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Show Expert "Yeggs" Loot Drug Store Yeggs, believed to be of the professional pro-fessional type, staged a clever stunt in Gunnison Thursday morning, between be-tween 2:30 and 4 a. m., when they looted the Gunnison Drug store of goods valued at more than $300. Entrance En-trance to the store was gained by "jimmying" the front door of the building. Once inside the thieves worked rapidly and carried out stock, consisting of jewelry, cigarettes, kodaks ko-daks and other valuables. Evidently the "yeggs" were frightened away, for the reason that valuable fountain pens, ladies' handbags and cigars had been set aside, but were left. The robbers rob-bers worked back of the prescription case and were evidently looking for narcotics, and many of the drawers and shelves were musse-d up. They overlooked the narcotics, however, as the drawer which held this stock was not molested. W. L. Mclntyre, proprietor prop-rietor of the drug store, went to his place of business at about 7:30, when he discovered that his place of business busi-ness had been robbed. Sheriff Ed. Peterson was summoned summon-ed at once and every endeavor was made to connect some clue, but nothing no-thing was found that would aid the officer. Believing the job wTas pulled by local boys, several clues were run down but proved of no value. The same night, an Essex coupe, belonging to Herbert Greenleaf, superintendent su-perintendent of the Western Clay & Metals company, at Aurora, was stolen. stol-en. It developed later that the theft of the Greenleaf car and the robbery of the durg store, were committed the same night and evidently by the same parties, as tools left at the drug store the small "jimmy" and a prospect pick were identified as the property of Greenleaf. Albert Highara's blacksmith shop was also broken into, and a heavy sledge hammer and several chisels were taken from his place. All the tools were found at the drug store the morning following the robbery. It is believed that the "yeggs" were looking for a safe to crack and find-(Continued find-(Continued on last page) |