The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27
DARING THIEVES
MAKE TWO HAULS
Kinks Grocery and SherwOod's
Drug Store the Victims.
ONE THIEF SHOT AT KIRK
BULLET MISSED ITS MARK AND
BOTH ROBBERS ESCAPE.
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y Two daring robberies We're COM y
= mitted last night in the early y
= part Of the evening. but no trace y
= o. the crooks has been found. In y
both cases the men were un- =
= masked and exhibited plenty OF =
= nerve. At J +. Kinks grocery 3
4 store on Third south and Fourth y
= West streets robbers held y
y him up and when he made ?
= an effort to get away he =
= barely escaped being shot through =
= the head. The bullet went wide =
2 and crashed through one Of the y
= show cases. The robbers got away =
= with S45 =
= SherwOod's drug store at Fifth y
y South and State streets was en- y
. tered for the second time within Z
= the last month and the lone robber =
, got 500 out Of the cash register. y
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7 WO unmasiled highwaymen entered
the grocery store Of J. +. Kirk at
BOP South Fourth West street about
clock last night and at the point
81 revolver compelled Kirk to open
ms cash register and hand out sa5.
which he had taken i'm during the dav.
When the men opened the door and
pulled gun on him he yelled for help.
nut shot which barely missed him
ana crashed through a show case
stopped him from trying to raise an
alarm. The man who had him covered
with gun marched him back of the
counter TO the cash register, threaten
ing to kill him if he yelled again.
Cash Register Is Opened
The cash register was locked. but
Inc highWayman commanded him to
pun out his keys and open it. The other
holdup took the lookout while Kirk was
opening the register The money draw
ef had six compartments, and Kirk
opened them all except the one that
contained the money
There is nothing i'm that thing; he
must have hid IT," the holdup ex-
claimed to his PARTNER. who was stand
Ing IN the front part of The store The
lobbcr started To ransack the shelves
ana under the counter. The one who
was on the lookout came back to his
companions assistance.
Make him open that top TILL" he
s3id TO his partner. and Kirk was led
back. lie opened the tin disclosing the
SO. The man with the gun grabbed
the cash and started OFT the front door
Kirk ran cut the back door ant-
watched the men hurrying down Third
south street toward the Utah Ice *
Cold Storage cOmpany's plant He
notified the police by telephone and
furnished them with a description
which hts The men who made q couple
of successfui hOldups last Wednesday
night IN ogden.
Hcw the Robbery Took Place.
Kirk had just finished counting his
money. and after locking the register
went outside ana put the shutters on
Inc windows. While he was boiling
the doors in the rear Of his store
tCuuie OF customers came in. After
they went he locked the front door.
lie was putting out the light when
somebody knocked at the door, and he
a-Ned who was there
Il would like 10 get sack of to-
bacco, Was the reply. aud Kirk opened
thc door As soon as the men entered
the door was closed and the first man
VINO came i'm showed a gun i'm his face
and ;old him to throw UP his hands.
XIX said that he got good look at
the one who had him behind the
counter end his description tallies with
thc one furnished by the ogden police
of the man who operated in Ogden a
couple of nights ago.
The man with the gun" Kirk said
was about six teet In height and wore
a dark suit OF clothes. He had dark
eyes and brown curly hair He was
smooth snaven, and T am sure 1 could
identify him again if J ever saw him.
The other fellow was much shorter and
0prc q soft, light hat. He was also
dressed in dark clothes. / did not get
q look at his features. but the man who
marched me behind the counter I can
identity"
Ogden officers Seeking These Men.
Sheriff Bailey of Weber county and
Sergeant Wilson OF Ogden We're work
ing with Detectives Raleigh and Chase
Friday niSht searching for the men
VINO made the hOldUp in ogden the
night before. These two men answer
the same description. Mounted Police
man Brown and the detective force