Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-28
RIVERSIDE VISITED BY
EXPERT SAFE CRACKERS
Southern Pacific Freight office and
Mlll Robbed, Though Burglars
Get but Little

Get but Little
Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE, Feb. 27-Two expert
jobs Of safe cracking were done at an
early hour this morning. The safe In
the Southern Pacific freight office was
first operated on and was blown open
with nltroglycerine. The burglars got
only $40 for their pains. They next
paid their respects TO the grain ware
house and mill of II. X. Small & Sons,
corner Of Pachappa avenue and Sixth
street. Here they pried open the door
with a jimmy and, getting an ak.
knocked the knob off the safe and
exploded a charge of nitroglycerine
In It. They were rewarded with $40
in coin. An employe of the Southern
Pacific company had taken out over
$1OO Of his own moiey from the safe
of the Southern Pacific Sunday after
noon and counts himself just that much
ahead.
Night Policeman Il. ]. Barrett heard
the explosion and made a run to the
scene of the trouble. He found two
men standing on the platform and
called to them. They replied with a
fusillade of pistol shots, to which
Barrett returned in kind. Darkness pre-
vented either party from shooting with
any degree of accuracy, and the two
burglars got away in the darkness
Other officers were telephoned for, but
were unable to locate the cracksmen
officer Corl and Deputy Sheriff
Brown are on the track of the burglars
in San Bernardino this afternoon, hav-
ing tip that they have gone there. The
officers have a good description of one
of the men wanted, and officers all
over Southern California have been no.
titled to be on the lookout for them
Early Sunday evening three rooms
over the Queen restaurant were entered
and s35 in cash, pair of opera glasses
and several pieces of jewery were
stolen, presumably by the same parties
who cracked the safes.
Hotel Goes Out of Business
When the guests of the Hotel Reyn-
olds came down to breakfast this morn
ing they were presented with their bills !
instead of a satisfying repast The |
house for years has been a good deal |
of white elephant and has lost good |
bit of money for its owner, George N.
Reynolds. He will now remodel the
house, putting stores on the lower floor
and using the second and third stories
as a high-class lodging house, to be
conducted under the management of
Mrs. Bertha Smith.
Charles Richards was arrested Sum
day night on the charge of doing sun
dry odd jobs of larceny A half dozen
buggy robes were found in his room
and other articles believed to have
been stolen. Conrad's restaurant was
robbed of lot of edibles a few nights
ago, and the cooks apron was taken
found with the other plunder, leading I
to the belief that Richards made the
larger haul.
Edward F. Frohman died at his home
in West Riverside last night under cir
which seemed to justify an ;
'u1OPoy pcoilS llClu ldSU ADrll FTOT |
man was assaulted by Jeff Dollar. a
neighbor, in a dispute over water. Dol
lar hit him over the head with q shovel
and it was thought for time tina.
the injury would be quite serious The
injured man quickly recovered. how
ever, from the effect of the blow, and S
Dollar was let off with $40 fine Last
week Frohman suffered a stroke cf {
paralysis from which he died a few
lays later The officers demanded an +
autopsy, and it was performed by Drs. S
Atwood and Sawyer. They declared ]
hat the man had died from natural /
causes and the expected inquest was |
not held. l
Society Notes /
Cards and dancing will take the place l
Of the regular business meeting Of S
Ramona Rebekah lodge tonight. !
At the meeting of the Professional !
and Business Women's club on Tues I
lay evening the Russian school and
system will be considered !
Mrs. H. A. Atwood will be the essayist.
Miss Laura Grover Smith will give c
some "Reminiscences of a Summer In
at the melting of the Exten-
'oraneous Drill club on Wednesday
Hayt Stuart of New York
will contribute piano solo.
Rev. ID. l.. McQuarrie addressed the
Moral Muscle club yesterday afternoon.
rhe address was illustrated by stere- 5
'pticon pictures of the Holy Land,
aiken by the pastor during his recent ,
rip there. :
Grand golf prizes offered at Coronado.