Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-25

men. He waved to the ~autoists from
the center of the street until the
machine was but a few feet away
then the driver lost his nerve and
steered to the left. 1t was a fatal
move for the robbers, because the
fast going a skidded on the wet
pavements and crashed into the curb
around the grass plot in the middle
of Court street. The front left tire
bursted and the rim smashed, but
the heavy car tore on it's way. 1t
pounded over the grass plot into
Court street again, but came to a
standstill 100 yards further on when
the spokes broke under the weight
and ditched the machine.
Robbers Left Fur Overcoats.
When the policemen arrived on
the scene of the disabled ear, they
found Brown looking at the wreck,
and he was arrested. The foul rob-
bers, it is believed, ran down Plane
street, leaving a trail of fur over
coats in their wake. The policemen
picked up three valuable fur coats,
as well as numerous tools and arti-
cles of wearing apparel. A search
Of the automobile revealed the
stamps, in a pouch, all kinds OF
tools and several pairs of overalls,
which indicated that the robbers
made a mighty clean job of the af-
fair.
The automobile, which is in a gar
age awaiting repairs, is a $4,000
Pierce-Arrow beauty, and gives the
indication that it is a family touring
car. AS stated, it seats seven pas
sengers. The blankets and wraps in
the auto indicated that the car had
been used recently by a family, be-
u a number Of small boys and
girls caps, and coats, were found.
The police also found a card in the
machine that advertises THE Troy
Auto Service" of 463 Federal street,
Troy, N. Y. The machine bore New
York license number 94.739. and ma
chine and car number 6,544. The
Newark men are positive that the
robbery was committed by expert
safe crackers from New York city.
Postmaster Pfeiffer and Detective
Huff went to Newark yesterday
morning and returned at moon with
the stamps. There was s1,743 worth
of stamps in the following denomin-
atoms: four, five, six, ten, fifteen,
registry and special delivery. The
thieves also stole S487 worth of pos
tai savings stamps, which were re-
covered. These stamps, if not re-
covered, were valueless. as they
must be cancelled by the issuing Of
flee. S63.72 in change was stolen
from the vault in the postmaster's
office. and s24 in bills-the property
of the postal clerks association,
from the small safe used by the
stamp clerk.
Much Booty In Vault.
The vault in the money order and
registry department was not opened
Postmaster Pfeiffer is of the opinion
that the thieves were scared away
while at work on the vault, because
the combination had been blown
apart and another small charge of
the "soup" would have been suff-
cient to open the heavy drop locks,
In the vault was $4,000 worth of
one, two and three cent stamps n
about $1,400 in currency. The
authorities believe that the thieves
tackled the vault in the postmaster's
room first. thinking that 1t contained
the wealth of the office, and turned
their attentions tn the registry de-
partment vault when they discov-
cred their mistake.
The robbers entered the front
door. on the Maple street side, by
means Of a chisel and crow-har pry.
which were placed under the heavy
door. The lock snapped open I'M
der the pressure. The postmaster's
door was forced open by a Jimmy, as
well az the door leading into the re-
gistry department. The yegemen
poured the nitro-rlyceriue around
the combination dial on all the safes.
and covered up the liquad with soap.
The explosions were not loud. it is
believed. because the charges were
not sufficient to even ruin the safe
doors. After the combination had
been blown off. the safe-craekers
turned the knobs and released the
drops.
Patrolman Calvin's Beat.
Patrolman William Calvin, who is
the night man on the Central depot
Smith to State street beat, does not
remember any noises on the night
of the robbery. He does not pass the
p~ostoffice while on his beat, unless
called to make an arrest, or dispel a
disturbance. The federal building,
in which is located the postofice, is
situated on the southeast corner of
Maple and Jefferson streets, or
about 500 feet from the nearest
point on Mr.. Calvin's beat.
Postmaster Pfeiffef stated today
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