Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-10-24
Postmaster Gets Stamps.

Postmaster Gets Stamps.
Postmaster Pfeiffer and Detective =,
Sergeant John A. Huff, returned at
noon from Newark with the recov-
cred stamps. They went down on
the 7:40 o'clock train and, after iden-
tifying the property, returned I'M
mediately to this city. telephone
call by the EVENING NEWS to the
Newark police revealed the fact that
the car was flying New York IL
cense. The negro Is held as sus-
picious character and will be cross
examined in due time. 1t Is believed
that valuable information will be
given the police by the prisoner. The
Neark police declare that they are
close on the trail Of the three men.
Tie wrecked anfg'' Il sss : . klaltal$
street, Newark, awaiting repairs.
A man called Gene" who is night
man at the Olesen lunch wagon at
Smith and Maple streets, saw an
automobile in front of the post Of
fee, at o'clock this morning, but
was not suspicious. He is accus-
toned to might owls" and did not
think for moment that robbers
were attempting to blow open the
post Office safes under his very nose.
The federal building is stones
throw from the lunch wagon, but
Gene" states that he did not hear
any reports from the explosions.
"Gene" lives In Railway and could
not be reached by a reporter th1s
morning.
Work or Experts.
According to Chief of Police Pat
rick ]. Burke, 1t was a regular post
office Job, by experts. 1t follows
closely upon the heels of post Of
fee robbery on Sunday night, at
Monmouth Junction, and was COM
mitted by the same parties, 1t is be-
lieved. The job was done neatly,
and with dispatch The getaway
must have been more prompt as the
residents in that section were
aroused by the explosion, but did
not even catch a glimpse of the See
ing "auto safe-crackers."
The safe vault entered is massive
one and Is located in the office OF
Postmaster Pfeiffer. 1t was the first
post office robbery In Perth Amboy
| in years; never before has any thief
had the audacity to enter the Fed
eral building, which was erected sew
| en- years ago.
Chief Burke received word of the
capture in Newark Immediately af-
ter the occurrence. He was Informed
that two patrolmen, standing "a the
outskirts watching Give" wire,
were startled to hear car approach
ing at a record breaking speed. 1t
is believed that the officials ran to
the middle of the road to stop the
ma chine aid arrest the men fer vio-
lating the speed ordin tnce, but,
when the robbers saw the uniforms.
| hev became excitsd anG tarl2d tue
rar into lhe ditch
| Examination of the postoffice re-
veals the fact that the robbers at
tempted, or did. enter the vault In
the money order and registry de-
partment, which contained several
thousand dollars worth OF stamps
and about $500 in money. The
knob of this safe room was blown
off and 1t is impossible for the au-
thorities to open 1t this morning,
therefore they do not know whether
or not the robbers gained entrance
| to the vault. In their opinion the
robbers were unsuccessful In this
| particular.
Drilled Holes Around Locks.
The stamps stolen we're of the fol-
! lowing denominations: Four. five,
six, ten, fifteen, registry and special
delivery. The one. two and three
cent stamps were kept in the money
order departments safe. The stamps
were stolen from the vault In the
postmaster's room, and S63.72 in
small change from the little safe
that usually stands directly back OF
the stamp window. The safes are
not blown to pieces. as many would
Imagine, but only little holes drilled
around the locks and the combina-
ton worked successfully. The rob-
bers entered through the front door
on the Maple street side and entered
the postofflce department via the
Office door of Postmaster Pfeifer. -
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