The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-23
CHICAGO pos7offlcs LOOTED.
Largest Stamp Robbery In the -istory
cf TIE Postal Service.

Largest STAMP Robbery IN the 7isiory
of the Postal Service.
Chicago. Il. oct burglars last
night stole s7to6s worth Of stamps
from The Chicago postofhce and escap-
ed without leaving the slightest ciew.
A tunnel which had taken week or
more 20 complete was run from the
rear OF the building and a hole was
then drilled through the steel bottom
@. The wholesale stamp vault
There were % small holes around
the square plate cut ont and only Sis
feet away from the cashiers vault
which contained over $4,000 in cash
and stamps valued al hundreds oi
thousands OF doAars. The latter eyi-
IDENTIFY bad been the objective point
r. o spaldinF chief clerk % the
wholesale stamp department. discoy-
cred the robbery when be opened the
vault al 730 o'clock this morning
The safe had been locked with its
contents apparently secure al D. m.
Saturday. Postofhce Inspector stu
art says "lt vas the largest stamp
robbery ever done in the history of the
postal service .u this country To get
10 the vault. the men entered tLroIEl
a trap door a few .-et in they err11n-
tered a brick wall which they dlE
through a hundred feet or So furtae-
on they ran aga 'ns- another wall and
this 'hey also dug through on the way
they also encountered number ot
pipes. and as n. f1or is but two feet
above the ground they tunueied un.
der the pipes For light they used
try batteries one % which they left
behind This battery and wagon
tracks arr they only clcws We have al
present The stamps we're arranged
In twenty pound bundles and the
weight Of the load the robbers carried
Of must have been 500 pounds Eu-
dently one man handed the packages
down 20 the others waiting below. As
their progress must have been SLOW
carrying even one bundle through all
those tunnels. crawling on an fours.
] judge they worked for hours getting
their booty % the wagon.
The postOfce building is a tenn
porary affair being used while q Eve
million dollar structure ls being cree
ted on the old site The present build
Ing is situated on the lake front. on
the east side Of Wabash avenue and
runs from Randolph 20 Washington
streets. The bottom OF the vault into
which the robbers secured entrance is
O. steel hair an inch thick In this
nearly one hundred holes were bored
and a SPACE is inches square Just
enough 30 allow the entrance of
mans body. had been so weakened
that il was possible 20 take out the
whole plate with little Uficulty. A
dry goods box stood over the hole
thus made and concealed the work of
the robbers while lt was in progress
When discovered today finger marks
Of one of the robbers we're discern
able on the dust 20. e tox which b.
hai pushed 20 one side
So carefully rad The sob been plan
ned that mea vorfinE .n the build
ing had -at The slightest lukInr of
The darlns robbery worked almost
under their noses Lte robbers drove
ND 20 TIE southe4s- corner % The post
oHce building in wagon. the track
q vhica could b. plainly seen today
They had u-ly 20 opeE the little door
10 admit themselves under the cocr-
ing To reach the yzllt- 70 vas uecces
SAY 90 c-EEl zho1t or hands and fs~t
c. o--s ari ezts % SCI bcz-ts The
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