Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-25
MURFREESBORO.
The Safe OF the Postmaster Blown Open
a. and RObbed-The CrReksmen
Captured.
Particulars OF She Bold AHair-WhO
the Burglars Are and Wheaee
They Hailed FrOm-Ete,
Nashville American ]

22.-Your telegram for particulars re.
g2rding the burglary last night has Just
been received. AS the American was
the cause Of the capture of the burglars,
l viii endeavor to give you the full de-
tails:
Messrs. Granville Ridley and Bell
hlmbro, upon their return at half-past
two O'Clock in the morning from the
marriage OF Hon. James n. Jamison
and Mrs. Patty J. Ivie, at the residence
OF Colonel King, went Immediately to
the postoffioe to mail to the American
q report Of the evenings festivities.
They found light in the postoffice, but
did not suspect anything wrong. They
then went 10 the office Of B. l.. Ridley,
and told him of the light in the post
office. He said no one slept there, and
something must be wrong. He got up,
| and they went up to the postoffice,
| heard voices, and every few minutes
| saw flashes OF light inside, through the
trsnsom. Leaving man to watch,
they went to the hotel for pistols and
reinforcements, but upon their return
the burglars had gotten out the back
door and left. They went in, and found
the house filed with smoke, and found
that the safe had been blown open and
robbed. Upon the return of the
party to the hotel. a lady re-
ported two men as having passed
down the street toward the depot at q
run. Messrs. Sol Butler, Jos. T. B. vii.
son and +. P. Roe, followed in pursuit.
went to the depot and awaited the ar
rival of the train at four o'clock in the
morning. AS soon as the train reached
the depot, two men apr reached in run |
and got in car. Mr.. Butler went in by |
the rear door aud Messrs. Roe and VIII |
son through the front door. They pre-.
sente1 their pistols, arrested the two |
men and disarmed them OF two pistols. !
They then took them to the hotel and |
there found upon their persons a COM
plete set Of burglars tools, consisting of
JImmies, braces and bits, some dozen diff
ferent sized augurs, cold chisels, two
TASKS of powder, and fuse, skeleton
keys, matches, wax candles, strychDine,
very fine pair of tweezers for turning
keys from the outside of the door, o can
with blower to blow powder into kew.
holes, etc. Early this morning it was
found that the burglars had also entered
the rear end of Thos. II. Woods's furni-
ture store by breaking open the back
door. 1t is presumed that they were
not aware that Mr.. A. o. Fl. P. Sehorp,
Ieweler, had removed his stock from this
house to his new store day or two ago.
They had also broken open the window
and bored eight one-inoh holes in the
back door OF Collier & Jones's store.
After they had forced open;the window.
shutters and broken the window.
glass, they could not break the iron bars
which cross the window upon the inside,
and when they were attempting to OBJ
ain entrance by the door they were |
frightened from their work by Mr., Budd,
Who sleeps in the second story, calling
or dog that stays in the store to keep
Iuiet. Mr.. Budd says he was awakened
about two o'clock in the morning by the !
log barking, but did not think anything
Vas wrong, and went to sleep again.
The safe broken open In the postoffice is :
he property Of Mr.. r. d. Reed, snd is a !
lew one Of Diebold & Genzle's make. A !
mall hole was bored into it at the top, l
which must have been charged heavily |
With powder. as the entire front was .
,lown off. Mr.. Reed lost q small box :
four dollars In money, two :
ommon silver watches and some valu- >
BILE papers, none Of which have been y
Ound as yet. The safe contained five :
Iundted dollars worth of postage stamps, =
ut they were left untouched. Mr.. Reed =
lso had in the safe silver dollar, which .
ad been in his possession for over thir- = =
= years. This was dropped in the car, .
nd picked up by Mr.. George Myers,
7ho assisted Messrs. Roe, Wilson and e
'utier in making the arrest. The COM n n
hitting trial was set for one in the after !. =
Don, and the prisoners gave their =
ames as G. s. Loomis, aged thirty.five
ears, and John Redding, fifty years.
hey hardly look that old; are dressed
Tell and have decidedly genteel ap-
Mr.. B. L. Ridley appeared 4
n the prosecution, and Judge John w.
urton for the defendants. They waived
trial and were committed to Jail. /
lterviewed the prisoners. Loomis \,
aims to be sslOon-keeper in New Or ~
ans, and Redding says he lives in At :
'nta. They had with them ticket ie y
bod for fifteen trips from Chicago to !,
lton, with ten trips punched out. ~
hey claim to be unacquainted with y
.ch other, and to have met accident ~
ly at the depot. Both showed much Ul ~
lxiety regarding the actions of the u u
owd en- route from the courthouse to cs
le Jail, and they undoubtedly feared y
lat they might be mobbed. Deputy "
neriff Majors has had the prisoners n 1n
curely chained to their cells, to pre- 4 4
'nt any chance of escape, as they are II II,
'yond doubt professional cracksmen. 81