The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-19
Used Jimmy and Nitrogly- cerine to Pass Through
 Four Doors
EXPLOSIONS TAKEN
 FOR BURSTING TYRE
Gang of Yeggmen Were Seen Tn Town With
 Their Auto

Following a series of =posteGnee robberies that have extended over the entire state, the Fairfield poateGeiss was robbed this morning between and 2:30 o'clock of money and sten1ltg estimated between $500 and $500 The robbery was a. most daring one tE- voIving the 'sbIowtng or three parate combination locks with nltre- zlycerine after two doors had bseA .5iTnnied' to gain entrance.
 The arrival and departure of vLtat is believed to be a we'll cantai1ed gang of ssvezEnaers was acconarlis1 ed by automobile and 50 well planned that, even though the explpsiuna we're of sufficient force to waxcn resa e4t1 living over 150 feet dlgtant, the thieves escaped. Stamped enwa opss and stamps amounting to apcHe GOO were either overlooked ln tne vault or considered of too g
 to carry away.
 The SeetoGffce at Ee3rhe14 cated fn new buildinS about Q yards from the center of tha tcEn- On the same floor is q soda-7ateF and confectionery store whose own CT, Henry IF. Henderson, lives in a- separate building some yards behind the building with the fire departElle e1it quarters intervening. The newly ap- pointed postmaster, Simon BrHdsev and his assistant c. C. Jenninaa5 rl- side in other sections. A dance hall is over the two first floor apartments. No one sleeps in the building at night.
 The burglars entered the front cl the building by prytng open the d0Qt- They again broke open partition door behind the posto1fice proper Here a vault has been built into the compartment with steel con1ht1la- tion safe front four feet hi s1a- AzreeiF- ing off the combination knob with one blow of a. heavy sledge hammer, they carefully soaped the cracks about the four edges, ands pouring fn enough nitro glycerine, or soup" as 1t is called in the vernacular uE thieves exploded ik by means of time fuse.
 They wrecked the combination and had little difficulty in QpentnE me door Again they were d by another combination door, vlea they blew with the aid of 2 wet horse blanket, backed by 8 table to deaden the sound.
 when they entered the vault they found a small safe, size 8 feet. They used the same method, knock- ing off the knob and filling the sale with nitroglycerine. So great was tae explosion that the door was blown from it's hinges and the safe split iu halves This explosion was sufficient fo EvaI1en Henry Henderson who he- Iieved that an auto tire had eEpLcaea in the highway nearby, and returned to his slunn bers.
 The thieves, of whom there are be- sfeved to be four or five, had already opened the back door 60 as to. have an easy exit in case their WHatchm1an gave the alarm and it is believed that. hastily picking up the strong box they hurried to an automobile which late passersby saw standing in front of the jail and made their getaway
 Those who saw the auto last night believed that it had brought late. prts- oners probably arrested by Shez-iff 1i- wood The sheriff today, however denied that he had been in the vt- cinity.
 The only clues left today are the horse blanket, which was blue in color with red stripes, a. piece of fuse, soap hoIiowed out to form a. funnel which was used in pouring the nitro gIycerine, and two suspicious tookSiTl4 characters seen at the railroad sta ton yesterday afternoon No one saw the number upon the automobile nor can any one today describe it's make or build.
 Postmaster Bradley was busy t0day making an inventory of nis stock of stamps and money, but had not com pIeted 1t late this afternoon. He said the amount would run over $500 at the lowest minimum. The tools used were such as Ipossessed by yegg-men rath~
  while quickly done, was not that of highly edcuated burglars.
 It is believed by the police to have been committed by the same gang who night before last robbed the Middle town post office, the night before bur glarized the post office at Berlin ln the same manner and have operated all over the state within the past week
 On March 12, 1906. the old post ceaee at Fairfield was bprglarized in alpapss
  en down and nitro used on the safe. over which wat carriage robe had been thxown-
 At that tlFne a bottle was found bearinN tiae imprint of a aruEgist on the HoWer~ New York city VI thoeknt HaA the ~Shy Jaras Han# tt
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