Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-02-26
LOCAL SALOON
IS BURGLAR|zED
Thief Makes Good
Haul at St. Elmo
Club
POLICE WORKING ON CLUE
Entrance Effected by Break
ing Glass in a Rear
Window.

Some time this morning before day
light the St. Elmo saloon on the west
side of Don Gaspar avenue between
San Francisco and Water streets, was
burglarized and besides a quantity of
liquor and cigars, $31 20 in cash and
a 32-calibre revolver were stolen The
identity of the burglar is not known
but the authorities are following up a
clew which may lead to his arrest.
The robbery was evidently committed
by some one familiar with the place.
When the saloon was opened up this
morning for business the drawer of
the cash register was found wide open
and Its contents missing. A hasty In.
ventory revealed the fact that a re-
volver kept behind the bar had been
stolen together with two jugs of wine,
one Jug of whiskey, number of bot.
ties of liquor, and quantity of cigars
and tobacco. No attempt had been
made to break open the safe which
strengthens the theory of the police
that the saloon was robbed by an am
ateur burglar who was acquainted
more or less with the surroundings.
Entrance Effected Through Window.
The saloon was entered through a
window in the rear part of the build
ing, three Of the panes having been
smashed In with large rocks. One OF
the stones used In battering in the win
dow was found lying on the window
sill and another rock lay on the ground
beneath the window. The window is
about five feet from the ground, but
the burglar climbed in easily enough
by placing against the wall small
ladder, which was still standing there
when the robbery was discovered. In
smashing in the window panes to gain
ingress one of the blows from the
rock the burglar held in his hand
broke part of the window frame. He
was not a large man or he could not
have squeezed through one of the aper-
lures.
Immediately below the window
through which the burglar entered the
saloon is a pile of sand in which there
is the imprint Of one of the jugs. From
a pile of barrels inside the saloon
the burglar dropped the jugs and bot.
ties into the sand heap which pre-
vented them from breaking. Having
secured all of the plunder he wanted
he climbed out and made his escape,
leaving scattered on the ground trac-
es OF his visit In the shape Of cigars
and cigar box half filled with cigar
cite papers, which he had evidently
overlooked in the darkness.
Roomer Saw Burglar at Work
1t Is known that only one man en-.
tered the saloon although he may have
had an accomplice outside to warn
him In case anybody approached along
Don Gaspar avenue. r. O. Brecklein
who has room on the second floor
of the Laughlln block almost directly
opposite the window in which the
burglar entered the saloon was awak-
ened by the noise of breaking glass
this morning between 1 and O'Clock.
Still half asleep, he arose and looked
out of the window. He saw man
climbing into the saloon window In
the semi.darkness but it did not occur
to him that the place was being burg
larized and he went back to bed again
without giving any alarm. G. L. Hab-
erlein who has room in the Laugh.
lin block adjoining the one occupied
by Mr.. Brecklein also heard the crash
Of glass during the night but did not
get up from bed to ascertain the
cause. He thought nothing further of
the incident until he learned of the
burglary.
Rifled the Cash Register.
The robber did not have any Difficult.
ty in extracting the money from the
cash register as the drawer had been
left partially open. 1t contained the
entire receipts taken in yesterday and
last night, which, according to the
tape on the register, amounted to
1920. The money was nearly all In
silver and most Of the coin was of
small denomination A cheap watch
lying near the cash register was left
untouched.
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