The daily sentinel., 1908-09-22

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Gus confiagration is a wonder.
The flare from these fires, shining
through the low transom windows of
the stock room, in nine cases out OF
ten would have attracted attention
from an officer or a passerby: but
no attention was attracted last night.
The thieves broke open a box of
fine window curtains or blinds-a
special order made by Mr. Meyer to
be used in his new home on North
Seventh street. This box was setting
in dark corner in the basement
stock room.
They took number of these cost q.
ly blinds and converted them into
torches by lighting the ends The
oil in the curtains burned briskly
and brightly, yet quite slowly, max
ing an ideal torch
These unique torches We're carried
about by the thieves as they worked
on the first floor Ashes from the
torches were found scattered all
about, and the burnt ends of the
curtains were found on the floors this
morning.
Just how much goods was taken
by the thieves cannot be accurately
estimated: but that the amount was
large there can be no doubt.
From the fine dress goods depart
ment a large number of costly silk
patterns were taken, ten or twelve
boxes being emptied. Many bolts of
other grades of dress goods were TAX
en-: but, remarkable to state, very
little of the expensive silks was car
ried away. A great many pairs of
gents ladies' and boys shoes We're
nI oil or tI oh Laf
removed from the pasteboard boxes
in which they were contained.
In the mems clothing department
many coats We're taken, but the
thieves could not so easily secure the
trousers. Just how much was taken
from the boys furnishings depart
ment cannot be told.
A large amount of ribbons, laces.
neckbands, etc, We're taken.
At least Il dozen fine stiff hats and
many cheaper hats were stolen.
The thieves seemed partial to the
cheaper grades of shoes, brogans,
jumpers and overals. as they helped
themselves most literally to these
lines.
a number of fine furs are miss
ing.
The millinery department was not
disturbed to any serious extent.
The novelties We're given but lit
tie attention by the thieves.
The cashiers loft was visited and
a few small pocketboOks, containing
small change and which. pocketbooks
had been found in the store from
time to time and had been laid away
to be identified. We're taken
Evidently the ewes were not
prepared to attempt to wreck the big
vault or safe, and TINS was not dis
turbed.
There were evidences that the |
thieves seated themselves for a while !
in the cashiers loft and rested their |
weary bodies, evidently feeling Sc
cure from disturbance.
Beyond doubt the thieves took !
their time in making the haul They |
visited every section of the store. as
ashes from the torches indicated
wnere disturbed snow cases, coun-
ters and empty boxes did not give
stronger indication of their presence.
There is but little doubt that the
thieves had wagon either in the
alley or near the alley. and loaded
it up with the stolen goods.
This morning. in the rear of the
old brick barn on Colorado avenue
between Fifth and Sixth streets. in
an old buggy, two bolts of dress
goods. some cheap shoes and other
articles We're found and identified as
coming from the Fair store. These
goods were evidently discarded byl
the thieves for some reason
1t seems hardly probable that
thieves could enter the big store
from the alleyway. the most import
ant and most frequently traversed
alley in town. break open an iron
grating. open the rear doors. put
one or two men ON guard. and work
in the store for an hour or more and
yet go undetected or undisturbed.
Evidently the alley was not pa
trolled by any officer last night, and
no officer was anywhere near the
Fair store during the time of the
thieves operation. The robbery was
not discovered by officers.
Ii develops that one or more of the
thieves went into the second story
of the Fair building and entered the
offices of DIR. K, v Stiles. but the
only thing they took away was the
little time Indicator that was hang
ing on the outer door of the recep-
tion room. This Indicator was found
on the basement floor of the Fair
building, near the remains of one
of the fires
f. +. Barney. manager of the Col
orado Automobile Company. whose
garage is on Colorado avenue. says
that he was working at his shop all
night, lie states that at about 3 so
am. he turned on light in the rear
of his shop, stepped out of the rear
door and walked toward the toilet
on the lot, located at a point not far
from the mouth of the concrete alley
way between the Fair store and the
Upton saloon.