The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07

place many Of the missing valuables,
for the reason that they had belonged
to her son and her husband now dead.
Burglars Banquet.
Not satisfied with removing hand
painted chinaware, cut glass, clothing
aud many of the lighter furnishings,
the robbers evidently spent several
nights in the beautiful home, the stay
being marked by orgies which included
wine drinking. Informal banquets and
cigarette smoking. There is unmls-
taxable evidence that ar least one OF
the beds on the second floor had been
occupied during the absence of the
family.
Mrs Fitzgerald's loss would have
reached $4,000 had the wholesale rob-
sacking, not failed TO overlook a Sc
cret compartment in downstairs clos
ct containing $4,000 worth of silver
ware. All of the flat silverware had
been placed in a safety deposit box at
a local bank prior to the departure of
Mrs. Fitzgerald and her daughter sew
eral months ago, but the larger and
bulky pieces were concealed III the
house. Mrs. Fitzgerald said today that
she had nearly all of her Jewelry with
her, but she cannot locate a black
pearl ring valued at $3.50 This may
increase the loss accordingly.
Had FastidiOus Tastes.
While the police have only meager
clews on which to work, Mrs, Fitz-
gerald makes the assertion that wom-
an must have been implicated, by rea-
son of the discrimination shown In Sc
lecting the gowns to be taken. The
robbers, for instance, left lace gown
which would have been easy of identi~
fication and selected a less expensive
appearing gown valued at $3.50. Wom-
ems clothing of every description was
included in the loot. In the loss is in
cluded $3.50 worth Of clothing, books
and other valuables belonging TO An
thony Fitzgerald, son who is em-
ployed here as a druggist, That the
robbers had fastldious tastes is shown
by the fact that they took two dress
suits belonging TO Mr.. Fitzgerald, dress
shoes, silk hat and five others, shirts
and nearly 100 neckties.
Description would fail to dellneate
the condition of disorder in which Mrs.
Fitzgerald found her home at ] o clock
this afternoon. No room or closet had
been overlooked. In almost every ln-
stance the coverings placed upon the
furniture before her departure for Cal
ifornia had been removed. Working de-
liberately, the ]ooters took great pre-
caution not to overlook a single nook
or corner which might yield something
of value, yet they failed to penetrate
the one closet which contained the
greatest treasure of ALL the silverware,
Goods Shipped Out.
How the vast amount of loot was re-
moved from the house is a mystery
equal to that OF the identity of the per
petrators. If moving van was not
used, it must have required many trips
by several persons to take away the
goods. The police are working on the
theory that the goods were packed, pos
sibly at the Fitzgerald home, and
shipped Immediately out of the city.
point to such a plan. A few days ago
the police received information that a
man was endeavoring to sell plumes on
the street. A number of ,plumcs ruth
lessly torn from hats belonging to Miss
Fitzgerald are among the missing ar
'ticles.
That the home was almost fired dur"
Tug the ransacking operations of the
robbers is indicated by the evidence
rooms are strewn with cigarette
stumps, some of which had burned the
paint after being dropped On the
walls of closets arc black splotches
where smoke from the candles which
they used discolored the white calci-
mine. In the upstairs bedroom, where
the robbers apparently made their
headquarters, are lf-burued candles
thrust into the necl7s of bottles which
had contained wine. Here the police
also found a pair of men S shoes which
do not belong to any member of the
Fitzgerald family, and also woman s
shoe, A man s hat with the band torn
out to destroy possible identification
was found in Mr.. Fitzgerald's s room.
Loot China Closets.
Mrs. Fitzgerald came upon one of her
greatest losses when she entered the
dining room. Here two china closets
had been stripped of all the most val
liable pieces of handpainted china and
cut glass. Several beautiful pieces of
china were broken in the removal of
others. The best evidence of woman S
work was found by Mrs. Fitzgerald IN
the looting of the cut glass cabinet,
The discriminating burglar selected
four IF tho un5 p,ncf valued