The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-05

Evidently anticipating a slow time
on the nations holiday in Ogden. the
knights of the Jimmy" proceeded to
hold high carnival Saturday night, no
less than five Twenty-fourth street
business places being entered and rob
bed. These include the Eccles Paint,
OIL e. Glass company. 325 Twenty
fourth street, the Utah Construction
company. 327 Twenty-fourth street,
Ogden Electric Supply company, 332
Twenty-fourth street, Charles F.
Grout Feed store, 354 Twenty-fourth
street. and Russell-Jamee meat mar
ket. 1S5 Twenty-fourtb street
With the exception of the last nam,
ed. these places OF business are with
In hundred feet of each other and
all bore similar marks Of entry
Not moro than $40 in all was secur
ed from the five burglaries. but the en-
terprising thieves did strenuous labor
in several instances before abandon
ing their search for yaluables In
one place the intruders broke in
through window. and after effecting
a second passage by means Of brok
en- transom, suddenly found them
selves outside again, which pecessr
tated a third entrance. At another
place a considerable sum OF money
was overlooked and a quantity OF
valuable gold leaf
Entrance was attempted in each In
stance by prying open the back door
with an instrument which left heavy
scars as IL pick had been used A
heavy steel jimmy however. was
found near Twenty.fifth street Sunday
morning, which bore signs Of recent
usage and was undoubtedly the In
strument used in all five OF the
burglaries. The Jimmy Is one made
from a three-quartcr inch square
file, about two feet long, one end be-
ing bent and sharpened The instru-
ment is now held at police headquar-
ters awaiting claimant
The heaviest loser OF the five is the
Ogden Electric Supply company, S16
being taken. Here entrance was gain
ed by breaking a rear window through
which the thieves were able to reach
the lock with Jimmy and break the
same by securing powerful leverage.
The firm Is connected with the Ogden
Office Supply company and the cash
register Of each concern was broken
open and the contents taken, aggregat-
Ing about SIG.
The Eccles Paint. Oil e Glass COM
pany was the next heaviest loser. $50
being secured by the thieves, Entrance
was first attempted at the front door
but. after an effort to break the lock,
the rear door was attacked several
huge nails being extracted and the
sliding door dislodged from its roll
ers The cash register was open but
small cash compartment was
broken into and the above sum taken.
The burelers did not attempt to open
Manager Glen Killers desk, standing
near, In which he had moro than SO; a
box Of gold leaf. valued at about SIS,
was also overlooked
The GroNt feed store was entered
BY rear window after an Intellectual
attempt had been made to pry open tn
rear door The safe. which was un-
locked. was Tansacked. but nothing was
taken. The cash register, however,
yielded small amount In cash
The Russall-James meat market was
entered by prying open the front door.
cash register,
The Utah Construction company's Of
fees were entered, but apparently
was secured. 1t was here that
the thieves executed the brilliant
stunt of "in again, out again. in again"
each maneuver necessitating more ac-
tual labor than all the other burglaries
combined, The rear window was first
wrenched open with the Jimmy and the
thieves entered only u find themselves
by two locked doors. sepa-
rating them from the front offices. Tie
fastenings of the transom on one of the
doors was forced. but evidently the
adjoining door was subsequently Sc
lected as the better mode OF entry.
Climbing upon a desk with muddy
boots, the Intruder evidently climbed
through the transom and dropped to
wnat he supposed was an inner room,
but which in reality. was an outside
porch. a pile of bent stove pipe shows
the Imprint Of feet as the man jumped
from the trdnsom
Finding himself on the outside Of the
building and also cut off from nis for
NOR entrance by high picket gate Sc
curely padlockcd, the thief returned 10
his original purpose of entering the
front Office. and finally succeeded by
breaking out glass window in the
door and drawing the several bolts.
The window pane was used To brace
open the screen door during the ran
sacking of the ONCE, Nothing Of value
was secured as far as the Office force
Is able TO ascertain
The police are rather perplexed
over the wholesale manner in which
the depredations were accomplished.