New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-02
BURGLARS LOOTED
5 MANKAT0 STORES
MAKE MERRY ROUND ON STOLEN
TRUCK AND SHIP GOODS
TO ST. PAUL
THREE TRUNKS RECOVERED AND
RETURNED; THIEVES MAKE
THEIR ESCAPE

rive OlueiellI places OF business IN
Mankato were entered by burglars
Saturday night or early Sunday morning
and they carried away such goods or
articles as best suited them to the
extent Of thousands of dollars. The
merry round was made on truck taken
from the George Laven garage, which
later was returned by the burglars.
Reports from Mankato state that the
men crawled through the rear window
OF the garage, opened the front door
from within and drove out of the garage
with a truck belonging to Mr.. Laven.
Before leaving the garage the thieves
ransacked the private office and tested
the safe, but were unable to- break it
open. @4
From the Laven garage it is pre-
sumed the burglars drove to the rear of
the Stein Clothing store After securing
their booty here, consisting of heavy
load OF fine suits, the thieves bethought
themselves of manner in which to
safely dispose of the goods. From Stein s
store it is evident that the truck, loaded
with the stolen clothing, was driven
to the alley in the rear of the Duren-
berger harness shop, 528 South Front
street. Here they climbed up the rear
of the building to one Of the windows
forced the window open, and thus gained,
access to the building. Once inside,
they proceeded to the front of the store
tempered with the safe but failed to get
it open, and then carried three new,
steel-bound trunks to the rear, loaded
them on the trucks, and used them to
pack away the suits they had stolen
from STEMS store. - .
Enjoyed Feast In Bakery
Following the safe disposal of their
goods it would appear the burglars
.longed for food and recreation and pre-
ceeded to the Steiner Bakery at 220
North Front street. Here they hammer
ed off the lock on the rear of the build
ing and once inside there were evidences
of their having enjoyed feast of bread
and cake. 1t was here that the burglars
left some evidence that they were up
to the tricks of "reglar yeggs". With a
huge sledge hammer which was in the
truck taken from Laven's they proceeded
to hammer and chisel off the combination
on the SAFE
Enter Tiuar Store
The burglars longed for smoke and
proceeded next to the Jones cigar store
where they gained access to the building
by way of a transom over an alley door.
Here the providers took $1.5O in real
money, eighty coppers, and $125 in lead
which Mr.. Jones had kept as evidence Of
his being an easy mark
At the Danielson garage it was dis
covered that the thieves had been there
and secured about $3.50 in postage after
thoroughly ransacking the drawers of
Mr. Danielson's desk.
Trunks Checked To St. Paul.
It was learned that three trunks had
been checked out Of the Omaha depot
and the police notified the st. Paul
baggage clerks to be on the lookout for
the stolen goods. At 11:45 the Mankato
police received word that the trunks had
arrived and instructions were given to
arrest anyone who called at the St. Paul
station to get them. Later the trunks
were returned to Mankato.
The St. Paul police are said to be work
ing on the case. 1t is thought the men
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