The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-29
BURGLARS WORK IN CACHE.
Three Business Houses in WellsviIle
Suffer From Visit of Mid
night Artisans.

Logan, July 2S.-WeIlsviIe, in the
south end of Cache valley, was the
scene Of great excitement this morn
ing. the cause of which will create con-
Slderably more than the traditional
nine days wonder. when it was discov-
ereu that three Of the towns most
prosperous business hOuses-the Wells
vile Coop, Farmers Mercantile Union
and the saloon, had been burglarized in
genuine professional style. and that
incidentally Uncle Sam was loser of
some postal funds stored for safety in
the vault Of the Coop store
The Coop has substantial build
ing, does a large business and i'm the
course or business has In it's possession
many notes and securities, and at
times large sums of money for the
satety of which, and of it's books, a
vault with steel doors was built 1t
was this that was burgIarized, evident
~ by professionals, the combination
beng blown off and the doors and vault
contents badly shattered
Ihe money stolen was not a large
sum Tor such an extensive business
house, amounting in all to $3.50. about
half of which had been deposited bv
the postmaster for safe keeping. The
greatest loss, which il has been impos-
sible so far to accurately ascertain Law
IN the fact that many notes and securi-
ties were either blown or torn to pieces
and In damage to the books Extra nee
To the store was effected by means OF
skeleton keys. a number of steel boxes
in the vault We're broken open and
some OF their contents carried off or
destroyed.
At the Farmers Mercantile Co.'S
store the door OF the safe was shat
tered, evidently by a heavy charge
Fortunately there was but about s25
in money in the safe. but, as i'm the
case of the Coop, books and valuable
papers were injured and destroyed. At
this store the door was broken open.
AT the saloon one lock had been
turned with a skeleton key but fail
ing to open the other it was broken
only some change, whisky and cigars
were taken in this case
having completed strenuous nights
labor the burglars Silently stole away"
whittier, depOnent sayeth not but il is
a safe venture that il was not local
talent A lady residing on the road
leading Irom Mendon saw four men
walking toward Wellsville at a late
hour last night. and five men were OBJ
served walking south from the town
at an early hour this morning, as IL
going through the mountains to Brig
ham City. The officers are in h D.
and all outside points have been noti-
fed.
The Hatch family of this place have
been notified of the loss OF a 7-year-
old daughter OF John Hatch of St
John, Ari2., in a heavy body of tim
Der, Wnlie she with her parents, was
on her way for an outing to White
river. The little one strayed away from
the wagons at dinner time, while the
party was camped in the mountains
and although nearly fifty settlers, be-
sides soldiers and Indian scouts from
a neighboring reserve had been search
ing the forest in all directions for
nearly a week. no trace of the child
had been found.
Aquila Nebeker has returned from
Mexico. where HIS interests are becom-
ing so manifold that he seriously con-
templates removing his family from
Logan to the seat of war,
Mr. and Mrs. Il. j. Marshall left on
Monday for a ten days outing and
visit to the fair at Portland