Show SAFE CRACKERS ROB STORE Of ROWE KELLY Y Blow Safe in Early Evening Ev ning Securing Cash and Vatu Valuable Valuable able Securities WORK OF EXPERTS IS CLEARLY INDICATED JOB ATTRIBUTED TO CRACKS CRACKSMEN CRACKSMEN CRACKSMEN MEN WHO INVADED MAR STORE LOOK OU FOR CHECKS The booty taken from the Rowe Kelly store included about in indorsed checks The proprietors proprietors proprietors tors wish to warn the tho public against cashing any of this paper Safecrackers invaded Main street tred last night and blew biew open the he safe in inthe inthe the Rowe Kelly 8 clothing store South Main street Th robbery was committed some time be between between between tween 6 and 9 last night when Main street was crowded with people The thieves carried off oft more than in gold and nd currency about O in in indorsed Indorsed indorsed and negotiable checks in other checks worth of mining stock some shares in business con concerns concerns cerns corns a silver watch wat Jl and a gold ring Their work indicates indic tes that they were the same men who forced open the sat sar sarIn satIn in J M market 22 West First South street on night Both crimes crim are puzzling problems for the police to solve s lve The robberies show that the safecrackers are well veit acquainted with Salt Lake or are dar daring darIng daring ing thieves who make careful and painstaking preparations before break breaking breakIng breaking ing into a building It is hard for tor the police vollee to under understand understand understand stand how the robbers could have gained the information which must mu t have ve been necessary for lor or them to sue suc successfully ce carry out last nights exploit The Rowe Kelly Kell store was entered from the rear The safecrackers first fi t pushed open a door which was braced from the inside with a stick of wood This admitted them into a small shed There they found their way barred by bya a heavy door secured by a heavy bar resting In Iron brackets As there was wa wano no lock to pick the robbers smashed in ina ina ina a panel of the door They had apparently provided themselves with suit HuH suitable suitable able tools for tor this Forced to Use Explosive When they got Inside they the muSt have attempted to make short work of If getting into the safe following the plat pI that was successfully carried out i ithe In ii Inthe the Marriott robbery The knob of the combination was as knocked off or of ansi ami a It punch was apparently driven Into the hole in the expectation that the tum tuT tumblers tumblers would toll fall making maling the work of f opening the safe easy But things did not work as smoothly in the Rowe Row fc Kelly store as at nt the Marriott mark markIt It was necessary for tor the robbers to t tuse tuse use nitroglycerine They were pre prepared prepared prepared pared for this emergency First gath gathering gathering ering up armfuls of shirts overalls overall clothing and other articles from the stock of the store they made a rough mattress for the safe door to fall upon This was for the purpose of deadening the sound when the big iron dour door should hould fall As It Was s there must have hae been considerable noise nois and it is con COIl considered remarkable that none of th many passers in Main street had their attention attracted by b what was going on in the store Lay of the tle Land The safe occupies a position in the tile store about sixty feet from the sidi sido walk and while It cannot be seen from front the street it would have been easy foi fo oj persons on the sidewalk to look the big glass windows in the front of or orthe the store and see the safecrackers mo ing about inside So far as the polk were w re able to learn last night no person walking in Main street last night no noticed noticed noticed anything strange in the Rowe Kelly store The thieves after blowing off the safe sar door had no difficulty In forcing open opeti the interior door and opening ope ing the tin tilt box Inside containing the money and valuable papers The money belonged to the company The mining shares the watch and the ring were the prop property property property erty of or William T Rowe president pre of the company To successfully carry car out their pla pIa plato pIato plato to rob an important Main street store the safecrackers must not only have gained information concerning th means moans of entering the place but of th tho habits of the night watchman George Houghton He goes on duty dut at 9 ock Lk at night The store closes at 6 o Ick in th evening Usually fifteen minutes or a half hour pass before all an of the em have passed out put of the building and the doors are closed for the night This gave the robbers less les than three Continued on page 2 SAFE CRACKERS ROB STORE OF ROWE RO WE KELLY Continued from Page 1 hours in which to carry out the robbery It Is believed that they waited until the Rowe Kelly establishment and adjoining stores were cleared and there was no danger of meeting persons who might recognize them before commencing commencing commencing ing their work This must have de delayed delayed delayed them until perhaps 8 S At that hour they the could safely venture into the tile alley aile back of ot tho the Main street stores without danger of encountering be belated belated belated clerks or wagon drivers This left them only about an hour in which to force Corce open the tho safe secure tho the valuables It contained and make their escape This is looked upon as proof that t at they thaw were experts who were sure of their thel ability to fo successfully and expeditiously carry out the daring crime Night Watchman Houghton started on his rounds at D 9 I last night accord according accordIng according ing to his custom He first tried the front doors along Main street He found nothing amiss When he tried the door of ot the Rowe Kelly store he noticed nothing amiss inside insl e eIt It took about an hour for or the watchman n nto to complete the work of trying the Main street doors Then he went back into the alley to try tr the rear doors Everything was snug until he came to the Rowe Kelly store There he found the door wide open Looking Inside he saw that the other door was open At the same time timea a strange odor reached his nostrils He lie i cautiously crept to the interior door and peered inside But a glance showed him what had happened He lost no time in notifying the police and the heads of the concern Captain Burbidge Sergeant Hempel Detectives Chase and Hurt Burt and a num nun number number ber her of policemen were hurried hurri d to the store About the place still hung the pungent odor of the explosive used in lu forcing open the safe saCe showing that the th robbery had been committed only a short time before But no trace of or the crim crini criminals crimInals could be found They had disappeared disappeared disappeared as completely as though they had taken wings The safe cracking In the Marriott mar market market market ket took place five live days ago At that place the robbers entered from the rear breaking a pane of glass in the skylight of a rear room Their method of break brea Into the market showed that they under understood understood understood stood the surroundings Last nights robbery robben i 1 looked upon as one of the most daring in the history of crime in this city It was committed early In the evening about the time the streets I were filled with persons with plenty of or time to observe anything that seemed un unusual unusual unusual usual That the robbers Invaded Main street taking seemingly desperate chances of capture seemed Incomprehensible except on the theory theor that the criminals desired to make merry with Salt Lakes thief takers take A hammer was found near the safe having been left there doubtless by the cracksmen upon their departure It Is a strange coincidence that ft 5 hammer was also near the safe in the Marriott store when the safe was attacked in that place |