The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-28

Jewelry valued at about $1,000 was
stolen from the store of ]. e. Clements
| near the Louisville e. Nashville depot
some time during yesterday morning,
| possibly during or after the rain storm.
The burglars secured entrance TO the
store by breaking the sklight through
which one or more of the men were
lowered to the floor. The lights, which
are kept burning brilliantly in the
store during the night were turned off
so that parties passing might not de-
tect the burglars at work. The rob-
berry was discovered yesterday morn
ing when the store was opened for
business.
The burglary is one of the largest
to be pulled off here in recent years
Mr.. Clements. when seen by Journal
representative last night. estimates his
loss at about $1,000. This included
thirty watches having a total value OF
1866. In addition the burglars got
away with a diamond ring. fifty ring
mountings thirty bracelets, five
bracelet sets, twenty-five or thirty
razors and a quantity OF other
| jewelry.
1t is the usual custom of Mr.. Glenn
| ents to lock all of the valuable Jew
elry In the safe at night, but Mon
| day night he left the store after ii
| o'clock and being late hurried away.
leaving the watches and other valua-
bles in the cases. Most OF the watches
were displayed in the window, and II
was not even necessary yesterday
morning to open the store TO discover
the place had been looted, for the win
dow had been cleaned OF everything Of
value.
LEFT TRAY OF BRACELETS.
The burglars in their haste and
working in the dark overlooked a tray
full of solid gold bracelets. although
| they took one tray. In this was n
large diamond ring, which Mr.. Glenn
ents had placed in the tray intending
to lock 1t in the safe with the other
| jewelry, but had forgotten to do so.
| the burglars evidently spent some
time In the store. as they went through
every case, picking out the articles
that had the appearance OF being the
most valuable and leaving the ones
that looked like they were plated.
BROKEN DURING RAIN.
1t Is the belief that the skylight
was broken during the rain storm
about $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning
or directly afterwards when the wind
WdS bBn, IOr OJnerWlse the noise
could have been heard when the glass
crashed to the floor. The men had
reached the roof and were evidently
equipped with a rope with which they
lowered some of their number to the
floor, a distance of about twenty five
feet. After looting the place they
found 1t hard matter to get out of
the stose, for the rear doors ana
windows were securely fastened and
bolted. They tried saving through the
door, but this was evidently slow work
and they turned their attention to
one of the windows. BY the use of
some pieces of iron they succeeded in
drawing one of the bolts and made
their exit unnoticed.
1 THREE MEN SUSPECTED.
i The proprietor Of the store suspects
three white men whom he noticed
passing HIS place several times during
the day. He noticed that one Of these
| men paid particular attention to the
skylight and It. is his belief that these
men were then planning the burglary,
This is the third time the store has
been robbed in the past year or two.
Once before the burglars gained en-
trance through the skylight.