The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-12-26
DARING ATTEMPT At BURGLARY
Thief Tries To Gain Entrance Into
Brossemer's Saloon by Cutting
Hole in Brick Wall

One of the most daring attempts at
HOUSEKEEPING and burglary that has
occurred in Eureka for some time took
place at about 11:45 Tuesday night at
the San Francisco Brewery Saloon on
the corner of Main and Gold streets.
The particulars regarding the affair are
as follows:
About IL o'clock on the evening
stated Frank J. Brossemer. the propri.
etor, closed the saloon. shutting the iron
doors and turning out all the lights with
the exception Of q candle, which was
placed on the bar.
After extinguishing the main lights
in the saloon Mr.. Brossemer remembered
he had a pencil tracing Of a mining map
he intended looking over before going
home. While thus engaged he heard a
noise at the rear of the building, but
gave little heed to it. thinking it was
one of the limbs of a tree that grows at
the southeast corner Of the building
scraping against the side Of the wall.
However, the noise continuing, to
satisfy himself he concluded TO make an
investigation, and with his revolver in
hand passed through the east door Of
barroom leading into the room used in
the manufacture Of soda. On the south
east side Of this room is a door leading
into Gold street. When he reached this
door the noise he then heard indicated
plainly that some one was tamperiDg at
the wall in the rear. just outside.
At the rear of the building is a small
yard. a gate being at the south and
east sides. Mr.. Brossemer ~endeavored
to open the south gate, which he found
temporarily blocked. and he thinks it
was caused by the burglar standing be
hind it. After several efforts he finally
succeeded in forcing it open. when he
could distinguish in the darkness the
outline OF the form of a Mr..
Brossemer commanded the fellow to
throw mp his hands. which request not
being complied with he fired a shot at
the housebreaker. The burglar then
ran toward the east gate leading into
Buel street, which vas open at the
time. After firing the first shot Bros.
semer ran around the corner OF the
board fence and fired another shot at
the fleeing robber, who ran down Buel
street.
Neither of the shots evidently took
effect, as no blood was observed on the
snow either in the yard OF on the street
outside the gate through which he
escaped.
After the burglar had made his es.
APE Mr.. Brossemer notified Deputy
Sheriff Art johnson and the two made
an investigation. They found q hole
had been made in the rear brick wall,
near the southeast corner of the build.
ing, about eighteen inches square and
an average depth Of four inches. The
deputy sheriff also found a small
Ratchet on the ground in front OF
where the burglar had started to cut
the hole through the wall. which he
neglected to take with him in his hurry
to get away. 1t is also thought this
was the only tool he was using to gain
an entrance into the building.
A year ago last May this building
was entered by a burglar cutting a
similar hole In the same wall about
four feet further north. In this in
stance the thief succeeded in effecting
an entrance into the building aud max
ing good his escape. Before leaving he
rifed the cash register in the barroom
of about $27.