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Show BOLD ROBBERS ENTER A HOME; GET AWAY WITH VALUABLE!! Go Through the Pockets of the Sleeping Men. and Rob the 1B Jewelry Cases of the Women Traveling Passenger i: Agent Loses $120 in Currency and a Gold Watch. ' "r. ;i One of the most skillful robberies that has occurred in Ogden in many months was perpetrated last night at the residence of J. C. Nye, 2546 Adams avenue, according to a report made to the police this morning. Not only the rooms occupied by tho Nye family, but those of Mr. and Mrs. F. D, Wilson and Miss Lucia McDonald, were visited visit-ed by the thieves. ( The robbery Is believed to have occurred oc-curred between 1 and 5 a. m. while the occupants of the house were asleep, but the people being at home did not deter the thieves from entering enter-ing several of tho sleeping rooms and ransacking bureau drawers and clothing cloth-ing for money and jewelry. From Mr. Nye's trousers, according to the report, they secured $3.45, and a diamond shirt stud belonging to the head of the house was also taken. Mr. Wilson, who Is a traveling passenger pas-senger agent of the Union Pacific, was the heaviest loser, tho robbers securing $120 in currency, a gold watch and a pocket case containing a number of annual railroad passes and other valuable papers. The watch was of great value to Mr Wilson, having hav-ing been presented to him by a group of his employes a number of years ago while he was a general agent for another an-other company. It was engraved with the letter "W" and the names of the donors. At the time the robbery occurred, oc-curred, Mr. Wilson was occupying the sleeping porch. Miss McDonald lost a gold ring with a Greek letter setting, three valuable pins, a set of earrings and a pair o gold clasps. These were in a purple velvet case, which was also carried away. It is thought that the crime was committed by two men, this clue being given by footprints In the yard leading lead-ing to tho library window, through which the nocturnal visitors gained an entrance to the house. |