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Show iTiiir 7 Pair of Thieves Operate lm&i the Wilson and '"W Cullen! IS ARB GUT AND STEEL CASH BOX TAKEN 0fc J1 ily-Dressed Man and Wo- d Also Visit Knutsford . 4ioi and Kenyon. !tho cleverest thieves to this city for months visited Drday, and before they jde-. jde-. in their possession something of moue' belonging to the itmtain Bell Telephono com-sb com-sb they had stolen from tho booths in the Wilson and e!s. Attempts to rob tho booths at the Knutsford and otels were made, but these successful. Two weeks ago ford was robbed of something the same manner, but the is kqpt quiet, unfortunately, esult is the Bell Telephono 3 again made the victim of thieves, who, it is believed, ated in all sections of tho after 5 o'clock yesterday a well-dressed . man and tercd the Wilson, and after here the telephone booths c their-way to one af them, entered, while the woman irely w the doorway leading booth. Tho man began to fe'rifly into tho transmitter, attracted no special atteu-iimc, atteu-iimc, excopt that the woman liely appearance, good look-ibout look-ibout 35 years of ago. Sho hair aud'uer dress and coat he latest design. They re-the re-the booth for possibly ten nd then left the hotel. Discovery Is Made. 3 been gone but a short time her party, in attempting to mo telephone, failed to get se from tho central operator, lination revealed the fact wires had -been cut. Tho bs immediately reported ihone company's officials, and ira, notified tho police. An on by police and officials at not only had tho wires but the stool money bos at-the at-the telephono had also been al bor is connected to tho ihono by means of a steel -'fcich is fastened about the main oa, !rthe instrument by a. clamp Jim w. From tho bottom of tho a m Hjos is a fiac piece 'of steel of It! ae width as the. bos. This is i tw ' riveted to tho bottom of the t. Be? d is fastened to the inner part lerjW bottom of the telephone instru-ec? instru-ec? plover half a dozen screws. It tots'? an easy matter to detach one '& paj ioxes, owing to nuts being used pw jinside and the clamp from tho n&'j the box fastening it to the ivioci ? ) tho instrument must be pried liselHj ffor to free the two parts. Not mi is.. this" done, but it was all ac-e-, bed within the space of ten 7 d'..; f, and while the robbery was bo-j5tj bo-j5tj restigated at the Wilson the iS?ir 01 crooks mado their way co250f J-Cullen and there repeated tho oar fa pp, At the Cullen the booths are item fin a small room hack from the . fena the work could be dono thu Lre easily and with less fear of jrsf At the Wilson the booths to bC1 ued m a part of tho office where iyf Pf people are passing to and per istantly, and tho very boldness leposft- operators in selecting this time, iaDr. lie office was crowded and the. ThGL1 2?ere being used about every MPJSt ainute, stamps them as profes-,Iaio,8 profes-,Iaio,8 tof the highest class. Jdpi: V Same at tho CuUen. rVTIlR Pj561"215011 Kerne through with at IflJ i??.,5 exactly tho same as that fflTF, lll50a' ocIy toat tho bottom of JUi mhoae was thoughtfully left be-TTj be-TTj if -? everything except tho- iu-atj'jj iu-atj'jj l6" "as carried away from ,lrtT? f;Kntsfo and Kenyon before )f 2 ilS,-tu.eir work ftt tho other two mPif fueir game was useless at F$ nre scd, aud tho money hiS I f? bciDK wowed on. nun aso u m!lu ;in( a woman, tho 6ame as tl30S0 who so jeitrei jWiy operated at tho Wilson and ? evemng. entered tho Kmits-mJtt Kmits-mJtt Lient lnto thc booth where tlio lP -lonS. located. This, bow-! !V" tho fornoon. and flic dis-J dis-J lltS01 i,,a?c "util so timo - llIlCt steo? mouV' box was i?V Utcr was reported to C. S. ddl!;-5 ;S"C , off5"ls, but it was .' ? P, -a?a cotjliitf known of. if 0tf2 mLuloc!.c Iast evening a man "JTI? niu?' b?annC tho same descrip- l'otc,.palr,vhli:,, operated at the rfiS for VUW tIlG Kpyon and B Were tS? f?oU idepliono booth. Sr otli 1Th1?n stepped into -T man c-loscnd thc d0r. while S,f eAnaiUed 0utsidc with her 4 m ,ulntr wh i?h n- connection ' W I nSflf. 0Ve-r linc- n"' man StafnrVi y laid Wl awivert from eS LV,idi n1I(l leaving the & S iSid-t0r,tl-,e Wi,S(n' where oitM a Siwl m t,1e,r endeavor. ,h BlunW0 11,0 attention of ihc -V? SSun,! ?.0,nP!lny., the desk 5 An) b(ie,I U8ed there was KhSSt iUt' and 11 T-a" in- St. o S?S?,ntnf'M Ai tho Wilson iejV .; b-ral oi theso desk phoiici Joatlnurd on Page Two. Ii I HOTEL TELEPHONE ,W BOOTHS ARE ROBBED Xn N Continued From Pago One. t with the steel money box attachment, ljy but instead of removing them at the m time thev remedied tho matter at the m Xuutsford, tho instruments were allowed ' to romain, to the sorrow of the com- . lit puny. They will now be replaced with the "wall phones; j' Tho man is described as being about : fe-j the same ago as the woman, a little over , tfc medium height, dnrk, and wearing a tS long black overcoat and black derby. 1! It- is supposed that as soon as ho had w removed tho telephone ea&h box he , ift slipped it under his coat, despite the .If- fact .that they arc vary heavy, and as- rjjM suming to place his hand in his over- nl .coat pocket, carried the prize away as va easily as one could a bundle. Tho vSw "boxes happen to bo fitted with a steel , handle, and this made it vastly easier ' f5 to carry the box than othorwiso would jl have been the cat-e. The boxes taken are supposed to have contained in nick- ?n els, dimes and quarters in tho noigh- i "borhood of $30 each. U From tips which had been received here, it is believed this is the fcamo if- pair which has been operating in Spo m kanc, Seattle. Portland, San Francisco, In Sacramento and .Denver. A few days )kj ago Detective Leonard Do Lue of Dcn- vh vcr was in this .city, and although it IjU was said by him that he was merely Pi k liere on a vacation, it was believed at I Jn tho time that he was in quest of some- ( V body. This is low considered certain, im ' as it has become known that ho was jl looking for tho couple who had been I '? touching tlje telephone company in - Denver and the hotels as well. ' ' ,ki3 : |