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Show STETHOSCOPE IS USED BY YEGGS Delicate Instrument Left By Men Who Robbed Salt Lake Safe salt LAKE, ran. Use of a .stethoscope hy robbers who robbed the Westfin Io,n association safe of $7,-(".00 $7,-(".00 in gold by entering the vau.lt, w is reported hy the POpCS today The delicate deli-cate Instrument, by means of which I the robbers urc believed to have lla-I lla-I toned to the falling f the tumblers 'in the milt lock and thus solved the I combination, was found within the vault. Police report that the daring burglary bur-glary occurred after 7 o'clock this morning. The time lock wns Bet iii this hour and It would have been impossible im-possible for them to have gained ac-i ac-i '-ss io the safe before this time. The safe from which the gold was taken lg in the corner of a heavy vault ;it the north end of the office. The I eggs apparently entered the building by way ot the rear. door. A pas key, iras ipparently used to admit them !t Is the bellel 61 the police thut th-robbers th-robbers employed the stethoscope in i opening the vault lock alno. The loss Is covered by Insurance. It is Ufed When employes arrived at work this morning, the vault door was locked as usual. It Was nut until 'J o'clock. J when W. W Sharp, a bookkeeper cn-( lerej the vunlt, that the robbery waa; discovered. The suthoacopc was tnen, found on the tloor of ihe vault. VN'iUi the opening of the safe door, theft of, the gold was discovered. Iater It wasi discovered that the rear door had been' opened bj a pass ky. Officer believe the theft was committed com-mitted by someone who knew that employes of the Institution did not arrive ar-rive until nearly 8 o'clock. It 16 undecided unde-cided by th police whether the prow-! lers knew the time-lock was set for' 7 O'clock O? whether that vv.is dlscov- i - i iftcr the interior of the vault v...s reached Several thousand dollars; wore left unmolested. The gidil w.is contained in three small sacks |