The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-11
SAFE 81 OVERS
CRACK a SAFE
In Martin Brothers's Grocery store.
Telegram Square, and Make
Way With Money.
BLooDnouNDs PUT oN yRAIL
Bold Robbery is Leisurely Commit-
ted in Heart Of Business District.
Thieves Eat Lunch.

In a leasurely manner burglars
broke into Martin Brothers's grocery
store in the Oak Hall building, Tele-
gram square, early Sunday morning,
blew open the safe with nitro-glycer-
inc, took all the money they could
find and successfully made their es-
cape,
The robbery was discovered sun
day morning at 1880 O'Clock by
Robert Martin, the manager of the
store and member Of the drm, when
he went into the place. He found
the door OF the safe lying in pieces
on the floor and papers and other
articles scattered around.
Broke Door Panel.
The burglars Effected an entrance
by breaking hole in a panel Of the
rear door at point Just below the
lock. The hole was made large
enough to pass an arm through So
as to reach the key which had been
left in the lock and unlock the
door. After getting inside the burg
larss wrenched the handle OF the
safe of, poured the explosive in the
hole and set it off. They found
about
$1OO in Money
which they took. Checks calling
for about the same amount were al.
so taken from the safe but the burg
lars left them on a counter and these
were found later in the day. The
books and some valuable papers in
the safe were not taken by them and
they were uniniured by the explo-
sion.
The robbers also opened the cash
register in the store but found moth
ing in it as Mr.. Martin had taken
the money out and placed in IT the
safe Saturday night.
Ate Lunch.
The burglars were quite at leisure
in doing the job for they INDUCED in
lunch in the store before taking
their departure. They got some
cans of baked pork and beans which
they opened, took some pickles,
cheese, cakes and other edibles ana
made meal of them.
Several tools we're left behind BY
the robbers and 1t was found out
they took them from tool house
Of the B. & o. railroad in the local
yards. There was big monkey
wrench, an auger, big wrench ana
several other implements.
Blood Hounds Used.
Mr.. Martin at once notified the
city police and about noon J.S w.
Shrader's blood hound was procured
and placed on the trail. The dog
took scent and went ON Main street
and up Chestnut street beyond the
cemetery but lost It. A big crowd
of boys and others followed the Of
ficers and the dog and greatly Inn
peded the work so that when a sec
ond trail was taken the route had
been pretty
Wen Tramped Down.
The second trail resulted as the
first one and the officers decided to
wait until later to make another
trial when there would be no crowd
TO bother them.
In the evening at 1880 o'clock
the officers again put the blood
hound on the TRAN and the animal
went in the same direction but
turned and went up Lowndes's hill
piece when the scent was again
lost.
Heard the ExpOsion.
The burglary took place between
2 and O'Clock in the morning.
Several persons in the Imperial
lunch room heard an explosion that
sounded IKE the discharge OF a pis-
tol about 2:s0 O'Clock. They ran
out into the street and looked up
and down but could find no cause for
It. After little search they gave
it up.
Onicer Saw Nothing.
Night ofHcer Richard Brooks
who Is employed the merchants.
says he was In the rear Of the oak
Hall building on his rounds about
1880 O'Clock in the morning but be
founa noth,no fhat aronuaa a. eve