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Show OFFICERS CAPTURE ILLICIT LIQUOR. Then Interested Parties Burglarize City Jail and Make Away With the Entire Shipment. Seven cases of liquor seized by County Sheriff John II. Corry, ns-olsted ns-olsted by City Marshal Nelson a.nd Deputy Hansen, as it was bejng imported im-ported .by team from MJlford February Febru-ary 26, were extracted from tho iron cage of the city's hastile last Friday night, by unknown parties, probably Interested in the shipment of booze. An entrance was made to the city hall through a window, nnd tho iron cage was entered with the aid of a hack saw, with which the hinges were sawed asunder. Tho discovery was made by officers Saturday morning, and since that time a close watch has been maintained to try and discover the perpetrators of the burglaryi for burglary it is, pure and, shnplei nnd if the guilty parties are discovered they will bo taught a lesson that they will not soon forget. Tho illicit Importation of liquor is bad enough, but burglqry is n much more serious offense under the law. This serves as an oxample of how one crime leads to another, and when onco a person plunges into crime it is impossible im-possible to tell where he ia going to pull up, or o pulled up," No definite Information is given out by the officers as to tho progress they aie making on the case, but there Is little doubt but that sooner or Inter they will locate tho perpetrators of the crime and bring them to justice. |