The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-25
BOLD ROBBERY
IN MURRAY CITY
The Mercantile ComDany's Store
Broken Into by Thieves.
GOODS WORTH $500 TAKEN
MARAUDERs WALK OVER SACK
OF CASH, BUT MISS IT.
GODS WORTH 500 TAKEN

One Of the boldest and biggest rob
berries ever committed in the city of
Murray was pulled of there some time
early yesterday morning. The store OF
the Murray Mercantile company was
broken into and merchandise to the
value Of between $500 and 500 was car
rled away III sacks. The burglars evil
IDENTIFY took their time and made the
pick of the most costly material in taa
establishment. After securing their
booty the thieves attempted TO dispose
OF some of it to smelter employe.
Ihey calmly walked out Of the little
CITY AFTER daylight and no trace of
them has been secured since. The
Murray officers and the police and
Sherlff's officers of this CITY are en-
deavoring TO apprehend the marauders-
II IS believed that the burglars en-
tered the store for the express purpose
OF blowing open the safe. Finding this
open and no money in it. they walked
over a sackful of silver and went away
with Two Sackstul of merchandise.
Break Into Blacksmith Shop.
Before going to the store the burglars
broke into the blacksmith shop of $
Henderson. There they secured a
croWbar. drill. a brace and a sIedge
hammer and chisel These. if is he
ueVed, were to have been used on the
saIe' Tor they were found where the
ROBBERS had dropped them. beside the
strong box. Entrance to the store was
secured BY removing a pane of glass
from rear window. The window was
Inen raised The lock was pried off
tne BACK door and the bar drawn so
that an easy exit was afforded.
evidently the burglars tackled the
SAFE nrst- The door was open. as the
nTOnT1RTOT- A
make a habit of keeping money in it.
A sack containing several hundred
dollars IN money was hidden near bv
but the burglars missed il.
cutting open two sacks CONTAINING
oats they emptied them and proceede5
70 nj them with goods of the store
Inc JeWelry case was stripped of its
watches, necklaces. brooches and rings
Inc cutlery case was also emDtied
More than $50 worth of ladies' Ma
gloves were taken. A large number of
mems gauntlets also found their wav
INTO the SACKS. Cheaper gloves were
cast aside and left on the floor. Razors
shaving soap and brushes, hats and fur
hlshlngs nlIed up vacant spaces. After
everything had been carefully looked
over and the sacks were filled the
burglars shouldered their booty and
walked out, leaving the rear door open.
Net Shelter Employee.
After daylight John Sherman who
works at the smelter, met two men near
sixteenth South and the Rio Grande
tracks They had two sacksfuI of
something on their backs; and wanted
10 sell him some soap and razors cbeap-
The workman didn't have any money
with him and wouldn't buy. The two
men walked on UP the track toward
Salt Lake.
The burglary was not discovered until
about 10 O'Clock yesterday forenoon.
when Mr. Townsend went to the store
As he expressed it, it looked as if a
Kansas cyclone had struck it. He no.
titled Marshal Michael AIauss. and that
official communicated with the sheriff
and the police in Salt Lake The men
met by Sherman. the officers believe
were undoubtedly the robbers. They
are described as being the regulation
tall and short man One was about
six feet tall, of sandy complexion and
smooth-shaven. He wore a black hat
and light blue suit The other was
about five feet six inches tan, Of dark
complexion and had a curly mustache.
He had a small black hat and Wore a
dark gray suit of clothes. Dissertations
of the men have been sent throughout
the state.