The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-06
THEY'LL NEVER EAT AGAIN.
Seventh Street jewelers. Are Robbed
While Summing.

The absolute daring of the gang of
crooks infesting the city was empha-
sized in a startling manner last even
ing, when some Of the gang broke into
the jewelry store of Nathan BlOOmen-
thai, 10 East Seventh street, while
the proprietor was at supper, and
with the streets crowded with pedes-
TRANS, the store ablaze with light, and
mayhap a policeman or two walking
UP and down in front of the place,
stole fifty-four watches, said to be
worth between 800 and $500. The rob-
berry was doubtless planned and exc
cuted by experts, as the absence of
the proprietor was accurately timed
and the work done in an eXpedient
manner, while the boldness Of the job
undoubtedly indicates operators ia
miliar with such enterprises.
The proprietor left the place about
a quarter past o'clock to go to sup
per, this having been his custom since
commencing the auction sales some
weeks ago. The fact that the store
is so publicly situated and that the Of
ficer on the beat during the day usu-
ally spends most of his time on Sew
enth street. precluded the fear of rob-
berry on BloomenthaPs part and the
auctioneer and other employees of the
place likewise went to the evening
meal when their employer left. A light
WAS IGIl DuIulIS over the SHOW case
from which the watches were taken,
however, and any one glancing into
the place could hardly escape noticing
the thieves at work, though perhaps
not realizing that a robbery was go
ing on.
The burglars secured an entrance
through a rear basement window from
which the grating was removed some
time ago A dry goods box had been
,NIo hnyx-ayvaT nd
hid the easily accessible window from
all except the robbers, who undoubted-
ly became aware of the unbarred en-
trance. Crawling through this open
irg the thieves made their way up the
cellar stairs where they were confront
ed with a bOlted door leading into the
store. A Jimmy" inserted over the
bar of iron, however, sent it flying from
it's fastenings and the robbers quickly
set about securing the most valuable
portion of the stock. The watches were
in tray in the second show case from
the front doorway, scarcely fifteen feet
from the street. These the robbers
probably gathered up first, as the cash
drawer in a desk further back in the
store showed the marks of the Jimmy
but had resisted the efforts of the
thieves until, undoubtedly pressed for
time, they escaped with nothing but
cash in the drawer and the safe, near
by containing a quantity Of jewelry
upon which payments had been made.
was unlocked, though it appeared as
though the burglars had not gotten far
enough with their Investigations to try
the door, as its contents were undis-
turbed. The robbers escaped through
the rear window, carefully replacing
the dry goods box over the opening.
The burglary was discovered when Mr..
Bloomenthal returned shortly before
o'clock and the police were immediate
ly notified. Capt Rouleau detailed De-
tectives Werrick and Wells on the case.
While the auction business is con-
Quoted by Bloomenthal, the stolen
watches were the property of NJ. L.
Finkelstein, a pawnbroker, at 116 East
Seventh street, who had intrusted the
property to BloOmenthal to sell The
owner of the timepieces says the stolen
watches will aggregate nearly $500 in
value There were four fourteen carat
gold watches, four diamond set gentle
mems watches and four ladies' diamond
set watches. The other forty-two time
pieces were of cheaper make, ranging
in value from $3.50 to s12. None of the