The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-16
Entrance Was Gained by Bat
tering Down Door.
Gold and Silver Watches Were
Taken as Well as Money.
All Articles of Value In the show Cases
Were Also Carried Or

Capron and Seagraves, who are sup
posed to be safe "crackers" are being
cared for by Warden Vial at the Jail in
Cranston, and it is supposed the members
of the police and detective department
enjoyed good nights sleep, a. they
supposed that every safe In the city was
secured. They were disappointed, how
ever, for when John Sweet, and William
Read, who are employed by u. W.
Wiley. proprietor OF the Hub Loan Com
pany at 667 Westminster street, went into
the store at O'Clock this morning they
found the safe door open and the con-
tents gone. The show cases had also been
rified of everything OF value. MIR. Sweet
at once notified Mr.. Wiley, who tele-
phoned the news to police headquarters
and Detective Nickerson responed. As
near as can he learned the job was done
between 2:3O ana daylight this morning,
for until 2:3O II. N. Pepper, who runs =
night lunch cart stood directly In front
Of the store.
The men gained admission to the yard
by elm hing over a nigh fence which runs
along stuart Court, lifted q hook on the
inside of gate, and then they were shut
off from view by the fence. The robbers
then took a IA gallon cider keg from the
rear of the He'll market, and with this
battered down rear door al Mr.. Willcy's
store. They then went to the front OF the
store and pulled down the curtains, and
begen their work, probably on the safe
first. Just how they managed to open
| the safe Is not known. as the outer doors
| 10 not show any marks, but portion OF
II L.. T. aSrnsp M N.
| side of the ssfe, which is o small one, Is
| wrecked, as by a hammer, but they old
| not break open the cash box, and this
| mart of the safe was found in \ small
| room in the rear OF the store. 1t was
| empty, when locked last evening by Mr..
Sweet, and this of course, the foppers
learned when they shook it up.
| Mr.. Wiley says that the robbers took
| 40 watches, IL of which we're gold, and ID
| silver: l5 solid gold rings,a dozen or more
first class revolvers, II spring bfllles, ana
no end of other articles. In fact, they
took goods enough TO I'LL three telescope
satchels which the robbers took from
| the store.
In rsnsacking the cases the men threw
all OF the cheaper jewelry on the door,
! taxing only the better grade OF goons,
aud in fact il was the case In all sorts OIL
| goods which they took, with the excep-
! ton of tine watctes and trey made cfesf'
| sweep OF them. MoSt on the Eoiu watcncH
| that were stolen were owned by customer
of Mr.. Willey, and had been left with him
for repairs. MIR. Read, who does the re-
pairing, took home a valuable watch last
evening, and this is the only one that
was not taken.
10 the safe, In book the robberi
found $50, w bich leads Mr.. Wiley to think
that the Job was done by some one whf
was acquainted with the store. Mr.
Wiiley's loss is more than S50C, but hi
says that the watches can be easily found
If an attempt Is made to dispose oil them
in the city for all OF the new ones hav'
| private mark on them.
1t is said that two men were seen az
o'clock this morning In the rear of Hos
mer's jewelry shop corner of Westmins nste
and Franklin streets, but as Mr.. Hos
mer's safe is located In such q manner o.
to allow an electric ligat to expose II, th'
| men did not dare to attempt to break II