Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-09
BLOW OPEN 4 SAFE
Thieves Rob the Posto fl ce a
Old Point.
!. MAKE a BIG HAUL
Nearly Ss,ooo yHor:h OF stamps and Cash
Taken Besides :. Nnuhcr or Regis
tered Letters. Sigh; Ciunto
St the Robbery.
FORT MONROE. VA. Aug:

g FORT MONROE. y a.. August s.
The Old Point nostollice WAS robbed
some time after 10 o'clock last night of
S2.l0O in stamps. $40 in cash and twenty
registered letters. the contents of which
are unknown TO Postmaster Kimberly
and his assistants.
The postal authorities have a strong
clue 10 the cracksmen. who We're evil
IDENTIFY professionals in their line. and
hope to effect an early capture.
This was the most daring postoflice
section.
The thieves. of whom it is reasonably
certain mat there were two. forced an
entrance 10 the new nostoilice some
time after 10 o'clock. shortly after the
postal force left the building. and re
paired to the office where The safe is
kept. The safe is n small affair. only
tsIourffeet high and not of modern man
/ ufacture. Postmaster Kimberly had
!. ordered a new safe. which was at the
depot at the time Of the robbery. wait
5ing TO be transferred to the postoftice
W An examination of the safe this
morning showed that a fve-eigh: s. inch
hole had been drilled and tapped be-
tween the handle and the combination
Instead Of using dynamite the explo-
sion of which would surely have at
tracted the attention OF some of the
peopl" who are usually UP to midnight
the intrudcrs screwed i'll Il long eye
bolt and With a lever in the eye Of the
instrument forced the lock TO pieces
NJ, POSTMASTER Kimberly very fortunate
~ removed $1,000 in cash from his safe
Saturday night to the safe at the Hy-
geia Hotel for safe Keeping Had this
step not been taken. the burglars would
have secured this amount.
AS soon as the robbery was discover
ed this morning Postmaster Kimberly
communicated with Postmaster Fred
Read. of Newport ana the latter pro
ceeded 10 Old Point to assist in tbs. IN
SeStiga ton. J..
ON his down ~ no o,,;,
on the car Mr. Read secured the clue
which was strengthened by many state
lnents and on which the postal autho,i-
Ties ana poliee are now working. Mr..
iSead asked the conductor OF the. train
IL he had heard of the robbery and
whether or not he had noticed any sus-
plcious persons on his train since Sat
urday
The conductor recalled having seen
TWO men on his train. who ac;ed in a
suspicious manner and who We're over
heard to remark about "makiny n raid
on some place. These men We're on their
way I" Old Point about o'clock Sat
urday evening. &c conductor remark
ed to one of the passengers that he did
not like the looks OF the men ana
thought they were UP 20 some mis-
chief
or FORTY years of age 1G(
pounds in weight wearing n lirht
moustache and three or four DAYS
growth of beard The other was nine
.scH "i twenty years of age, tall and
tnln WITH mouStache. Both men We're
we'll. but plainly dressed
MI Read saw MIR. Kimberly at Old
Point and the two made an investica
lion into the circumstances surround
ing the robbery. a guard on duty out
side of the fort last night was summon
cd by Adjutant Phillips ana stated
,!iat ne SAW two men acting suspicious
~ ABOUT the reservation and the de-
Scriptlon he gave tailed that obtained
by Mr.. Read Of the two men on The
train.
a detective in the Office of The ,.hi.f
or pole" at Norfolk. when called over
me telephone, stated that he had ar
rested two men answering the same
aescrlptl"n in hat city last week ana
h.ld ordered them To leave Norfolk
one Of the men. he said had n glass
eye lie thought II would h. Well 10
look FOR them in Newport News or vi
entity.