The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
SAFE BLOWERS TO BE HELD
 IN ALABAMA FOR TRIAL

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 from the despoiled safe. They were found upon the two Mobile prisoners. Two plugged" dollars were taken from the \ arrested men. Messrs. Hirscher had kept. ] in their safe until the night of the rob- | bery. two similar plugged" dollars. The
 robbers took from the safe nine paper packages of quarter dollars. each roll containing i've dollars. They were wrap | ped in peculiar brown paper. Five simi- | lar roias were found upon the men. and Arthur Hirscher identified the wrapper
 as similar to that in which the quarters in his safe had been enclosed
 Broken Drill Was Found. If another link was needed to the damn l ing chain of evidence, 1t would be found | in the broken piece of the burglar ratchet, which was found on the floor of | the safe the morning after the robbery Tn entering the safe the men broke their drill. In their hurry they left q piece of the broken drill upon the floor. Captain Taylor carried the broken piece of the drill with him to Mobile. 1t ft- ted. he says. perfectly with the broken Iratchet. which the men had when they were arrested. Captain Taylor said that there never was any doubt, but that the two nen were in Montgomery on the night Of the safe robbery. They came. | he says. to this city from Jacksonville. ! registering at the New WinIsor Hotel. | The two men secured two tickets Tuesday | afternoon to the Viola Alien performance, visiting, 1t is said the theater office in the | Forbes store, which was robbed that night.
 They paid their bills at the hotel the same night about 2 o'clock and did not return any more to the hotel. They leit Montgomery on the fast train which passes here at 3:3O a. m. The Jacksonville detectives. however, were hot on their | tracks. having followed them from the
 Florida city. in which similar crime had been committed. The two aspects
 were arrested on their arrival in Mo bile.
 Reward for Their Arrest. 1 A reward had been offered for the ar rest of the men in Jacksonville. The re- ward may have had something to do with the disinclination of the Mobile police to turn the men over to the Montgomery au- thorities.
 Captain Taylor says that the men are young. both heing perhaps N years old, and they take their Imprisonment with a light heart They joke with the officers ! and the jail attaches and appear to be l unafraid of their future. They claim to be naachinists and electricians and say that the burglar tools found upon them were the tools of their trade as machin- ists
 '"rhe suspicion that the men were not trained or expert safe robbers is, think, correct" said Captain Taylor last night ''The Mobile officials found on the men a bill for the burglars tools which were found on them. This bill was made early l in last November. They probably started out on their criminal career as soon as they received the tools. The robberies of which they were suspected were com mitted since then. The men say they are from Brooklyn; but they do not speak with Northern accent.
 Postal receipts on their person show
 that they sent money to frieRds from Sa- SAnran. Jacksonville and Montgomery.
 Wanted in wS-ee Places.
 The men are now wanted in Savannah, Jacksonville and Montgomery on the charge of safe blowing. Detectives from all three cities have been to Mobile to se- cure possession of the prisoners for trial ! In three different States. Moreover mis- demeanor charges are docketed against them in Mobile.
 The Mobile authorities were at first in- clined to turn them over to the Jack sonville detectives in view of the fact that they had followed them closely and were instrumental in securing their ar- | rest.
 1 Captain Taylor spent nearly all of yes ] terday in Mobile with Solicitor J. H. Webb who rendered him valuable assist ance in an effort to have the men return ed to Montgomery for trial It will be presented to Governor JeIks
 that the chain of evidence against the men is complete, and that they would un- doubtedly be convicted if put on trial
 in this city.
 Their Tools Described.
 The working of the principal burglars tool is described as follows:
 The tool for removing the knob to the
 combination of the lock of a safe is of
 steel about half an inch thick. The piece | of steel was originally solid. From the
 bottom to about the centre a graduated slot is cut, being about quarter of an inch wide at the upper end and an inch and half wide at the bottom. There
 are eight small and three large holes in
 the outer nange. These are for large
 screws or bolts. each of the smaller ones
 being about five inches long. wrench
 about foot long completes the tool" Officers say that the plate is dropped
 over the knob and fits down on 1t close,
 this being the reason for graduating the size of the slot. After it Is in position
 the bolts are screwed into place, four small ones and large one on each side, and one large one at the top. The "op- ! orator" then uses the wrench, taking a quarter turn on each nut at a time As l these nuts are frightened against the steel l door of the safe. the knob gradually gives way and finally is forced off. This leaves a hole. in which is inserted A stick of dynamite, which is exploded. and breaks ofr the lock on the inside of the door, when the combination moves and the door may be swung open. Oftentimes, though, the strength of the dynamite is so great tha, the door is wrenched off en- tirely.
 Interviewed the Men.
 The Mobile Register of yesterday con- tains the following interview with one of the men:
 "A reporter interviewed Driscoll and Russell yesterday in their cells at the police station. They are in separate cells. Driscoll said that there was the greatest 1 absurdity in charging every robbery lately l done in the South to himself and partner
 He said that he was of good family and will not divulge his proper name, because 1t would bring disgrace upon his connec- tons. The ease with which they were captured was because they had both writ
 ten their people telling them where to forward letters.
 "Driscoll said that he proposed fighting
 to the very last ditch any and every proposition by which the charge of safe
 blowing or burglary might be fastened upon him. He said that his attorney, J. J. Parker. seemed confident that there