The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-18
Diamond Saloon, In Shadow OF Poiies
station, Entered by Robber
Some Time Last
Night
BARTENDER LOST SMILE
Finds Big sn,udses Of Dirt on Yes
terday's Spotiess White Cover
Ing Of Back
Bar.

Daylight thievins in one part of the
city and burglary committed in the
night In the very shadow OF the po-
lice station is the latest crime record
for keokuk. Someone broke into the
rear OF the Diamond saloon last night.
The rear of the building is in the
very shadow OF the station house on
Lucas avenue. The comedy man who
draws the adventures of Slim Jim and
| the police force IN the funny paper
| ought to read about this and use 1t
next time. It would make thriller.
The daylight theft was that of four
teen chickens from George Anderson's
shed, in the rear OF the Anderson
house at 1913 Exchange street. 1t is
thought the fowls were taken about 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Evident
| IL the thief didn't think It necessary
to wait for darkness to cover up his
tracks.
| Alex Getz, who rules over the sober
side of the bar at the Diamond sa-
loon, 523 Main street, owned by Fred
iC. Weismann, lost his usual smile
this morning when he had opened
up" the saloon and taken one look
behind the bar. The clean white COW
ering on the back bar. upon which
rests countless numbers OF bottles,
glasses, and other equipment, all ar
ranged in orderly designs. was marred.
! and disfigured with black smudges
and the marks left by dirty hands.
An examination of the place reveal
ed that more or less successful at
tempt had been made to rob the sa-
loon. Come one, during the night,
had succeeded in breaking into the
saloon through the rear end OF the
building.
So far as is known the burglar took
nothing more than one bottle Of whis-
key. Evidently he was in search of
money. He found, however, both cash
registers open and empty, as they are
always left at night. The safe in
| the front end OF the saloon contained
some yaluables but was too large and
strong for the intruder to even at
tempt to break into.
The rear end OF the saloon ADULTS
on Lucas avenue, in the shadow OF the
police station. The robber entered
from this alley, having little diff
fculty in gaining access to the back
room OF the building which is empty,
and the rear doors OF which are often
left unlocked. In order to get from
this back room into the saloon proper
lit was necessary for the man to cut
hole through screen window. ten
feet from the floor, in a partition.
This he did and then crawled through.
After he had gotten into the saloon
he turned on the light In the rear
and started his search for valuables-
He opened all the drawers of the back
bar, looked in the empty cash regis
tiers, and advanced to the desk in the
front window. The black marks left
by his grimy hands told this morning
the story OF his search through the
place. Failing to find any money, he
took one bottle Of whiskey and left
the way he had come in. The robbery
was not reported to the police.
Boys steal Chickens.
Walter and Leroy Stice, Is year
old cousins, confessed to Chief Ken
Iney this morning the robbery of nine
lchtckens from George Anderson, 1929
Exchange street, yesterday afternoon
AS a result, applications for the com
mttment OF the two boys to the re
form school probably will be filed
Both have had preferred petty Larceny
Icharses against them before.
The boys sold the chickens at sew
teral houses on Third street. Wher
arrested by the police they at frs
denied their guilt but later confessed
and accompanied an officer to thu
nlaces where they had disposed OF the
chickens. All nine Of them were re
covered
; Leroy Stice also admitted that n
and Louis Atkins, another Is year OLE
boy. had stolen two chickens from
Mrs. Holden, Thirteenth and Johnson
wednesday afternoon An application
TO send the Atkins boy to the reform
school also will be filed, Chief kenne!