The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
YEGGS GET AWAY WITH
s2OO;;BLOW THE SAFES
From Thursdays Daily.

| and one cent as mute reminder OF
their visit, safe blowers early this
morning escaped with total of about
5000 from the j. M. Karmany meal
market at 631 South Front street
and the Flo, Pugh & Brockmeyel
grocery store at 633 South From
street. "Yeggs" blew up the safe
in the meat market and secured
about $155, according to Mr.. Kar
many's statement this morning, anG
about $50 from the grocery firm. Al
first it was thought they got away
with only $125, but it was later
found to exceed this amount by $25
or $50. After their work in the
meat market they entered the gro
Gerry store, went through the safe
which was open, and through the
cash register, taking over $50 in
money
Found Safe Blown.
Nothing was known about the
burglary until this morning, when
Mr.. Karmany came down to the
store, and found the door of his safe
in heap, and all his money gone
The theft was reported to the Chiel
of Police Donahue at once, but there
is little clue as to the identity of the
Burglars. They left their tools, jimmy
a cold chisel about which was wrap
ped in a newspaper, which from al
appearances seems to be a Wash
ington, d. c., publication, and an oil
can, near the safe. A page from the
Sioux City, Iowa, Journal of the date
of Sunday, June %, was also found
near the safe. When the tools were
found, the Jimmy was braced up be
tween the safe and the counter in the
office, and used to keep the safe
after the explosion
| The burglars entered the meat
market through a rear window after
they had removed the screen. They
gained easy access to the safe, which
was small affair, in the glass Gagged
office. The safe was backed UP
against the wall, in corner near
one end of the glass office, and but
few inches away from the panes.
Heard MuffIed Report.
A hole was bored beside the com
binatiOn, a charge of what rs be.
lieved to be nytroglycerine inserted
and the safe blown up. A fur coat
i was placed over the door to deaden
| the sound. 1t is believed that two
/ charges were used to open the strong
box, as Mrs. Louis H. Lille said she
heard two muffled reports between
one and two o'clock this morning
! AS a result of the explosion, the
entire door was smashed into pieces
the money. till inside broken in two
lnI
while the explosion slightly damaged
| several other small books in the
safe. ~l ...s.
That the burglars were experts,
there can be no doubt. A vase OF
flowers stood but a few feet away
from the safe, and this was not
even Jared, while the window pane
probably a foot from the safe was
not broken. They had placed a
chair between the safe and the long
desk inside the glass office, so that
! the door would not fall out and
allow the crash of falling iron to
make too much noise, while the Jim.
my was also used to brace the door
after it had been used to bore the
| hole. ~ c
People Slept Upstairs.
Jay Sherk, who slept in the open
air porch, above the store, could
hear nothing, but Mrs. Theodore
Sherk who slept inside and directly
over the safe, said she thought she
| heard a muffled report, but it was
not loud enough to cause her to in
vestgate. She merely tried the door
to see if it was locked. There are
two doors leading out of the ROOM
but one was not locked, so that the
burglars could easily have entered
| the house.
Mrs. Louis Lille sat outside until
about half past twelve, because OF
the hot night, and an hour after re
| firing, heard a low report. Mrs
Lille said she heard two reports
that were like dull thuds.
! Mrs. Frank Thompson, daughter OF
| Mr.. Karmany was in the store about
| half past nine last evening, and
everything was in shipshape order
then.
Made Haul at Grocery Store.
After blowing up the safe, the bur
glars proceeded to enter the Flo
Pugh & Brockmeyer grocery store
|
connected by a door. The door was
locked, and the key in the lock or
the side in the meat market, bu
Oh the other side of the door in the
grocery store, it was bolted. They
tried to pry open the door with the
Jimmy but failed, and then they Gu
a square hole in the door abou
eighteen inches below the lock, IN
serted one arm through the hole
and unbolted the door. From th'
| size of the hole, it is believed ina
the man opening the door could no
have been very large.
! In going to the safe in the gro
Gerry store, they saw this sign, "Saf'
is open, turn handle to right. Mr.
Brockmeyer had been out in Mon
tana recently and found that thu
storekeepers used this as ruse
and when he returned, he tried tn
same thing, for he valued the. book
more than the money in the safe
i He said that had the safe been lock
ed, they would probably have crack
ed it and destroyed the book az
counts.
The burglars opened the door an
went through all the papers The
took several envelopes containin
money, which the farmers trading a
the store had left for safekeepins
about SIG or SIT in chautauqua NOR
ley, and considerable small changt
After going through the safe, the
opened the cash register and TOO