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Show Co-op Stare Robbed No Trace of lliirglars Who Secured $IC) Worth of .Iom'Iij mid Clothing The Peoples Co-op was robbed Monday Mon-day night mid about $100 In Jowclr and merchandise tuke.11. The loot consisted of thirty-two wnlches, four kodaks, a 1I07011 razors, two of them safeties, u lot or cuff links, linger rings, 11 suit of clothes, nil overcoat, a hat, several pairs of Bocks, a pull of shoes, 11 box eontnluliiK the receipts re-ceipts from the Royal Theatre, foi that evening, and probably several other things. The robber 'Rained ailmlttaneo bj pryliiK off some hoards from a broker plate glass window and koIiik through the opening. Joseph jiVoolstoii, tho rcfiiilnr night watciinau, was In Idaho, and Thomas Smith w.vj doing duty ns night watch Mr. Smith was taking tickets at tin picture show, and about 10 o'clock M'eut In the store, mid placing tb show receipts In O10 cash carrier, sein them up to tho cashier's desk. !I then made his" rounds mid went over homo to change clothes. Somo of hlu folks being 111, ho remained homo improbably im-probably mi hour, and rctiirnliiR made his rounds again. This tlmo ho noticed notic-ed a Jimmy lying on tho Moor, but thinking It 11 part or tho store equipment, equip-ment, he picked It up and went on his rounds. Ho then lay down on 11 nip and slept most pf the balance of the night. U Is evident that tho robbery was committed bofore Mr, Smith's return at 11 o'clock, as at that tlmo he fouiu tho Instrument with which tho opening open-ing was made nud his bed was made but four feet from tho Jowolrj case that had contained tlio watches. ' It Is iiulto probable that thoburglar was In tho storo ami saw tho cash bo with the, show receipts sent U)i to tin cashier's desk. Tho niiBhler's box containing 11 $'- cheek and the thr.itre tickets was found under a cnuutci In the clothing department. There Iiiih been found no trtee the. robbers, Charles Clurney, wlit llvcH In (ho Held west of tho eaunlut, fuctory, overheard a ronveisatloii of two men In tho willows about 7 o'clock Monday evening One remaiked: "I'm afraid to go thioiigb with It." fV other answered: "Oh don't bo a piker, there Is no danger" A pnitly llllci, box of crackers nml two opened bottles bot-tles of olives wcie-found on the north side of the reel; grnuory near tin ('o-op, and It Is surmised that th' burglars were eating a mld-iilghl meal when a two o'clock freight rami along and was boarded by them. |
