Messrs. Burns & Brown’s general store in Humboldt was the scene of one of the most daring and extensive robberies that has ever been pulled off in Northern Saskatchewan, which took place during the early hours of last Saturday morning, when goods to the value of about $4,000.00 were stolen.

To effect a robbery of this magnitude was hardly the work of any amateurs; they must have been old hands at the game. They left no clues behind them for the police to work upon.

The burglars, probably three or four in number, entered the store though the sky light in the roof. A pane of glass was skillfully removed, and they let themselves down into the store, probably with the aid of a rope.

The robbers made almost a clean sweep of all one side of the store where little was left but the bare shelves. The goods taken were practically all dry goods and ladies wear, naturally the most expensive stock in the store. The silks, satins, serge and ladies hose were all taken. They also stole a large quantity of ladies shoes, and three ladies Marmont fur coats. A number of men's suits were also taken. The goods were dumped out of the boxes and the boxes left lying about or on the floor.

One large roll of silk,

The robbers added insult to injury by using the fire's delivery horse and rig with which to remove the goods from the premises. The horse is kept in a barn at the rear of the store. The burglars had first hitched up the horse to the rig, and, after forcing an entrance to the store, proceeded to load the goods into the rig. After having the spoils of their morning's work carefully loaded, they departed, driving out of town by the west. How far they went with the horse and rig is not known but the horse was seen, by a railway employee, returning along Cabot avenue about four o'clock a.m.

The robbery was certainly a bold one, and means a very heavy loss to Messrs. Burns and Brown.

Mr. Burns has little hope of ever recovering the stolen goods, as the thieves have made a clean get away.