Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03
POST OFFICE ROBBERY.
Burglars Enter the Annapolis PoBtoflce
and Carry oFe9S2 IN Money ana
stamps.


Stamps.
Some time during Saturday night and
Sunday morning the Annapolis post
Office was entered BY burglars and rob
bed four hundred aud thirty two dollars
In money and stamps The robbery was
discoved By Clerk JAS G. Porter, about
s o'clock Sunday morning, who imme-
diately reported II 10 Postmaster WEIGH.
When the postmaster arrived be made
q full examination of the Office, aud
found that the safe had been opened 10
some mysterious manner. and $415 In
stamps taken from ii. and about 500 Ia cash
aud a number Of registered letters ad
dressed TO the Austrian ship saba that
reached here yesterday. A further exami-
nation showed that the local mail had
been rified. The postmaster immediate.
ly telegraphed to the chief inspector Of
postofiices, TO Marshal Frey. in Baltimore,
and TO the Washington detective force,
and later on to Philadelphia.
The entrance was made on the Priuce
Georges street side of the building.
through the postmaster's private Office.
Three small augur holes had been made
in diagonal direction uear the lock of
the door. which was afterwards forced
open with the aid Of tive oak wedges,
which were found on the inside. There
are also chisel marks on the door. By
breaking pane of glass In the sash II was
an easy matter to unbolt theedcor at the
top, which was the only barrier then re-
naming between the robbers and the
booty for which they we're search
ing. On Saturday welldressed man APP
peared al the boat house of w. III. Burtis,
at the foot Of Prince George street and
hired of him pleasure boat on The pre-
tense of rowing around the Naval Acade-
my. Not going In that direction MIR.
BuTtis' suspicious were aroused and he
sent bis son In boat to watch the party,
and finally got into a rowboat himself
and went in the direction of Horn Point.
The party by this time went ashore on
',Chink Point and took In two other
men, with satchels, ana finally started to
row in the direction of Bay Ridge, when
Mr.. Burtis overhauled them, and turned
them back. On their return they stopped
at Eastport and put the two men out, and
when the party reached the wharf be
had nothing In the boat but his gilt head
ed umbrella which be took out with him.
Mr.. Burtis says be Is positive that these
men were the robbers Of the p0stofiice,
aud they made their escape by way of
Kent Island. He believes their intention
was 10 secret his boat somewhere around
the shore 10 which to make their es
cape.
Nothing more was thought Of the mat
ter until the robbery of the post Office was
reported yesterday morning, when the
whole affair flashed oyer Mr.. Burtis'
mind that this was the party who com
mitted the robbery. 1t is evident The
robbers took q water departure, as the
Severn Clubs boat house was broken In
10 and valuable row boat belonging 10
Mr.. Alexander Randall, and two pairs of
oars taken there from. They also enter
ed the blacksmith shop of f. E. Stevens
on Prince George street, and took there
from a sledge hammer and cold chissel
these articles were afterwards found on
the street aud recognized by Mr.. Stevens
as his property. suspicious characters
were noticed In the nghborhood Of Prince
George street and the post Office between
12 and / o'clock on Saturday night by
persons returning from tue Naval
Academy hop.
The Annapolis postoffice has been rob,
bed three times before, the last time on
the night of February 3, 1884 Mr.. Graf
ton Munroe was postmaster at the time.
The burglars then secured between &c.
600 and $500 in stamps and other valua-
bles. 1t was also robbed during the
term OF Thomas Ireland about thirty
years ago. After riding the mails they
evidently became frightened, having
left behind money and stamps that were
accessible to them. Two policemen say
they were standing opposite the postoflice
at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, but heard
no unusual noises.