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Show Vc::.i TsMe $1CC3 Vicrtli cf S!lv:rv:::e i: Cc;i frd hsA Gass d ia Cc;::s:-: Cc;::s:-: Stcr;67 West Hrst Sc"lH Street: 1:3 Dy: x!telnicrlyi:::iC:l-:ry;;X;:H3cnJ:y ' t" "' - -:; -, '.' " . John Hogn, 50 year old, night watchman for the Bennett ilas , and Paint company, 67 West First South itreet, 'was- aeiied by two yrggmen on the meuanina floor of th building. at .12 :2 oVlock Huh morning, bowad, gagged nA blindfolded, then looked in a -vault m tha baaejment of the building; whila th yeggnien made a thnroujt and complete raid on the entire building. ' ' ' .' 'Daring the two or thre houra in which the rnon wr- s iv.ly engaged in' their gafe cracking and other operations th-y f.pem . on vault and two aafcg with aledge hammer and drill', and rini"d another aafe with a charge of dynamite, mixed whh' oil and soup. The borgiar made a careful and. syatematic search of the entire, building for cash, negotiable papers, silverware and othsr, valuaMi , which netted (heni approximately t000. ' , ' ', No papers were taken, so fsr as the management of the store waa able to determine af noon today. .While some papers are still missing, the attaches cf the store are of the opinion that they will eventually-be fount whea a more complete search is mads. Klgbl Watchman Hogan has beea employed em-ployed by the merchants oa ths block bounded Tf Wain and West Temple streets- oa West Firat Roath street, fnt the lastefoiir. years. He la a careful lad thorough workman, aad was somewhat some-what surprised upon, making his round of the maaxanlne floor of the building to nd a window near a fire escape open." This window is ia the south-eaet. south-eaet. corner of the building, and the surroundings are- dark, as the winnow is almost obscured hy stock ' shelves sad ether obetructiosa. . Tried 'te Escape. ' - , ', Hogan stepped tb a' bog to close triia) window, aad thea placed a stick oa the top of. the sash ia such a manner as to clamp it tightly abut, making it impossible to rsise it from the outside As Ilbgaa tursed from the wia.low he was confronted bv two unmasked burglars, seek cf whom pointed a revolver re-volver at his breast, while one com-sisided com-sisided aim to keep silence oa psia ef death. - . "Don't kill me, men' Hogan exclaimed.-' "You've got the drop on me, and T am In your bands." . "If yon doo't move and doat raise a holler we won't kill you," ene ef tbe burglars said,-- after a moment's hesitatioa. "But well tie you up so tight that ye eaa't do as a ay mischief." mis-chief." . t ' Tbe gua in the hand of one ef the bu rglers wsvered for aa lastant, and Hogaa . leaped for the stairway, leading lead-ing to tbe main floor, but missed his footiae and fell and rolled to the hot ' The tafe in the offce ass then at-tarked. at-tarked. Tbe combination as oruVeu with sledge Iteminers and- s bole was punrheil or drilled into the workin? of the-safe, tnronsh which the tumblers were .thrown. out of eqntnuenoo snd the bolts were shot hack. 1 ne sits was thsa. easily opened. T!i innr loor waacnashed with the hammer, the rivate drswern were opene.l ei d ilictr contents eaminel. . rimh mnn-v and valuah'er as v.nre in thn f tvrre u-ken. u-ken. The " sul'reauree," iroa Ixiiea Mt into the ante, .t priel wl i' lara end tncs'lne snd w.-re rreoke.1 open on tue floor. About 1tt) " takea from this aafe. - . , Ore Dynamite Next Time. Th dcnk of the manager and f'"t Of the secretary ' were also opene.l ami papers were eramined with thon-ntli rare. Mining atock certiflcaies iu ( were opened and left face upward on the deska. Small amounts of nvmcy were taken from these desks. . ' Tbe acxt attack waa upon the h'g safe oa lbs aovond floor, in tne pnvste ofhcea of tbe presiJeut aad ilirectors of ths com pa nr. Tbii safe tl'ul col vicld to the sledge hammer snd punch treatment, treat-ment, snd a five-eiirhtti inca hole was drilled seer the combination. Into this hole waa forced a charge ef dynamite, shaved and miaed with soap end oil. sod this was exploded with a detonating detonat-ing cap. Took Their Time Aoont It. So carefully was the chanre measured that thoiiah tbe door o ihe safe a forced open there was not sufficient con- , cusslon to break the plate glsae windowe within live or elk feet of the safe. an.l there was not a scratch on ins furniture or fixtures to Indicate that there hd hn . an explosion. ' To deaden the eound of Ihe safe door. If It should be bloen oft and strike the Boor, cushions were taken I from a leather couch and placed on the ioor In front of tue safe. I Three lock boxes la Ihe aafe were rifled of a email amount of money and several niM Af twalrv nd some other valna torn, a distance of twelve or flfteea feet. Aaron Over Hla Head. ' "You dirtv dog, we ought to kill voa for thct,V one of the yeggmea es-claimed es-claimed savagclv. as he leaped upon Hogaa before the latter could get his gun, which bad fallea to the landing in. his humble down the stairway. The burglars debated for a few momenta mo-menta as to whether tbey should ktU Hogaa. or -whether tbey should bind and gag him and throw him into the vault. They decided on the Utter coarse, and then led the night watch-maa watch-maa dowa into the basement. While ene kept guard over their prisoner sn other searched the place for rope with which to biad him. They found aa apron used by a workman is the glass cutting room, aad threw this ovei his hesd. effectually blindfolding him. They then found another strip of cloth sad bound this ever hia eyes, holding ths mask Irmly la place. . Break Opoa Vault. Hogaa waa compelled to stand near the vault ia the basement while the yeggmea, with a heavy sledge hammer, chisels aad a drill, forced the eombi-aatioa eombi-aatioa ea the vault door. They allowed al-lowed him to ait down m a bnz while they made a thorough sesrrh of a large sheet iron box containing bumaees papers pa-pers aad securities. Tbe search waa made aa- carefully, according to Mr. Bennett, as though the mea were bank examiners going through the papers of a bask aader suspicion. While some of thess papers are missing, miss-ing, Mr. Bennett is of the opinion that they will be foaad later. A (assdian bill of the denominatioa of $1 wag left ea Ihe top of the heap of papers, which vera throws carelessly back into the iroa boa. ' A satchel uaUiimi silverware and jewelry valued at about 400 was found by the yeermeg ia thia vault. Jt had beea deposited bv a stockholder in the soaps nr for safekeeping during a trip to California, k .- ; Open Office Safe. This satchel waa epeaed' and was Ihea takea to the main office oa the aseazanine floor, where it waa emptied of its eoateats. with the eaeeption ef oae fork which caught in the lining of the grip and" was overlooked. The grip waa left behind tbe office door. ' ' . (lee. ef which aa Inventory haa sot beeo completed. . - . " L The yergmea took their time about the -lob, smoking clgsiettes snd leaving -the stub of one on the office Is hie as a eou-venlr. eou-venlr. TJiey also left s smell quantum if . the dvnamte. mixed with, soap and oil. which they found It unneceeeary to oee. Didn't Keep Premises. '.... As the yegg-men locked Hogan In the basement vault Ihev eald tbey would tele- shone to Mr. Bennett or to -the P"' J when rhJV had finished the J"b and would tell them to rsleaae him. They dldnet, do thia. When ihe etore waa opened at 7 IS o clock this morning by a clerk he saw at once that something waa wrona. . Hs went lo the office on the meiinine . Boor and on the way up tbe suura found H7"tlephoned at once to the pnrlce-de- ' eariment and notified the department of the burglary, end then returned towsrd the etreet to find the patrolman en thai beat. A detective waa aent from head-ouartera head-ouartera al once, but Patrolmen F. M Frantx who waa on that beat, taking 11 at 7 o'clock, had found the front door open and had enteral the store to Ware If the door had been opened by sir eertv- . clerk. The story of the crime waa tod to him and he at once mace a round of the building. Watchman Heard Taata Work. ' Patrolman Fraats and the clerk went lo the basement and beard Ho.au kicking kick-ing on the eteel door of the vault. Ther releaaed him and Hoean fell Inlo Freots a , arms, nearly exheueted by Ilia aervoua strstn and the confinement. Hoean as id that he waa "Ptoted by 'the yesemen al II M o'clock this iwits-Ing iwits-Ing and heard the buralara al their work ft? what seemed to him an age the place finally became quiet he Uzh'e.l a milch and looked at "lewau-ri. It was l ie o'clock. Tne veggoiea had taken Hoean a keya. with which they let Ibem-' aelvea out the front door. The work was thsl of expert of the Highest type. 1 would Judge. ' said J. F. Bennl. presM.nl and mfna-r efthe mmpeny. this morning. They worsen .Tnd smoothly srl w.nt thrown the papers like bank e.xsmlner, hMln. for . . Storage. Ths fsct that they opened the vsuUsnd one safe without ex:i.oslve. and thaT they cracked the othe, with only enough to open It without a hescv "uis.on and without breaking the gisse. would point to tbe fct th,t the ire certalnlv artiata In their Hae 1 en t ariaihre their line of "wcrk. but one can t help admiring the flne werkmanetilp d.s-nlsved d.s-nlsved on thle Job." . sir. Bennett said that aafde from the papers wnich he Relieves wiU be found, tbe lose Is about tlne ' ' Both Ihe po'lce depertmewt sod te sherlats office sent men to Ihe s. ene ss soon as they wee notified and n..ia d-- partmeatf have men workloa ua the cae. a |