Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1905, Page 4

b [ ! \ ROBBERS ENTER STORES AND - SECURE $1,000 IN GOODS Unknown Men Last Night Committed |, cusperson is nasdie tode. Robberies at 0’Leary & Bowser Store and Berman Emporiam. THIRD ATTEMPT FRUSTRAT- ED BY STORE EMPLOYEE. Robbers Make Successful Escape and Police Are Unable to Unravel . | the Mystery. Unknown robbers last night effected entrance to two stores in Bemidji, took goods valued at nearly $1,000 and made their escape, The establishments were the O’Leary & Bowser de- partmwent store on Third street robvad and the Berman Emporium, cor- ner Second street and Beltrami avenne, As yet the robbers have not ‘been located, aithough the police have made a vigorous effort to effect their capture, At the O’Leary store the amount of goods known to have been secured by the rob- bers is §544.50, itis quite that other and certain takeu. The loss at the Berman Em-; porium is approximately $450. The robbers gained eatrance to the O’Leary & Bowser estab- lishment by breaking a window leading to the basement at the rear end of the store, afterwards entering the basement and goiug! from there to the first tloor of the store, where the robbery was | committed, They gained entrance te the Berman Emporium by en- tering the bpasement from the outside, afterwards forcing the door leading from the basement; to the store above. The gouods taken at the O'Leary & Bowser store consist, so far as has been ascertained ub to the' present time, of two men’s fur, lined overcoats, two ladies’ fur coats, two suit cases and a large amount of silk cloth, the aggre- gate value being the amount above stated. At the Berman Emporium the | goods taken were silks valued at’ $300 and ladies’ fur valued at $150, The robbery is a complete mystery,'there being no way in which to ascertain the time it was committed or the identity of the perpetrators. The robbers were expert at the business, however, as is evident by their: selection of the goods which they carried away. Both the silks and furs taken were of the best quality, those of cheaper variety being left. The discovery ies was made this morniag by employes of the establishments We Still Have LAY The fur and sillk thieves who went through our store last night did" not take every thing from the shelves and they were kind enongh to leave one suit case contaia- ing $139.49 worth of choice silk, so will be able to sup- ply:your Xmas silk wants. O0’LEARY & BOWSER RISy, VoS 2 tall m- & Bowser; goods were| neckwear of the robber-’ robbed when they opened up the stores this morning., At both stores silks were strewn over the counters in disorder. At the O’Leary & Bowser store a| third suit case filled with silks, | | which the robbers evidently had !intended to take with them, was found, The robbers took all the ladies’ silk skirts at the Berman Ewmporium, but these were found | at the door leading down to the besement, and it is thought that the perpetrators were frightened whilein the @2t of committing the deed and ran away, fearing | detection, and in their haste dropped the bundle of skirts. The till was also broken into at | !the latter establishment, and a pair of broken scissors, which had eidently been used in open- ing the till, were found lying on ithe counter, The robbers se-: cured but 30 cents and a few pen- nies from the till, however, the money having been removed last night when the store was closed up. An attempt to rob a third; store is beleived to have been i made last night, when two un- known men attempted to gain rentrance to the E. H. Winter & Co. store at the corner of Bel trami avenue and Fourth street. Andrew Casperson, an em- ploye of the company who sleeps in the store at night, was writ ing a letter in the office of the establishmeny when he heard a/| noise at the front door of the! store. He looked out and saw two men, one of whom was try- ing to open the dcor. He waited } "the store to purchase goods, but| !the actions of the two men were | P BISIAR & VANDERLIP! ! the office, which 1s located at the |} .susp‘cmus and he stepped from rear end of the store, and, sneak- the south side of the grocery de- partment reached a point near @ the front window. Only one of the men was tryirg the door, the | i other standing on the sidewalk] in front of the window, evidently | § keeping watch. The latter dis- summoning his companion, oun the south street. rear end of the store, "window is located. back the blinds, looked out 1n| ’mm, to get a rear view of one of 'the men as he passed. Casper-! son secured his coat, afterwards openitig the door of the store and followed the direction taken | by the men in company with JPa,m'olma.u Sprague, whom he }met. just outside the store. They searched anumber of saloons ‘about the city but were unable ito locate the would be robbers. | Being unable to see the faces fof either of the men, Casperson!: jcan give but a meager descrip- tionof them. Th ~ the door. 'man and wore coat and a bla: ue's 2 short; a few moments, thinking thata|g 'customer was trying to ent,erI YOUR CRED!T IS Goonv ing along behind the counter on : IM. E. CONCERT ON MONDAY Elaborate Program Prepared for Event Which Will Take | Place at M. E. Church. |scribe the men. He says the at-! |hempt to open the door of the i store was made between 9:30 and ' 10 o’clock. When examined this’ morning the door showed evi- dences of having been strained, ! portions of the lock being bent out of shape. It is believed thatthe men who attempted to gain entrance tojg;. the E.H. Winter & Co. lishment are the same as those who successfully carried out the! robberies at the other stores. From all indications the same men who robbed the O’Leary & Bowser store stole the goods from the Berman establishment. Entrance was gained in practical- ly the same manner at both buildings and the kind of goods| taken is identically the same. Immediately after the dis- covery of the robberies the police were notified and during the day i have made vain efforts to locatei the guilty men. sed of but a meager description | of the men suspected of having' stolen the goods and having no clue to werk upon, up to alate hour this afternoon they had ac- complished nothing. A vigilant watch will be kept up for them, lcut hairor combings. however, and it is possible that the police will finally be suc- cessfulin landing the men. During the past few days there has been an influx to Bemidji of men known to be crooks of the worst thought that a gang of these men jcomminted th:» description, and it night. is the name ofa small booklet 4§ | telling youall about how to suc-|# | cessfully operate a water heating plant, 1greatest ¢conomy and best ob- tainable results, we have a sup- hooks and will be pleased to present you with one. It costs you nothing but the ask- |3 ply of these J. P. Riddell returned this af |@ ternoon from poiuts 1n North!g Dakota, where he has secured a | large number of horses for the!§ Crookston Lumber logging camps. Results Successfal. ing. Call and get one THE JERRARD PLB Co. estab- Being posses- robberies last|fg compa,ny’sI i Mr. Riddell also | spent several days at Crookston. | § steam or hot |8 with the | The following is the program for Monday evening’s benefit concert at the M. E. church: “I'm Coming” | Piano Solo Allie Smith { Violin Solo G. E. Moyer ! Solo Miss Haldemann | Solo E. H. Jerrard | | Piano Solo Miss Boyer | Solo Miss Bailey Violin Solo Mr. Symington ! 8. E. DeLong Banjo Solo E. R. Ryan Male Quartett, DeLong, Lucas, Learned and Hoyer. Good Night Company Note—The name of each num- ber and author will appear on the program proper Monday evening. The Wesley piano will be used, furnished by the Winter Jewelry store. l Use plenty of good fruit and you will need no doctor or medi- cine. Peterson. Mrs. J. B. Bernier from St Paul has opened hair dressing parlors at the Hotel Brinkman, room 42 where she will receive ladies whose desire treatments for shampooing, facial message, scalp treatment, manicuring, etc. Mrs. Bernier will also make up switches and pompadours from Ladies desiring her services should call phone 39 and ma.ke appointment | for sittings. . |strike last night and returned ! THE CITY ' Rev. E/ M. Peterson left this morning for Laporte, where hel will hold Scandinavian Lutheran seryices tomorrow. ; i Deputy Sheriff Thos. Bailey, | Jr., made an official visit to Ten-! home this morning. Miss Alice Mills arrived in the city last night from her schocl at Walker for a short visit here | at the home of her parents. Mrs. H. G. Page left Thursday! for Fergus Falls, where he will{ be the guest of relatives ard friends during the holidays. Editor Gustafson of the Ten- strike Tribune arrived in the city this morning: and is spend- ing the day here on business. The wrestling match at the Star theatre last night resulted in a victory for Kid Flandrei of Grand Forks, who threw each of his adversaries twice in one hour. The affair was not largely attended. |fruit store. | | Winter finds us' as well pre pared to meet the wants (¢ patrons as,;summer. Peterson -From any Town Within 20 Mllor of Bemidji, During the Month of DECEMBER ONLY! i RailwayFare| | i | BUY A RETURN TICKET AND WE| & WILL DISCOUNT THE PRICE OF ‘¢ SAME ON ANY OF OUR CABINET *° PICTURES RANGING FROM #3.00| PER DOZEN AND UPWARD. :: l | 1 ‘ ! vy 70 people in this closer vicinity, we{ will make Free of Charge a picture of yourself on Barret's photocloth with each dozen cabinet pictures. Have your photo taken on posta cards. Thisis The Latest Flad and an inexpensive way of surprising frieud#[ Postal cards printed from any ama teur plates at 5 cents each. % N. L. HAKKERUP - fake Phote Kotel The Lake Shore Hotel is now in charge of Ole Anderson, the former proprietor of the estab- i lishment, who will conduct it in the future. ! The rooms of the hotel have been renovated and redeco ated and the table service has been improved. making th B Luake Shore one of the best One Dollar a day houses i i the city. Give it a trial. Qle Gndeison, Doy < isi@ | Tremendous Reductions! Take every Statement at Face Value Qur and, pulling |/ ==WITH== We can furnish you - with Ranges, Stoves, Furniture and House FURNISHINGS! High grade Pianos and Organs Expected Daily.. SINGER SEWING MACHINES @ ON VERY EASY PAYMENTS covered Casperson, and, hastily |[f} =—————i=——————— ran {8 around the northeast corner of [ the store and along the sidewalk | i side of Fourth|# Casperson ran to the!§ wherea ! § BISIAR & VANDERLIP §' 2 doors west of Cily Hall. | Stock, at, . America’s Leading High- Grade Glothmg in Large Var &37°¢7. Clothing for all Mankind Presenting at $15 such striki’'g Character Clothes! as to make this the zenith a- chievement in fine apparel re- tailing : 2 Stein- Bloch Sults Stein-Rloch Overcoat * $15 Entire %urplus Invingible Value Givi Every Claim _Fuf Great Coat or Ryten Over- coat Styles Every regular And Extra Size for Men and Young Men| Smgleorl)oub'j Breasted Lor' Coat = St $25 Overcoats $24 Overcoats ' $22 Overcoats $20 Qvercoats $25 $29 $24 Suits $20 Suits Garments thh at these Markmgs Were Regarded as Gnterlons of Style & Va Suits Suits who tried | ' l A garden of d and Broadway, perb trains and service, Ca.leorma. elights for winter yisitors. St. Pdul, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY % St Paul and Minneapolis to the Pacific Northwest A. M. Cleland, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Shasta-Northern Pa- cific Route returning takes you through the great Puget Sound Country. Magnificent scenery. Yellowstone Park enroute. Su- A card to Harry ‘W.'Sweet,D. P, ‘A, 4th “Miun., will bring éiiy information. “Wonderland 1905,"” for Siz Cents S‘lam_,