The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-07
GUN DIDN'T WORK:
BURGLAR ESCAPED
M. e. WASHBURN HAS THRILLING
ENCOUNTER WITH MARAUDER.
Three Daring Burglaries Committed
Last Night at Lake Street and Hen
nepin Avenue, Total Loss About $4OO
Similar Raid Made on Two Stores
at Kenwood, Night Before.

Similar Raid Made on Two STORES
at Kenwood, Night Before.
Revolver shots and a, woman g cries
reused the neighborhood at Lake street
morning in time to see pair of heavily
from M 00S Washburn aalb nmS % drug steFs
They had rifed Washburn s drug store,
Gould & LINCOLN 8 drug store across the
corner, Jones. & sawyer's hardware
2l24 Lyndale avenue. The total loss is
Mrs. Washburn, who is the mother Of
a. few days old babe, had not rested
well, and heard some one ne in 1I the e store
who got up, but declared he heard moth
ing. Nevertheless, he picked up a re-
volver, and walked down to investigate.
After he had turned the lights. on and
examined the safe, he started across
HHands up,' came voice from be-
hind the large radiator. AS Washburn
turned the thief jumped up and covered
him with two revolvers. Nothing
daunted, Washburn lunged forward, fir
ing shot which struck the radiator
with a crash. The robber ducked, and
it would have been all over with him
if the revolver Washburn had kept on
working. But it didn't. When the
robber saw that his man was helpless
he covered him again and told him to
rs1You We got me- I guess,''' said
Washburn, and tossed the revolver IN
the corner.
-; Burglar Demands Key, -, -
"Pass over the key to the front door,
then-quick! - ordered the thief.
The key, however, was upstairs, and
the thief started to back the druggist
up the stairs with his hands over his
head. He then thought of the key to
the back door, which was handed over.
Washburn continued backing, and when
a few steps from the door jumped in
and slammed it in the face Of the
burglar.
Running to the window he threw up
the sash and shouted for the police.
"shut up, there, or I'll blow your
head off, came a gruff voice from the
darkness.
Washburn ducked back, but continued
his cries, which were taken up by Mrs.
Washburn and the infant. The COM
bined noise was too much for the ban
dts and the burglar downstairs rushed
out and climbed into the buggy, where
he was Joined by his companion.
Lashing the horse into run, they dis.
appeared just as the neighbors began
throwing up their windows and calling
| for police. ~. :<:
Entrance to- the store had been
gained thru. the transom over the front
door, which stands about ten feet from
the floor The telephone box was first
Z broken and the nickels secured. The
E next haul was lot of fountain pens
l and razors. The burglar had evidently
not wasted any time but smashed thru
, every thing he; came across. The drue
' store is also a sub-postofice station an6
the stamp drawers were broken int
8 and a<large amount of z stamps ant
: stamped envelopes taken. The loss wal
. about two hundred dollars. ~.
a Other Stores Raided.
: , The entrance into the Gould & Lin
i coin drug store was more easily &C
complished, the back window being un
secured, the proprietor evidently rely
ing On some burglar alarms put in
: few days before, but not yet connected
= up. Evidently the burglars had a de
. sire for fountain pens, as they took al
IN sight and broke open the telephon
" box The loss was about twenty-fv
q q dollars.
y Their next assault was on the hard
= ware store Of Jones & Sawyer, mex
= door to Washburn 8, the entrance be
n ing made thru a side window. Their
v they seemed to know exactly what the
wanted, as they went for the most va
g uable case of jeWelry in the showcase
!: valued at something over $50. The
I. then took a supply Of revolvers an
, razors. -
D. The depredations at the grocery stor
were confined to "free lunch' an
N the tapping of the till which yielde
i nothing.
;. Kenwood Store Robbed.
le 1t is believed that they are prot
ss ably the same robbers who broke int
7. Truman & Grifin's s drug store, Franz
lin and Penn. avenues, and at Carr
grocery store, Monday night. Thj
drug store is also a substation Of tn
postoffice,. and the amount in stamp
TX taken was about $25. The telephon
was broken into and the chewing gul
machine, otherwise there was no dan
"a age. At Carr 8 grocery store adjoil
= ing, there was considerable damae
IL H. done in wilful breakage. The entranc
" " to the drug store was accomplished b
III III throwing stones thru the large plat
a. - glass window. +.
or Both robberies seem to point to loo;
~. marauders, as the burglars evident]
knew exactly where to lay their hant
on the things most valuable.
i. .sHoff's Laundry, Splendid Free Offer.
Fifty pairs Crawford $3.50 shoes gi
ar en- away. Laundry bundle nnmhere
513 for week ending Dec. 9 will g
first pair. Save your laundry slip
er watch, for number; one pair given ea(
e. week for fifty weeks. Hoff's logger
We Shops. Both stores. Collars, 1c; cuff
OF lc; shirts, 10c.
lg ..-.
K Harvey was almost anticipated go,
fe years ago by the priest doctors :
ay Fpvnt in his discovery of the Fcircul