The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-24
ENTRANCE FORCED
BY BASEMENT
. ROUTE
Police Believe Local Talent
G~uilty-Burglars Adopt.
ed Unusual Method

For the third time within the past
tour months the j. Lyons & Co., sport
ing goods store and bicycle shop was
entered and robbed. The thieves
gained entrance some time early this
morning through a basement window
and cleaned out the knife and revolver
cases. also taking a small amount Of
money from the cash register. While
Mr.. Lyons has not as yet checked up
his goods he estimates his latest loss
to beat at least $3.50.
The thieves, as it is almost a GER
tatnty that there were more than one,
broke a pane of glass in one of the
basement windows. reached in and un-
fastened the catch and let themselves
IN the basement. From the basement
they made their way to the bicycle
shop in the rear of the store. A par
tition from the floor to the ceiling
hindered their progress into the main
part Of the building.
Crawled Over Transom.
According to the proprietor of the
place and the police, the parties who
broke in We're familiar with the place.
Instead of taking out the glass in the
the store, which would have compelled
them to work in the light, and which
It is said anyone but a person who was
familiar with the premises would have
done; h thieves secured a ladded and
placed it against the partition over the
office. A pane of glass was taken out
and laid on a work bench and the
burglars crawled through the hole
made. dropped down nto the safe
police to believe that two were in the
robbery is that prints Of muddy shoes
were found on the desk and a waste
paper basket some distance from the
desk was broken, evidently by a per-
son stepping onto it.
The store was overhauled in general
and many articles Of small size were
taken. The main loss, however, was
in revolvers, cartridges for the same
place was taken with the exception. OF
few cheap 20 caliber target pistols
sufficient cartridges to last a year on
a hunting trip were also taken. -. =
The knife case was also touched for
practically all Of its contents. -Four
knives of a cheaper variety were left
but all of the rest Of a stock of about
200 were taken.
Was the Third Time.
The Lyons store was entered for the
first time on the morning of August 8.
at that time three revolvers were TAX
en- and the men were arrested later
and were given a term in the county
jail. -. :" >. :.
The second time occurred last Wed
nesday: October Is. At that time the
thieves. gained entrance through a
toilet room window and made away
with several revolvers and sweaters.
The amount of goods taken was val
ued at about SIS.
The last occurance was this morn
ing. The police are inclined to be-
lieve that the last two robberies have
been done by local talent. The work
Of the thieves who broke in either
this morning or last night is almost
proof positive that they knew the lay
of the premises.
The police believe that they have q
good clue as to who committed the
robbery. Mr.. Lyons stated this MORN
ing that since the first robbery he
has taken extra precautions to guard
against repetitions of the act, but that
about the only way it will be possible
for him to guard against burglars is to
put iron bars over all Of the windows.