The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-23
Connecticut Company s Safe Is Robbed of $2,265
 In Cash
BANDITS MIXED WITH SYMPHONIES IN OFFICE
Some Member of Band
 Knew Combination That Opened Strong Box

L&EEm&44 1EiI1Y tH11c -A4oA III AA5 S--~>@- ed the cashiers office in the Congress street barns of the. Connecticut Com pany. entered the safe, and after throwing the money estimated at s2.- es5, from the window into the arms of waiting highwaynan, escaped in g high powered automobile
 The men walked into the front door of the barns about 3 o'clock this morn ang, said hello to number of street ear men who were sitting in the front Of the building and passed a1r7n1oIested to the second floor of the building into the street car mems rest room They stopped in the rest room for a few minutes and chatted with several conductors who were there Thinking that they were em- p1oyed by the street railway they were allowNd to go into the locker
 The cashierss office had been recently moved into a room next to, the locker room, which had formerly been used ms a. smoking room by tho men, A noprway had been nailed up with heavy p1ankinE temporarily
 Going into the locker room they pull ed two of the blanks off. and crawIed into the cashiers of7lce They oper- ployes on the same floor heard the tipping of of the blanks Mtk
 Eanliliar with safe.
 One of the men evidently knew sfhs coordination for there were noa marks of violence on the safe. when the rob - bery was discovered this morning, the safe was shut and locked. Opening the safe, the men took the money which had been placed bag pre- paratory to sending to the bank this 1norl1tng and threw it out of the win low. into the hands of a man who ~1 1-<-
 They then dropped from the second story window. into the street below, hnd running to Congress street. leaped Into a high powered car standing there and disappearsd down Main street.
 After passing into the locker room the street car men gave no further thought to the three men that had passed by them and they were not zeen again
 About quarter to four this morning 6 man passing along the viaduct saw four men come from the side of the car barns He gave no further thou ght to the matter as the employees of the c0upany are continually coming and going. He watched them as they went up Congress street, and saw them en- ter an automobile a short distance aip the street. and drive towards Main street 4
 Al twenty-five minutes Of three last Il+8 MLr =(n6Lle8 W. A1l64s5 a E8cGIV9T. living at 6s Freeman street, placed the money after counting it, prepara- tory to sanding 1t to the bank this morning, into the safe He then shut and locked the heavy doors few minutes later he left the car barns for a1Is home
 Cashier Discovers Theft.
 Although men were coming and <go- ang all night in the buiIdtng. no noise was heard in the cashier's office, and 4he robbery was not kn6wu until & I o'clock thfs morning when Robert M EzIrchild, the cashier. living at 73 Freeman street, opened the safe and discovered that the bag of money was missing
 He immediately notified the police and Detectives James Dooley. Edward l Exqnan, and George Halix were ] rushed to the scene of the robbery. 1 -AHzsr careful examination Of the conclusion that the robbery was per- i pefrated by some one who was ac- quaintsd with both the building, and | The combination Of the safe. There | were no marks of violence on the safe. |
 Detecdve Haux then photograph- | ed the knob and secured several f5n- | ger prints that are expected to lead to the apprehension of the robbers
 The headquarters of the company | Hn New Haven were immediately notd- | Fled and Auditor May of New Haven | hurried to the scene He arrived at | hte ear barns about 10 o'clock.
 After going over the scene of the robbery with the detectives it is un- | derztood that he called all the en- ployes that have access to the cash | 1erin rooms, besides number of car men who were in the building during | ffhe evening and put them through a | Era1eIlfng examination. He refused to i say whether he suspected any, of the | ,ernpIoyes or not, but said that, the safe had been opened by some one | who knew the combination
 Footprints were found alongside of | the building under the window as E though a number of men had jumped from above and they lead towards | Congress street
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