New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-21
POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
R1-RG1.ARs IN SUMMIT BLOW OPEN \ SAFE
AND GET NEARLY $1,000

THE EXPLOSION HEARD, But 40 SUSPICION
AROUSED TILL THE CLERK ARRIVED IN
THE MoRNING-THIEvEs BORROW
HORSE AND ESCAPE IN SAFETY.
Thieves broke into the postohice In Summit at
: o'clock yesterday morning. and after blowing up
the safe made off with stamps to the value OF
over 5000 and $500 In money. To prevent being
discovered the thieves had placed Gordon OF rope
for thirty feet around the building.
The postofhce l. three-story stone building in
the centre Of the town and the upper floors are
devoted to office purposes. The explosion was heard
by j. O. Chrystal. who with his family, hVes on
the top floor but he paid no attention TO it. TIE
noise was also heard 10y Charles Stewart. night
Waterman AT the Delaware Lackawanna and West
ern station and he could not discern whence II
came.
The robbery was discovered by the assistant post
master Charles " Swain when he opened the
postoflce at $50 o'clock in the morning. TO ais
tribute the early New-York mail. The safe had
been blown open by dynamite, and the floors were
Uttered with hammers, jmmies. braces. bits and
other burglars tools pieces OF the safe and ceiling
and here and there few stamps. which the burg
lars had overlooked The thieves had. however leit
no trace by which they could be followed. ThHy
had overlooked seven packages OF registered mail
which were blown under the radiator by the expo
sion and the postal order money, amounting TO
ga Mrs Lane the postmistress. loses over 1900
which she had placed in the safe the night before
After the thieves left the postofce they proceeded
IN the Kent Place Nurseries in Morris-ave.. sum,
nit which are owned by the De Forest estate ana
hreaking in there stole horse and phaeton be
longing to the Summit Fresh AIT and Convalescen,
Home William Marshall Of Millburn. saw them
later in the day driving through MilIburn' IN the
direction OF Newark
The thieves seem to have planned the robbery
with much caution. and their work showed a
thorough knowledge OF the premises ana the haDlts
~ those who live in the neghbOrhoOd fad any
one passed ny while the thieves were az work de-
terfi6n would have been almost certain. \ large
arc lamp hangs IN front OF the building: throwing
light all over it. and forty fee; beyond. Mt thrys-
tai who lives the top floor said that he was
awakened by the noise but did not pay any alter
ton TO IL because train vas passing at the tlnie
and he thought 1t wa the explosion OF torpedo
on the track. -
This is the second time the Summit postofiice has
been robbed the first time being several years ago
when the office was in tho old Agate BLOCK IN
I-nion-aye but at that time the thieves only So
cured a few dollars. Il is supposed that the
burglars belong To the gang that broke into the
Murray Hi station several months ago. Notices
have been sent all over the State Offering reward
for their capture -
TIE Summit postofice Is in charge OF Mrs. -
Lane mother Of eX-Asse mblyman Thomas F. Lane:
who Is proprietor OF The summit RECORD. cher
OF division in the Treasury Department Washng-
ton, and son-in-law OF Senator Blackburn.