Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-17
THINK BURGLARS GOT
 AWAY IN AN AUTO.
Suspicion of the Postmaster That They Came from Providence-safe Opened
 After Much, Drilling.

Posfofice Inspector Swift. under Chief Inspector Letherman Of Boston, arrived at .Taftyille Tuesday morning at o'clock. He was shown the scene of the robbery attempted Monday morning and was made acquainted with all the facts known about the case. Later he left for Danielson with the expectation, it is understood, or re- turning here. Tuesday he could oHer no new suggestion as to uncovering the burglars, although from the methods used he agreed with Postmaster James | Graham that they may have been the same men who previously broke info the postoffice. for on the two occasions before this the burglars proeured me tools from the Taftville railroad station as they did Monday. The fact that three men were seen in an automobile speeding eastward in the direction of Jewett City over the
 Lisbon bridge at 2-20 o'clock Monday morning confirms Postmaster Gra- l hams opinion that the burglars came | from Providence. But because he has absolutely no clue and no description | of the men he has not notified the | Providence authorities.
 The automobile was reported Tues | day by Alexis Troie who is a watch | man at the Ponemah mills and lives at 70 Norwich avenue, near the bridge | lie saw only three men, but 1t IS thought as there were probably four in the party, and one of them having . been heard to moan and say he was | injured. that this man might have been | lying on the floor of the car. They were not seen at Jewett City, however, ! for although Postmaster Graham tele- | phoned to that place shortly after 2 o'clock the news of the robbery was not known to more than a few until 6 | o'clock and consequently no lookout was kept.
 The inner door of the safe was open i ed for the first time since the attempt ed robbery at o'clock Tuesday after noon. Its contents were not dis | turbed.
 After nearly nine hours a good part 1 of which was spent drilling through | the hardened steel plates of the three | inch door, Charles Seidler of Boston, safe expert with the Mosler Safe com pany, at last put a hole through and with a chisel broke out the lock. MT. ! Seidler was in Norwich last February l working on the safes that wentthrough the Shannon building fire. He began work at Taftville Tuesday morning at | 8 o'clock.
 1 As the moneE. order blanks were | locked up within the safe. none of | these have been given thus far this week, but otherwise the operation of | tie pOSlOlllCc tidS DCrh DdlA Cdf | with one exception. There have been | so many visitors and so many inquiries l about the affair that Postmaster Gra- ham and Assistant Postmaster Weller | have spent about half their time, they say, in answering questions. A num- Der of one and two cent stamps were
 borrowed from the Norwich postoffiee, but the supply of the others that were not put into the safe has been suffi cient to meet all needs.
 By Saturday it is expected that the
 new Mosler safe, a duplicate of the old. which Postmaster Graham ordered Tuesday will arrive. The old safe which cost a little over S350 installed will be traded in for the new one. When this is set up the postofice will once more resume its ordinary routine When MT. Graham looks back upon the various events that have happened since he first became postmaster he begins to think, so he said Tuesday night, that he ought to go into the safe business. On the first occasion the burglars cracked the old safe which was in use at that time and got away with $500, which MT Graham was prompt to replace. And when the safe breakers came around again and saw the burglar proof door they gave up and left. The third time if it was really the same gang, they had evil dently made up their minds to make another haul for they were all ready to begin on the inner door when the explosion aroused Constable Reeves Four or five explosions would have
 been necessary to blow out the sec- ond door. said Mir Seidler Tuesday, and by that time the whole village
 would have been aroused. And as Mir Graham looks ahead he cannot tell whether his new safe that is coming is
 to have its doors blown off or not, but
 at any rate he is making plans to have it insured.