Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-12-23
AckEL o co.'s STORE ROBBED
Burglars Made a $4,000 Haul on Nom
day Night.

The largest robbery of n Phoenix
business house that ever occurred, ana
the most unique in point of simplicity
and successful accomplishment. took
place last night, when The store OF
Selm Ackel & Co. on South Second
street was ransacked and goods TO the
amount of $4,000, together with nearly =
hundred dollars in cash, were carried
away The store was entered through
the front door on a well lighted street
and the robbers departed leaving not
a single clue to their identity or num-
Der. The merchandise taken was most
ly jewelry and watches and as near as
the proprietors could prepare a list
yesterday, the following goods are
missing:
65 to 20 hand made solid gold rings,
no sets in any of them; II to y solid
gold ladies' breast pins, hand made.
different designs. some of them flower
designs 10 watch chains, some gold
plated. some gold led, S or 10 watch
chains, hand made all solid gold, diff
ferent designs. some Of them shaped
like fish, very pretty: 10 plain band
rings. all stamped inside IA X. and Is
h; 2 gold filled watches, ladies size,
Fahy's make, AK. % year guarantee,
set with four rows of diamonds. Dia-
monds are set in back crescent and star
shape, three diamonds in crescent one
diamond in star. both watches Hamp-
den movements: ladies' watches gold
filled, cheap, l ladies' watch case, gold
plated, no works l dozen mems size
solid silver watches, hunting cases, in
laid with gold front and back: IS or 20
open face gold plated Elgin move
T>at
Il K. % year guarantee, size Is; sew
eral gold filled watches IA X, Fahy's
| make. 10, Is and 20 year guarantee; ,
dozen silver thimbles; l gold ring set
with pearl: l ladies' solid gold watch
chain; l mans silver watch chain, med
ium weight; l gold thimble; l second
hand nickel watch.
The store was closed about 9 clock
Monday night TIE office is next to
the front window on one side of the
| door. Within it is a little safe used
mainly for keeping the books in. as a
guard against fire, and the outer door
/ is always left unlocked. The safe was
rifled and the partitions in ii broken
but all the valuables taken from it
was between 500 and 500 In cash.
which, of course. was not overlooked.
The jewelry in the daytime is kept
in big show case in the center of the
store but at night the trays are taken
cut anG secreted in various places un-
der the counters. The burglars
| seemed to have great noses on them
for gold and they smelled out the hid
ing place of nearly every tray The
! greater part of the jewelry was OF a
valuable sort, being mostly gold fill
gree, manufactured in the store by an
expert workman from Mexico. It is
different from most Of the jewelry in
ordinary stock, and will be quite cas-
/ lily recognized by the owners if it is
/ seen again. There was also a quantity
of silver jewelry made from Mexican
coin and lot of 1898 Mexican coins
that had never been manufactured
mainly nickels and dollars.
The store seems to have been entered
by the use of a key and it is not an or
binary lock either, so thei key must
have been made from some sort of an
| impression previously secured. The
door was closed but when an attempt
was made to unlock it the key would
not enter as it should, the lock being
turned the other way.
The sheriff and Police were notified
at once and all day long there was a.
bOSy sea- Cii Kept up lSf some SJiR oil
clue, but so far none has been UNI
earthed. At one time Marshal Kinney
thought he had the thing grabbed. 1t
was reported to him that a certain
man had sold ten Mexican dollars to
second hand store for fifty cents each
American money. His description was
secured and he was found feeding his
five dollars to the tiger. He was talk
en- over to the city hall and carefully
searched and questioned, while his
hair was gradually raising his hat from
his head. He denied all knowledge of
the robbery and said that he got the
dollars from - Phoenix man who had
employed him to ornament a cowboy
bride with them. The story Just at
that particular moment did not sound
coed, but on investigation it was found
to be correct and he was discharged.
| the man who furnished the coins being
reputable business man. The sus-
poets hopes went up even faster than
Marshal Kinney'S went down when he
began to learn the truth. The incident
though, only goes to show how an in
nocent man can sometimes be desper-
ately compromised by circumstances
he knows nothing abOut