Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-26
SAFE CRACKERS
TURN NEAT TRICK
Professionals Make a Call and
Levy Tribute on Mar
RIOTS Market.
GET AWAY WITH S21o.95 CASH
They Overlook S97 In Bills But Take a
Quantity of Tetro Mining
Stock.

Safe crackers, evidently professionals,
did neat job at j. NJ. Marriott's mar
ket, 22-2i west First South street, last
night, and got away with s210s5 In gold
and silver, They overlooked s9T In bills
but they took a quantity of Tetro min
Ing stock belonging TO Mr.. Marriott's
brother, and also number OF contracts
and a package OF papers. valuable only
to Mr.. Marriott That the safe crackers
did not secure large quantity of
coupon bonds and a number OF valu-
able diamonds and jewelry WAS due TO
the foresight of Mr.. Marriott who. yes
terday afternoon, left the same in q
safety deposit box at McCornick's.
DID A NEAT JOB.
The cracksmen worked rapidly and ST.
lently. The job was well planned and
carefully executed. The fellows made
good their escape and left no clue what
ever. A l2-pound sledge hammer and
blue dotted handkerchief, the broken
combination knob from the safe. the
broken tumblers and scattered papers
told the story OF the. visit - fsr s.
men when clerk opened the market at
Z oclock this nuorI4us
Within a few minutes Mr. Marriott
was notified by telephone of the robbery
and lost no time in going TO his place
of business. A hasty investigation
showed the amount taken. The police
were notified and officers were soon at
work on the case, but so far have failed
to run across any clue which will lead
to the capture of the robbers.
The men who did the job were evil
IDENTIFY we'll acquainted with the ar
engagements of the market and the Local
nf he sod 70 hn LOT 80 nj
the back of the main room and is us
ually screened by row Of beef quar-
tiers, The safe stands between the
main room and the cutting room, at
which point the cfacksmen gained en-
trance.
ENTERED THROUGH SKYLIGHT.
The robbers climbed to the roof of
the cutting and sausage room and tore
a screen from the skylight. They then
broke out a pane of glass and climbed
down meat rack on 10 a
lard vat. Opening the door
of the cutting room they made their
way to the safe, Armed with a II
pound sledge hammer they quickly
knocked off the cofnbination knob and
with punch and hammer soon
smashed the tumblers of the safe. This
accomplished. IL was easy to swing
the heavy door back and take the con-
tents of the safe. The manner In
breaking into the safe was exactly the
same as that of the Daynes' jewelry
robbery several months ago when
cracksmen made off with thousands
of dollars worth of diamonds and jew
elry.
OVERLOOKED CURRENCY.
While securing the s210.95 In gold
and silver, the robbers dropped to the
floor handbook in which there was
In "a
scattered over the floor After making
their haul the robbers made the exit
through the skylght. They had Sc
cured ladder to an upright under
the skylight and apparently had no
trouble In getting away.
Just what time the robbery occurred
could not be determined. The thieves
must have known the location of the
safe and the interior arrangements OF
the market They also timed their
visit so as not to be interrupted by the
nightwatchman or the police on that
beat. The Waterman is supposed to
make his rounds about every hour and
a half No noise was heard either by
him or the patrolman ON the beat and
IL was impossible to follow any tracks
from the rear OF the place. In the cut
ting room a soiled linen handkerchief
was found by Mr. Marriott this morn
ing. The handkerchief has a laundry
marx OH ~ ttiiu TINS may plpNN W pN u
valuable clue. II is now in the posses
sion OF Chief of Detectives Janney.
DIAMONDS NOT INCLUDED.
Mr.. Marriott, In discussing the AFFAIR
this morning stated that II was only
luck that the thieves did not secure his
wife's diamonds and some coupon
bonds. Mr.. MarTiotts wife. who is i'll.
asked him yesterday to take charge Of
her jewels. He brought the diamonds
and bonds from his home and intended
to place them In the safe, but having
| 10 make q visit to the bank he left the
| gems and bonds IN the safety vault
| The thieves did not visit the main Of
! fee at all but oven II they had broken
| open the cash register, they would have
| gained nothing for their pains. This
| is the first safe cracking job that has
| been done In Salt Lake for many
months and the police are working