The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
ct Little Booty in PoStoffice and Town Clerks Office During the Small
 Hours YeSter-
 day,
|HREE MEN IN THE RAID
Miss $500 of Towns Money in Haste to Get Away-$10 in Stamps and Money
 Taken from Mrs.
 Andrew.

Gaining entrance to both the places tby means of side windows, cracksmen ,yesterday morning broke into the Etown clerks office in Main street, in Hast Haven, and blew open the safe, Eand smashed and rifed the drawer Econtaining stamps and change at the EEast Haven postotfice. Nothing was ttaken away from the town clerks off, Efice, and in the postorfice they got $3 Hin money and from s15 to S20 in stamps. Under the cover of the dark ness of the carly morning they es- caped, and efforts to catch them yes aterday were futile.
 \ The town clerks office was probably broken into first, and the hour was shortly after , o'clock. At about : o'clock William II. Hosley, who has a milk route in New Haven. started for the city, and left two bottles of milk in the hallway of the East Ha- ven drug store One of these bottles was found later empty in the street and the other was found in a simi- lar condition in the town clerks of- flee. It is believed that the cracksmen saw the milkman leave the bottles, and as soon as he was out of sight went out and got them.
 Entering the town clerks office by the west window. prying 1t open with a hammer which later was found to have been stolen from Bernard Baul- cl, rah 10 G thoroughly went through 1t and then the safe was blown up. The front part was entirely blown off and 8 piece of steel fifteen inches long was embedded deeply in the ceiling. The asbestos of the safe and bits of metal were blown all over the floor The men were evidently frightened for they seized one of the small drawers in the safe and ran with it to the street. neglectng to touch drawer just above 1t containing over $500 The men found that the drawer they had taken contained only private pa pers of the town clerk Calvin c. Kirkham. and threw them with the draw into the street.
 4 few minutes later the burglars broke into the postoffice by a side window and smashed open the money drawer In it there was about $3 in small change and between $15 and SEQ In stamps No other places were entered. In front of the postofiice Mir. Baullac's hammer was discovered
 The explosion in the postofi1ce SO far as can be learned was heard by but one person, James McLay who lives near the town hall. He was awaken ed by the noise and thought that il was a torpedo on the railroad tracks this idea being apparently confirmed few seconds later when a train was heard rumbing along. In order to remove any doubt MT. McIay went to tic window, and while standing thereesaw three men walking along on thesother side of the street. The light of one of the East Haven street lamps fell upon the men and Mir. Me Lay noted their appearance.
 The men were going toward New Haven One was six feet tall, wore dark clothes and derby hat the second man was about five feet and six inches in height, wore light suit and a straw hat; the third man was about five feet eight inches tall an6 wore a dark suit and cap, Last night MT McIay said to the Journal Courier that tile men were strangers In Eas Haven and that the night before they had inquired of young men in the viii lage what the name of the place was and how far 1t was to New Haven The description has been given thu town authorities and reward of S30t has been offered for their capture.
 That the town clerks office hac been been broken into was discovered first at about 5:30 o'clock whei Lewis Smith, another mllkman, founC the safe drawer lying in the street II front of the hall, with papers scattered about. He immediately notified Firs Selectman Tyler and an investigation was instituted. MT. Tyler found thu condition of the town clerks office a stated and Mr. Kirkham was sent for TO his relief he found that nothing O value was missing.
 The second burglary was discoveret when Mrs S. w. F. Andrews, the post mistress, was informed by a neighbo of the affair at the town hall Sh' immediately went to the postolfice ant found the money drawer rihed. Al inquiry was then made to see if othe stores had been broken into but l vas found that the postoftlce and th
 town clerks office were the onl, places entered.