The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-30
ROBBER STOLE
BADER'S SAFE
A Pocket Edition Safe Is Toted
OFF by
STRONG ARMED BURGLAR
Appropriating Cart From the West
Hotel the Midnight Marauder Load
ed in the Safe From Lumber Co.'S
Office and Hauled It Away for Loot.

F. w. Bader Lumber Office was the
scene of bold and unique burglary
Tuesday night when some enterpris
ing thief tore the lock off the Office
door, picked UP the safe and carted
it away bodily to a field about a mile
distant, where it was blown open and
the contents scattered over the
ground. The result of all his hard
work must have been a keen disap-
r0ntment to the thief as he only Sc
ed about two dollars for his pains.
There was about $50 In the safe, all
of which, with the exception of about
two dollars, was in bills, and the
force of the explosion scattered these
over the ground and they were pick
ed up by the officers in the morn
ing The silver was gone.
The lumber Office is at the west
end of a long shed used for storing
dry lumber; door opens from the
shed into the Office and the safe was
standing alongside this door The
safe was small affair. weighing
about 500 pounds. and strong recep-
tacle for valuables although it's size
would hardly lead one to think that
any amount of money would be
trusted to it. The burglar appro-
priated the West hotel push cart and
took it up the alley back of the lum-
| Der yard and thence through the
yard to the shed back of the office.
and backed it up to the platform
| The lock of the back door was
broken and the safe lowered to the
! floor from the low platform upon
which it was standing and wheeled
| ,,T h.
ed on his journey to some secluded
| spot where he could, undisturbed,
crack the safe.
From the office he wheeled his
prize back through the yard to the
alley. and north in the alley until
he struck the main road leading out
of town through the Duncan addi-
ton. He followed the road until he
crossed the track and then he went
east through a field, He followed
j this along until he was caught in a
corner by the fence On one side and
the poughed field on the other.
Then the safe was dumped Out and
many people living in that neighbor-
hood heard two separate shots about
| 1870 p. m, that hour is believed to
be the time when the work was done
The next morning when Mr.. Dick
son. the book-keeper at the lumber
office, went to work he missed the
safe and notified the police. The
tracks OF the cart We're plainly WISH
Bile in the alley and road and We're
easily followed to the field where the
safe was found. The safe was badly
wrecked by the force of the explo-
sions, the interior being blown to
pieces. AM the books and papers
were found scattered about, some of
them badly torn. but readable.
From the fact that only the tracks
of one man were found it is believed
that one man did the job This
would be possible owing to the size
of the safe. but it meant hard work
and what the thief's thoughts were
when he found only So may be i'm
agined.
At one time Tuesday Mr., Badel
had almost $500 in the safe. and Il
is possible that some one who knew
of this made the raid.
4 man giving his name as Eric
Michaelson was arrested yesterday
by the officers on suspicion of ben!
: The man who did the work, and il
: being held in the county Jail pending
Il an Investigation into his actions o.
= the night Of the robbery. He or
! man closely answering his descril
ton was seen hanging around tn
! lumber yard Tuesday. and ii is belieN
/ e1 that he was sizing up the situa
ton in order to get in readiness TO
the nights campaign. Michaelso
has only been in town a short time
and has been hanging around the di
ferent gambling houses. and is al
parently gambler. He had COZ
) siderable amount OF money in his pO
= session and is quite we'll dressed
ST He claims that on the night of tn
: robbery he was in bed at the Vale
IL house, but the night clerk does ne
'e remember seeing him come in. Hi
u shoe fits the imprint of the robber
foot left in the dust in every partic1
lar, even to a slight defect in tn
sole. The case is quite strong again:
him and the officers believe tn;
further investigation will prove hin
IN no tho man wanted