The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15
LOOTED THE SOURCES SAFE.
,npeI4Rs ron TIE TRVINGToN POST
OFFICE or 5000.

-. NJ Crack -mep Found In the Snow.
,..,ro.er John Harvey's safe In ths Irving
pao, ONCE was blown open by burglars
III, Yesterday morning. and about Sooo
9TH az yaluables were stolen. There is moth
w. gary startling about a safe being blown In
irvineton. II l. a more or less common occur
W.. Tb,re were at least three such cases
- l,s, year. Used though Irvington peo-
ia oro To such occurrences. everybody agreed
sasterday that this particular case was the
S"st daring and tho best executed on record.
NJ hurylars we're seen before. during. and
10, tbe commission Of the crime. yet they
90, ont o, town without difficulty. and by this
ima thew have probably disposed OF their
%plundor. .,u.-
-,eht n, the top OF the hill leading up from the
dorot. II is next door to Mr.. John II. Barrs
1rnp store Mr.. Barr owns the building. and
he and his wife and his clerk. John Hartshorn.
i've on the upper Hoo. Their sleeping rooms
.ro dir.,tly over the Post ONCE. There is q
Iro,, and n rear entrance to the Post ONCE.
and the door at each end is more than half
LASS. There Is also an expansive show window
in rho front, In the rear there Is q larse window
which may be opened and shut Back OF the
ori,e Is a yard which cannot be reached from
tbo street except through the yard in the rear
nj the drug store. John Harvey. the Postmas-
lar. is also n Justice OF the Peace and is called
Souire Harvey by his friends. The salary OF
The Postmaster is not large. and to piece 1t out
The Squire keeps a news stand and also sells
ooll watches. jcwelry, and cigars. He has two
counters and two showcases. which adIotn the
class case OF letter boxes. The safe. which
mas blown open and rifed, stood about two
thirds O, the way back from the front
of the store and against the wall
I'm tho same side OF the building
with ,he counters. Directly opposite 1t.
against the other wnll. is q sink. and between
the two. A little to the rear. is a stove which Is
rurcounded by II sheet-iron screen. The sale
itself Is about two AMI one-half feet square
and cost $50 cash less than a year ago. 1t Is a
Mosler patent. 1t was purchased on the ad.
vice Of a Post Office inspector. who told the
Squire that 1t was the only way to insure the
safety OF the STAMPS and other stock pecss,
saiire Ind carried Nom his g, sfo Elm o. At Siamps and
The burglars, who did the Job Yesterday
mornins arrived IN ,"T E,m on n the af I int ii t5a sba
Mon m5sni HS" Ihoy wsre tall and thin, and
irossrf in BLACK anu were MYSTERIOUS Looking;
he noticed tnein when, they got oil. They went
very slowly Ut thy hill. He PISSED them and
were strangers. Tho, Doctor was in a hurry
IN he went home without asking them what
tLslr business IN town ,niIht tie. t. .,s.
The solitary policeman to whom Is intrust,,
ed the lives an! property o. Al lrv!hEtoh nau
long before { ne t. hn"dd; There ere i , an Mtt q e.
thai tUwa often. and he doesn't get home till
late. 1t wa, after / when ne returned to lrv-
WHO we're 5 en- by DR.. Iewey. They we're
l%oiterins. Like the Pc tor o1rem1 ,s. Was III In 2
Mrs. Barr AMI Nj. Barr and Mr.; Hartshorn
we're awakened from u sound sleep by, n
thnndsriRs crash and the shaking Of rt the
heard footsteps in the drag store apparently:
Mrs. Barr heard snow crun hing. and she got
o oS ano JH Wsn as IS she s"r rai iseat the @', window vs. she saw a
tall man step over the picket Ienee which sur
EHa m, the h0p niml n Il liz 's iooEed the sp p anh 9 dosn
stepped over ne fence, Then Hhs knew M thas
s sPs son' and wi What a. are H.S 70" doing The TIRES
men #ss, turned ART lG aoMn ,S Sp AT # t fiste W!n spiTt.
She SAVE W BY TIL, time Barr and Hartshorn
were alive t. the situation and were tumbling
int N ths;r a rlot IN inatss o,ter they were avaknea
they reached the drug store Things were ali
right there; Then they Went oT W. th e. nG'i WAY
and the back window were both open; Hart
shorn ran around the corner To- p'liien;nn
house. The S%uire came down with a Lantern
t i1Sn, Ut j h hi%s ssfy i stt.W ses S o1sr the a aoa saw f f.
Creltsr part Of it had been shot across the
It had Struck tho noor first. dented it. and had
There wore holes in the sheet iron sheath &c
tia stove. Newspapers had been sha ken from
their places. AMI there VISA general aHneHr
ancc . wrecii, ever, where. me who!e m
Haryay nnkrd around in me rnin s, t. see %cr Mha a
ioTn anl ' rhM.sei IN w sns ali iii there ' was lef E0' 81
goli watches and iiv" odd chains were a!sS
, .n5s Hmh Ito !" IN money! on B.nE 30 NM was the a wjl y
Mr.. ,!rilCet M"Cauley. which had beer
placed N the safe at, the request OF Mrs. Nc
A. so.n as the Inventory Of the missing
,h!rSs was comn!eted Fol!eeman LiyinGsfUI
"a I" theS lad s"ne W the river. Ths
Squire argued that. II they had started up i
T&s o.. Il { "a blind, ann ! he n 6 starts' F ;,9wn s TN
fst! :" the; rSss :" wya ttH . T Isns d dnsn ssssRS s s'S SFsei
lowers, They wanted to telegraph up anc
Ing. Al List they gave UP the search anC
Wen; home to wait .untls daylight.
sle es1'V tney learn The news, At ali events a
aaylFh the whole, town seemed to know tina
the Post uhice lIhd leen rohnrd, and was on,
been t%rainrled down. II was evident that
eeooTr nsr. ,o q fSrty feet &c or more. Their" wa
another spot | Ike it. Twe Of the men had evi
IDENTIFY been sentinels.w while til. third had dom
the work. In tHe snow in the back yards there
were the prints Of a mans feet. They wer'
very small. they led to the rear door OF tn,
Post once. That hal evidently been. openet
bya k-,. Tor the lock was not damaged.
Thee footprints and the footrrintso OF tw,
other me. also small prints. continued oil
through three back yards, and out to the fenc'
over which Mrs. Barr had seen tn burglar
step, On the other side OF the fence the print
We're lost. But Mrs, Barr said that the bur
gems went MI in that direction Hat way dow
there wa evidence in the snow that some on
had sat down suddenly. and. In U sitting pos
ture. ha sid ior thirty feet.
Along the outside Of this smooth spo
Charles Holder, who was one OF the huntin
party, found ~ in dimes and a lot Of postsg
cents. At tho end Of the smooth spot ther
was evidences that the man IN, . sittln
Ions. The trail led to the railroad. and the
Hstoppel !. and the search vas abandoned.
Later in the day James Connolly found tn
tings OF two watches 10 the snow. This wa
nall a mile up the track, The explosion prof.
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