The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
CLEVER CROOKS
STILL At WORK
LOOTIhG HOMES
Residence of James E. Clinton
Is RanSaCked From
Cellar to Garrett.
FIVE SUCCESSFUL RAIDS
IN ONE NEIGHB0RH00D
HOME OF D. II. ANDREW ROBBED
DURING BRIEF ABSENCE
OF THE FAMILY.
Pitt Wants Description.

Chief Pitt said last night that the y
= police are handicapped in their y
4 search for the porch climbers and =
= burglars now s1nfesting the city, be- y
= cause no person has yet furnished =
y an adequate description of the men
+ seen hanging about houses which =
y have been entered.
= With such description, said =
y Chief Pitt we could probably ;
y achieve quick results" y
He added that it would be good 4
y idea if citizens would keep watch y
y full eyes for suspicious strangers
y lurking about their houses and fur =
= nish the police with descriptions Of y
4 such men.
! At the time the Andrew home was \
y entered last evening six policemen
y were on duty in the neighbOrhOOd. >
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When burglars entered the residence
of James E. Clinton, president of the
Utah Fire Clay company, at 126 A street,
sometime during Saturday night, they
made their fifth successful raid in the
neighbOrhood.
And in the looting of the home of d. II.
Andrew, steward of the Alta club. at 32t
First avenue. last night another robbery
was added to the already long list in the
residential district in the eastern part of
the city
The visit of thieves to the Clinton home
was discovered by Dr.. W. l. Elierbeck Of
lis + street, who is Mr. Clintons son-in-
law. When Mrs Clinton left for a trip TO
Oregon about ten days ago, DR.. Ellerbeck
was asked to look after the house during
the absence of the family. DIR. Elierbeck
paid several visits to the Clinton residence
entering through the front door. but not
remaining long, being satisfied on seeing
that all of the doors were closed and ev-
erything apparently in satisfactory shape
Yesterday morning when the doctor
went to the house he noticed that one Of
fI1a rr-1le A oil Of hi
other visits he had found this door closed.
Feeling sure that someone had entered
the place. DR.. Ellerbeck commenced an In
VestigatiOn.
Every Room Visited.
He found that the house had been ran
sacked from cellar to garrett Every room
had been visited and no possible hiding
place OF Valuables had been overlooked.
Drawers of dressers and sideboardss had
been broken open and their contents
stTewn upon the floors.
The thieves apparently had plenty of
time to operate and had made their search
of the house as thorough and painstaking
as possible.
DR.. Ellerbeck thinks that the burglars
must have paid two visits to the house.
On the second floor he found a window
forced open and the screen torn. showing
that the intruders had climbed the porch
and invaded the residence in that manner.
On the ground floor another window had
been pried open with a chisel. 1t is be
lieYed that the robbers entered through
this window on Saturday night and that
the window on the upper floor was forced
at some previous visit
DIR. Ellerbeck was unable to tell what
had been taken. He did not know whether
Mrs. Clinton had left her silver or other
valuables in the house On going away. She
is expected back from Oregon in a few
days.
Residents of the vicinity remember see
ing a tall dark man hanging about the
dressed and did not present the accepted
appearance of a crook. The police are
looking for this man.
A Woman Confederate.
A woman was also seen at the house
She first went to the front door and then
walked to the back. By some it is thought
that this woman was confederate OF the
thieves, going in advance to pick out
houses from which the families were ah-
sent.
Persons who saw her say that she was
tastefuliy clad and refined in appearance
This gave rise to the counter theory that
the woman was some friend of the family
who had called. and, not getting re-
Spouse to her ring at the front door, had
gone to the rear of the house.
Other houses in the vicinity that have
been robbed are those of John J. DAILY.
3l9 Brigham street; Bevis A. Evans, 139
A street: s. Austin Whitney. 2lS First av-
enue. and Richard D. Millet, $50 Brigham
street.
At the Andrew house the burglars en-
tered about $50 o'clock yesterday evening.
At the time. Mr.. Andrew was at the Alta
club. Mrs Andrew and her little son,
Earl. were out walking. When they re-
turned, the little boy ran ahead of his
mother and was the first TO discover that
intruders had been in the house. Running
back to Mrs Andrew. he cried:
Mamma mamma, the WindOW is open
there are thieves in the house"
Mrs Andrew was afraid TO go inside I'M
til aid was summoned. When the house
was entered the robbers were gone, taking
with them considerable jewelry.
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