Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-18

Four burglars entered the local
car barns of the Public Service Corp
grafton in Smith street, between 2
and o'clock this morning bound
and gagged the night starter, whom
they found at work in car, and, af-
er putting his in the oil room and
leaving one man to guard him, en-
tered the office and blew open the
safe getting away with most of the
contents, between $500 aud S400.
They, also got number of transfers,
a school book and some tickets. Chief
of Police Burke is at work on the
case.
The night starter william Wood,
of Tottenville, was pouring some
grease on the wheels of a car when
he felt u hand on his back. AS he
turned around pistol was put to
his face and he was warned to be
quiet. He was carried to the rear of
the barn where he was placed on the
ground. One of the burglars asked
him II he was a married man and on
replying that he was, they said
that they had no desire to hurt him,
but that il they were after the Pub
lie Service Corporation money and
they were going to have it or know
.sthe reason why and that if he kept
still all would be well with him.
Bound the Starter.
They then proceeded to tie his
arms behind him, after which they
placed another rope around his arms,
g them to his body. He was thon
N was left In charge of one of the
was placed over his head. The rob
suggestion Of one of them hole was
cut in the cloth so as to give him
chance to breathe.
When Wood has been securely tie6
he wasl eft In charge OF one OF the
robbers, who stood guard with gun
while the others went after the mon
ey. After taking a survey of the in
terror two of the men went outside
and stood on guard, while the other
began to make preparations for the
blowing up of the safe. He placed
line of soap around the creyices OF
the safe door, then he poured in some
nitro-gIycerine. After this had been
done O short fuse was set, and the
fellow had just time to get out OF
the window and around the side OF
the building, when the explosion
took place. 1t made a loud report
and aroused the neighborhood, but
AL plans had been well laid The
safe door was blown completely off
Big pieces of the metal lodged in
the ceiling and sidewalks. One piece
was so tightly wedged in that the
employees of the trolley company
could hardly get it out with a hatch
et All of the windows were blown
out and the office badly damaged
Filled Satchel.
AS soon as the explosion took place
all four men entered the office and
them, with the bags of money from
the safe. The safe contained a large
amount of money for the receipts of
yesterday were not turned in, and
it is thought that the robbers knew
this Each conductor puts his days
collection in a canvas bag. This is
marked with his number and put in
the safe. The burglars had no troub-
le in getting the money, once the
safe was open.
Mr.. Webb Aroused.
When the explosion took place it
shook the nearby houses as II an
earthquake had struck the city
Charles Webb, who lives across the
street was awakened by the shock
and, thinking that something must
have happened, FASTENED to the front
door. He noticed smoke coming out
of the office of the trolley company
and rushed back into his room
where he hastily dressed and crossed
the street. AS he neared the barn he
noticed a man with satchel in his
hand Webb thought that this was
queer and he was about to grab the
fellow when the others put in an ap-
pearance and one of them said,
Come, lets get out of this we have
got all !" In conversation with a
NEWS reporter this morning Mr..
Webb said that he noticed that all
of the men were armed and wore
heavy black masks, Webb was not
armed and he was helpless. The
burglars when they saw him did not