The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-19
BURGLARIES OFANIGHT
Four Committed in One Block on
Sixth South.
THIEVES SECURED ONLY a BOTTLE
OK WINE.
In One Place They Overlooked Some
Cold Cash-At Another They Were
Frightened Away-POiice Think
They Have Captured One of the
Crooks.

Burglars undertook to do a whole
sale business on Sixth South street
Tuesday evening. They entered four
houses in one block-or tried to-and
ransacked two of them, but, strange TO
say, a bottle of wine is the only thing
that has been missed up to date from
any of the places, and in that case
only the wine is missing The bottle
was found in the back yard. The fam
lilies in the neighborhood are Oh the
opinion that the burglarieS were the
work of Would-be bad boys, but the
police think different They arrested
one man whom they believe had
hand in it, and another escaped whom
they think was the principal operator
in this, as well as the porch CLIMBER
whose exploits were recounted a rev
days since. He got away because the
police had no description, and though
they have nothing definite by which
10 connect him with the jobs, they have
reason to think their theory is correct
The man arrested was James Clear
ing. who got 90 days in police court
yesterday for vagrancy.
The operators began working (ac-
cording to all appearances) at the resi-
dence of ]. p. Keate, oil East sixth
South street. They entered the house
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window and crawling in. Then they
made preparations for hasty exit II
necessary by unlocking and opening
the kitchen door This done, they pro-
ceeded to go through the house There
were evidences in the morning of their
having gone through every room IN
the house before being frightened
away. although things were not badly
disturbed.
They apparently failed to find the
kind of valuables they were looking
for. but considerable money was in
handbag in one of the rooms and was
/ overlooked.
They were frightened away, 1T is
supposed. First one member of the
family heard an unusual noise ana
thought it was the cat. Then another
heard it and thought it was another
member of the household. Then they.
all got to thinking the same thing and
! commenced TO cali 10 one another, ana
! finally all got up and discovered they
had received a call from burglars. A
close search failed TO show anything
missing. The burglars had quite evil
/ IDENTIFY flown at the first noise.
The next call was made on W. Z.
Mandell and family at No. 80, same
street. There the marauders cut out
/ the wire screen at the kitchen window,
/ but were unable to get through the
window without cutting the glass or
by breaking it, They desisted, and
/ the Mandells knew nothing of the
/ visit till some time yesterday.
q. G. Browns residence was the next
recipient of burglarious attention. Mr..
Brown lives at No. q. The burglars
entered by the kitchen window-as
! usual-but were unable to get into the
dining room, either because they had
poor tools or none, or were noVices at
the business. They found bottle of
wine in Mr. Browns kitchen and pro-
ceeded to empty the bottle before TAX
ing their departure. They went out
the door and left it open and did not
disturb the slumbers of any of the
Browns.
/ 1t was at the last place the burglars
visited that they came nearest making
haul. 1t was the residence of j. c.
/ Creighton, No. %. Once more they
made use of a rear window for en-
trance, and passing through the dining
/ room. made the usual arrangements
/ for getting out in a hurry. They opened
/ the hall doors leading to the dining
! room and kitchen and then opened the
/ outside kitchen door. Then they set
! to work. They gathered all the silver
/ in the dining room together and packed
! it in the cases in which it belonged
/ and placed it on the dining room table,
ready to be carried forth. They then
1 evidently made a tour of the upper
/ portion of the house, as matches on the
stairs indicated. No one was sleeping
/ there and they came down and tried
/ the door leading to Mr.. and Mrs.
! Creighton's apartments. Mrs. Creign-
ton had previously heard a strange
noise and lay listening. She heard the
door tried and in alarm spoke to her
husband He woke quickly and
answered in loud voice, and immedi-
! ately there was a hasty departure the
burglars not even stopping to take the
/ silver they had packed. They also
missed $50 worth of silver souvenir
spoons that lay on table in the parlor
The neighbors on Sixth South, be-
tween State and Main, were busy yes
terday putting on locks or bolts and
mailing down windows.