The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-15

With nltroglycer.n, cracksmen blew
open safe i'm the office Of Drs.
! A. and II. $. Rhu, 225 West Center
street, about 2:3O o'clock sunday
morning and made away with money
diamonds, jewelry and other articles
lamounting to approximately $1,000. II
il thought that expert yeggs, with
home talent as their accomplices, per-
petrated the robbery. yet the police
have absolutely no clew winch might
Had 10 an arrest. The robbery was
carefully planned and the robbers left
no trails behind them.
BY forcing the back door, the men
gained entrance into the rear room
'tc the office The door leading into
the next room was pried open and
their spoil was before them with Moth
ing but safe door securely locked
and one foot thick TO impede their
progress in search for ill-gotten gain.
After partially filing the small Gro
vice around the bottom part Of the
door, between the door and the door
frame, with soap, the powerful liquid
was poured in at the top and allowed
the usual nnnner employed by cracks
men, The soap was splattcred an
over the room
Tears Door from DaCe.
The explosion which followed tore
the door from its hinges and fasten-
ings and sent bits of steel flying
through the room one piece Of steel
about six inches long and two inches
wide. a pert Of the door, was blown
through window directly in front of
the safe and left an indentaton where
IL struck the brick wall of the Wiant
and Thomas building across tho al
ley The flying piece of steel missed
n valuable microscope enclosed In
glass case, by fraction Of an inch.
Medic ne bottles, jars and cans which
lined the walls of the room were bro
ken and scattered about on the floor.
The only person who hoard the eX-
plosion was Miss Mary Gull, who
lives in the apartments Of Mrs. Jen-
rie Thomas in the Wiont and Thomas
building. She Immediately notified
the police and squad OF officers in
charge Of Captain Bond responded,
rc5chng the office before the smoke
from the explosive had cleared away
Miss Gull states that scarcely a MIN
ute passed from the time she notified
the officers until they arrived on the
scene yet no trace of the robbers
was found They had taken the COM
partment Of the slfe containing the
valuables and made their getaway.
Ycggs Take Their Time.
After calling the police, Miss Gull.
from her window In the Thomas
apartments, saw one man with can
dle in his bund, apparently in no hur-
ry, quietly and caimy wander through
the Office for a time after the explo-
sion ana then depart as unconcerned
as though leaving the office after re-
ceivlng aid from the doctors Because
Of the dim Light of the candle, Miss
Gull could see but the outline of the
man and was unable 10 furnish the
police with a description. She saw
but one person.
Drs \. and II. S. Rhu were notified
and hurried to their office. After an
invoice OF the contents OF the safe,
the doctors found that 500 in cash,
mostly paper money, four diamond
rings valued at about $500, two
brooches, set with diamonds, smaller
jewelry and keepsakes. two fountain
pens ana a number Of Masonic charms
and pins We're missing The jewels and
a greater part of the jewelry has been
the property OF Mrs. a. Rhu. Since
her death, the doctor had kept the