The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
SUB STATION
Safe IS OPENED
AND MONEY Gone
Hogs Drug Store Robbed
Between Saturday Night
and Monday
TAKE NOTES AND ORDERS
STAMPS AND COIN LEFT
Police At Work on Mystery Since
Monday, But No Clue as Yet Of
Special Interest Following
POST fice Theft.

been robbed.
A daring and clever thief-for the
authorities are convinced that thtn
latest depreciation was ..one-man
Job"-opened the safe In post-off1c0
sub-station No. 8. located In the drug
store OF George 4. Hogg. 500 East
Marshall street, some time between y
Saturday night and Monday morning
ana stole $167 In currency and =
number OF money orders, the aggre-
gate value of which has not yet been
accurately determined.
There were n quantity Of stamps.
coins and checks In the safe, but
these were either overlooked or Do
liberateIy disregarded by the robber.
who performed his work so skilfuiiy
that the theft was not discovered until
Monday.
Detective Wiley was notified Of the
robbery at once, and has been work 4
Ing on the case. In spite Of the fact
that the robber apparently did moe
leave the slightest clue as to his iden-
tity. Mr.. Wiley declares that he ex-
poets to make an arrest before tha
expiration OF twenty-four hours He
Is being assisted on the case by D.
tective Sergeant Bailey.
Following the discovery OF the a.
probation. Mr.. Hogg. proprietor 0r
the drug store. immediately notified
all post-offices to stop payment O.
the missing money orders
Worked the Comhinatien-
Whoever robbed tbs safe, Il b No.
heved by policemen and detectives aud
inspectors. worked the combination.
There Is nothing to show that tha safn
was injured In any way. Misa nsi~
wood closed the safe and turned tn
combination when ahc left tho 49,
saturday afternoon and sha oD4nA&
tho safe ~ tha combana3ion M0ndnS
morning. All day Sunday thq otug1
was open, but the post -of1ce deper2s
Ment uas not Hence the discovery q
the loes was not reported until Mo-
made known to all OF the ofEicarn Car
tain AcAahon did not know Of tn
robbery until he was Aa1kad about h
"Wednesday morning by q VMxtninn
reportar. and then he Rad the ranort
that he had received nom Dotoeftvn
Wiley and which had comA to In a..
partment from the police station.
The safe shows the signs Of t1sreo
dents ON the door naar tbs cc1nhina-
tnn. but whether or not thaoe w~xU
there previous to the robbery II II
impossible for any at ti1in time 70 ~. N
None. however. thtink that the man =
men. who opened the aAfe and stole TIN
money used any force The generai
opinion is that the combfuaffnn yaM
worked and that the man Who COM
mitted the theft will b In custody
within a few houra
Did Not Break In.
The drug store In which tho sub
station In located was not hrokan intr.
ana II an entrance Was effected nuua
the outside II was by some one VIM
had duplicate key. There u moth "a
ing to show that anyone broke into
the store or forcihly entered the SAT.
Tho money was tn the safe Saturday
night and 1t was missing Monday m0rr
Ing Not q clue II left behind. Whi<ils a
makes the case all the more bad1tu8.
Government inspectors viii not
bother about the matter, Mr.. Hu9g
being responsible for the los. and b L
u under bond In the sum Of 81. oop.
He has already made the ahortaNo gucd
and u now trying to locate the thisk
Every door Of the drug stcro MEs
been examined and It has besn fccnA /
that no lock was tempered with. NJ Il
was any window raised during 6ats
day or Sunday night 4
Mr.. Hogg Rct1cent.
MI. Hogx refused to give out a1sy
Information concerning the that -
The vtrgtnian reporter who cAftsd u
his place OF business "Wednesday. Ife
said he wanted nothing In the paper
about the robbery. and objected to Die
reporter talking to any one In t)le
drug store relative to the casa.
'sWhatever you Est viii have TO ~
gotten from some other source NJ y
replied to the questions Of tho re-
porter. s2 vi VI III
The reporter got the facts from
other sources and they are hes~wfth
told. n
Following a. it does close upon NM
heels OF the great robbery Ia tho post n
Office building. for which Fay ana
Harris are now awaiting trial. tn 4
theft from the safe In the suhotAt3uu 4
II made the more interesting. Lota
Of rumors were Immediately ciruulafs n
cd that the men who entered fhta eafo q
are the friends Of the postofIaco Gznolss %3
men. Is !
So far a. u known there are bu1 Il
three people who knew tho combtnas Il
ton OF the safe IN Mn Hogx's dru9
ztore. sssss sz
Mis- Redwood. clerk in the stcfe.
locked the safe hast Saturday nirtak IN
She opened Il again Monday nanrns
Ing and discovered the los n nv III
port was immediately made. ana t1zSS
are now making q careful tmvoHf1&
CATION, while attempting all tn WIN
to keep the matter secret ssa5
Postcfi1ce inspectors have mt init M
esteS themselves IN the nakt43 $<
the very evident feason that tho19 m &
no inspectors here at thta t1inA
are not working on more imApe4
matters q N u T.
FOR Instance thsrs 4 - fn1I ~ Y q
at the Henrtco courtAouDa No.
hia eyes open ntght md ~ E
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