Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-08
SAFE BLOWERS AT
DUNDEE ON SUNDAY
SCHROEDER BROS. STORE AND
GOVERNMENT PosToFFIcE
VISITED BY YEeeMEN.
LOSSES TOTAL SEVEN 7I' HUNDRED VI = !
rive Hundred Dollars Secured from
store and Two Hundred at
Postofflee.

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dee on Sunday night when the gen
eral store OF Schroeder Bros. and
the government postoffice were visit
ed. The safes in each building were
rifled and the total gain to the
crooks totals in the neighborhood OF
$500. The work bears every evidence
Of the profession safe crackers and
the officers are left without a clue
| to the identity Of the perpetrators OF
the deed or as to their present where:
abouts. 5
Entrance was gained to both build
ing by the use Of skeleton keys, the
front entrance being chosen by the
bandits. At the general store the
safe was blown open. Securing
heavy hammer, a pince-bar and a
pick from the Chicago Great West
ern section house. the former. was
used to smash Oft the combination nt'
from the-outer safe, door. A soap
cup was formed about the aperture
thus made and a heavy charge OF
'soup" poured in. a fuse inserted and
the match applied. Previously to
lighting the fuse, barrels Of cabbage
and sacks OF rice were piled all
about the safe and the heavy charge
Of nitro glycerine blew the door en-
tirely Oft the safe, with 50 little noise
that none Of the little towns resi-
dents were awakened, although few
state they heard a suspicious sound
about a. m. on Monday. The bar
and hammer were then used to force
the inner door and the fact that the
heavy hammer found near the safe at
ter discovery Of the crime was bat
tered out Of all semblance, leads the
officers to believe that mo little dlf-
ficulty was experienced by the safe
crackers in getting at the money box.
When it finally was secured 1t was
taken to the section house, broken
open with the pick, ritled and thrown
aside, to be found later by officers.
RetWeeas s40o and $500 in currency
was secured from the money box, to-
gether a number Of watches and 9th.
Ell. jewelry. Eight watches were found
later in the scales house at the Great
Western stock yards in. Dundee, evil
IDENTIFY abandoned by the successful
yeggs.4 #.
At the pos toffice the safe blowers
scorned to use the explosive. but in
stead worked the combination on
the safe and took money and stamps
totaling about $500.
Upon opening for business Monday
morning, the robbery at Schroeder
Bros. was at once discovered and
the proprietors at once wired to
Sheriff F. Shores, at Waterloo, ask
ing that the bloodbounds be sent to
Dundee. Sheriff Hennessey was also
notified and Deputy Pentony went
at once to Dundee. The Waterloo
sheriff, accompanied by Earl Yordy
in charge Of the two dogs, arrived in
Dundee and put the hounds to work.
AuSy SnolAy plSh0U w SAO SSSSAIE oAAu
followed it through the town to the
Great Western tracks, thence east to
the stock yards where the watches
were found. Continuing the trail
eastward nearly a mile along the rail-
road, it then turned Oft into the
woods along the track, doubling back
westward to a paint along the right
OF way and at a small grade of the
track the hounds lost the scent. It
is thought that he yeggs succeeded
in boarding a Great Western freight
train, at any rate their getaway had
been clearly made.
About four. or five weeks ago the
Schroeder Bros. store was burglariz-
ed, apparently by amateurs, as only
a quantity Of groceries were taken
on that occasion.