Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-08-06 | Page 6 | City Cafe Robbed by Stranger Who Orders Sandwiches and Goes through Cash Register

CITV CAFE ROBBED BV STRANGER I WHO ORDERS SANDWICHES AND I GOES THROUGH CASH REGISTER i I o Im I The C ity cafo. near the corner of Twenty-fifth street and Wall avenue was the victim of a bold robbery late last night, when a man took $45 in currency from the cash till while the waiter was in the rear The man Iftfl ihe cafe unnoticed and made his "get away" before the theft wai discovered 4j.il The robbery occurred shortly after the fire had broken out at the Union i i Pacific ice storage houses. A man. about six feet tall and neatly neat-ly dressed, entered the cafe and asked for ham and eggs. During the time he Wai eating his meal the nigln waiter, Sam Small, opened (he cash regisior to prepare for closing. It is stated that In did not entirely close ihe register, The man noticing this, asked the wait er to prepare him three egg sandwiches. sand-wiches. While Small was in the rear of the establishment, the man emptle,', the till. Small returned a few minutes later With the sandwiches, but found the would-be purchaser missing I pon investigation, in-vestigation, he found that the money I had been taken