Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-03-01 | Page 1 | Reno Burglars Take Safe, $2.5 Million

I I ro Victimized Reno Rei Burglars Take Safe 25 Mimon Ei ENO Nev Ne March 1 UP- UP entered the home of a investment b broker r l' o 0 k e r day and made off with a safe taming in cash elry and negotiable securities y y y left behind another million es packed in a suitcase reported fhe e theft was discovered by broker L. L V V. Redfield eld and i ce Bee when he returned home an afternoon luncheon His described as vicious by ds was in m a bedroom hap- hap munching a ham bone taken n the refrigerator edfield and Police Chief L L. R R. of Greeson both refused to estimate the loss but a report released by District Attorney Jack Streeter showed these figures Currency I Jewelry Between and I Negotiable securities securities' Between and Miffed 1 about this estimate I Redfield said said- The amount should not have been given out I because it will only arouse curiosity They can have the money as long as they didn't kill my little dog the millionaire told newsmen He lie was speaking of his kerry blue terrier which he calls his watchdog The terrier was happy when the police arrived The burglars had taken a ham hambone hambone hambone bone from the refrigerator and bribed the dog with it Seek Green Truck Police are arc seeking a dark green pickup truck believed to have been used to haul away the pound safe Redfield and his wife have lived in the three-story three room 15 house without servants the past seven years Redfield 54 moved to Reno 18 years ago from Los Angeles where he made a fortune dealing in oil stocks He was described by a Reno business associate who refused to be identified identified identified iden iden- as the shrewdest man inthe inthe in inthe the financial world today He said Redfield owned vast amounts of real estate and commented This the burglary wont won't hurt hurl Redfield Gives Serial Numbers The securities were indorsed by Redfield and police asked that none be accepted by banks or business houses in near by states Redfield furnished police with serial numbers of f bills for one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred twenty 1000 bills six bills and more than two hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred bills