St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-25
ROCKIES SAFE ROBBED.
MAN FROM THE WOODS BUNcOED 0U7
or $1O2.5O.
WORK ALL DONE AT MIDDAY

ernoOn Wnen the SAFE Was
Broken Open Fourth Time
This Place Has Been Robbed
City Detective stood IN With
the Bunco Men.
Safe-crackers and confidence men did
a good days work yesterday iii 1.-THE
glare of the sunlight. The principal
Jobs were the breaking open of4the Safe
fOf John G. Roche. wholesale liduOr
dealer at the corner of Robert cane
Fifth streets. and robbing it of SIS, and
the buhcOing of a man from Chippewa
Falls out of SlO2 so.
In the rear of the salesroom of Mr..
Roche's store is retail bar with short
spring doors dividing it from the front
room. Shortly before o'clock yester-
day afternoon John Il. Roche stepped
| out for lunch. leaving his father in
charge of the rear retail bar. Before
ne left he shut the door of the safe
and turned the knob just far enough
| not TO set the combination. He was
gone twenty minutes, and when he re-
turnedshe found the safe door open, the
cash drawer pried open with a Jimmy,
and the Sl75 he had left therein absent.
To make the robbery more startling,
the safe is i'll one of the front windows
of the front Salesroom.
Shortly after Mr.. Roche left for his
lunch. young man with a strong He
brew cast to his countenance stepped
into the bar and engaged Mr..
ROche's father in conversation, pre-
tending that he wanted to : buy
some case goods. He finally departed
without making the purchase. 1t is
supposed that the Hebrew engaged the
old gentleman in conversation. so that
he would not hear the operations of the
safe cracker.
The matter was Immediately reported
to Chief Garvin and Chief Detective
McGinn. with careful description of
the Hebrew, but so far they have not
captured the suspected one.
This is the fourth time during the
present city administration that the
store of Mr.. Roche has been robbed. and
the total loss foots up to $40.
The first robbery took place shertly
after the Republican administrator
was in working order. The safe was
blown open in the night time and $3.50
taken therefrom. -! =:
! The second robbery was in Septpm-
Der, 1892. In the night time the store
was broken into and six ten-gallon kegs
of expensive brandy were rolled out
and taken away IN wagon. The
wholesale cost of the brandy was S2T5.
The third robbery was in June, 1893.
The cash drawer was broken open-and
$50 taken out. ,iGsG
All that Mr.. Roche has ever recov--
cred from the robberies was three gal
Ions of the stolen brandy and two ofthe
empty kegs. These were retunletkdo
bin by city detectives. 'iay90b
'~ Mr.. Richie says he will leave no more
money in that safe. bsy!i
4.7e--. 80 TEE BUNCo GAME. IBIS :
The man who was buncoed yesterday
was an honest-looking person named
John Mills, who lives by working iii the
woods of Wisconsin. He came to ST.
Paul last Monday night and took quar-
tiers at the Globe thOtel, $50 East sixth
street. 5n; f32.t'5 }}t'! u SOB =. 2!19S-
Yesterday afternobh.he was. casualty
engaged in cunversationsbyas stranger on
the streets. The stranger said he hailed
from Colorado. and was all at sea i'll ST.
Paul. Mills asked him ii he knew-any-
thing about the logging operations in
Washington state; he didn't know but
that would be good place for him. -.
The stranger said he didn't, but that
he had met man in st. Paul who was
just from that locality. The mans
name was Robinson. and he invited
Mills to go with him TO where Robinson
was. Mills consented, and was led
to the rear of the saloon of
Charles Boggs, 81 East Seventh
street. The man was led inside. In
side room were some men playing cards,
one ofFwhOm was introduced as Rob-
iusen. The stranger soon became in
terested in the game and wanted to
take hand. The others objected, but
finally consented. "a
The outcome of the venture was that
Mills was buncoed out of S162.50.
A city detective volunteered assist
anee, but procured the signature of
promise that il he signed it he would
get $50 back; otherwise he would get
nothing. Mills signed it and got his
$50. Then the detective wanted $40 for
his services, but finally consented to
take IS.
. Mills and a trusty man, who helped
him in the case, reported the matter to
|, Chief Garvin. Both say that the chief
| replied that since he signed that re-
| ceipt the rest of the money couldn't be
| recovered. 81