Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-11-07 | Page 16 | Burglars Who like to Hunt Rob Pawnshop to Get Guns

Burglars Who Like to Hunt Rob Pawnshop to Get Guns CUTTING UTTING their way through the C CUTTING C panels of a back door In the pawnshop of H R B Smith west First South street early yester day morning burglars stole two auto automatic automatic matic matle shotguns a quantity of cartridges and two hunting coats Though there were watches and other valuables with in their reach the burglars made mode no attempt to touch them Members of the detective department are puzzled over the unusual choice of loot Theorists at police headquarters be began began began gan working on a clue yesterday aft afternoon afternoon afternoon that the thieves s were wore sporting enthusiasts Detectives were asked to stop atop all hunters carrying automatic shotguns and wearing drab duck coats This Th experiment got the police into trouble for a majority of ot the hunters who went after ducks yesterday In Including Including Including prominent lawyers and busi business business business ness men were armed with automatics When one of the detectives had been threatened with his job as he asked an unsuspecting lawyer where he had obtained his favorite duck gun Cap tain of Detectives Riley M bL L Beckstead sent out an order not to be too In Inquisitive Inquisitive with sportsmen Detectives at police headquarters have hove usually been boen able to trace pawnshop burglaries to drug fiends But Captain Beckstead thinks it ridiculous to believe that a hop head bead would steal hunting out outfits outfits fits tU and enjoy a ft day da with the ducks when there are still bamboos and opium in Plum alley