The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-30
BURGLARS BUSY IN
HEART OF THE CITY
Twelve Offices in Business
Center Are Robbed in
Single Night.
WORK DONE BY EXPERTS
Various Dentists Are Heaviest
Losers, Thieves Stealing
Their Gold in Stock.
WORK DONE BY EXPERTS

Thieves. believed by the police to De
professionals of the most expert type
entered twelve Offices in three Office
buildings some time between SATURDAY
night and early yesterday morning.
stealing gold amalgam and other val
uabes aggregating in total worth more
than $500. Dentists bore the brunt
of the losses. though several business
Offices suffered slight loss in the whole
sale raids.
The burglars. apparently the same
persons in every case, operated exten-
sivcly in the Scott building, l6S South
Main street. the Atlas building. west
Second South street, aud the Vermont
building at South Temple and Richards
streets They ''jimmied - the locks
from the doors of each Office In the
offices Of the dentists the thieves con,
fined their thefts to the valuable gold
plate and amalgam used by members
of tho profession in their work. From
the Office OF DR.. f. A. Tripp IN the AT,
las building. more than $500 worth OF
the precious metal was taken. other
dentists lost lesser amounts. ranging
from a few dollars worth TO several
hundred dollars worth.
Many Are Victims.
Besides DR.. Trips Office the crimi-
nails visited the Office of Or; l.. -
Brown and the Office Of the Mining Re-
Wow. both in the Atlas building, OBJ
tanning valuabes in each office.
At the Scott building the offices OF
Drs. Z. w. Tolhurst. w. G. B. Terrell,
T. +. Morgan, X. U. Barta and DR..
Henderson were rapsackcd: The
thieves pried open all drawers In their
search and left each office in a state of
confusion
At the Vermont building the victims
were DR.. William Stookey, the Bench
cial Life Insurance company, the In
land Crystal Salt company and +. w.
Cope. a manufa cturers agent. Cope lost |
q small amount of cash he had left in
his desk. From the salt company S !
office Sl2 i'll cash and Ss worth of |
stamps were taken. The life insurance |
company lost a small amount of cash
MANY Of the dentists whose Offices |
were raided have not vet determined |
ing had record Of the exact amount |
Of gold they had on hand.
Officers Are Aroused.
Rerorts of the burglaries began
reaching the police station at clock |
Monday morning and for the following |
hour the telephones were burdened |
with the angry complaints Of the vic |
Tins. By the tine the final reports |
were in tho police began to think an
army of thieves had invaded the town
for the week and every available de
Icctiyc was ordered out for the invcs
tigation. Detectives r. N. Beckstead |
and T.. j. .lanncy made the rounds of |
eyrrv Office from which complaints
were received. They found the method
nf operation la he Identical in every
,ase. \ ''iimmy' had been inserted |
into the door ledge aud the lock pried |
.roms,ts socket,
The only definite clew possessed by !
The police is that furnished bv one Of |
tuc victims, who says he suspects a
lnan Hho visited his Office several times
in the last mouth, representing himself |
"s q travelling salesman for dental |
supnly house,
missed number Of articles after |
tins man visits. y said the dentist YES.
Iordav. "aud T have strong reasons to
suspect him. He entered several Offices
~ thr sanc building aud in each Office
nc took rains 10 note the places were
dcnt$i. Hrc wont 10 keep their yalua.
blc metal -