The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-25
BOLD Rl BEERS GET S1OOO IN NORTH HAVEN HAUL 1mpriJon Family Over Post office While Safes Are
 Blown Up. TWENTY SHOTS AT CLINTON Local Music Dealer Exchanges With Burglars in Harm
 less Shooting.
TWENTY SHOTS AT CLINTON

Bv one of the boldest robberies which has been committed In this vicinity in years the postoffice in North Haven was robbed of about $1,O00 some time little after mid night Wednesday night and A. B. Clinton, the piano dealer, whose store is on Church street, this city, and who lives over the postofflce in North Ha- ven, was shot at a score of times ana had a narrow escape from death at the hands of the robbers. Three safes in the office were all broken open and footed and money and stamps taken, clearing the place out Up to late last night no clue of the robbers had been obtained.
 It is thought that the robbers, whoever they were, knew considera- ble about the program for the night in the town, and that they took ad- vantage of the fact that there were many social affairs going on to get an early start in their work. The Clin- tons had been out to small celebra- ltion of the wedding anniversary of their son Wilson, which was being held at his home, and many of the other citizens in the postoffice section of the town were attending the re- ception to the Rev. Arthur s. Lewis, the new rector of St Johns Episcopal church.
 | The first that was known of the rob bery was when MT. Clinton was arous- ed from sleep about three In the morn ing by a noise that seemed to be down stairs. He went to the window aie called out loudly and just at the time he had his head out of the window the entire building was shaken by the ex plosion which broke open the first saf' in the office,
 A man by the name of Michael Burk was the first to respond to, the calls MT. Clinton. He came up and was be
 ing told that there were burglars Il
 the office when one of the burglars or
 dered Clinton to put his head in an
 stop his noise or he would blow hi
 head off.
 The men continued to work and MI
 Clinton then went to get his revolve'
 While he was loading this the .seoon
 safe was blown up and again the build
 ing shook. Mrs. Clinton and her daugf
 ter Mildred were thoroughly frightene - bv this time and began to screal
 whereat two shots were fired at tn
 windows of the apartments and voit
 called out to them to stop that nois
 or they would be killed.
 Clinton noticed a man standing l
 the shadow of the railroad statior
 which is 100 feet distant, and he fire
 at him, receiving a shot back, just a
 the third safe went off. Mir Clinto
 continued to fire at this man, who wa
 in sight While he was firing the ma
 in sight was joined by three nor from the office, and the four starte down the track. One of them calle out that MT. Clinton, who was doin the firing, was in an attic window
 and three quick shots were fired the window, the first of which cam through the window and narrowly es capped MT. Clinton. The men started along the track tt wards the city and Mir Clinton at one ' telephoned to the New Haven pollc K and called the postmaster, William Leete, and his assistant, Blakeslee. Upon their arrival an inspectio was made of the office. It was di
 covered that the doors of the Clintc
 home had. been secured so that u Clintons could not get out, and tn
 the men had obtained entrant
 through a window of the office in u front,
 Postmaster Leete and the few citizee, who had arrived in response to III Clinton's calls which were heard ha a mile away, down to the Stiles brl' \ yard went into the postofflce. and sa Han three safes had been broken ope \ but the strong box in the third h.
 withstood the yeggmen who worked inc inside of the place. Plaster h. \ fallen from the ceiling and holes we | dug in board partitions, and one. pie | ok the second safe haG been blov ! throrEh the floor and had been wedg ia The doors of the safe were Oh t | floor. spread around in confusion. Sor ! tools which 1t was later found h.
 been taken from the New Haven ra ! road section house below the North H