The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-20

Burglars began operations in the
city again Friday evening. They did
two very bold jobs and got away with
work was done early in the evening
and nothing was heard of it at police
headquarters till yesterday morning,
when the places of business were
| opened, the robberies discovered and
the station notified. The time inter-
yening was sufficient TO enable the
burglars to cache the plumber and
cover their tracks, and as result no
trace of them has as yet been found.
The places entered were the gun store
of Mrs. NJ. A. Walsh on Main street
and the store of j. F. GORDON at 275
South West Temple street The loss
to the gun store was much heavier.
as the burglars secured about $500
worth of cutlery and fire arms, while
from the latter place only about 800
worth of jewelry was taken.
The property taken from the gun
store consisted of 20 dozen pocket
knives, five Marlin repeating rifles, y
shot guns. six target rifles, 22-callber,
and two dozen razors.
The property taken from the GORDON
establishment was four pair of scarf
holders, a quantity of collar buttons
and lynx eye shirt studs, 100 scarf pins,
four pairs of ladies' ear drops and six
gold shirt studs.
The work was to all appearances
very systematically done. From indi-
cations the gun store was the first Wis
tied, the burglars having first secured
a conveyance with which to haul away
their plumber by appropriating horse
and carriage belonging to President
George Q. Cannon, which had brought
some of the members of his family TO
the city TO attend the Kirmess at the
Salt Lake theatre, and which was
hitched in the rear of the Juvenile In
structor office, near the rear door of
the gun store
An entrance to the store was effected
by breaking out one of the panels of
the rear door. through which the prop
erty was conveyed with little oppor-
tunity for detection.
The burglars evidently had their
work laid out for the evening, as it is
clear they proceeded at once from the
gun store to the place on West Temple
street, where the. same plan of proceed
ure was followed, entrance being made
at the rear and the property removed
without disturbing the other goods in
the store.
The Cannons were given an unwelcome
surprise when they went for their rig
10 go nome a. ABOUT IL q clOCk- ETeS-
ton Cannon reported the fact of its be-
ing missing to the police, but though
search was made for it and close watch
kept, nothing was seen of the horse
and carriage till yesterday morning,
when they were found standing in
front of 443 West Third South street.
Everything about the rig was intact,
except one rug. which was missing.
1t is supposed that after the cache of
the plumber was made, the rig was
taken a considerabl distance away and
left to throw off any suspicion as to
the locality of the burglars hiding
place.
AS the rig was not left behind the
Instructor office till about o'clock. it
is plain the work was done between
that time and II o'clock. 1t is a theory
that the burglaries were committed by
young toughs, presumably the pals
of Roy Croxall. who is now serving a
sentence in the county jail for at
tempting to steal a shot gun from the
Walsh establishment. The officers are |
engaged on the case, but there is very /
little for them to work on.