Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09
STORE BuRclARIZED

STORE BuRcLARIZED
Large Amount Of Goods Taken from the
Jones Store Saturday Morning =
Two Rigs Also Stolen. -
Burglars entered the store of the
Jones Clothing Co. either late Friday
night or early Saturday morning and
stole goods amounting to several hun
dred dollars. Entrance was effected
thru one of the rear windows, where
the large iron shutter had been un-
fastened and the window pried open.
The theft was first discovered by E.
A. Still, salesman at the store, who
opened the establishment at seven
O'Clock. He first noticed that the
handkerchief stand in the front part
of the store had been stripped of it's
handkerchiefs, about a dozen ten cent
ones. Walking further into the place
he noticed the open window in the rear
and also that a large number of pants
was missing, a later count revealing
the fact that 81 pair had been taken.
His suspicious by this time were ma
turally aroused to such a degree that
he made a further investigation and
when the proprietors arrived the mat
ter was at once reported to the au-
thorities.
Upon investigation it was found that
four suit cases had also been taken,
which we're probably found serviceable
for containing at least part OF the sto-
len goods. They ranged in value
from $500 to $3.50. Among other ar
ticles found missing were several pair
of 70 cent socks, a number of gloves,
underwear, neckwear, three fancy vests
valued at $50 each and a quantity of
jewelry. Among the latter were some
Of the cheapest cuff buttons in the
store, the burglars no doubt having
hurriedly grabbed some of these ar
ticles without realizing their small
value. A couple of boxes of neckwear
were found with the contents scattered
about on the floor. The pants that
were taken belonged to whole suits,
thus breaking up the line and reduc-
ing the value of the pieces left. They
were among the best in the store, the
stock including boys suits valued at
$40 and mems suits ranging in price
from Sl5 to $40. A considerable
amount Of men S furnishing goods was
stolen, the real value of which we are
unable to state at this writing.
Messrs. Jones and Bake estimate.
their loss at no less than $500. Some
money had been left in the drawer over
night, but to all appearances no at
tempt had been made to secure this.
The store is so situated and the in
terror arrangements such that parties
inside could not be easily seen from
the street and their night work might
go on uninterrupted for some time.
In the rear another building entirely
obstructs the view and in the front
part the arrangements are such that
the inside can be plainly seen only
thru the glass door. No light had
been left burning in the store and the
place was closed at 8:45.
There were at least two men impli-
Gated in the burglary. A horse and
buggy had been stolen from Nels Tai
lakson, who resides about two and
half miles east of the city, the same
night, and the rig was found the next
afternoon a short distance south of
Kandiyohi station, where it had no
doubt been abandoned for a feeter
outfit, as Mr.. Tallakson claims that
the horse happened to be the poorest
one he had in his barn at the time,
and was no doubt mistaken tor a good
buggy horse. The supposition is that
this rig had been employed for cart
ing away the stolen goods. The ve-
hicle was platform buggy and there
was plenty of room for the booty. It
is presumed that the men had also
used gunny sack for some of the ar
ticles, as such sack had been taken
from the Freese livery barn premises
in the rear of the burglarized build
ing, where it had been filled with waste
paper and which was found dumped
out Foot prints found leading to the
highboard fence on Litchfeld avenue
and couple of boards in the fence
torn loose showed that the work had
been carried on in that direction.
Mr.. Tallakson reported the theft of
the rig to Sheriff Lundquist Saturday
morning and that official kept the tele-
phone wires busy all forenoon tele-
phoning both the burglary and horse
stealing affairs to the authorities of
other places. In the afternoon he
secured the country with the result
that the stolen rig was found as above
stated. A couple of men had been
seen during the afternoon in the Trip
oils Swedish Lutheran church by a
young lady who had gone there to
attend to some dusting and cleaning
and later in the day they had been
seen at the Morine school house. It
was about three O'Clock when they
were seen in the school room of the