CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-09-12

sure work at the big store of the Beth
ell Clothing company in Main street.
Gaining entrance through a transom
in the rear OF the establishment, the
thieves, who showed little skill in their
plan and operation, looted the estab-
lishment for than $400 worth of goods.
Sheriff Joseph Esser and Under
Sheriff John Chetelat, Marshal Dave
Houston and the marshals of South
Canon and Prospect Heights, are run
ming down clews In an effort to locate
the guilt parties.
Some light is thrown on the matter
by bad blunder made by the thieves.
On leaving the store they carried their
loot in four suit cases, taken from the
trunk and leather goods department.
This morning, while Harry Wallace
was coming to work, he noticed some
strange objects in the irrigation ditch
near the F. & c. c. shops a mile east
of town. He fished them out and
brought them to town. In the find were
three of the four suit cases, contain
ing the cast-off clothing of four men.
This not only indicates the number
of the burglars, but gives a fair de-
the burglary Now, of course, they are
decked out in the expensive new suits
that were stolen. With clean linen.
elite clothes and fair showing of jew
elry the thieves will put up mighty
handsome front" But they made an
other vital mistake by leaving behind
the vest of each of the suits stolen,
and this will give an accurate de-
scription Of the clothes they are wear
ing The fact that they all took size
36 shows that they were men below
the average size.
The officers all visited the store this
morning and took minute descriptions
of the stolen goods, as far as can be
determined. Suits other than those
broken" may have been taken, but this
Is not likely, as the goods already list
ed would be all four men could carry,
even with the aid of suit cases.
1t will be several days before Mr..
Bethel can completely invoice his loss,
as goods are missing from almost ev-
cry department in the store. Galley's
shoe store, next door, lost seven pairs
Of shoes. These were in the cellar,
which was entered from a rear door.
The thieves made several attempts
to break into the store before they
were successful. They tried to break
through the lower panel of the rear
door, but abandoned the job. Then
they tried a window. breaking out
corner OF the glass, but this also, for
some reason, was given up. Finally
they ripped the wire screen outside
the transom and pried the fastenings
OF with Jimmy" This made it easy
for a man to crawl in. and the door
was then opened from the inside.
Members of the firm were in the
store Sunday, which makes it positive
that the robbing was done Sunday
night During the rain, when the alley
was very dark. is probably the time
the burglars operated.
Sheriff Esser and other officers
have good hopes of landing the thieves.
Under Sheriff Chetelat will take run
down to Pueblo this afternoon. 1t is
not unlikely that the robbers may visit
the fair there, trusting to the big
crowd and general confusion for safe
ty. The accurate description of their
clothes, however, will prove a great
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their vicinity.
Many people called at the Bethel
establishment this morning to see the
mode of entrance and look over the wet
souvenirs found in the ditch. Two
pair Of the old trolu3ers were grey
and two OF black or very dark mater
ial. The thieves included underwear
shirts, neckties and watch fohs in their
general change OF attire and have now.
without doubt, a new outfit from the
skin out"
Several strangers were noticed in
town yesterday by different people. but
none seem able to give acurate de-
scriptions Of them. Clues are in order.
however, and anyone with Sherlock
Holmes theory is asked to step for
ward and expound the same.
There Is still no definite clue to the
identity of the four burglars who loot
ed the Main street store Of the Bethel
Clothing company Sunday night Lo-
cal officers have been very active on
the case and ofIicers all over the state
have been notified to keep a lookout
for the four men. but up until this af-
ternon no news of their location or
arrest had been received.
Sheriff Esser went to Pueblo yes
terday afternoon and Is still there. He
telephoned to Under Sheriff Chetelat
this morning that he has the entire po-
lice and detective force Of Pueblo on
the scent and that close inventory of
the crowd Is being taken In an effort
to locate the men. There is a big
crowd at the fair and a bigger crowd
is expected further In the week. The