Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-24
Eight Offices Are Entered in Main !
Street Buildings During
The Night.
DESKS AND SAFES SMASHED.
Herald, Tribune and Walker Bros.
Bank Buildings the Scenes
OF Operations.
Hcusebreakers Work Hard But Thetr
Search for Ready Cash Proves
10 he Futile.

Eight burglaries were committed III
Salt Lake City last night and right on
Main street. which is supposed to b.
the best patrolled street IN the city.
Most of the offices entered face the
street but the robbers evidently had no
fear OF the astute aud vigilant police
mon who are supposed TO maintain the
peace and dignity OF the municipality.
A strange feature of the burglaries-
is that not a cent of money. OF any
thing representing money. was taken.
but the damage done to Offices and fix
lures Will reach UP into the hundreds
OF dollars.
Following is a list OF the places brok-
Ell into by Jimmy experts and safe
crackers:
NJ. +, Wilson's office, ZIG Herald build
| ing.
once of the Nelson queen CONSOLE
dated Mining company, 400 HERALD
| building.
Twin Falls Land & Water company,
| Herald building
Anderson Real Estate company,
! third floor. Herald building.
Prudential Insurance company.
| Sot-2, Tribune building.
Utah Fireproofing company, Tribune
building.
DR.. Giesys office. Tribune building
Office of the Colorado National Life
| Insurance company room |, walker
Brothers bank building
Office of the Salt Lake Brewing CONF
| pany, 283 d. F. Walker building.
| ONCE of the RanclS Real Estate CON-
| pany, 232 d. f. Walker building.
ALL BY ONE GANG.
The work done by the bold burg
| lars was the same at each place. That
one gang was at work there can ne no
doubt in the least In each and every
| instance entrance was gained by pry-
ing open the door with Jimmy. The
same instrument Mas used 90 force
open desks while a punch and ham
mer proved 10 be sufficient TO break
open one big Hall safe.
| Between 0 and 9:20 o'clock this
morning the desk sergeant mt police
| headquarters began 10 have his trou-
| bles, when telephone messages came
| in TO this effect:
My office was burglarized last
night send but the converse ton
would be cut off by another voice yell
ing franticaly:
say send over the police force
my office was broken into last night
and and so forth
Certain officers on the police force.
In an attempt TO display profound wis
dom, made a weak effort. or series OF
efforts. to prevent the newspapers from
getting PARTICULARS of tho AFFAIR. In
their minis 1t would never do for the
newspapers to learn thar eight distinct
burglariss had been committed in one
night because 1t is well known that this
city is free from undesirable characters.
but the main reason for keeping the
affairs secret possibly was 10 prevent
the burglars from discovering that their
p,-sY, I,u1 dicrnrarad
DID NOT WANT STAMPS.
At every office broken into the rob
bers passed up" something OF value
such as stamps. etc, but SO far as
known not cent OF money was OBJ
tained.
The most serious loss VAS sustained
by the Nelson-Queen company. A new
Hall safe was practically ruined. The
combination knob was broken Oft ana
the tumblers In the outside aud inside
doors were demolished by means of
punch. The safe was opened bu,
whether or not anything OF value was
taken could not be stated. The presi-
dent of the company. w. c. Wilkins. is
now in California. The secretary and
treasurer. Miss Nelson, said there was
no money In the safe so far as she
knows. In each office every desk was
broken open a1l contents scattered
about.
RARE COINS scORNED.
In tho Office of the Twin Falls com
pany u box of rare coins and several
dollars worth OF stamps were scor.eJ.
The thieves wanted ready money. They
should have robbed gambling house.
In the Office OF the Colorado lnsur-
ance company IN the Walker bank
building they missed, or ignored. Ne
gotiuble papers valued Mt $1,000,
At DR. Giesy's office, stumps a
gold watch were left untouched.
Upon learning of the burglares the
police Immediately got mysteriousy
busy and tho detectives started out 10
detect, Many startling discoveries werp
made az contained IN the above. but
unless the desperate safe crackers read
the papers they may never know that
their crimes have been discovered
Aud IN the meantime the police ara
on the tran.
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