Messrs. Burns & Brown's general store was again the scene of a daring robbery last Saturday night, when burglars broke into the store and stole goods to the value of about $1000.00. This is the second heavy loss this firm has sustained by robbers within a few months, the previous time the thieves got away with goods to the value of over $5000.00. After the last robbery, Mr. Burns had all the windows fixed with iron bars, and every precaution was taken to make the premises safe from burglary. But even this failed to stop them. The thieves forced an entrance through one of the basement windows on the south side of the building, using some heavy tools to break open the iron bars. Among the goods taken were the following:

From the front window, they removed seven pairs of high rubber boots and boots with leather tops. From the men's wardrobe, they took seven men's and boys' suits. They also took men's and boys' suspenders, neckties, men's cashmere socks, men's dress and work shirts, boys' jerseys, men's sweaters, and men's and boys' underwear.

From a counter, they took men's gloves, handkerchiefs and scarves, mitts, gloves and porpoise leather laces. From the shoe department, they took men's and boys' shoes, overshoes and heavy German socks. From a table, they helped themselves to several pairs of men's high top boots. Three ladies' dresses were taken and a quantity of beautiful dress goods. A man's coon coat was lifted from a coat rack. From a show case they took white and colored ties, silk socks, collar buttons, arm bands etc., and several pairs of ladies slippers.

It has been difficult to tell in the grocery department if anything was taken from there, but the burglars apparently thought it was about time to eat, as they completely devoured a large cake that had been left on the counter, and for dessert disposed of a number of bananas. The goods taken from the basement included a number of jute bags, several men's mackinaws, a man's coon coat and a man's goat coat.

As on the former occasion, the thieves have apparently made a clean get away, and as far as is known, the police have no clues as to the identity of the guilty parties.

To have their premises broken into by burglars for a second time, within a few months, and to have sustained a known loss of over $6000 is what Messrs. Burns & Brown have been subjected to. It would seem almost impossible for any party or parties to get away with such a quantity of merchandise without being caught. We do not wish to criticism the police, as it is quite possible the local force has done their best to run down the culprits. But when a bunch of thieves can step into a town like this break into a store during the night and get away with merchandise to the value of over $5,000, without being caught, and within a few months again enter the same premises and help themselves to another other $1000 worth and still get away with it, surely calls for an extra effort by the police department to catch the guilty parties.

Humboldt should demand a little more action from the Provincial Police Department on these cases. After that first big robbery, a force of men should have been put on the case at once, and kept on it until some results were obtained, or at least until every effort had been exhausted to run down the guilty parties.

Those at the head of the Provincial Police should get busy on these cases and detail a force to solve them. These robberies cannot be allowed to continue without some extra effort being made to stop them. And they will continue unless the guilty parties are caught and put behind the bars.