Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-09
Henderson's Store at Sixth South
And Coomb's Drug Store
Looted Last Night.
NO HELP FROM THE POLICE
Victims Advised TO Hire Private Detcc-
tivcs II They Want to Recover Plum
dcr-UncIc Sam in Case.

Two more daring burglaries were
committed in the heart of the city ar
an early hour this morning, and at
least one OF the jobs was pulled off by
experienced "yeggs." who. on finding
safe left open, left their SOUP" or
nitroglycerine. the cake of soap with
which they had Intended to calk up tho
cracks for the explosion. the fuse and
caps, right on top OF the safe, in,
plain view.
The two places robbed were the Hen
derson Commission companys store at
Coombs drug store. at Fourth South
and State streets.
The "yeggs" entered through the rear
of the Henderson store. They first
bored a hole through the back door with
a small brace and bit. and then cut out
a panel with a tiny keyhole saw. j.
b Henderson, the owner. stated that
he did not keep the combination of the
safe fastened as robbcries have been
attempted In his store recently, and
he left the safe open because he did not
want the door cracked open. The"yeggs
opened the door inside of the safe,
drawer had also been left open, but
the robbers broke open the other two
drawers with chIsel The cash regis
ter had also been left open. and the
burglars secured but Is pennies out OF
It, A number of memorandum slips
were taken, as the yeggs probably
thought they were checks. They muA
have used wagon, rs they got away
with five 50-pound sacks of the best
flour
'MAKINGS FOR SOUP"
The "yeggs" left fuse, about foot
long, with a large cap on the end, half
bar OF soap. and the "makings for
soup" on top of the safe.
"They are after me, all right" said
J. B. Henderson, land l am prepared
for them Lieut. John Hempel and
another police officer came down to my
| store this morning, when notified po-
| lice headquarters. They looked things
| over but said they could do nothing,
| and that IL I wanted to recover my
stuff, 1 would have to hire private de-
| tectiveS.
| POLICE PROTECTION A JOKE
1.-THE police protection in this city is
joke. Thieves. safe crackers, holdups
burglars and second-story men have
| been after me and my family during the
last two months. Two days ago. cou-
| pie of burglars robbed my hame at 54(
Lowell place in broad daylight. My
| wife was not at home, but Mrs. A c.
Kersey. our neighbor next door. was
| and she saw them leave. but no trace
| could be found of them by the time the
| police were notified. They ransacked
! every room in my house and turned
| everything topSy turvy but my wife
had not left her Jewels in the house,
and the thieves apparently didn't care
| to steal anything except very valu-
| able stuff and money. as they knew
! they would be seen and attract atten-
tion II they left with large bundle.
HIRED MAN HELD UP.
Floyd Young, one of my drivers
| who lives at my place. was held ur
| two nights ago, as he was walking
| home. He had nearly reached OuI
| house, and was turning into Lowell
| place from around the corner. from
! Fifth East street, when a highway
men stuck him up. Just at tina,
moment, couple of our neighbors
happened to pass, and Young hurried
back to the street from the court
while the holdup took to his heels
| and escaped through tho dark, after
! hard chase by several men.
my barn has been robbed time anC
| again during the last two months.
LEFT SAFE OPEN.
Last Sunday morning. l came dowr
to the store to clean up some extra
work, and I found two large ham
mors and a chisel under the hayshe6
in the rear of my building. 1 knew
| then that robbers had been there. bu
thought they had probably been scar
ed away by someone who had sur
prised them while they were trying
to get into my place. didn't wan
my safe blown all to pieces. so / lcf
| 1t open and banked most of my cash.
DRUG STORE BURGLARY.
Another daring burglary. commit
ted between midnight and Z o'clock thi
morning, was that in Harry Coombs
drug store, at State and Fourth
South streets. The robbers entered b,
the back way. First they broke win
dow glass, and reached through anC
unlocked the door. Then they wen
through another inner door. cutting
out n panel. They opened this doc
on going out Tho burglars broke opel
the safe, taking $50 in postoffic,
funds in cash, $50 in currency be
longing to the store. and two checks
ono drawn by d. H. Christensen 70