Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-11-17 | Page 8 | Drug Store is Robbed Seven Times in 6 Months

u STORE T Rt I Ii i ROBBED SEVEN I TIMES IN INi i M MONTHS I I II Taylor Pharmacy Is Again Broken Into by Drug AdI Addict Ad Ad- I dict According to Police Guthrie Store Entered I OR the seventh time in six F FOK Fon months the Taylor raylor phar- phar macJ South V West cst Temple I street was entered last night by bya byn a n burglar believed to be a drug rug fiend who has already attained notoriety notoriety notoriety no no- in police circles by being dubbed The Coke Thief Entrance was gained by tho breaking breaking break brenk- ing of ot a pane pano of ot glass in the tho front door of ot the establishment Apparently Apparently no search was made In itt the store for any mone money as none of ot the regIsters registers reg reg- isLets isLet's or money drawers were broken into but according to indications an exhaustive e search was mado for narcotics nar nar- The loot of or tho the burglar consisted consisted consisted con con- of ot 50 worth of morphine cocaine and other drugs that are aro commonly used by drug fiends Seven times since the latter part of or April the Taylor pharmacy has been entered and each timo time practically practically cally in tho same manner by the Iho breaking of ot glass Tho The police believe that dope fiends finding a shortage of ot drugs in the tho city through the tho arrest of ot many of ot the purveyors are arc resorting to any methods to find relief relict for their nerves Whether tho the robbery of or dru drug i stores which has become frequent in the thelast thelast thelast last year ear Is tho work of or different men or the work of ot one ono man The Coke Thief TIllet police arc unable to tell Methods used by all an of ot the tho fiends according to the police are practically tho same They go about the tho work in the quickest and crudest wa way by bythe bytho bytho tho the breaking of glass They commit many of ot their crimes in stores in the outer sections of ot the city In this way hoping to avoid detection A burglar entered tho the J J. J W. W y GuthrIe Co store at itt East Second South street last night and obtained 10 In change and several flashlights A Arear Arear rear icar window was broken to gain en entrance entrance entrance en- en trance to the stock