Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
Post Office at Hyattsville Broken
Open and Robbed.
SECOND Time WITHIN 4 YEAR
Two Suspicious Characters Noticed
About the Railroad Station.
ONLY CLUE TO ROBBERS
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Nd, January 1.-The
post office at this place was entered by
burglars at an early hour this morning.
The safe was blown open ana looted of 500
il currency and stamps. There is no clue
to the robbers. but it Is believed that 1t
was planned and executed by professional
crooks. >
The post Office is in the grocery store of
George Tise, who is postmaster. The store
is Immediately opposite the railroad sta
ton and in the center of thickly popu-
lated section of the village.
This morning, shortly before Z o'clock,
Moses Smith. clerk, whose duty it is to
open up the building, discovered that four
panes of glass in the upper part of the
show window were broken Upon attempt
ing to unlock the front door he found that
1t was barred from the inside.
He Immediately went for Postmaster TiSe,
and after some delay an entrance was ef-
fected from the rear Of the building. Mr..
Tise's private office was in great confusion.
The massive safe was a wreck, and on the
floor were scattered books and papers,
which the robbers had thrown aside.
Safe Was Dynamiied.
The safe door lay on the opposite side Of
the room imbedded partly in the side of
the wall and partly in the floor A small
round hole, about one-third Of an inch in
diameter, had been bored in the solid cast
ing near the combination handle There
was absolutely nothing of value, excepting
afew scattered stamps, left in the office.
Some $500 belonging to Mr.. Tise and up
wards of $500 post office money was gone.
The burglars left behind them two chisels
and brace and bit. and on the top of the
safe partly emptied box of 32-caliber cart
ridges, which they had taken from one of
the show cases.
The burglars made their exit from a rear
door.
They went across the street to the watch
box near the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad
crossing, broke open the door and there,
it is supposed, assorted their plunder, as
numerous receipts and important papers
belonging to Mrs. Tise were found upon the
floor of the room. = :,
1t is supposed that the robbery was eff
fected between 80 o'clock this morning
and daybreak. Several ladies and gentle
men returning from a, New Year party
passed the post Office shortly after /
o'clock, and at that time there was moth
ing OF, suspicious nature around the
building.
May he a Clue.
Henry Clarke. a colored man in. the
employ of DIR. Charles A. Wells furnishes
information which may lead to the tracing
of the burglars. Clarse states that at 6
o'clock last night, whfles passing by the
station, he saw two men standing near
the rear door of the depot. Two hours
later Clarke returned and the men were
sun lettering around the doorway. Clarke is
urable to give-a description of the men
1urther than that one was tall and slender
and wore dark clothes and the other snort
and stout.
rms Is the second time the post office at
HyattsVille has been robbed within a year
Last May an entrance was effected and a
number of stamps taken, but no attempt
was made to rob the. safe. Considerable
excitement prevails hefe lover last night 8
robbery. robbery , and d.. much sympathy is felt for
MI Tise was appointed postmaster in
May. 1897, the contest for the office having
elected great interest in TIE community,