White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-26
BURGLARS GET BUSY
IN THE ELY DISTRICT

The wave OF crime Which seems u
have been sweeping over the country
for some weeks past riade its appear.
nn.e in Ely last Monday night or carly
Tuesday morning waen two stores on
.ArltmaE street were bnrglar'zed,
Tuesday morning when derry Ma.
honey opened the wholesale and retail.
cigar and tobacco establishment con
Quoted by Arthur krect he vas startled
by the general condition of disorder III
which he found the premises. A cur
soiy examination disclosed the fact
tibet the safe had been robbed. or the
night previous Mrs. knecht had closed
ND he store and neglected to lock the
inside door of the safe or urn off the
combination. Ills made the work OF
tic intrudors comparatively easy and
the stforg box was pried from the safe
ard ssriie1 away. This contained a
considerable some OF meney. The cash
register was opened and stripped O.
The cash. Which amounted TO approx
inlate!y $50 more. There were also 2
numbe of checks. which the burglars
did not seem IA TAX much interest ia
and Kindly Left them for AR. kneehi
as his separate property and to do
with as Le saw fit. Among other
articles taken were Two automatic r.
s~olvc~s. some pipes. Il gold cigarette
case and = pocket knife. as well as
other articles from "A ~punchboard which
WAS in the store. \ box of jeweiry was
likewise taken in which were n num-
Der Of articles which Mi. knscht
prized. y gold chair with a valuable
nugget set with IA diamond fell into
the hands of the thieves. TakeE as
a whole. Mir. Kneeht figures he sur
fered o loss OF approximately Stoo.
The establishment of Lee IL. Murdoek,
Just a few doors west, where a similar
line is carried. was also entered. witt,
the result that Mr.. Murlock lost about
$50 in cash, which was taken fron; tn
register and the slot machine. Tie
punchboard lad beeu carefully placed
in MI. Murdock'a safe, which was
securely locked and the contents moi
disturb ed.
Entrance was gained at tue knecht
by prying open a win
dew in the rear. Which gave the iurg-
lars aoess to the entire store. At the
Murdoch store tie glass in The rear
door was broken and the nishtlatoh
then turned. by means of wllicl a clear
passa geway vas gained.
As aoon as tile discovery was made
in the morning the officers we're noti-
fed and Sheriff ". 5. Enslow and Grief
of Police w. .. Norman have since
Eeen working OFT all possible clues, II
It Is hoI ed that the guilty parties may
he brought to justice.
One clue given the officers was that
Of a iran ami woman having appeared
iom the rear of the row OF buildings
in which the two stores are located an1
+. la.x tt.. faflrs,l4 aratn ..cfu A. al
bound. This clue w1en run down dis
closed tile fact tnat the pal ties We're ,
not burglars but had been in a second
hand store In the block awaiting the
arrival OF The train. ard left the rear
Of the building to board the train mere
as a matter OF convenience.
Mayor A. b. witcher Immediately APP
an assistant night marshal In
an effort to prevent REPETITION Of such
Heretofore ono man has been
sufficient to cover the city of Ely dur
Ing the night. bat the beat is a long
pns and 1t is an easy matter fer those
criminal intent to watch the regu-
officer so that when he is on duty
1t ono extreme END CT his beat places
On the opposite end or at points in be-
wcen may be easily entered and rob-
The name of the new man APP |
will net be made public be
.ause of the fact thai he wilt be in
position TO detect criminals IL
his identity as an tfncer Is not dis
closed. He vii, however. be clothed
y 18th full power and authority and de-
n proper accounting from all
suspects whom he nay run across dur
|nl. the late hours of the night.
Ca st Ely was also givor attention
By the operators" who visited the
store of the Nevada North
,rn Railway Company. At this estab-
the cash lad been carefully
yuarded so that the visitors had Ia
themselves with taking pro-
fisions which did not belong to item.
They did not appear to be hungry and
he loss reported - said not 10 be
The warehouse of the Campton reu-
ncrcial Company was broken into. the
being pried from the door.
the comm,ssary, the warehouse
did not contain what the
thieves were seeking and but little
loss was suffered there.