Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-06-05 | Page 19 | Speedy, Efficient Safecracker Gets Scanty Loot

Speedy Gets Scanty Loot T 1 Apparently the work of an expert expert expert ex ex- pert the vault at the American Linen Supply office offic 1045 South State street was broken into early Friday the cracksman making malting his entrance to the building finishing the job and making his getaway in n the space of 35 minutes min tes Loss in the burglary however apparently was small according to Lon W W. Reese 55 East Twenty Twenty- I first 2100 South street manager Who said the safecracker obtained only a a meal ticket for about a month from a cash box kept in the vault Dial on the vault had been broken or sawed off cleanly said Art Smertz East Ninth South street who discovered the burglary bur bur- glary Mr Smertz who is a night watchman for several buildings buildings- in that vicinity said he discovered the burglary when whet he made his round of inspection at a. a m. m Previous inspection was made at a a. a mI mI mI m. m I looked through the window and saw the dial on the vault had been broken off he said Investigating Investigating Investigating In further I found the garage doors in the rear were closed but were not barred from the inside Entrance to the building buildIng building build build- ing had been gained by cutting a small circular hole about three inches in diameter just above the latch on a south side window he said After opening the vault the burglar took the cash box and a filing cabinet into the rear of the building where he pried them open I