The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-26


The burglar or burglars gained an
entrance into the building by break
ing a light In the basement window.
crawling through aud opening the
basement door From the basement
1t was an easy matter to reach the
floor above as the door at the head
of the stairs was only fastened with
aatoh
The burglar took his time ln gong
through the Office rs all of the draw
ers Ia the different desks we're thor
uughly Tansaoked but at that 'hrse
silver dollars belonging to the fiAh
license fund, which we're in one of
the drawers. we're over looked having
worked haJk under some papers
The safe WIS closed bnt a card was
attached to It telling how Il could be
opened aud the burglar took sdvau
tage IF this information, opened the
safe and thoroughly ransacked 1t, the
floor Bot, here at least, the thieves
got nothing tor their pains as there
was rcthing that would he of value
to them IN the safe A money drawer
In the office was broken open and
yielded the robbers fifty cents ir
money aud about dollar aud seven
ty five cents in postage stamps.
The cash register had been left
ks,f 10. .
oepL forty or fifty pennies. A hand
ful of these was taken. A few we're
dropped on the floor aud sbont a doz
en- remained 10 the register
The cutlery case WIS visited and
every pearl handled knife. except
one or two that we're in hoxes. taken
There wert other knives there that
we're more valuable but neither these
nor the silver knives and forks
which we're In the same case we're
distur bed
The revolver case wac also visit
ed and a few revolvers taken Very
poor judgement was used In making
the selection as the guns taken we're
the cheapest In the case, retailing at
from three to five dollars each, while
right beside them we're revolvers rAuR
Ing In price from seven 10 fifteen dol
lars In value, that we're not disturbed
The knives aud revolvers we're all
that was missed throughout the store
Mr. HALEY was in the store until
about eleven o'clock writing letters
and locked up when he left, so the
robbery must have taken place be-
tween that time aud morning
James Nell passed there shortly
after Twelve After going by the store
he heard a noise aud stoppedand look
ed Ia but could see nothing wrong
There is no clue to the burglar al
though it Is known that the person
whN erawled through the broken
window WAS either a boy or a very
small man as the broken light is
very small
Mr. HALEY always leaves a large
dog shut up In the store at night and
he was on duty there that night aud
wa there in the morning, aud It Is
mystery how anyone got into the
store without him aruusinR the neigh
horhood as he has always been Oonsid
cred an excellent watch dog and very
vloiGus to anyone coming around dur
Ing the night
Saturday Mr. Hailev received a
message that two men had been ar
rested at Tekos and that three or
four jack knives having the name
''Soott & HALEY" etched on them
had been found on them
Mr. HALEY. taking Attorney Onas
R Schultz with him, went to Tekoa
to see the men aud to try and receiver
the property taken They lound that
the arrests Of the suspects; who gave
their names as James Mann and
Charles CLARK, had been brought
about by a negro with whom they
had mad touble while going to Tekoa
on freight train This negIo had
been riding In car that had been
used for shipping horses AZ Rams
dale Mann and Olafk boarded tins
Gar They ere carrying three bundles
with them The negro wanted to sleep
aud got out of the car and went TO
another one further ahead About a
mile this side of gekoa the train
stopped aud the negro, thinking it
was IN the city, jumped of. just
then the train started and as the car
containing the two men came along
he started to board IL. Ihs men
tried TO keep him out aud abused
him but be persisted and nnally got
iuto the car. tie had seen them hide
their hundlei 10 the straw aud had
also seen four revulvers which they
had 10 their hip pockets.
They continued TO abuse him which