Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-05-22 | Page 14 | No Clews in Bold Robbery of Jewels

NO CLEWS IN BOLD ROBBERY OF JEWELS Thieves Make Clean Escape After Bobbing Apartment of W. C. Bogue. The daylight theft of 51000 worth of jewelry from tho rooms of W. C. Bogue. city purchasing agent, In the Prescott apartments. Second South and Sixth East streets, is monopolizing the Interest of several detectives of the police department. depart-ment. The burglary must have boen committed some time Tuesday afternoon, but was not discovered until almost midnight, when Mrs. Hogue sought her watch' to wind it heforo retiring. Failing to find tho timepiece, sho began a search for oilier articles of jewelry. All the family Jewelry had been taken. Many of the pieces" were valued "beyond their Intrinsic worth as family heirlooms. ' Detectives George Chase and II. D. L.yon made a thorough Investlsatlon of the case yesterday morning. The thief had left no clew to his identity. It Is thought that he gained entrance by means of a skeleton key Other residents resi-dents In tho apartment house heard tho doorbell of the Bogue apartments ringing ring-ing violently during the afternoon. The burglar Is thought to have used Mils means to assure himself that no one was at home. Mrs. Bogue left the apartment apart-ment at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and returned at 4:30. The theft was accomplished accom-plished In the meantime. The nrticlcs taken wero a gold watch, a solitaire diamond ring, a. cluster ring set with eight diamonds, a sapphire ring, a gold rim' set with two diamonds dia-monds and a Jacinth, one gold ring set with five pearls, a gold chain, a pin set with eight diamonds, a kodak, a solid gold chain, "a coral necklace and ah opal ring.