Southwest-sentinel., 1896-04-21
nors Burglary.

Last week the sErrilrnL gavo en- 90
count Of the burglary AZ Bishops post
onioo store, 10 which between two and
three thousand cigars were p,olen; this
week We can inform our readers that tho
AoraoIs" are proeroauna- -four stores
having been entered on Thursday night
From she methods employed. the gang
~ evidently composed Of tgfoa. for their
work n usually done IN q clumsy and nE-
professional manner. Theis is also
another fact oonneolod with these rob
berries which il win hs-woll for the ON
csru 70 note. The men who are tnrnine
these tricks are not strangers. for IN
every case the easitst points Of onttnnco
we're taken advantage Of BY them. Al
Porter6eld's drug store, where they op-
Grated a few weeks ago BY affecting
an entrance through the rear door
their tactics were altered. This time
they went through The front door. From
the marls on the doors Il is evident
that two chiooln we're used, and that
their task was easy. The doors have 20
nhrunken that the bolt in the lock only
enters the hasp shout one eighth Of an
inch. Two ohirsls were evidently placed
together and q leverage was 20 formed
that slight pressure forced the dooru
sufficiently 70 throw the bolt out Of the
haap. The only thing missed BY Mr..
Por,erheld The next m0rning was eAO0
10 change. which had been extracted
from the cash register.
At Geo. ID. Jones' meat market an
easy entrance was made through back
window. Although Mr.. Jones relies on
his old dog 10 guard the store by nightil
is evident that thu dog slept In blissful
oblivion while the burglars tapped the
money drawer. Here between four and
dve dollars in silver was taken, and the
money drawer wrecked.
A little more ssratagem wss spplisd At
II. RosenberR's store than any otheE
place, but the booty was less. The bur
glars gained access 10 the second story
OF the building by means of the stair
way, forced the door to the ware room
and descended to the fret floor through
the elevator hatchway. The total los.
here was the complete destruction Of
the ossh register and the larceny Of GO
cents in small coins.
GIllott 4 Son suffered the greatest
loss. Their cash register vas broken "a
pieces and $50 Of the firm's money
taken from the till, besides q fns ring
which had been left on deposit and q
small sum Of money placed there by q
gentleman 70 be called for. The only
possible clue to the thieves was found al
this place. The burglars had evidently
done bard work in attempting TO force
the back door Of the ware room, bat
falling in this they piled boxes sufficient
ly high 10 enable them 10 reach a win,
dow. The window was broken 10 and
the robbers crawled through on to q
large pile Of sacked -four. In walking
over the sacks a foot print was lefi
which may aid IN the detection Of the
guilty parties. II is Of unusual size and
its Dimensions have been taken.
A remarkable feature OF these bur
glaries is found in the fact that nothing
but money was taken, while in the lats
burglaries at Porterhsld's and Bishops
nothing was taken but cigars. As {
means Of protection against further dep
relations and also TO Sssist in capturing
the guilty parties it is probable that I
night ws.ohman will be employed.