The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-03
Safe Was Blown Open Early
This Morning
TWO SUSPICIOUS MEN SEEN
The Robbery Was Not Discovered, How
ever, Until This Morning The Yeggs
Forced the Front Entrance of
Postmaster Hatch's Store.

Chelsea, May 8 3-Robbers stole
about $500 from the Chelsea postofiice
early this morning and made clean
getaway, their act not being discovered
until this morning when the postofiice
was opened for business. They also
took some small personal property be-
longing to Postmaster w S Hatch
In the process they blew up the safe
and scatteded the remains fthe door
about the Hatch store, where the post
office is located.
The loot consisted Of the following
invoice of stamps, minus two days
sale, the invoice having been taken
Saturday night; 1874 one-eent stamps,
4,2s2 two-eent, 2S0 three-cent, IA
four-cent, 2ll five-cent, l4G six-eent,
225 eight-cent l25 ten-cent, 95 fifteen
cent, S5 special delivery (ten-centl,
3l0 one.cent postage due, o25 coupon
money order blanks Of numbers from
1885 to $4,000 In their haste to get
away the robbers overlooked ss7 80
money order funds in the bottom of
the safe, together with 300 stamps and
25 stamp books, also in the safe.
Entrance to the store was gained by
forcing, the front entrance, the tools
with which the forcing was done being
secured at the blacksmith shop og A,
d. Hancock, which was also broken
into The tools were left at the post.
Office. The door of the safe was com
pletely torn off by the charge, and
fragments were scattered about the
place, mute evidence OF the crime when
Miss Emma Hatch, daughter of the
postmaster opened the store this morn
ing. The officers in the neighboring
towns have been notified, and sharp
watch is being kept States Attorney
Wilson and Sheriff h H. Adams and
Deputy Sheriff George Tracy have
charge of the local end OF the case
As yet the only clues ares those fur
nished BY Harry Brrrnt the South
Royalton stage.driyer, and DR. w IL
Hill OF this place Their clues have
to do with two strangers. The
arrival of the strangers at South Royal
ton from the south train yesterday aft
erno0n was noted by MIR Bryant, es
pecially as there was no one TO meet
them and they apparently had no def
mite destination cutting off across the
South Royalton common and avoiding
the paths as much as possible They
carried no baggage They were of
medium height and of about 25 years
One of them was very dark and wore
few days growth of beard That ends
the Bryant clue
This morning IN response to a call
from w. II Luce's to attend a sick
horse, DR.. w II Hill started for the
Luce place at 1886 o'clock While GO
ing from the Luce barn to the house
he saw team containing two men
a short distance south of the Luce
place. As he watched, one of the men
got out of the wagon and lighted a
match, at the same time looking at
something which he aeld in his other
hand Afterwards he got back into
the wagon, and they started on toward
South Royalton One of them wore
long coat and felt hat, while the other
wore derby hat Neither Of the men
seen by Mr. Bryant wore coat
DR.. Hill did not think of the mat.
ter again until this morning when he
heard of the robbery at the postotfice.
The time of the robbery is not known,
but it was probably before the hour
when the two men were seen by DIR. Hill
One woman, who resides near the Hatch |
store, recalls that she heard peculiar
noise during the night; but no one else
IN the village was awakened