Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-31
Mysterious Fire at Residence of
Claude Freed aud Burglary OF
SadIer Home.
CHIEF BYWATER ON ONE CASE,
Chief Lynch aud iIen at Work on
The Other-Nhat the Loss VIII
Be ia Each Instance,

Another residence was burgIarzed
yesterday afternoon, and Tor a time 1t
was believed that Two places had been
broken into, and lt was announced
that one Of them had been fred by the
robbers, after the place had been ran.
sacked from top TO bottom.
But upon a more careful lnyestiga.
ton IL was found that the statement
was not correct This is in reference
70 the fire at the residence of Claude
W, Freed, "a south. Fifth East.
Some time before o'clock, the resi-.
dence Of W. @. Sadler. Az east, Fifth
South, was broken into, and property
to the value Of about SlOO taken. This
Included silyerwarc, Jewelry and mon
ey.
II was about S.45 o'clock last evening
when neghbors discovered fire In the
i eed house, and sent an alarm Of fire
department headquarters. The blaze
caused considerable damage before the
iire lighters extIngushed II. Mr. Freed
was In the house about 3 o'clock Ia the
AFTERNOON, ana everything was appar.
entity all right Mrs. Freed is In 81.
Louis, and the place has not been occu-
pied for several days, and Mr. Freed is
the only person who has been I'm the
house.
Chief Bywater made an investigation
Of the cause Of the fire. and concluded
that 1t started IN a small clothes CLOS.
ell under the stairway, but Just how, no
one knows The loss to the house viii
reach at least $500, but the loss on the
contents will be much greater but Just
what amount has not yet been deter
mined.
Several pieces OF cut glass were brok-
en-, but Mr. Freed says nothing Is miss
ing,
From the Sader residence the thieves
secured az least 800 worth Of yaluablcs.
including silyerware, jewelry and
money Mr. and Mrs Sadlcr were away
from bone In the afternoon, returning
about o'clock The place looked like
cyclone had struck H. Articles We're
scattered all over the rooms, and even
the beds We're turned upside down,
silver knives and forks ana small sll.
y4r dishes, q gold watch ana chain.
pair Of bracelets md a locker With pearl
settings were missed Eight small dia-
monds carefully wrapped In paper were
overlooked By the burglars
some valuable papers which MIR sad
Ter kept in q box IN the paror We're
taken and the chidren's banks, con-
tanning about t25, are missing, and also
few dollars which were ln Mrs sad
lcr's purse,
Mrs Mary Daft, who resides next
door, heard The robbers az work but
did not investigate as she thought 1t
was members Of the family moving
about The police are doing all In their
power 10 secure q clue, and TO recover
the stolen property.
with reference to the Freed nrc, and
supposed burglary the police said this
morning that a most careful investga-
ton had been made, and that am errone-
Gus report got out. chief Lynch per-
sonally examined the place thoroughly
and found that there was nothing 10
Indicate that the house had been burg
larized, The contents Of dresser drawers
we're not scattered around the floors,
and Mr. Freed stated that. so far as
he knew nothing whatever had been
taken.
The cause Of the fire, or how 1t start
ed is being looked into by Chief BY
water The blaze may have been Gauss
cd hy mice and matches or from de-
fcctiye electric wiring.
It was first believed that Mr. and
Mrs. Sadlers loss would reach S5Cn,
hut upon further examination Il was
learned that the loss viii not exceed
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