The daily sentinel., 1906-06-07
BURGLARS on GRAYn .yr>,rr
hreak Into Residence Tuesday Night
but Are Frightened Away
Empty Handed.

burglars visited the Peterson home
4zO Grand avenue Tuesday evening.
escaping through the back door lust
as the members of the family entered
at the front. but carrying away moth
ing with them as far as the family
mas been able to discover. The bur
glars were operating at this home on
Grand avenue between eight and nine
O'Clock. The same night at the Paci-
fic saloon across from the depot an
attempt was made TO gain entrance
but they were not successful in get
ting into the main room of the sa-
loon
1t was thought by the police that
aiter their unsuccessful attempt on
Grand avenue the burglars struck
out Immediately for the station and
made their attack on the Pacific sa-
loon while they We're waiting for an
out of town train and that the coming
OF the train put a stop to the inroad
upon the saloon
Mrs. Peterson and her daughter
mad been away during the early part
oil the evening, returning in company
with their neighbor a few minutes be-
fore nine O'Clock and they stood a few
minutes in front of the house talk
ing and then entered. No light had
been anywhere visible but Mrs. Pet
erson thought afterward she remem-
bered hearing a noise in the back OF
the house. after She discovered that
the house had been visited in her alb
sence, and this led her to believe
that her visitors were leaving just as
she was returning. 1t was some lit
tie time afterward she turned on a
light that she glanced in the direction
OF the writing desk in corner of the
room and saw several pigeon holes
in the desk had been emptied of
their letters and the letters taken
out OF their envelopes and scatter
ed profusely over the desk and the
floor.
Upon entering her bed room her
daughter found at the same time that
her trunk has been opened and its
contents. particularly the letters
scattered pretty thoroughly but moth
ing taken and a small drawer Just
above contained considerable silver
ware but not a piece was touched.
The fact that none of the silver was
touched and that u pocketboolt con-
tanning 35 cents lying In plain sight
on the top of q table near the desk
which had been ransacked in the
front room, was not taken, convinc-
ed Mrs. Peterson that the burglars
had been at work when they came
home and the Homecoming frighten-
ed them away before they had time
to pick up what they had found.
On the dining table they found a
burglars kit which had been left,
their kit which they left in their
OF steel about q foot long. round and
hurry. II was finely tempered piece
little larger than large bicycle
spoke. 1t was as finely tempered as
spring steel and sharpened at one end
to tapering point. The police think
it has been used in picking locks.
The burglars unlocked two doors
in getting into the front room and
left them both wide open In leaving.
1t is thought that they picked the
locks in these for the woodwork is
not Scared and none of the
windows show signs of having been
forced. The back gate of the yard
was left open.
II the same crew operated at both
the Grand avenue residence and the
saloon near the depot and then left
the city. as some are inclined to
think. their visit to Grand junction
was not very profitable one.