The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
Expert CrackSmen Work
on Broad Street and
Get $500
CUT WAY INTO STORE
OF Lesser LEHMAN
Burglars Were Acquainted with
the Building, Declare
Police.
REPORT AWAKENS WOMAN.
BUT THIEVES ESCAPE
Charge SO Accurately Weighed
That Few Neighbors Are
Aroused.

working with the skill aud daring ae
easooed craci<smen. gang Of safe-
pfeskers blew open the safe of yes~v
1ehmans grocery store. nj 4a5 Rro.d
s''ee', early yesterday. rifed ~. apd
escaped with 5000 of the ~ ZOO It cor-
'a'"eo' overlooking $1,000 Their work
remained undiscovered for hours aftcr-
"ar"' aifhousb the explosion arokr .
woman ON the sccoud foor of thc -
9'inine building. The, arc SIM ~
larsc.
ihey were experts and they knew the
pan OF the building from cellar to
sarfet' the police declare They knew
that the heavy front door was fastened
oy weak night latch and they forced
II without leaving an ,,naec>ssarv
mark. Once IN. they wont Ia the base
ment, selected a spot adjoi.,inr The
Lehman cellar ana removed a fvo-foot
square of the inch rlank psriii wifi
ausr and saw. Next. going 10 the
lirst noor they rolled the heavy safe
from an open space, where Il could be-
seen from Broad street, 10 The counters
cage. where pedestrians on neither
street could witness hsh sseras4ofis
Used steer nrsiI.
a half-inch steel drlll Nas susea -
eHect an entrance to the safe. Had the
safemen bored a Quarter Of an inch to
tne right or the left their prslln1inarv
effort would have been useless and tha
safe would have remained locked an
expert from Nex York declared TODAY.
But they didn't. Selecting the one vital
spot in the mechanism, whose 'existence
Is known only to manufacturers ana
artists in the profession they drove
the drill home and placed in nicely
guaged charge of dynamite A fuse
was attached and the safe was covered
with cloths and wrapping to deaden the
sound.
Awakening from light sleep. Mrs.
Frederick Ford, who lives on the floor
| above, thought she heard inuf,led re-
port. A moment later she heard mems
voices below. She got up and looked
at the clock. 1t had stopped. but she
thinks the time was $50 a. IN Retir-
ing again she heard the men once more.
but attached no especial signiiicance
to the matter, as employees Of the store
work late Saturday night
woman Finds Hole.
Mrs. Joseph Maloney. who lives on
the third floor, heard nothing. but at
noon yesterday. upon going into the
cellar found that the flooring had been
sawed through. She told her husband,
who started an investigation and met
Milford Harris, manager of the store.
| and told him of the robbery.
SO accurately had the cracksmen
weighed their dynamite charge that 1t
/ accomplished their purpose and did
| nothing more Not even the heavy outer
door had been thrown from the hinges,
although the inner door was dismantled
and the contents were scattered around.
With genuine satisfaction Harris dis
| covered that the burglars had over
| looked the most valuable thing in the
safe, roll of bills amounting to $1,000,
which he had concealed in an ollt-of-
the-way corner
Police Find cold Trail.
| Harris notified police headquarters
and Detectives Mcconnell and Harris
were dispatched to the scene. The trail
of the burglars was a wide one made
cold by their nine hours start. The
story OF the robbery was flashed TO
nearby towns and general alarm was
sent out throughout the country by the
| detective bureau.
So unquestionabiy YVES the Job the
work of an expert, and SO few are tho
cracksmen capable of doing SO finished
piece of work that the detectives hope
to be aided in locating the guilty per-
sons by process of elimination. Every
known safe blower at large, with a.
reputation as a craftsman. will be
located and kept under surveillance.
Cracksmen's XII Found.
The implements used by the cracks
men were found beside the wrecked
safe. They consisted of a steel drill, a
Jimmy and small saw
The days receipts are placed in the
safe each night when the store closes.
Apparently this and other material
facts We're known to the cracksnlen be-
fore they commenced operations. nhe
same store was entered and robbed less
than two years ago.