The diamond drill., 1921-01-08
F0RSBERG'S PLACE AT ROGERS
NINE SCENE OF THE AFFAIR
PERFORMED IN SLICK MANNER
Masked Men Cover Occupants With
ReyoIyers and Compel Them to
Hand Over the Cash

AMO Mdshcu men uelu upN the OC~
cupants OF the store run by Adolph
Forsberg near the Rogers mine last
Wednesday night and robbed the
place OF Sl01.0O, taken from the till
and off a punch board. No effort was
made 10 search the occupants nor
was anyone harmed
The men put the telephone out OF
order, backed out Of the door, keeping
the occupants covered all OF the
time. ran down the steps and dis
appeared. No trace OF them can be
found nor is there any intelligence
found nor is there any ineligible
description OF them available.
Only Two In the Store
Business was not rushing last Tues
day evening and but few visited the
place. About 9:15 y. m. Forsbergs
daughter, a girl about 20 years OF
age, and young man named Howard
Luke were the only persons in the
store.
Miss Forsberg was standing back
OF the counter and Mr. Luke was
leaning over IL. engaged In conversa-
ton with her when the door opened
and masked man entered, carrying
a revolver in each hand. Another
man stood just without the door-evi- |
IDENTIFY on guard. The masked man |
covered the young man and Miss |
Forsberg with his guns and told them |
to put up their hands.
Luke thought IL joke at first and
started to laugh when the bandit ut
tered an oath and agan commanded
him 10 elevate his hands. He knew
then that there was no joke about
the procedure so he complied with
alacrity.
The bandit then ordered Mise Fors-
berg to hand over the money that was
on o punch board on the counter
She did so. He then told her TO hand
over the cash in the till which she
did also
The man then went TO the telephone
and ripped the wire of so that II
couldn't be used until repaired He
then backed out of the door, joined
his companion and they ran down
the road 10 the first street on the
Rogers location.
Three Tracks I'm Evidence
Mr.. Luke gave his first attention /.
70 a repair OF the telephone. which /,
he succeeded in getting to work in
about half an hour. He then tele-
phoned TO Sheriff Waite and TO Cy-
rus Sensiba OF Iron River
Mr.. Waite. accompanied by Mr..
Jackson went Immediately TO Bates,
arriving there shortly after l0:s0 o. b
clock. When he got there Sensi- /,
ba and Jesse Allen were already upon
he ground. !,
The street the men turned in on is ,
4 blind one so that they had TO take
20 the snow. The tracks OF three
men were found and followed over : :
% the Caspian location. but there :
hey merged with other tracks and =
we're lost. q
The officers are OF the opinion that ~
third man was In the affair, he III
standing watch out OF sight some II
ehere. M
The officers spent the night search s,
ng the boarding houses at the Rog-
r. and the Caspian mines but moth
ng was found that would in any way
raw suspicion on any place visited
No Description Available r.
The officers are handicapped from ~, w.
he reason that no description OF the - :"
len II available. Luke says that the -
Ian outside was not masked and he -
links that he might recognize him ="
seen again. The man who enter
4 the store was completely masked -
nd neither the girl nor Luke can ~
N anything about him. a.
Miss Forsberg was very cool ur- -
ar the trying circumstances. Most -
1ung women would have collapsed :"
nder the excitement hut she held "
sr head and did az instructed with
II any hcsitanoy.
She estimates the loss AZ $4,000. Is
over SEQ of that amount me
ing money from the till. Il
The reports from the west side are Of
the effect that many outsiders. OF
me from Chicago, are coming 70 are
AZ district LOOKING for work and n lar