The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-23
BURGLARY.

/. ID. Fox & Co.'S Safe Broken OPEN
Loss About $3.50 and Valuable Papers.
Saturday morning when 1. d. Fox s.
Co.'s store was opened as usual, by T. G.
Green, he found that the safe, No. z,
Hall 81 Co.'S make, was open and rob
bed of its money drawer The method
of the robbery was evident. A wooden
panel in the rear door of the store had
been cut out, admitting the burglar, and
the door was then unbolted. 4 sledge
hammer, stolen at Evans blacksmith
shop several days ago, stood near the
safe, and 1t was further evident that with
this hammer the burglars had knocked
the combination knob off the safe door,
and then using round punch, had
punched the lock entirely loose from its
inside fastening. This left the bolts free
to be moved by turning the handle in
the safe door, and the door was opened,
and the sledge hammer used to break
away the iron cash box from ISIS fasten-
ing. This box and contents were car
ried off, and are the only articles in the
safe or store that are missing. From in
eftectual blows upon two other inner
boxes, and the fact that a bank book
containing $75 In cash was found this
morning lying in plain sight in the safe,
it is evident that while engaged in their
work the buIg glars were suddenly alarm
ed and decamped in haste. The bank
book belonged to d. Thomas & Co., and
had been left there over night by Mr..
II. E. Fox, of that firm, who happened
to call at Fox s. Co.'S store last evening,
and having the book and contents with
him. left them in the safe for keep
ing. 1t must not have been seen by the
burglars. The money drawer contained
number of valuable papers, and the
following funds: Cash 1904; draft of
$50, drawn by A. s. Barnes s. Co., on E.
w. Spencer, Council Grove; check of $40
on Council Grove bank drawn in favor
of Fox & Co, by A. G. Campbell; check
of $3.50 in favor of Fox s. Co., drawn
by Chicago Lumber Co. on First Ma
tional Bank of EmpOria; draft of $50 on
A. s. Barnes & Co. of Chicbgo; coupon
note of $500 signed by Perry and Mary
Edwards; total in cash, drafts and
checks, $536.S4. The value of the other
papers cannot at present be ascertained.
Among them were about twenty school
orders, averaging about $40 each. The
documents will not be of any value to
the burglars, who ought to return them.
In fact, they ought to return all they
stole, and pay damages, but will not be
very apt to repent to that extent. There
is at present no clue to the guilty parties.
No attempt was made to burglarize
Mr.. Jordan's jewellery safe, which stood
near to the front of the store, where a
lighted lamp burned all the time and was
found burning as usual this morning. A
quantity of valuable plate, gold chains
and other jewellery was also left in Mr..
Jordan's show cases, but no goods were
taken. The front end of the iron cash
box has been found in the wood yard on
Sixth avenue, near Merchant street. Mrs.
L. Sargent, who rooms over Butler g.
Co.'s store, says she heard a noise be-
tween and O'Clock this morning, but
it did not alarm her.
Mr.. Fox informs US that he will pay a
reward of $50 for the return of all the
valuable papers or for the arrest and con-
viction of the thieves.