Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-22

: y reward of Sl,0p0 has been Of :
:. iered by the Daynes company for I
Z 'he arrest of the burglars and the :
! retU'n Of the stolen property. !
+ Ey order OF Chief Sheets 500 !
!. copies Of a list af the stolnn props /
Z er'y have been struck OF and the I
!. same mailed To various police au- !
I thorities and detective agencies. {
/.
Although this is not the time Of the
year when robbers, burglars and hold
ups usually begin operations in salt
Lake, they are certainly getting busy
ana reaping rich harvest Most of
this class of work is done latte Ia the
lelI und during the winter months.
bat during the past two weeks. bur
elaries and robberies have been OF al
most daily or nightly occurrence.
Tne most daring burglary that has
happened In many years occurred late
Saturday night or early Sunday morn
lng ana diamonds, jeWelt-y and money
| OF the value of about $4,000 was stO-
len The place broken into aud ram
| sacked was the iewelry store Of john
Daynes & Sons 20 south Main street.
cLEvERLY EXECUTED.
The burglary was evidently we'll
planned and cevetly executed. and
was undoubtedly the work OF profess
StunalS. Entrance was gained by
breaking through a rear door. With
a Sledse hammer the craftsmen broke
open a biz Hall safe and stripped 1t
OF valuabies.
PROPERTY STOLEN.
Following is Il list Of the property
stolen.
Seventy nine gold filled watch cases.
Eleven gold filed watches complete
SiXIS set diamond rings
Fifteen Packages Of loose diamonds
valued at $4,000
EOrty-four ladies lOekets, Some with
diamond settings.
Eight diamond brooches
5llO IN cash,
Estimated Ioss-$15, COO
DIS COVERED An NOON.
The robbery was discovered about
noon yesterday by Frank Boss, watch |
maker for the firm. He was the last
one TO leave the store Oh Saturday |
night, He locked the place at 10 |
o'clock Yesterday he visited ihe store
Tor the purpose OF winding some watch
es and to do some repairing. 1t was
then that the daring crime was dis
covered. The police department was
quickly notified and the entire detec-
tive force under chief of Police Sheets
began working on the case 1t is
feared that the robbers have managed
TO leave The city without leaving "a
clue TO their Identity.
THEY TOOK THEIR TIME.
The thieves had apparently taken
their tlln0 In making their plans. Un-
doubleday tley had visited the store
ana took careful note Of the location
Of the safe and the rear door. The
door was fastened only with a bolr.
Above the safe is an electric light
which Is always left burning at night,
but the safe door combination is on
the north side, The robbers smashed
2 panel out of the back door and then
slipped back the bolt They lost no
Time in getting to work on tho safe
with heavy sledge hammer they bal
ered the combination OF and then
'WunG the big door open. The 1ewel-
y and diamonds we're stored away IN
mail drawers In the safe. These were
smashed open Ono compartment
where the diamonds We're kept. III OF
teel, but the burglars had come pre-
jared, and with punch forced the
oor open In this place was Leath-
z WtlltA tblaI9ALlAtE pIlStG lldfA Gl1S |
alued at about $4,000. J, Fred Daynes
tates that the firm received con-
Of $500 worth OF unset dla-
sonds u few days ago and these gems
Ta among The missing The burglars e
ID not disturb any papers d
WE'RE EXPERTS.
Trays which had contained watches, /
rooches, diamond rings and other |.
'Sels, were found empty In the back T.
sOm- Twelve or fourteen watches j
aiued AT from $50 10 $50, We're stolen. J.
bout 30 diamond rings worth from @
3 to $3.50 and number 0f diamond "a
-OoChe3 are gone The robbers evil
emily understood he value Of the e.
iukets. as they took practically moth I,
g but the very brst Among the Il
oleu watches age a number which / II
id been left for repairs, The rob- n
IFS overlooked one package contain g.
10 watches worth $1,000 and they also N
~ one valuable diamond brooch. s.
Chl7f Sheets ls Of the opinion that "
10 job was done by expert cracks o
on who had looked carefully over the b,
'0und and picked the most favor. &C
dc cline 20 commit the robbery
NOT A MEMBER, !,
'hlof Of Police Sheets stated 10 the a
ows' this morning that he greatly n
fi"lN' 'lA' HNNN lll'il VAC A'hl Yves thll- a.,
ly WIS not q member or the Jewell IN
$ Alliance NJ the company had been 70
member u that powerful organlza- a
n lhe Pinkorton detective force w
uld now be al work ON tho case ana ~
eco would be spent n necessary, To VIC
down the burglars MI paynes b1
tcd this morning ttat he had NJ
gltr insurance 20 amount No any a..
1E ana that his policy was for only ~,
BE statement chat Chief Sheets. IN
Interview With u Fred Doyne5 last
III lntImatcd that the Job could not
e been done m the way described, I
Inslnuating that suspicion polluted mia
ln empIoye Of the firm was ylgor- Xxx
Iy denied hy both Chief Sheets and r
Daynes ~,
No such sta ement WAS made Ia mo Xxx
Chief Sheets said Mr. Daynes lbe
made ne Hnch statement 10 Mr.
mos or 10 anyone else" said CHIEF
ets-
HOW TT WAS DONE. 7
llef Sheets said further "The lob sen
dome by experts In that line of MO-
he. In my opinion the robbery ala olol
tnic more thNn 10 or 20 minutes dis,