The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-20
WAVE OF CRIME
SWEEPS SALT LAKE.

81 crime that has rolled
over Salt Lake CITY with the coming
---r utiuge1 the town Win
an attempted safe-cracking Job. a hold
Up and two burglaHes Thursday night
Il appears that the ''yeggs are
working with q woman as lookout
az the deep prints OF high-heeled
French slippers were discovered this
morning In the moist earth Of the
gtreot In front Of the Anheaser- Busch
BroElng companys Office and store
p rso al SIS South Fouth West street
where a gang tried 10 break open the
la... out i4iled.
The attempted safe-cracking job was
not discovered until this morning,
no O'scn Jr son OF one cf
tho Anheuser-Busch local agents.
, O...Ce a. appears that the
s., z.s broke open a window on the
side OF the building leading into the
Office. They left no trace but two
large railroad coupling pins. The
81. -MoinAtion knob OF the safe was
smashed 20 pieces with a sledse n4ui-
mer. aud Che yeggs then tried 10 punch
the lock I'm order 10 make the tumblers
fall back Just outside OF the window
were the prints oil "Ei1el tower
French heels, bearing the clear i'm
preston OF brass plates. The marks
OF a horse and light buggy that were
drawn up close also appeared
The prints Of the French heels were
traced from the road TO the window
and careful measurement showed that
the IersCl wcar'~~ th~u
rtrf4ar ThIo urop1I
Indicate that the LOOKOUT, d. b.. .-
woman, had watched In inc road
and. seeing somebody approaching,
had run to the window and warned
the yeges. who Immediately stopped
their work and. without taking the
precaution OF grabbing the coupling
pins, made OF IN the buggy as fast
az possible.
Another theory, which involves an
odd situation, Is that one ot the yeess.
probably a small man with little feet,
donned the woman's slippers as a
blind, as It is hard TO conceive OF a
woman taking such long steps as the
measurement OF the footprints shows
were taken by the lookout"
The police are at sea, and the en-
trance OF a woman confederate. II It
Is a woman, complicates matters con-
siderably.
The Anheuser-Busch office would
have proved of small benefit TO the
yeggs at any rate. because little
money Is kept In the safe, as the cash
is banked every day and what remains
IS carried home by ono of the agents
or clerks.
Tho foot that tho va0o5 lrnocEed thn
combination knob of and started to
punch the lock to make the tumblers
fall back. but Quit suddenly, indicates
that they must have been surprised
and that the person who Wore the
"Eiffel tower heeled shoes ran 10 che
window and warned them.
The agents. Lytle and Olson, report
that nothing Was stolen.
The police are also working on an
other Job. Burglars deliberately
backed a wagon up TO the Salt Palace
grocery store at $50 South State street
OF which l. Nathan is proprietor,
Thursday night or early this morning
and loaded In more than 500 worth
of dry goods, canned goods and -four.
The thieves broke In through the
warehouse in the rear of the store by
breaking off the lock They mashed
through a panel of tho door between
the warehouse and the store and
crawled through They left no trace.
Another job that is puzzling the po-
lice IS the burglary OF the Twenty
second Ward Cooperative store at
$50 West Fourth North street, Thurs
day night. when the robbers satisfied
themselves by packing away a large
bundle OF candles ana cigarettes.
The holdup committed Thursday
night bears all the ear marks OF the
jobs that have been done recently by
three young thugs. While Nick Druse.
the bartender, was In the ice box three
young men wearing handkerchiefs
over their faces walked into the Warm
Springs saloon on North Second West
street a little after IL o'clock and
held up A. B. Margetts. the proprie-
tor, and eight men in the card room.
securing in all about $50. No trace
has been found OF the holduPs.