New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-13
HOW WERE TIE SAFES OPENED

~n.u. THINGS IHf OFiIrtN 90 TEL IAflH -
,ourANy po Nor r|prr>rNNo.
ppndo sept r. Colonel John liyrn" Of ID"
detective ar.ucv 81 Hyrn" Mr'nll"'"' "I "'ia
t ~ .,,t,.rluend.ni Of detectives Tor "a" niird
st,t.s l.ypr.-s Company. and 49, such has super
,.i.,,,r ~ AN detective WORK COR thu COMPANY fr"i"
tpe Atlantic 10 the Pacific u" received az
,,frh between and O'Clock ia" moi"hS ''
farming him az the train robbery II" 'o,k ID"
flyer to Chicago tonight
According 10 the loeul officials OF We n''-"
s,a,.. r.rr.4s COMPANY. there IL 40 ground FOR
the assertion that the robbers secured '''''" "S
IN. DISPATCHES say. "lt may be- s-""N or u may
l.. only xnOs, for all know. said on" "pl''"''
",ty assertion at iiis dine q" i"tins Inc rN'""'
of tn. robbery IT, uuauthoritntiv' Tor "" our
..l,.. ,l, not know i's extent and 1t may h' ""N7
,.f,,. W ,s,u md IL out. Tho money ana VAIN
,i;.s maj were stolen may haN" h'"n p'h"' up
t 4 hundred different place.. ana 10 as'"r'i'"
fi.ir value W. must go all through III" books
n H.. r,i,l-rs carried on IA. bags ia" chances are
tl,-y carried or the waylill- too. A. I" 'he COZ"
tnny's los / can -Iy that ia" last '"'k''W ~
c-i,~d makes things look b'tt~r for ~ tina" thr
first information did
Mast all 81 the express men the run wh"rr
the robbery took place are Bunalonans Ihr mes
.-ng-r who r. said To- have been Knocked lnsriaip''
after his ammunition became exhausted X NJ w
V.ist Of so 49, Glrnwood-nVr. telegram cam"
m t,is city this afternoon requesting That his ware
he informed that III was all il"h' anu 'l"' '"'''
WAS no cause for alarm On her part
ON. thing that thu express oompanys ofhclalS
canrot understand Is now ia" robbers managed
to yet the safes open They are Oi the combination
st,tionarv variety biz. heavy and carefully con
y,,ucted The dispatches say that the safes were
hInv.n open with dynamite The officials cannot I'M
1.rs,and how that explosive could be- introduced
,, .ucb safes ~ they are. for when the cOmbina-
tons are removed they present an entirely smooth
and solid surface. except Tor small spindle ON
which the combinations are set
,v,,ess car No A. the that was robbed
orr,red I'm this city about o'clock this evening. II
,,.s siJe-trncked the I.ackawanna yards. near
the United States Express Companys Office. II
came in the condition In which II was left bv the
rohbers From the exterior the car does not
n have been very roughly handled. but an interior
viex strongly suggests what happened. The floor
IL scattered with splinters OF wood. part OF which
ia the result OF blowing one OF the SD" doors open
with dynamite which was the first move OF the
desperadocs in their attacl, on this car. The mos
sengcr refused TO open the door. so they blew II
in The door itself lay inside the car. the lower
panels Of it gone and the frame split. The force
OF the explosive Is also shown 10y the iron sill
half OF which was blown of. Six Of the eight
windows Of the car are now almost without glass
having been shattered by the shock. The saf"
which the robbers blew open stands Il little T. OF"
side Of the door through which they forced an
entrance II stands beside "A shor, partition ard Is
firmly fastened TO the floor. The coor of the sa,e
Is on and the interior OF the safe is barren of
everything except a quantity Of white powder.d
stun which had spilled out Of the shattered door
and with which safes usually lined 10 make
them freproof The door was blown from It's
hinges and into seven pieces The remains were
tenderlv transferred from the disabled car TO
another beside 1t. where 1t was inspected by