New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-04-11

been notified, and rewards for the arrest
of the thieves and for the return Of. the
goods, amounting to 5000 have been
offered. The Brown county officials
have hope chat the robbers will be APP
pretended.
Sheriff is Notified.
The robbery was discovered about
$3.50 Sunday morning, and Sheriff w. j.
julius notified. He Immediately went
to Springfield, returning Monday. During
his stay there he took up every possible
clue.
Everything was in order when the
place was closed Saturday night. When
a clerk entered the store Sunday morn
ing to turn off the lights, which had been
left burning during the night, his at
Etention was attracted to cloak lying
on the floor. A hasty investigation
showed the fact that most of the stock
of silks, or at least 1874 bolts, had been
carried away during the night. Nothing
else in the store had been disturbed,
except the cloak, which had evidently
been examined by the robbers. and then
dropped, the thieves deciding to confine
their stealing exclusively to the silk
goods.
Paper 7 ,abss Re.s4e. ed
s Some four blocks from the scene Of the
robbery the thieves removed the paper
tubes from the bolts Of silk, for the
supposed intention of more easily packing
the plumber in satchels or suit cases. The
tubes were found scattered along the
Northwestern railway tracks.
EARLY Sunday morning three suspicious
strangers were seen near the railway
station, but as it was about train time
little was thought Of their presence at
that time. One of the men is described
as of medium build, well dressed, and
with light curly hair. "A few days
previous, a strange man called at the
store and asked for number of samples
of silk. He was Of dark complexion,
smooth face, five feet and ten inches tall,
weighed about 165 pounds, and about
IS years old. He wore dark trousers
and crushed hat.
Not Seen on Train.
The conductors of the trains bound
both east. and west Sunday morning,
said they saw no one answering the de
scription of the men. Intact no passen-
gers boarded either Of the trains, that
morning, they said.
This is the first silk robbery in this
county, since some eighteen months ago.
when Crone Bros. store was entered,
and relieved Of several hundred dollars
worth Of that commodity, about Thanks
giving time, in 1915. a month earlier
]. A. Ochs' Bee Hive store was entered
and a large amount Of goods stolen.
About the same time store at Gibbon
was robbed of several hundred dollars
worth Of goods. Some two or three
years ago a silk robbery was also pulled
off in the Aftermath store at Springfield.
No trace has ever been discovered Of any
of these robberies.
Z The thieves evidently entered the
Springfield store Saturday night by the.
use of a skeleton key.
Members of Gang.
The sheriff's office here is of the
opinion that gang of silk thieves is
engaged in working the entire country,
making certain territory at intervals Of
a year or more.
Sheriff Julius and Deputy Jahnke have,
been very successful in running down and
capturing bandits, having arrested no
less than seven men accused of robbing
stores in this County within the past six
months, six Of whom have been convicted
and are now serving prison sentences.
They hope to keep up their present record
and land the fellows who did the latest
Springfield job. 81
a handsome twenty passenger motor
bus now transports passengers between
the railway stations and the Dakota |
Hotel.