The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-10
Blew Open Three Safes
 with Dynamite. HERE TUESDAY NIGHT Discovery Not Made Until Yesterday Morning. Planned to Rob Theatre of Viola AL len's Receipts, But Secured $sS
 only-Russell and Dris-
 coll Captured.

Albert Driscoll and J. E. Russell, white
 men arrested ih Mobile early yesterday morning are believed to be the men who committed several robberies in Montsom- cry Tuesday night.
 Police Captain w. H. Taylor or the Montgomery Police Department. went to Mobile last night for the purpose of in-
 terviewing the man and if possible, to se-
 cure some of the stolen property. It developed yesterday morning that two iron safes in the building occupied by the E.. E. Forbes Piano Company at 26 Dex- ter avenue, had been blown open with dynamite during Tuesday night. and a third iron safe in the building had been almost wrecked by tools and dynamite. These discoveries were made early yes terday morning by clerks in the employ of the piano company when they went to the store to begin their days labor. Blew Open Theatre Safe. Two of the safes were in the office Of the Forbes Company on the second hoof of the building, a two-story structure. The third safe. which was successfully entered, was in the ticket ofiice of Hirscher Bros, co-managers of the Mont gomery theater. This office is on the first floor of the building and Is located about midway of the Forbes, store. Hirscher Brothers lost about $SS in sff- ver No valuabies were taken from the
 safe fin the office of the Forbes company. No money was in the safe which the burglars succeeded in opening. The door
 of the other safe was almost completely
 wrecked by dynamite. but the robbers
 failed to, open it. They evidently be- came frightened As they left some of their
 tools and sticks of dynamite and fuses on the floor.
 It will be remembered that pane of glass in the show window of Ike Loeb, jeweIer, at g Dexter avenue. was cut about Il o'clock Tuesday night, and that five gold watches were stolen. About ten
 minutes thereafter a pane of glass in the show window of W. D. Gtegall, @ novelty
 merchant. at IS South Court street. was broken and several fancy dolls were talk en. Yesterday morning it was discovered that attempts had been made to cut the plate glass windows of c. l.. Ruth and
 J. A. Weiss jewellers on Dexter avenue. Went in From Roof.
 Undoubtedly the burglars entered the
 Forbes building from the roof. A small
 slender ladder reaching from the ground to the roof of the rear of the building occupied by J. A. Weiss, adjoining the
 Forbes building, was found yesterday
 morning. No one seems to know where | the ladder came from. The police believe the robbers ,secreted themselves in the | alley next to the Cascade saloon cnl South
 Perry street, climbed a fence separating
 the alley from the back yard of Forbes place. then got over a small fence, back | of J. A. Weiss place. Here it was an | easy matter for them to get on the Weiss
 building with the ladder. Once on top of lthis building the ladder was again
 brought into service and the robbers got
 on top of the Forbes. building. A sky light in the center of the building was broken. The ladder was let down through
 the skylight to the floor. Tracks are
 plainly seen at the back entrance where
 the robbers made their escape. It Is
 thought they went out through the alley. Evidently Not Professionals. Locksmiths said yesterday that the | work did not have the appearance of
 having been done by professional safe- blowers. They seemed to have a quan-
 tity of dynamite. but he said they. could, by skill, have opened either of the safes | in a few minutes.
 To deaden the noise of the explosions l the robbers used several handsome piano | covers, which they dampened and wrap ped about the safes. These covers were
 wrapped almost completely about the lit-
 tic office used by Hirscher Brothers. so as 10 shut out any chance Of being seen from Dexter avenue.
 The damage to the two safes and the { soiled piano covers was about all O. the
 loss sustained by the Fobes Company. The small safe of Hirscher Brothers
 was blown open with dynamite and about $S5 in silver was taken. Papers in the | safe were strewn about the floor, and the ! office was ransacked completely.
 Evidently the robbers had planned to | rob us of the receipts from Miss Viola l Aliens performance" said Sam Hirscher
 The money they got was in silver and | represented a portion of the receipts
 from the advance sale for the Kelcey-
 Shannon Company. A number of our val
 uable papers were torn and burned, but
 some of the things we prize the highest | were not taken"
 | Chief Gerald Talks.
 Police Chief A. Gerald expressed the
 belief yesterday that the men arrested in
 Mobile "cracked" the safes of EIirscheI
 Brothers, and the Forbes Company. He
 does not believe the robbery of Loeb's
 jewelry establishment and steRalrs store
 had any connection with the safe rob. l berries.
 The Montgomery police chief was call.