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Show &mm poke sh " IN JEWELRY STOKE ESCAPE WITH $15,000 -. One of the most daring and successful "jobs of safe cracking ever pulled off In Salt Lake City occurred some time between be-tween 10:30 o'clock Saturday night and noon yesterday, at the Jewelry store of Joan Daynes & Sou, 28 South Main street. The robbers, who evidently were experts, broke through a rear door and escaped with nearly $15,000 worth of jewelry and $170 in cash. A heavy sledge hammer, which the robbers left behind them in the storetl was used to break open the door and later the safe. Notwithstanding that the safe crackers must have been in the store for more than an hour not a sound was heard by anyone on the out- side nor was the 'robbery discovered until about noon yesterday when J. Fred Daynes went to the store to attend at-tend to some business. The first thing to greet Daynes' eyes as be walked to the rear of the store was the open safe, and a number of J'ewelry trays lying on the floor. Then io discovered the rear door was open. A hasty examination of the inside of the safe showed him that nearly everything every-thing of value had been stolen. Daynes communicated with the poliee at once and a number of detectives was sent to the scene of the robbery. A careful examination showed that the robbers had gained entrance through the rear door by knocking out one oi the panels, after which the eress bar had been removed and the boh thrown back. Bobbers Work Deliberately. The next point of attack was the large Hall safe in the rear, which is partly hidden from the front of the store by a wooden partition. The front of the safe is toward the rear entranee to the store and wholly concealed from the street. 4V ' - With the heavy sledge hammer the robbers began their attack en the knob of the combination lock. Just how many blows were necessary to break off the knob is- known only to the robbers. With the knob off a hole about an inch -in - diameter was open, . Into this hole , one of the safe crackers entered his' finger and manipulated the tumblers until the combination was worked and the safe open. ' : The rest of the work was easy. Tray after tray of valuable rings, and watches were taken out and their contents con-tents dropped into the pockets of the robbers or into a sack which they carried. car-ried. The only thing left in the safe was a number of silver watches, some valuable papers and $20 which was in a drawer with the papers. Diamond rings, loose diamonds, gold watches, gold watch eases, tie pins, watch fobs and everything that could be easily carried car-ried off were taken by the robbers, in- eluding, a purse whicn contained $170, the late Saturday receipts of the firm. Little Insurance Carried. Daynes said this - morning- that the loss would reach $15,000, on which only a small amount of insurance was carried. car-ried. That the work was done by experts there is not question. Nor is there much question but that the job had been Elanned for some time and that the rob-srs rob-srs knew just where to force an entrance, en-trance, where they would find the safe, the best way to break into it and the best means of exit. Practically every member of the police force is working on the case, but the clue is so Blight that it "will be a difficult matter to land the robbers. Since the release of Crook Parrent, self-confessed thief and "big mitt" man, robbers think' they have nothing to fear here. The police are working hard, but their hands are tied. |