Show LD aBEBS HAUL Broke Show Window and Grabbed Diamonds I WAITERS ROBBED AGAIN The Bobber First Secured the Door to tho Pawnbrokers Establishment BO That It Could Not Be Opened From the Inside and Then Broke the Glass in the Show Window and Scooped in Eight Diamonds Robber Then Ban Up Broadway Shot at Pursuers and Escaped NE of the boldest I Ii robberies ever per petrated In the city occurred at the 1 pawnbroklng establishment 1 I es-tablishment of I I Walters at No 31 East First South street shortly after 1 cr oclock last even i injr injrThe The boldness with which the robbery was executed however did not exceed the method and nicety of detail with which it was carried out That It was the work of an expert who had made all necessary preparations beforehand there can bono bo-no doubt The haul consisted of five diamond rings and three dIamond pins valued at about 3100 The robber dropped one ring on the sidewalk aa ho ran and It was found and returned WAS JUST AS EASY The robber simply sauntered up to the establishment at a time when the street was practically clear of people I and as a precautionary measure slipped a heavy board with a slit in it down over the outside knob of the door which made it Impossible for the door to bo opened from the inside Then with a heavy iron bolt which was vrapped in paper he broke the glass of the show window and scooped up the rings and pins lie was seen however how-ever and running rapidly eastward a short distance he darted up Broadway Several men started in pursuit but the robber pulled a gun and flied a shot which had the effect of cooling their ardor and enabling him to make good his cscaac POLICE IN PURSUIT The police department was notified at once and within a few minutes Chief Hilton Sergl Jnnney Detective Sheets Ofllcer Smith and others were making a thorough search of the locality Aside from a few fresh tracks In the snow however no trace of the robber was found Officer Smith who was the first official to learn of the robbery ran immediately im-mediately to the alley between the Theater and the telephone building but saw nothing of his quarry Mr Walters the aged proprietor of the plundered establishment was wall lag upon a customer at the time of the robbery The customer was Leo Johnson John-son a young man who resides at Grantsville and who had dropped In to secure some repairs upon a ring Both heard the glass crash but neither realized that a robbery was being committed until they looked up and saw the robber inking the Jewelry from the window COULDNT OPEN DOOR They then ran to the door but the board which the robber had slipped over the knob from the outside prevented pre-vented them from opening It and It was not until a passerby who was called to from the broken window re noved the board that they succeeded In opening the door A number of people saw the robber as ho ran away after the robbery and all agree that he was about 5 feet 10 nches In height with a black mus tapho brown overcoat light trousers and a black derby hat The police arc doing all In their power tp locate the robber and they have hope that their search will be success ful i p Is presumed that the vobber knew the locality perfectly into which ho disappeared as one not familiar with it would most likely become confuse1 in the neighborhood at night A MAN IN A SLEIG1L An unknown man in a sleigh who was seen driving about the vicinity of Waltcras store lust before the robbery it waa thought might know something of the robbcrv The man is said lo hare driven out of Commercial street his team having no bells on and that Ito drove past Watlerss place three lines altogether When the robbery was committed he was almost directly In front of the store and as the robber ran up Broadway he drove rapidly eastward and turned up State street he supposition being that he might have met the robber on State or South Temple and driven him to a place of safety ROBBED TWICE BEFORE This is i the third time that Mr Wat lers has been robbed in the same way Eight yearn ago his window was broken In oi aboutthe same hour and dia I monds to the value of S500 were secured se-cured Later the window was broken In late at night when there was but little of value in sight and about Slo worth was secured which was after ward recovered Police ofilcers who were detailed upon the case were commenting last night upon the close resemblance of the rob berv to those committed In Denver and Chicago by the notorious Pat Crowe who Is now wanted for complicity in the Cudahy kidnaping case in Omaha |