The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-29
POSTAL THIEVES
Enter RICHMOND
Then DISAPPEAR
fhs Robbers Made Seven In
successful Attempts to
Blow Open the Lewisburg
Postoffice Safe.
FOlLED, THEY STEAL
AH0RSE AND BUGGY
Crooks Drove Through Eaton
To Boston Early in the
Morning and { hey
Came to Richm
nErlcEpS ARE m pliR IliT1
oToPPED At a \oW TOWN
SALOON AND MADE EFFORT TO
sell STOLEN PROPERTY.
FOILED, THEY STEAL
AHORSE AND BUGGY

SALOON AND MADE EFFORT TO
sELL STOLEN PROPERTY.
Seven discharges Of dynamite were
made on the safe in the post office
q Lewisburg. Preble county. O.. about
1:30 O'Clock this morning but the iron
caak withstood the explosions. The
five robbers then made haste to leave
the town. At least two participated
ii the theft Of horse and buggy from
h. =. Snyder, who resides three
fourths Of . mile south OF Lewisburg.
The pair drove to Eaton, thence to
Boston and to Richmond. This morn
ing the owner Of the horse. Marshal
Harris, or Eaton. Patrolman vogel-
song Of the local police force. and
two other men in an automobile made
I hasty search Of all roads in this
vicinity but failed to locate the flee
ing thieves.
etop Nsar Headquarters.
After driving 70 this city tho thieves
tried 10 cell the horse and rig but
failed. They stopped at downtown
aAlooa and within square of police
headquarters attempted to dispose Of
the outfit. The men were seen by
several persons. but the police did not
know OF their connection with the
crime. Had the Eaton authorities tele-
phcned to this city before undertaking
thoir search ID ! machine. 1t ID prob
able the horse would have been re-
covered and at least two OF the safe
Mowers now In the tolls.
Only Few Alarmed.
Lewisburg II but q small villsge
north of Eaton. The explosions In tho
attempts to crack the safe were heard
by several of the residents. Prac-
tically no attention was paid until
tbs frequency Of the reports alarmed
i fow aleepers to action. They arose
and when few ventured on the street
the building IN which the post office
sis located was seen to disgorge five
running men. They scattered In all
directions. The townsfolk did not Of
Ter any pursuit. It II presumed some
of the yeggmen caught I passing
freight train and the other two were
forced to flee into the country. This
pair II believed to have stolen the
Snyder animal.
Found Horse Gone.
A. soon % daylight came, Snyder.
- ~s>A
I'm tho little village went to the barn
))l6r his horse. But the horse was
.e6ne- Telephone communicated with
1ewisburg soon revealed the news.
enyder and ! party Of friends started
IA IN automobile to track the outfit.
At Eaton Marshal Harris was induced
10 Join tho pursuers. Inquiry was made
along the way Of the farmers and sew
eral described the outfit as one they
had seen pass.
Horse In Distress.
But ct the time the inquiries were
osing made, the robbers were In Rich
hiond trying to sell the horse and bug
". The horse showed signs Of hard
driving and limped. At the saloon
one Of the pair. who is described Al an
unusually large man seemed very anx-
l0us to sell. He said his horse had
zone lame from stone ii his hoof
and he would sell 1t cheap. But no
buyers were found. Another attempt
vas made to secure . sale to . party
Of men at the South Sixth street mar
ket house. None OF these men would
buy. It ID believed that after failing
b these two trials the men drove from
the city. They were followed west on
the National road but probably had
left the main thoroughfare as no trace
Of them could be found.
The stolen horse II described by ito
ONner as bay. sixteen hands high,
Aoat back foot white, thin in flesh.
Was Wrong Horse.
\ was learned tlis afternoon that
~ horse traced ~ the officers and
oosed for saae In this city was NOT
- stolen animal.