Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-07-06 | Page 14 | Burglars Raids Home of Dr. M. R. Stewart

BURGLAR RIS ROME OF OR. M. R. STEWART Valuable Silver Is Secured While the Family Is Absent. The home of Dr. Murray R, Stewart. 1-" West Fifth South street, wna entered by a burglar about U:30 o'clock last night and 100 worth of silver and Jewelry Jew-elry was taken. The burglar was frightened fright-ened away and in his hasty retreat left lying on thu floor a heavy solid silver coffco pot. The burglar entered by "Jimmying" 'a window on the east side of tho house. He had at llrst tried his "Jimmy" on the back door, but It evldontly had not yielded to his efforts. A servant girl was asleep upstairs but said that she heard nothing. Mrs. Slcwart had been sitting on tho porch for some time and left the houso about 9:30 o'clock and walked down the street a short distance with a neighbor woman. When she relumed re-lumed she started to enter the house and noticed a match on the stairway. On going upatho stairway she found a door open that should have been closed and several Indications that somoone had been In the house. In her 'bedroom she found tho dresser drawers turned topsyturvy topsy-turvy and a watch, valued at 575. which had been a Christmas present, from Dr. Stewart to her In 190-', was gone; also a chock, which was not indorsed, and about 510 from a purse that was hanging on the wall. In the silver was where the intruder made the biggest haul.. Dr. Stewart said that, two elegant sets, (inn a wedding present and the oilier a sol thai had heen his- mother's were all taken except tho c.offeo pot that had been dropped In the. hasty exit. There were also a number num-ber of odd pieces of silver that were missing. One of the silver platters was about three foci long and fully two feet wide. If ono man took the silver he must, have been fairly weighted down with the load. Irs. Stewart telephoned to her hus-1 hus-1 band, who was absent from homo, and he In turn notified the police, and Detectives Detec-tives George Cleveland and Karl Jtiplcy responded and made a thorough search of the promises. Mrs. Stewart told tho detectives that she was absent from the house very little. If any, more than half an hour. Tho detectives think they know who did tho job and hope to got the plunder for Its owner in a few days.