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Show CRACKSMEN AT "WORK AN ATTACK ON THE FIFTH WARD CO-OP. LAST NICHT. So Money But a Long List of Valuable Articles Ar-ticles Reward Them Detective Daggett Dag-gett Resigns Suspicious Characters Charac-ters Run In Pickings. Safe-blowers made a decent on the Fifth Ward Co-op at the corner of Third West and Seventh South during the night and while failing to get any reward from the safe de-parted de-parted with a long list of merchandise including in-cluding eight or ten pairs of shoes, a quantity quanti-ty of lace, silk handkerchiefs, table linen and cigars. The entrance to the building was effected through the front door after which the safe was blown and no knowledge was had of the visit vtntil this morning when the hour arrived to open for business. Suspects Run In. Jerry Connors, Bert Livington, John Bennett Ben-nett and Harry Hastings were sighted by Sergeant Donovon and officer Armstrong in the rear of the State bank of Utah shortly aftcr midnight and a raid made upon them.' Another prowler who saw the advancing bluecoats took to his heels but a shot from special watchman Burgess failed to halt hint and he disappeared in the gloom. Unable to give an account of themselves them-selves and for their prcseuce in the vicinity of a bank at such an untimely hour in the morning they were thrown iu jail to await an examination. It is suspected that they are members of the gang who have been annoying an-noying shop owners ou Market row. A Voluntary Resignation. On Tuesday lait Detective Daggett appeared ap-peared voluntarily before Marshal Young and to him stated that it was due himself to retire from the position until such time as the embarrassments into which he had been dragged were disposed of and he had shown himself not only Innocent of the charges but free from " the tj guest suspicion. sus-picion. AVith this he handed in his written resignation and it Tent upon record then and there. Mayor Stott was not a ware of this proceeding at that moment, but a few hours later v.as notified of thi vacancy. Police PickiagF. ! Reports come in daily from the chicken thieves. Taddy Eoyle, a sneak theif '. as sentenced to sixty days in the city jail. Jailer Ralleigh has succumbed to a severe cold and is in his apartments. The case of Tatham against Clerks Norman Nor-man and Orr wr& ported for trial this afternoon. after-noon. H. Feeny was arrested by Officers Estes and Dobson last evening for trespass and resisting re-sisting an officer. |