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Show WINDOW IS SMASHED AND JEWELRY TAKEN Thieves Make Eaid on Lower Main Street Store in Early Morning; Reported Re-ported Loss Is About $500, Wrapping a copper, weight in a piece of newspaper, some person, whose identity iden-tity is yet-'unknown, smashed a fjiate lass show window in the jewelry store of William Scljubaeh, 172 South Alain street, at 6:45 o'clock yesterday morning, morn-ing, grabbed rings, watches and jewelry to tbe value of about $500, then successfully suc-cessfully made his escape. The robbery.. was discovered and the police notified within ten minutes, but the officers had 'no cletv upon which to work, and up to a late hour had found no trace of the thief or the stolen goods. In selecting the hour, just at daylight, day-light, immediately after the street, lights )iad been turned off, and there were but few people passing by the robber evidently showed familiarity with tho most opportune time to escape detection. According to Mr. Scbubach, the proprietor, he also showed a kriowl- , edge of good jewelry, as be was rareftil ( to select only goods" of value in looting ' the show window. ' ' No one could be found who saw the jf robbery committed, but a workman who., passed' by the store a few minutes before be-fore 7 o'clock noticed the broken window win-dow and gave the alarm. O. A. Lindquist, a bartend- employed em-ployed in a saloon next door, Baid that he heard a sound as of glass being broken bro-ken at 6:45 o'clock. He went to the door, looked up and down the street, hut saw no one, and returned to his work. Mr. Scbubach says that it was fortunate fortu-nate for him that the theft was not committed com-mitted the morning before, as when he closed the store Thursday night he placed more valuable jewelry in tbe safe than he has been in the habit of doing. |