The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-07

from all the information that can be
obtained at this time there is absolutely
no clew to the robbers. In fact. we do
not know whether the crime was COM
I mitJed by one man or five. The proba-
/ bilities are. however. that more than
one man was concerned in IT,
We have taken all precautions to
capture the robbers. kilograms have
/ been sent to every sheriff in the central
I part OF the state. ordering him to
search for the missing gold, to over
( maui every boat and steamer within
jurisdiction. 20 search every railroad
tram and stage coach passing through
/ his county, and to examine every one
taking passage at the different railroad
stations throughout the state. We can
DO no more than this, and, I think that
with the precautions we have taken, no
stranger can leave the state unexam-
med. Sure.C- # any attempt is made
10 ship the bullion by any Of the Crdi-
nary modes Of conveyance, we will
discover it On the whole, 7 believe
the chances are good for capturing the
rODberG-'
How Work Was Done.
An official of the SeIby smelling
works made the following statement 10
d representative Of Fhe Associated Press
regarding the robbery:
The robbers must have succeeded in
entering the vault some time between
the hours OF midnight and : O clock this
morning They entered the vault
through hole about the size of a man
hole an boiler. AMI the Indications
point 10 the fact that the robbers have
been working on the scheme for some
tlme. over 40 holes were bored into
the bottom Of the vault. and the work
manShlD indicates that mechanics of
more than usual ability superintendent !
the lob.
The holes were bored to within a |
hairs breadth of the surface, and when /
the proper time came the plate was /
forced no, thus giving the TODDeTs &C |
cess 10 the vault. The 3lOttess irst ex- |
caVated hole alongside the binding,
directly IN line with the vault. The |
Work Ct eXcavating must have taken /
some time and al the cad Of each /
nights WOTk-fOr the wo-1 must have
been done al uight-a covering of laths
rubber sheetins and sacks was made, /
the Whole being covered over with a
layer of dirt. thus hiding a1v signs OF
what was going on. What became Of
the eXcavsted djrt we nave been IN
able % find out 1t must nave bean re-
mCved In sacks.
The covering, we have ascertained.
was not strong enough 70 hold the /
weight Of a man. but the excavation /
was made so close 1.-The building that
the men never walked over Il We are
satisfied than the plOJters were aided
by some one thoroughly familiar with
the system employed at the works, and
one fully informed as to the constr NC
ton Of the vault
Last night one Of the watchmen en-
ployed about the premises heard noises
inside the vault. and informed his fell
lows that the devil or ghosts were in
side the vault. They laughed D him,
and made no investigation, and thus
the robbers we're left unmR Vested at
their work.
Must Have Been Several Men.
The weight of the gold carried out Of
the vault aggregates 1,200 pounds,
and il must have taken sew
eraI trips for one man, or
several men must have been employed /
in carrying the metal 10 the boat which /
was IN waiting for them.
Inside the vault were several sacks
containing $4,000 but this was rot
touched. It may have been that the /
men became alarmed. That they were
alarmed is also indicated b. the fact
that two bars of gold Of great value
We're left on the beach in their haste to
embark.
1T is impossible Cor Us to say at this !
time what direction the men took. IF
they used a steam launch to leave the
scene Of the robbery they could have
gone in any direction, but if they es-
capped in a rOwbOat they would doubt
less have taken the direction in which
the tide was running.
Several broken drills and an oil can. I
such as Is used by cyclists, have been J
found IN the hole d
Every possible cIew is being fol- ?
lowed. but I am unable to say that we c
have been at all successful thus far. O
but We hope later to make the an h
that the robbers have been 4
aDDrehended." .