Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-13 | Page 2 | Skylight Yeggs Loot Pharmacy on Main Street

SKYLIGHT LOOT PHARMACY ON MAIN Grain Alcohol and Cig Cigars s sTaken Taken From the Dyke- Dyke Davidson Davidon Drug Store Ten gallons of ot grain alcohol several several sev sey- eral boxes of cigars ts and candy comprised the loot seized by bya a skylight burglar who according to evidence uncovered by Detectives T T. R. R Golightly and J J. J D. D Brown was assisted by a woman In Ia breakIng breaking breaking break- break Ing Into the tile Van Dyke-Davidson Dyke drug store South Main street Friday night S An attempt was made to break Into the L. L G. G Latches cafe S South uth Main street also Apparently Apparent Apparent- ly being frightened from there the th burglars turned their attention to the drug store Besides the alcohol and other loot 15 cash was taken from three cash registers In the store The skylight opens Into a light lightwell lightwell lightwell well from which the attic above both cafe and drug store are sible An Irregular hole nearly two feet across was kicked through the trie ceiling of ot the drug store The burglar burglar burglar bur bur- glar dropped easily through this hole to a desk A padlock was battered battered battered bat bat- off the tho door on the tobacco and alcohol room In the basement Indications were that the loot was lifted through the hole in the cell cell- ing and carried out through the skylight skylight sky sky- light in the same sam manner that the thieves entered Plain footprints of a womans woman's shoe In the attic dust and dirt on the roof left no doubt in the minds minds' of the officers that thata a woman assisted assisted as as- as the burglar Access to the roof was gained from the roof of an adjoining building at 14 West Fourth South street This roof root slopes within a few feet of the ground A small patch of plastering had hall been kicked off the cafe ceiling when the thieves were apparently frightened away e