Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-25
STORE Is BURCLARIZED

STORE IS BURCLARIZED
Burglars Bresk into LundquIst Bros
Hardware Store and Make
. Big Haul.
The hardware store of Lundquist
Bros. was entered by burglars late
last Saturday night and stock to the
amount of some over $3.50 was carried
Off. Entrance was affected by cutting
hole in the panel of the rear door
leading into the tin shop and reaching
inside to unlock the door. The arti-
cles found missing included pocket
knives, razors and revolvers.
The burglary Was thought to have
been committed sometime between 9:l5
aud 1890 on Saturday night. Eric
Sandberg, an employe of the store,
had closed the place about 9:15. 1t
was about 1890 when he had occasion
to again 60 into the store before leav-
ing for home. He found the back
door unlocked, but thinking that
some one connected with the store was
responsible for this and that the per-
son was about the premises at the
time, thought no more about it and
nothing out of the ordinary.
BE however, again locked the door
and saw that the place was secure be-
fore leaving. All of this time he had
not noticed the hole In the door which
had been cut sufficiently large to ad
NIT a hand through, it being dark in
the back room when he made his visit
there. The door was locked by means
OF q bolt, and it was an easy matter
to unbolt the same.
1t was Sunday afternoon before the
burglary was discovered. Sand berg
then again visited the store and it was
then that he first noticed that a hole
had been cut in the door. A fishing
knife was found lying on the work
bench close by, and as this one was q
brand new one it was easily seen that
1t had been removed from among the
stock in the front part of the store.
This had probably been forgotten by
the burglars, or had been left in beat.
ing hasty retreat. The inside door,
separating the main store from the
shop, had been unlocked in such
manner as to show that considerable
force had been used, for the staple
was found loosened from it's fasten.
ings.
An investigation led to the discov.
cry that the show case which is in the
front part of the store had been rifled
of it's contents. AS near as can be
learned about $50 pocket knives, 10
revolvers and 80 razors had been ex-
tracted. Lundquist Bros, to whom
the affair was soon reported, estimate
the property stolen to be valued at
somewhere in the vicinity OF $50.
All the paper boxes in which the az.
ticles had been contained were found
strewn about the ho3r, and the con-
ditioh OF things when the discovery of
the theft was made indicated that the
parties had taken their time in choos-
ing the best cutlery. Nearly all the
knives in the stock contained in the
case bear the mark of the C2ttaraugus
Cutlery Co. and the proprietors an.
nounce that other marks are on the
stolen stock by which detection could
be made.
The affair was soon reported to the
authorities and the police and sheriff
are on the lookout for suspicious char
acters. AS the discovery was made SO
late, ample time had been given the
thieves to make good their escape.
Sheriff Lundquist has good descrip-
tion of the stolen property and the
proper notices have been sent 10 other
places. At this writing no clue has
been found leading to the detection of
the criminals.
A bright street light is kept burning
in front of the store and the work of
the burglars must have been very
clever in escaping notice from passers-
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