Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-20

That a gang of the cleveres' s snon
80 In the country has been
,nas,rs salt Lake their headquarters
for some time past, there c%n W. snw
~ be any room for doubt only NV ~"
,,'.su. AGO the office OF the sierra Ne
yada Lumber company was Or0hen u,
a. ~ safe blown open ana sey ,,,na
rnrSred dollars stolen. since that '''ie
.s.rs nave been numerous burglaries'
holdups and murderous ATTACKS "''"
daily. :. a.. vorp
TsM night this gang got In us WORK
ogs,n. The office of the Con'lheh'a,
m, conpauy on sixth West ana seo ,,nr
cn,trvas broken into, the compihat
~ vault door broken on, the aoor
~ safa blown off and over S4oV III
.,lver and currency stolen.
syai,,3nnhtedly the thieves had peen
unStS e business transactions or
th~ rSmpany during the day ana kh1"
trst IN money was stored away III VIZ
ssSs TThey overlooked q 70 golu pNse
ca 'kcents. A hat full Of checks MACE
1919 m the company were scorneo
pnJS roIhars They wanted nothing
n and currency of the realm
~, got Il As to the time the
robh6ry was committed, one n'"n
r,e is as good as anothet az wy
rohf<ss were not kind enough 10 leaVe
a r,Xnoranda, and the explosion when
w. nd a ton safe did not even slop
~ Xock which hung few rect lrolll
t.H1$d which was found this morning
49, faithfully performing It's duty III
Xsicllnr the seconds, minutes ana
f{3Sortunately for the company, IL
..,trE most opportune time for the rob-
ts~SF Tho money deposited In the safe
49, u ceIyed too late 10 be placed In 4
rsv& Under ordinary circumstances
~ nss would have been but slight
M only clues left were a sledge ham
49, money wrench. a drill a burg
iar,5 ilmmy and a piece OF black cioth
aboot 6x4 inches in size.
HOW THEY DID IT.
Ao.before stated. the time of the rob
bere Is not known but the police nave
rea ~ to believe that II was done some
dina n fter midnight. From what EVIL
doT the safe blowers left behind, they
fr&< tried 10 gain an entrance by pry-
in97bpen the east door with Jimmy
br,1 hiding the door would not yield to
H13 efforts. they turned their atten-
10 the south window. Here all was
In sailing and they could operate
but little feeI Of detection.
IA office building Is situated on the
= side o. the street on Second South
N ben Sixth and Seventh West At
q puth OF the Office Is a large brick
III house and the place IN surrounded
by high picket fence. There are also
~ bl huge oil tanks between the Of
&co I'D the Rio Grande Western depot
tltu affording an excellent place for
thu bbbers 20 work. Once In the vault
the Mould have small reason for alarm
as BY could work with a light with
Ouo eing discovered from either side OF
the blding.
r breaking the screen from the
sod window, a few lifts with a Jimmy
opQ the window and gave them ac-
cee b the vault room.
q sledge hammer they had stol-
en- pm some nearby shop they at
tac, the combination on the vault
doc knd succeeded in breaking II off,
So ept were they In the work that
the Baking Of the combination did not
IN least lnjure the slide OF the vault
doo The rest was easy. Opening the
do9 hey entered vault about six by
SIX b In size. Against the east wall
rep ID the ton safe. Holes were drilled
In Pr the combination, explosives
po< In, fuse attached and-bang!
ps bang" again. Nobody
M4 The conclusion did not even
Drt an electric light globe which
huI bot more than -four feet from the
sanl por. The door was blown com
pie OF the safe and crashed into a
ioc on the south side Of the vault.
br~ ng the door ~ the same. With
Jim y the cash drawers were pried
ope nd cleaned out. The robbers evil
den took their time In looking over
tne ecks and papers among the cash.
were found scattered around
tne pm when the crime was discov
erc@ the clerk opening the office this