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Show EAST SOUTH TEMPLE RESIDENCE LOOTED Home of Mrs. William H. Theobald Is Ransacked by Burglars. The residence at 67S East South Temple Tem-ple street, owned by Mrs. William H. Theobald, president of Kahn Brothers company, has been looted by robbers, whose work Is believed to have been begun be-gun several weeks ago. The fact was discovered last night when Frank Hawkins, a driver for the Dickinson grocery store, telephoned David Da-vid L. Wertheimer. vice president of the Kahn company, brother-in-law of Mrs. Theobald and acting agent of the property. prop-erty. Hawkins declared that he noticed two men entering a side door and that he had noticed them before, ilr. Wer-theimer Wer-theimer telephoned to Sergeant Dan Grundvtg at police headquarters, who detailed de-tailed Patrolman William St. John and Detective Frank Huntsman to the case. The officers found that entrance to the house had been made through a small window. A little square of glass had been broken out and the catch to the window turned. Mrs. Theobald makes her home in New York. For several months each year she visits Salt Lake to look after her property prop-erty interests. She registered at the Hotel Utah Thursday. Although much of the fine furniture and plate has been removed from the house, trunks stored in the attic were found broken open and silverware, mostly heavy plate, was found piled on a bed guilt, wrapped in paper and ready to be carried out. A bed in the servants' quarters was piled with quilts, showing that it had bee n used re ce n tl y. It is believed by the police that the work is that of vagrant vandals, perhaps per-haps tramps, who were at first content with a place to sleep a nd who later realized the value of the plate. That the work Is that of amateurs is shown by the fact that a delicately cut bit of ivory, having more Intrinsic value than the aggregate ag-gregate plate, was not toulhed, although exhibited in plain sight-Heavy sight-Heavy silk portieres were torn from the walls and the upper rooms were in disorder. dis-order. The house has been for sale for several sev-eral years. The police are Investigating. |