Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-09
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POST OFFICE ROBBED.
Safe Blown Open and Money Taken.
From the Hays City Republican.


Sunday morning. About 3 O'Clock
burglars entered the postoffice, blew
open the safe and relieved it of 1907
The stamps, money orders and regis
tered packages were unmolested.
The force of the blast tore the safe
door from its place. knocking out the
glass in the front of the building and
scattered the furniture and fixtures
in every direction.
/ Late Saturday afternoon two tough
/ looking strangers were observed on
our streets. Their hardened counte-
nances so contrasted with the honest
/ looks of the ordinary strangers, that
all the observers at once set them
down as bad men. In the course of
| the evening they visited several bust
ness houses, among them the clothing
store of VIM. Ryan and the hardware
store of George Philip, from which
stores they later appropriated to
themselves clothing. two raZorS, two
reyolyers, cartridges and knives. The
last and best patronized business
places visited before closing hours
was the omnipresent joint where they
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supply for future use. The hardware
store was robbed presumably shortly
before the poStotfice. The brace was
obtained from near by carpenter
shop, where also was obtained the
chisel with which the front door
of the postoffice was forced open.
a neat hole was drilled through the
top of the safe and into the heavy tin
money till within. Into this was
poured about 81 ounces of course pow
der. This amount is judged from the
finding of an eight once bottle left
behind, which still contained about
II ounces. The knowledge of the To-
cality of the money till and the fact
that the powder must be confined in a
small space in order to secure salts
factory results, goes to prove the
operators to be experts The charge
was exploded at exactly ten minutes
past three O'Clock as was plainly told
by the clock, which was promptly
stopped by the sudden jar of the ex-
ploSion. The first discovery of the
robbery was made by the postal clerk
about $50 as she came to open the
office. She hastily informed Post
master Schlyer who promptly appear
ed on the scene and sent for Sheriff
Charles Miller. These worthy officials
at once deputiZed a number of officers.
kilograms were sent up and down the
railroads and in the course of very
short time the country was being
secured in all directions for the crimi-
n n al
Ter, with two deputies, arrested one
of the robbers about six miles east of
Hays in cut near the railroad track
One hundred and twenty dollars in
powder smoked money was found on
his person. Thos. Carrick first dis
covered the man and held him until
turned over to the sheriff.
Late Sunday afternoon a tramp was
arrested, who said that he passed
man along the railroad track east of
Hays, who answered the description
of the man the sheriff wanted. The
tramp was discharged at shutdown.
The sheriff with one or two depu- |
ties started east and arrested the /
second man, some two miles farther |
and not far from the track The last |
man had but three dollars on his per-
son, which he claimed was lawfully |
his In one of the side pockets of his
coat was found coffee and sugar I'M
The officers felt sure of
their man, however, and brought him
20 town and lodged him in separate
ell from the first prisoner. Early
next morning Postmaster Schlyer and /.
lhree or four officers went to the place
If arrest and commenced search for
he missing money, which they found
hidden in half a dozen different places, /,
over a distance of mile I:
md half. between where the two
rreStS were made. In one of the |
atches was found one of the new re-
divers stolen from Mr.. Philip. In Z
mother were four skeleton keys neat {
= wrapped in an old bandana handker-
hief. In still another was found 6
mong powder smoked bills some f
ground powder and sugar. /
The other revolver was also found. j
here can be no doubt but that these |
len are old offenders, and this is not ]
heir .smaiden effort Two of the +
easons they were not apprehended
lrther removed from the scene of c
heir actions can be found in the a
reat quantity of whisky consumed Il
nd the fact that they were not aware
nat the east bound freight does not p
IN on Sunday or that they did not t
now it was Sunday morning.
1t is generally believed that these t
rests are of the utmost importance il
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