Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-11-29
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Safe Burglary.-This community has
witnessed many petty thefts in the past, but
was totally unacqusinted with the procedure
of the professional in the business until it
looked upon the work of the skillfu, desper-
ate theft practised upon the store of Mr.. S. B.
Lyddane, in this town.
The store is situated in close proximity to
the depot at the eastern limit of the town.
On Monday night the proprietor and his clerk
closed the store at the usual hour and repaired
to their home, which is some distance up in
town. Duripg that night some unk nown par
ties entered and robbed the store of $75 in
cash, five revolvers and box of cigars. As
far as Mr.. Lyddane is able to ascertain no
other articles of merchandise were taken
TIE entrance was effected through the front
door. The door had two locks; both locks
were broken and the marks in the wood from
PriEing the doors apart bore the size of CHS
els or some other small instruments.
The thieves passed through the store with
out disturbing anything either in going in or
coming out but the pistols in front show
case to the real where there is a counting
room. In this room the combination safe
stood in the corner. A hole was made in the
side of the safe thro ugh the outside iron and
the asbestos lining between the hinges of the
door. quantity of powder taken from the
store was put inside Of the safe through the
hole and set fire TO. The result was that the
conclusion blew the door from its hinges
with such force that it splintered the vain
scotng directly by that il came in contact
with The sound from the explosion was
deadened by wrapping the safe in blankets and
was not heard by anyone in that neighbor-
hood. The blankets we're known to be used for
the purpose from the fact of beng scorched
The total loss Mr.. Lyddanc will sustain he
reckons at $500.
Mr. Lyddane has no clue to warrant the
arrest of any one at present. Two tramps
seen bankering around town the previous
evening 10 the robbery are suspected of the
outrage on the property. They were seen TO
enter the town at the west end, and in pass
ing TO the depot where they were seen late in
the evening, they had 10 past the wheelwright
and blacksmith shops of Messrs. NJ Green
and P. Mulfnger whose tools-braces, bits,
sledge hammer and drills-were found in the
store, necessary to accomplish an entrance into
the safe. 1t is supposed that these men set
tied on this establishment as the place to get
the tools when they passed, and returned and
got them after night. No one is able to give
full description of these men. Those who
noticed them the closest, say one is about six
feet tall, mixed gray hair, large mousache
and advanced in yeara. The other is described
as short thick man, with moustache, light
hair, rudy complexion aad between thirty
and forty years of age.
Mr. Lyddane had been talking of fitting mp
al apartment to be occupied by his clerk
nightly. Fortunately this had not been done,
otherwise il might have been our painful duty
this week to have written up the blood-curd-
ling particulars of an assassination by the
desperate men who co mmitted the robbery,
similar to that perpetra,ed upon clerk at
Glymont, several months ago, while asleep n
a store at that place.