Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-09-10
BLOW
SAFE OPEN
t SIS in Cash; Several Checks
and Make Their Escape

night in real earnest at the Occur
d'Alene Steam laundry and were
successful in their attempt to blow
open the safe and may think they
are we'll repaid for their trouble.
Mr.. =. ID. Hayemann worked in the
ONCE part Of the laundry during the
early evening. and when he went tn
his home he locked the place as
usual. but left window open on the
east side Of the building for ventiIa-
ton, and 1t was through this win
dow that the burglars gained en-
trance.
The burglary was committed at
exactly 2:45 o'clock this morning.
but the follows were probably in the
building for some little time prior to
that getting things ready for blowing
the safe. Nitro-glycerine was used.
as small bottle containing a small
quantity which had not been used
on the job was found this morning
lying on the floor short distance
back of the safe, together with a
chisel, which had been used in some
manner connected with the work.
The tool Is not the property OF the
laundry, and it is being held until
the owner calls and claims it, as 1t
is probable that 1t was stolen from
some nearby place by the burglars
Immediately upon the sound o.:
the explosion, which was herd by
several in the adjoining building,
which is the home of Fred Suter,
and also in three adjoining places, 1t
was at once known what had hap
pened. Mr. Suter heard the men
run across the floor of the laundry
and heard them speaking in a very
low tone of voice, and he. with other
men. jumped up and dressed as rap
idly as possible. at the same time at
tempting to get the police by tele-
phone, but were unable to do so. as
they were ont ON their beats. But
within IL minutes several, together
with the officers, were on the scene.
but the burglars were well out of
sight and they could not be traced
farther than a few blocks away. The
tracks showed that there were two
of them.
The front of the safe was blown
into fragments and one piece was
thrown through one of the front
window panes first striking the sash
and cutting the wood badly The
safe door lay some ten feet from the
safe and pieces of iron were thrown
in all parts of the room. The lock
box on the inner side of the safe
was thrown out and that was taken
to the outside of the building, forced
open and left in the alley, with the
contents, which was largely insar-
ance papers of various kinds, scat
tered all over the ground. and this
morning they were pretty muddy
and torn, as the rain of the early
hours had fallen upon them. The
cash drawer, which contained about
$S5, was taken and has not been
found yet, but several pieces of coin
were found on the ground just out
side the window where they hur-
riedly made their escape. Some
thing over a dollar was found.
In the safe. aside from the money
taken. were checks to the amount
of about s330. Those issued in ia
vor of the laundry were as follows
On the Lumberman's bank at St.
Maries. s12s.5O: State bank at s..
Maries. S4z.s0; Idaho Bank & Trus'
company, FerreIi. $3.50: Stat
bank of st. Joe, 1850.
Checks issued by the laundry In
favor of its employees are as follows:
No. s3S. s35; No. s71. sic; No.
s72. $11. No. ss3. 81: No. $50. ss5.
Also two minor checks for amounts
Of $3.50 and s25e respectively.
Mr.. Hayemann was notified BY the
police as soon as the robbery vas
discovered. and he came to the
scene. arriving there about ais.
and with those present instituted a
searching party. but nothing could
be found of the burglars. The safe
vas located directly under the coun-
ter and just at the right of the pro-
prietor's desk.
The value of the safe. which vas
completely destroyed. Vas something
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