Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-04-02
MAKE DARING
ATTEMPT TO ROB
CASINO OFFICE
NERVY BURGLAR is DETECTED
WHEN BORING HOLES
THROUGH FLOOR.

An unsuccessful attempt was
made to rob the Big Casino yester-
day morning about 8 o'clock, and
that the burglar did not get away |
with $500 is due to the watchful- |
ness of the porter at the resort. |
The porter, while engaged in clean
ing out the office, heard a noise as
| if some one was boring through the
floor. The same noise was also
heard by the proprietor of the Ca
sino Cafe and the two started ont
to investigate. The porter went
around to the north side of the
building, and on crawling through |
an opening, discerned lone indi-
vidual busily engaged in manipu-
lating a brace and bit. He was
asked what he was doing and he
answered that he was fixing an
electric light meter.
That is not the place for a
meter" responded t he porter.
Come in here and 1 will show
you what l am doing" was the re-
sponsc.
Hastily declining the invitation
the porter emerged from under the
building and re-entered the saloon.
Billy Briggs, manager of the Ca
sino, who was on duty behind the
| n hot
on entering the Office removed the
sack of coin, which evidently had
prompted the burglar in his mo-
tives.
Robert Dunn and Charles Reece
accompanied the porter on his Sec
ond visit underneath the building
and invited the burglar to come
out. The intruder instead of
emerging at the place where the
men stood, crawled to the rear of
the house, where there was a sim
liar opening and when the three
reached this spot, he was engaged
in busting off his clothes. He was
identified as George Wright, a gam
; bier who has been around Tono-
, |pah for several years. He denied
having been under the building,
5 stating that he had just happened
: to pass that way. His clothes were
E dusty and his appearance indicated
} that he was the guilty party. He
was allowed to escape and later the
police were notified.
An investigation of the premisea
disclosed the fact that the idea of
the burglar was to create an OPEN
ing in the floor, directly under
meath closet in which was stored
the bank roll for the roulette game,
, amounting to $500. Several holes
meath the big safe that adjoins the
q closet. 1t is surmised that as soon
6 as the would-be-robber discovered
his mistake he commenced anew at
a spot about eighteen inches dis
tant. Here he had nearly made an
opening large enough to admit his
: body. The bit had pierced it's way
. through the floor until it came in
contact with the linoleum. An
: other half hour of undisturbed work
:. would have been sufficient, as by
!, that time the opening in the floor
: would have permitted the burglar
to make a second hole in the clos
:. ct when the money sack would have
y dropped right into his hands. The
closet sits about eighteen inches
above the floor and there would
y have been plenty of space for the
! work to have been carried out sue,
: cessfully.
: Yesterday afternoon second
. search brought to light the brace
: used, but the bits, and there were
: two of them, according to the diff
u ferent sized holes, could not be To-
g Gated. A
Chief Malley searched the towr
for Wright but was unable to 10
@ cate him. 1t is thought that he i:
is being sheltered by friends, who
1t possibly may also may be implicated
l. in the affair.