The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-31
LOOKING AT THESAFE.
UrEREsTED THOUSANDS CROWD
FJycK's JEwELHY STORE
Mig $4,000 Robbery Affrncs .
string of People. Continuing All
Nay LopE-Sef a Clue, Except q
Iaftfe Piece of saw-Poiiee work
ing Qui~tfy-Eyerybody Wonders
Now the Thieves Made Away
with the aswng.,

terday 70 one Of a different nature. The
new excitement swept the people OF TIER
feet. out Of their paTIof, out Of the kitchen
and down town TO SIS Second avenue
where expert burglars and safecraekeIs
looted the Jeweiry store Of NIii-an n
Finck last Sunday morning.
What a 81. 90 safeeraesAag Job, SAID
= prominent merchant yesterday morning,
IS ie hurrlediy glanced over the head
lines in the Posf-Inteiiigeser. Never be-
fore heard Of anything ike that to Seat
tie Must be that some very clever eriu~
finals have come here. II i tine for all CO
Us 20 be very careful OF our yaiuables."
Whereas. there was nothing bat klon-
dixie talk Sunday. there was nothing but
the Flnck burglary discussed yesterday.
Old-ffraers grabbed their hats and rushed
down 10 the 5eweIry store 70 condoie with
the proprietor. ger look a. the safe, and
Incidentally ease their minds az 10 what
ouEhs 70 be dene II the guilty parties wert
captured
Don't suppose they ever VIII be caught. :"
raid ore quaint old man who lives near
the corner Of Pike street ard fifth avenue
hut l would give 80 cut OF my own pocket
20 get hold OF them and have the pleasure
OF pulling al ore end Of a rope am tire6
of this slow Justice The old. quick way
II the besf after all. Here yos have labor
sd sixteen years and some hobos come
along and in one night everything dlsap-
pears. Ranging is too good fer the men
who burglarized your atoEe.~
This Is only ono instance of the way
property owners and influential citizens
talked. There mas no danyinG the fact
that popular Indignation needed only a
spark 20 fan II into a bright fame The
spark. however could not be found. and
yet the police force was exerting ITSELF 10
its utmost 10 find some tangible clue that
would lead 10 the discovery or the clever
crooks. The police worked In silence
grazing 81 anything that came their way
while the excitement conferred at the
jeweiry store.
Crowds M the store.
People commenced arriving al the store
az early a. o'clock In the morning Firef
they came quietly up The street and
glanced cautiously Ia the windows. ex-
pectinG 70 see the shelves entirely de-
spoiled Of The wares 5ewe.er carrica.
They saw sliverwafe and come goods IN
the front windows. ard some we're fool
fsh enough % figure out that Il was not
much Of q burglary. after All. THY
aini9iy overlooked fno vi;ai point that
which directed the attack en- the safe
The most valuable ieweiFy zach as rlnes
watches and diamonds are locked up IA
night In inc safe. Goods OF ordinary
value arc left IN their usual places. safa,y
depending en- well fastened doors ami
Windows. Mon like those who entered
FrsnA's store know what they are after
and could net be led into taking good
no matter how attractive they were. when
diamonds, rings and watches could pos
aibly be obtained
As rule. the people who visited The
store understood that the iooting was
confined 10 the yaluables stored I'm The
safe. and did not wonder to see goods Ia
the show cases.
sos a Glaze Yet.
II Is Impossible to give a correct estimate
OF the number Of people who visited the
store during the day. II was a continual
bo,hk ana coming and the usual question
asked Mr.. finck was:
Have the police got any cine - ~.
burgiarxy' eie
~ hrst Mr. finci replied TO the questions
Win no. but before evening ne was slaa
70 reply with a shake OF his head 7, ras
something like n successful candidate for
pnhils honors. shaking hands with the
populace. only that I, was different.
Where We're the Officers.
All sorts OF stories We're flying aronpa
thp city yesterday afternoon about ~
putsiaFy, and the policeman and rnareb,,,.
pitrotinAn on the beat came in FOR 49,
80 ..'a'' nieeral share Of talk. Where was
III pelleefnanY one would ask In a ara
ssa eu1e, Does not the city PAY him
sto a month to keep the p..ars an, ., 49,,
our burglars9 Where were all th. =.
n month"; Insult ON 90
som assaed that an Increase ~ the ma.
nee force from SIS present t,vent ..-st,.t,
nafeiinen would not have any srs,.,,, a.
go. 49, 'o1Nafd 2 reduction ef crime. unless
'ns,e was an Increase In the pav.
II an absurd proposition !, s.ts
OLD sport. 'ta expect a aeteetiye - ~ "''9
work among the class Of poonIs ~ = ~ s5'y
ca uien 10 mingle with on ss9 \ r,o,,st,
ue'sstlFe has Eot 20 spend money. 49,.
y hosing around fer inrorusffon 10
uon throw out dollar now ana g.
over the par he i snre TO meet /, fr,st :,
The job Carefully rianres
INC Finek burglary may or
ever nc solved. bur II offers An o,,,,o-,,.t
80 - Honis ME detective work OF ths 49,
- 's's ~ ssssl'' sherlock Holmes might a,f,,s
u IA one OF Conan navle's no,.sls 80. go.
anywhere else. The hurslarS aia a., -. l','s
any stray cigar ashes around f,r 49,. .
sectiyes 10 analsse ana s3eterfnfrs =.
trsuu or cigar They did not leave h $50
cum, handkerchief g stray rost ,.tt
necktie. or q shred - cloth haneing -
haAi insy had evidently planned the Sos
.'i%tiA*t%tttN+e so FkfrffisfN Ia hts~ t-s.a.a
In New York city. and n.ava.1 ,ea g.rs...
To me end without iesins nerve or eorr,
r1ftfing an error calculated 10 r>e,aal ffEt~
identity. They cerrgeA away fully hsst,.i
basket fun a goods. The weiebf az 80
rinnasr could not have been lees than raa
pounds, and e would be iaterestlnr II,
know how they sot 10 cover wlfh it ana
the ronte they took after leaving f,,e
store. One theory Is thar 4 uvSferio,ts
carriage drove NJ Second avenue early Sea
The morning, ana thar as e. went Ny the
narrow passage between the Coianisi ana
Finck block next north two rnen sgs,,,,
quickly out. jumped 81 and nern hurried
away Their may have been A CART, Id,
IN tho deal but 4 20 nothing definite haE
come from the c3ue. II IL well worth f.,f-
lowing however and the police should nat
overlook g. because aueh thiaws often lend
70 the unrsvelins a. an apparently inlpeu-
etrafle mystery,
Police Hard af Work.
If. under the circumstances. tho guilty
men are srfs-ss "a or TIRE stolen roe,is 90.
covered chief Reed sna his mon WIFI l,s