SPOT
where he made the hole in the molding...
1t is supposed that the Work of making
the hole in the floor of the attorneys of.
fee had been made on Sunday, and that
the burglars had then retired co complete
the job when darkness set in. What leads
to this suppositien was the discovery OF
an ingenious device by Mr. Tevlin. he
found that some one had been tampering
With some postage stamps be had in his
drawer py tearing them in two. Shortly
afterward, on leaving the office, his eve
caught something unusual near the bottom
of the door, close TO the hinge. 1t proved
10 be the pieces Of his missing postage
stamps.
The cute cracksmen had on retiring at
fixed the pieces of stamp one end on the
dOorsill and the other on the edge of the
door, so that when they returned if they
saw the pieces had been broken it was a
hint that some one had entered the office
during their absence, and the zig was up"
as the hole in the floor would, of course.
have been discovered. This, more than
anything else, proved that they were pro-
feSslonals, and were not foolish enough 10
take any chances of being discovered
When they returned at night 1t would
not take the slim burglar long to make the
hole In the molding. Then with a rope
tied round his waist he was lowered bv
his accomplice into the store. and deftiy
removed the articles from the showcase.
lie had also forced open the drawers in
the office and In the counter in the rear
probably in search of money, but he found
none.
After taking all he wanted he carried
the g ore-ladder and acct it ge'nst he
woodwork on the hi ok of the w dow
and climbed up. Then he siguale II b
accomplice in the off above. and VAS