Show i Thief Does Turkey Trot Trotting Away S With Tender Turks George Jeorge Lawrence m manager of ot Auerbach Auer Auer- bach bachs bach's s 's 5 conceived tho the idea a short time timo ago of In making many man a homo home happy by giving ring r ing turkeys to the customers of the big store He lie communicated with the farmers of 01 8 several vera states fates with the I idea in vi view w of procuring the tho largest and best turkeys that tuat it was possible to pu purchase He lie succeeded in buying buring several several sev eral dozens of the finest specimens that have been seen In Iii order to display them t to goo good advantage Mr Lawrence procured n a showroom at street where hero h ho mc installed tho the birds i in as as happy I. I and homelike a a. barnyard barnard as was ble l T Tho scene w where ero the he turkeys ys- ys hold tOXin lonn of ot them in nil all co could ld be easily mistaken for or a a. typical barnyard with the tho straw the old grindstone the thea a ax anti and all aU that cnn can be expected ct cl in lD nn an anold anold old time timo barnyard There wore were procured pro cured b by Mr J Lawrence several dozen more moro fino fine specimens ns but fortunately t these were not placed with the fifteen The Thc sa sad part of the story ston was ma made e evident at 11 U o'clock last Jast night ight Some Somo one was as of tho the opinion o n th that t as far as his bis chances of getting a a. bird in the regular way ay were concerned he was either not sure or thought would take into consideration the fact that a R bird in the hand hanis bandis is worth tw two in the tho display window windo At t RU an any rate he ho broko broke up up the happy napPY roost at the hour mentioned Mr Lawrence who wh had empl employed a new newman newman newman man as turkey turk e tender took a glimpse at the display dispa at 10 o'clock last oven oven- ing after which ho told tho now r man that ho would see that the tho lights in the place pIMO wore were turned off at the regulation time time 1130 1130 oclo k Mr Lawrence appeared ap at the tho time and when ho he attempted attempted at at- I tempted to turn out tho the lights discovered discovered disco ered erAd that th the li lights were already off I Something is wrong is-wrong sai said he leAnd eJ And nd something was wrong rong An investigation a. a tion lion ensued with officers as assistants It tt was soon Roon learned that the tho roost had been robbed and anthe the two big prize gobblers gobblers gob gob- each of which weighed bcd forty seven forty seven and one half pounds were amon among the tho missing The robbers had bad gained entrance en en on trance from tho the rear ar of the the place tho the entrance of which is 15 from front Edison street streeL In order to gain admission the lovers of I Thanksgiving turkey removed two planks from the tho rear of ot the storehouse One plank plane W was Ws s absolutely split in two parts pam The door was then pried op open n. n The Tho alley this thi mornin morning looked like a aI con conglomeration of f varied aried colored feather dust dusters era I after the discover disco of or the theft Mr Lawrence and nud t two o officers traced two t. of the thc thieves to Fourth South street but they disappeared in inthe tho the darkness Mr rr Lawrence althou although h hnot not lo positive is is of the opinion that becan he be can identify the men who were implicated in the tho burglary having seen them thorn quite plain plainly at ono one timo time as they 9 were crossin crossing Third South street treet A According to hi his s statement he hc knows more about the robbers than he cares to divulge o oI at the tho present time He telegraphed to io I Idaho Idabo tod today to procure moro more turkeys s 's sJ t. t to replace the seven that were stol stolen n. n J I |