The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-29
SAFE CRACKERS
MAKE BIC HAUL
Strong Box of Main Street
Cigar Store Looted to Ex-
tent of $1,000.
PART OF PLUMBER Is
RARE. VALUABLE COINS
Unsuccessful Attempt Made to
Force Safe of Citizens Coal
Company.


money checks and rare coins. In all ag
gregating a total value OF $1,000 stolen
one unsuccessluI attempt 10 crack safe
containing $500, and one attempted
burGlary--this is the record OF crime
which unfoldcd Itself in the heart of the
downtown district yesterday morning
when tho hour for opening the days
business arrived.
The safe IN the cigar store OF /. Frum-
kin. and j. Garfinkle. 23I South Main
street was broken open some time dur ing
the early hours OF yesterday morning
and $500 In gold silver and checks. in
addition 10 a sack of rare gold and silver
Ono Attempt Fails.
The safe in the. office OF the Citizens
Coal company, i5s South Main street.
was the object OF an attempted robbery
carly Yesterday morning. Although the
dial and knob OF the Iron box was pound
cd on, the safe refused 10 Yield 10 the
treatment OF the robbors. over $500 was
IN This strong box
The store OF the ROYAL Shoe Repairing
company. Il Eas, Third South street
some time during Thursday night or
Friday morning. Nothing was stolen
from this store.
Captain OF Detectives Riley NJ. Beck
stead believes that all three Jobs are
the work OF tho same men and that
from the evidences ief, behind them
professionals. He said that they worked
over a safe In the office OF the Citizens
Coal company. which. had they had cx
perlcnce. they would have known could |
not have been opened by the mechanical !
mems which they empluyed. AS the |
men crcpt Into the office OF the coal |
coinp"ny witch is In the front OF the
store, they passed safe owned and |
used hy Tuttle Bros. real csatc deal
crs. which Is of an old make and which
would have probably Welded 10 their
(td GnTo TO,
cradle money
The cigar store was closed up at 1880
. clock Yesterday morning by Mr.. Gar
nnkic. I, was opened 1t $50 o'clock
Yesterday morning by Mr. Frumkin.
who discovered that the safe had been
cracked.
Entered by skylight
The robbers had entered the estab-
iishnent by means OF breaking a sky
light above pool and billiard room in |
the rcnr OF the building. One OF them |
had used ropc 10 slide down from the
skylight TO the floor OF the room. The
INC inside and confederate admitted as
we'll as mcaps OF escape provided
ihc msn pad then gone into the front
cigar storc. They dragged the small safe
back Into The barroom of l.. H. Goule,
% position where their work would not
was cracked. The dial was pounded on,
The works OF the safe Knocked inward
"hcn nc strong box yielded to them.
~ the rear OF the cigar store had the
Night before deposited $3.50 In money i'm
he safe: This was stolen, together with
, collection OF rare coins which he had
'e"n years collecting and which he val
ie1 a, 5000. Three worthless paper bills
'eTe returned. together with a check for
rnesc pieces OF paper had been slipped
nto post box by tho robbers colIec,ed
~ n posimnn and returned by the post
Master.
Robbers Send Checks Back.
Mr. Frumkin and Sir. Garfnke had in !
rhe checks were returned through The /
3oulc,. p
The Office OF the Citizens Conl companv =
loses Thursday et o'clock However |
Jerks were engaged In the office until /
go o'clock In tho evening. when tho a
thce was deserted and locked up for
Patroiman Mnbbett said ,ha, ne IN
pectcd The rear OF the office OF the coal 5
ompany as late az ! o'clock yesterday d
ot been entered AZ that time
Used sledgo Hammer. I
When the offices were opened AZ : /,
clock yesterday morning IL was found q
nat the combination dial OF the safe had Z
cen knocked OF presumably with n large Z
ledge hammer. The workings OF me q
afe were badly damaged and IL vas
ecessary To find lookmaiter 10 unlock r
he strong box. !,
In entering the robbers had first broken e
Own lattice door in the rear OF the q
Tilding. ,Ild The back door was then Jim v
,ied ana entrance effected The safe is
cen unaoie to manipulate the tumblers. h
4 = hldgley, president and general
lanager Of the coal company. said yes !
srday that the safe had contained about
800.
Those who entered the store OF the
.oyai Shoe Repairing company ef-
tg out a skylight in the rear OF the ;,
tore From the broken skylight they =,
ad stepped TO some rafters and from l.
hence dropped 10 the floor AS far as !,
an be ascerrained nothing was stoIen -
Though there was about $50 in a draw :,
r beneath thc counter. ~
Before entering the shoe store 4, ,ras y
pparcnt that the robbers had attcmntod =,
, erect an entrance through n rear a.
Work Like Amateurs. Il
Ihe yegGnen left nothing tangible be-
ma them IN The way Of clues. although 7
lnstanual way. II is believed by the y
liIcers OF 'lle police department that the q.
eh are noyIces at the art OF safe-crack- o.
TX. Thcy had stopped 10 drink I'm Icons - !,
az ~ The rear of the ciEar store. When -
- ronDcry was discovered. two glasses ~
1d bottle Of the best whislScy In the ~
-,
.her circumstances OF which the notice ! "
ave knowledge but refuse to make p;Ib- ,c
= as such might Interfere with their in ~
rstigaiton. IL IS possible that the robbers :"
aN oe located today. The police bellcyr
icy know who the yeggmen are Two |,
en Were brought to the police station
81 hieht as suspects. However both
'u'd give good account Of themselves
20 tney were released
The police believe that their braal,,g
no the store o: the Royal Shoe Rapairinr ! "
'mpany was a mistake. and that the rnb- il.
re mad believed they were rnterlnr
'me othcr store I'm the same block Nofh | ~
X IN that store MAS disturbed AI,hougb o'
e men had attempted to PRIV omen a co
lnuow ope ming In the back yard OF the re
ore. by reaching above their heads 10
III OF the window that was already onen .;
~ was covered by q screen. ihev rnjrhf r.
" cut the screen with an ordinSry =. :.
'chrt knife instead ol giving uu the AZ VI
NM ny entrance through the yInaov IT
"a hr.aklnE In q skyilght. II Is thor,yh, be
ohaoie that the men frat attrmnteI % -,
irEaDzo the shoe store but upon dnd :.
x th+lr mistake In the store rhanso1 ~ nu
alr ba-r ~ operations To- the cigar sf1,r. "a
hlch u In The same block as the sho. ST
o.t and which they might reach b,, nc
Itt'nE through hack yards. ~ 10