The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-11
PICK OUT A PLUMBING SHOP WITH
IN GALL OF CENTRAL POLICE
STATION
ND PROCEED TO HAVE FUN.
SEESI TO HAVE REVELLED IN THE
HAVOC WHICH THEY
CREATED.
TO MAKE 1T ESPECIALLY GOOD
They Stacked Up Some Old UmbTeI
las and SurMOunted the Lot with
an Old Silk Tile.

In sight of the central police station
and in the glare of an electric light at
Bridge square burglars entered the
! plumbing and gas fitting establishment
of E. W. Mulrooney, No. Il West Third
street, early Tuesday morning and lit
orally tore the place wide open. Two
doors, storm sash and an inside win
dow were broken open by the thieves
In gaining an entrance, and from the
confusion and disorder discovered by
]. f. Cook, q member OF the firm, when
| he opened the shop Tuesday morning,
| it is evident that the burglars must
have spent over an hour in pillaging
the place. The entire front Of the
building is composed of a large plate
glass window, which under the electric
light renders the interior almost as
bright as day, while not two feet away
stands a desk and book case, from
which the robbers tore doors and COW
ers, examining their smallest contents
and scattering the undeSired articles
and papers Tecklessly about the floor
Two tool chests were also broken open
and rif1ed Of their portable implements,
/ while the stock of plumbing supplies,
including marble basins, brass pipes
and gas fixtures, was knocked from
the shelves, as though the thieves had
fairly reveled in the havoc they Gre
ated. After searching the building
even to the basement, the burglars left
by travelling the edge of the bluff in
the rear and made their escape with a
cumbersome load Of booty. The prop
erty taken consisted of two Stilson
wrenches, three extension bits, two
rachel braces. $50 pounds Of lead pipe,
one brass team gauge, a number Of
papers and letters, several books, three
pairs of spectacles, a pair Of pants, a
full suit Of Knights Templar regalia,
the total value Of the plumbing arti-
Giles being about $35.
The thieves effected an entrance
through a basement door opening from
a pair Of steps on Third street by
wrenching out the staples of a pad
lock fastening. The basement con-
tanned little Of value, and the burglars
next kicked open a rear door leading
to back porch, up the rafters Of which
they climbed to a similar porch in the
rear of the ground floor A storm sash
was smashed, pane or glass broken
from the inside window, which gave
were inside the store room and office.
Papers were examined and thrown
aside, while books and ledgers suffered
the loss of leaves and coverings. Let
ter files were rumaged, and the firms
business correspondence strewn over
the floor. A. o. Nepil occupies desk and
sample room in the front Of the store,
and the burglars next confined their
attention to his possessions. Off came
the door of a book case, and the thieves
added several valuable volumes in a
foreign language to their pled-up
spOils, together with the Masonic and
other clothing. The roll-tOp desk was
broken open, and everything which the
desk had contained, not carried away
by the burglars, was found on the floor
in the morning. Just to show that
they were enjoying themselves, the
thieves took a number Of old umbrel-
las from the top shelving, opened them
in the center of the room and sur
mounted the pile with Mr.. NepiPs
st0ve-pipe hat. Satisfied with the
nights work, the festive burglars car
ried their plumber out the back win
dow, lowered it twelve feet to the lower
porch and then to the bluff further
below, making their escape down the
declivity to the railroad tracks, as
shown by their footprints in the snow
when the robbery was discovered