The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-02-20
SAFE BLOWN OPEN.
-Four Masked Men visit Two Business
Places in Town.

one unsuccessful and two successful attempts
st robbery during he carly morning hours
yesterday, and st one place wrecked 90 safe
without securing The booty they anticipated
The places visited were William II Zmmer-
mans butcher shop aud Ellis Duelrs ieweiry
store ON South Main street aud the sidencc
Of Thomas BELLS. on North Market street
They failed to get into the latter place.
At cxsct.y FIVE o'clock yesterday morning
Mr.. Zimmerman and his family aud neigh
bors were iolently aroused from their slum-
bcrs by the report and shock Of terrific eN-
plosion in the Zimmerman residence. Mr.
Zimmerman jumped from his bed aud hut-
ried down stairs, but when be reached the
door Of the dining room at the foot Of the
stairway leading from the FIRST to the second
story, he found it barricaded. He was a.
prisoner in the stairway lie hurried up
stairs again aud shouted from one OF the
| front windows for help.
Among the neehbors aroused was Ncnah
/ Shoemaker. who resides next door 10 Zim-
mermau's building. Shoemaker had just re-
/ turned from work at Lambs collery aud he
was out upon the street Immediately after
| hearing the report of the explosion. He was
under the impression that boiler had eN-
ploded in the Zimmerman house. He went
into the butcher shop. There was no light
In the place As he groped towards the rear
of the store he heard the command, Hold
] up your hands ,' Shoemaker thought
. Zimmerman or one of his friends
was playing joke on him and he
laughingly replied, 81 always have my hands
up" At the same instant Shoemaker re.
ceived a blow on the top of the head that
/ felled him unconscious to the floor. When
Shoemaker revived he found himself lying
upon the pavement in front of the shop
How ne got there he does not know He was
unconscious but short time, however
Shoemaker returned to his house and then
went back TO the shop, accompanied by his
son, Frark They went into thinner
mans dining room and found the
stairway door batrioaded by couch
and two chairs. These were removed and
zimmerman released from his stairway cell
An inspection Of the place then follow d.
The safe in the small room at the rear of tre
shop was found a wreck. The door was not
blown off, but was badly bulged at the
bottom and was still held fast by the bolts
A desk near the safe was found broken open
and the wagon cash boxes had been robbed OF
their contents, which only consisted Of a
small amount Of change, however. About a
dozen postage stamps were taken, but a mum.
ber of revenue stamps were left undisturbed
An inspection Of the dining room and
kitchen showed that the burglars had feasted
before beginning operations. The tables anj
floors were strewn with particles of bread
pies, pork and beans, sausage which the
burglars had procured in the shop, and othe
eatables. All that had been left in tn,
pantry the night before was either consumed
or strewn about the premises. Two pairs o
gold spectaclcs, silver watch, two pocket
books containing So and few other things O
minor value were carried away. Mr.. Zim
;. norman says 500 will cover his loss, includ
- ing the wrecked safe. George NJ. Boyer, bar
tender i'm Meldazs' cafe, and Adam Camp
bell, Mr.. Zimmerman driver, saw the fUu
burglars run down Main street as far a
Cherry street. the darkness prevented tn
witness from seeing whether the burglar
continued down the street. or turned mt
Cherry street. Shoemaker says the mel
were masked by wearing handkerchefs owe
their faces below the eyes. They are de
scribed as being young men.
, The burglars entered Shoemaker's stabl
! on Pear alley They broke the lock on tn
b, door After passing through the stable t.
Shoemaker's yard they jumped over tn
fence into Zimmerman's yard. After open
ing the doors of the latter's stable, to give
clear road for escape in case Of detection, th
burglars forced one Of the kitchen windows
The marks of powerful jimmy are plain oi
the sash and sill Before beginning opera
tions the burglars also unlocked the from
door Of the shop, giving them a clear way a
the front also.
Duell's jewelry store is located a squar
below Zimmerman's place, and on the sam
t side Of the street. Entrance TO the place wa
gained from the rear. A piece Of glass wa
J, cut from the kitchen window and an arm
was put through the opening to unlock tn
kitchen door. Duell does not know the tin
the burglary was committed. He awoke a
six o'clock yesterday morning and found tina
every room in the house had been rausacke
without disturbing any of the four occupant,
Some clothing had been carried dow
stairs and left All change Duell had in hi
clothing was taken. Several pairs of spe,
tacles and some silver knives and forks wer
- missing from the store. The loss amounts {
about S35. An examination Of the safe i
the store showed that the surface Of the doc
. had been coated with oil, indicating that Oh
burglars had prepared to blow open the saf,
A small candle was found on show cas-
near the safe. It is believed the burglar
j took fright from the noise of passing foo
G. steps outside.
= None were more surprised to hear Of tn
burglaries than the police. They were sun
j. monsd to Zmmerman's by messenger in
, mediately after the situation of affairs ha
II been discovered. The police say they spel
the greater part of the night and mornin
up to the time they went Of duty at A..
a. m, in trying TO run down four men the
S, suspected would undertake just such work
was DONE Night Watchmen O'Hara al
- Creary were with them on the hunt On
they thought they had bagged the gam
Shortly after three o'clock two men a
tempted to get into Thomas Bells house
S, North Market alley The police say thu
got trail, but the burglars were evident
forewarned and got a good start before Il
police arrived at the house. The two burgla
lg made their escape The police found pa
q. Of rubber oyershOes one Of the burglars l.
80 behind.
1t is believed that the gang is the same o
that robbed the Hazedine house in the Cat
wissa valley The police claim they knC
the four men and Will soon have some
them in custody. One is alleged to be a re
haired man who was chased out Of the toy
about year ago. He is nonresident, a
it is believed he has already skipped. It
quite possible the police think, that anotl
/. of the gang accompanied him, but the 9th
o. two will hardly go very far.
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