Deseret Evening News | 1908-04-11 | Page 1 | Big Diamond Robbery

BIG ROBBERY rul Pill Thousand johlars Worth of OX dry from mimi San Sami Francisco Store San Francisco April AIrl 11 Somo tine time during durin tho thin night and Ind In the best heel pa va patrolled PI trolled district of the he city cIti thieves en cn entered tred the time Jewelry stem of P 1 I Lundy 74 Market street and robbed It I of or diamonds watches and other othor Ind Jewelry amounting to 0 Entrance was vail made mado by hy h cutting a I hole holo through the tho partition that separates tho the store from a n candy shop This was ns done doue without disturbing tho the lights that were burning In either store storo This rids hole holo was made largo large enough to allow ni 0 the tho thieves to crawl through t hl Once In they hwy set Sl l to work on mu the lie main un undertaking Two holes were elo bored bord In iii tho thin sato safe near thin the comma com combination cm so 14 R that lint ono one of tho the handles could co bo ho 11 forced buck back The Iho cond le Ic lever hever ver vel was wal next forced for ed and tho thin doors dors opened with wih glycerine Tho The vault was then cleaned rh robbery was discovered at this Iii morning marring by h Policeman Ile Donald and auth ald a a watchman In tho thin neigh neighborhood Two months montha ego ago ng an no attempt was made mallo to enter the tl same store atOo by cut cutting tInt ting through from toni Grant avenue Thin Tho police volice are at nt a I loss lass ns as to who the tho thieves cnn can be ho IK as 11 so 80 many mall eastern stOn crooks have arrived In hi thin the city et wIth time the Idea of ot operating while the tho fleet leet Is visit visiting ing tills port