The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-04-30
Robbers, Armed With
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ture OF the robbers was practically a
total failure. Only Sl.27 in cash was
secured, 81, being secured at Harburs,
while the raid on Wheat Il Bispop's
cash drawer netted 81 cents, all pennies.
Failing to make cash haul, they load
ed gunny sack with groceries. dry
goods, and the sack also contained,
W hen recovered by the sheriff, drawer
from Harbur's, still locked and con.
tanning notes to the value of several
hundred dollars, and trade checks from
the Roberts store to the amount of
hundred dollars. Neither the notes nor
the trade checks could have been OF
any value 10 Their, as 10 show them
would have inevitably led to their cap.
ture. The explosion wrought consider
able damage, however, in addition to
the loss of the safes, which were COM
plete wrecks. Az Roberts d Sons a
new National credit fling system which
had just been put in the day before the
lnobbery, was completely wrecked, en-
failing loss to the firm of 500 The
other damage 10 this store was less
than in the others, owing to the smaller
size of the safe, on which much
smaller supply OF the explosive was evil
IDENTIFY used. The stock on the shelves
at Harbur's was damaged, and the
doors and counters suffered from the
explosion, the damage going over 500.
AT Webb's the same was true, the force
of the explosion being directed into the
drug department, where show cases and
bottles we're broken by the flying frag-
ments and the shock. Their damage
reached the $500 mark. Wheat d
Bishops loss was less than $500.
A. BUNGLING JOB.
In some respects the craftsmen
showed that they knew what they were
about, their forcing of the safes being a
job worthy Of more pretentions crimi-
pals. but otherwise they gave. evidence
of being the veriest greenhorns. In
the first place it looks like case Of
idiocy to break into such places 10
Quest of cash. for anyone knows that
!, the stores bank their money every ev.
ening. In the second place, there was
no need of using force to get into the
safe at either Harbur's or Roberts, for
both safes stood unlocked at the time.
In the inner vault of the Webb safe;
which vault the explosion failed to open,
was SlSl in cash, which remained un'
touched. If it were not for tho anger
aroused by the needless loss entailed
the whole town would feel that 1t was a
huge Joke on the cracksmen. The
third evidence OF non-compus menti:
was their needless rush into tho very
arms of the officers at Carthage, where
they should have expected the authori
ties to be on the lookout for them. AL
together it seems like any amateur witt
thimbleful OF brains could have i'm
proved Oh the job.
THREE MEN OR SIX.
Both the men captured at Carthage
are firm 10 the assertion that ther'
were six robbers. The officers saw only
three. The only one OF the two who
could be induced to talk much abou
the occurrence said three men left the
car near Carrytown. The officers are in
clined to disbelieye this story, however
and Think the three men they chased
were the whole gang. The opinion hers
divided on the matter, some thinking
three men couldn't have pulled of thu
Job, while others assert it would hay,
been an easy matter. 80 q -
RopBER ADMITS CRIME.
OF the tive men captured neither !
known byianyone who has seen then
ind they appear to be ordinary specie
of hobo. Both claim to be from tn
northern states. They gave their name
as John Larby and Tom johnson. Lai
hey admitted the whole proceeding, i'm
pIicating himself and johnson, and, Q
stated, four others. He said the raj
was planned In saloon at Cafthag
: ten lays before IL was carried out. III