The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-13
BURGLARS GET
LARGE BOOTY
Steal Furs and Silverware From N.
Lichenstein's Room in En-
cry Flats.
COUP CAREFULLY PLANNED
MEN TALKED WITH NEIGHBOR
EARLIER IN EVENING.

| Two burglars entered the apartments
of Mr.. and Mrs. n. Lichenstein. Emery
| flats, last evening and secured furs
and siIverware representing hundreds
Of dollars in value.
/ Tie burglary was committed shortly
! after o'clock, while Mr. and Mrs.
! Lichenstein were at the theatre. The
men used a large carving knife in their
operations. cutting through a screen
door in the rear of the apartments. The
inside door had been left open. once
inside the burglars searched the house
thoroughly, rarSacking every drawer
AM chest in the rooms
Mr. and Mrs Job White, who live
next door, were about to leave their
apartments for the evening, when Mr..
/ White noticed man standing at the
door. He went back and asked the fell
/ low for whom he was looking The
| stranger had his hand on the dOorknob
and when addressed by Mr.. White said
he was looking for No. 80, Emery flats.
Mr.. White told him there was no such
number in the Emery flats and the
man started off Another man, who
was apparently his companion, waited
| at some distance while this conversa-
tio1 was on. Mr.. White did not suspect
anything wrong as the fellow was fairly
well dressed and, thinking he had sim
ply made a mistake In an address, Mr..
White left him
Burglary Is Discovered.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Lichenstein re-
! turned from the theatre they discovered
the burglary. The bureau drawers had
been pried open and their contents left
heaped about the rooms. The floors
were str swn with burned matches and
I'll L, J..
The police headquarters were notified
and Sergeant John HempeI and officer
Emil Johnson hurried to the scene. An
examination showed that the men had
cut the screen mesh in the summer door
with some sharp instrument This done
the rest was easily accomplished as
the inside door had been left unlocked.
The burglars used matches and can
: dies. and the stubs of these Uttered the
! floors in every room showing that the
criminals had taken plenty Of time to
make a thorough search. The men had
probably planned the coup carefully.
The butcher knife used In cutting the
rear door and in prying the chest draw
ers open was found in one OF the rooms
with the blade broken. Mrs. Lichen-
stein had q valuable collection of dia-
mOnds and costly gems, but luckily she
had worn these TO the theatre. The po-
lice believe the men had planned the
burglary to secure these jewels.
White Gives Description.
Mr.. White was greatly surprised
when he learned of the burglary He
talked with one Of the men face TO face
and gained an excellent description OF
him. Mr. White describes the man as
being about five feet eight inches tail,
of slight build and dressed in a neat
suit of black clothes and SLOUGH hat He
wore no mask His face was clean
shaver and pleasant in appearance. 8Ir.
White did not see the second man
closely and could give no description OF
him. The police are confident that both
men VIII be captured. A fur muff was
afterward found lying outside on the
ground where it had been dropped by
the burglars.