Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-08-31
CRACKSMEN FAIL To
BLOW OPEN SAFE So
LOOT CASH DRAWER
$7O0 In Jacobsen & Co.'s
Safe - Ditmas Theatre and
Evening News Plant Also
Entered Over Week End.
IS DYNAMITE GANG WORKING?

Yeggmen, working with gloves
and believed by the police to have
been the same gang that blew the
safe at the City Market July 26, after
drilling two holes In the safe at the
store Of Jacobsen and Company,
at 1862 Smith street, early yes
terday morning, were frightened
away, and it is declared, left 500
In cash In the depository untouched.
According to the police one fuse cap
was set off, but the explosion m1scar-
ried, as the fuse failed to work. 1t
was found intact without the cap by
Chief of Police Burke and Detective
Sergeants Huff and Long later yes
terday morning, Nearly a whole
stick of dynamite and kit Of tools,
such as were found following the
City Market burglary, were found.
About $50 in cash was taken
from the bookkeeper's drawer in the
small compartment in the front of
the store, according to Mr.. Jacobsen.
Besides the cash the yeggmen made
a meal of canned meats, crackers,
pickles, etc., boxes Of which they
opened freely, and left the remnants
store.
The watchman making his regular
rounds and trying the front door Is
believed to have unwttttngly fright
ened the cracksmen, who, from 1ndt-
cations, hurriedly left the scene,
leaving their tools behind. They even
left white cotton gloves, which they
used to provide against leaving fin
gerprint clues, such as were discov-
cred by the police on the telephone
stand at the City Market.
The burglars battered OFF the
handle to safe door in their operation
and this morning 1t could not be
opened by Mr.. Jacobsen. He is today
In New York to secure a representa-
tive of the Herring -Hall-Marvin Safe
Company, to open the depository
Until then, the management will not
be absolutely certain that the $500
was not taken from the safe. 1t ls
stated that 1t may have been opened
by the burglars through manipula-
ton of the combination, the money
extracted, and the depository locked
again, but this is deemed most i'm
probable.
Two holes, about one-sixth OF an
inch in diameter, were bored deep
into the casing of the safe door, in
the vicinity of the iron bars which
lock 1t. One appeared not to have
been charged and the other seemed
loaded with dynamite, which had
failed to explode. An expert will ex-
anime the safe today, and in the
meantime the depository will be
handled with care, because of the
dynamite charge still believed to be
In one Of the holes. The safe was
located about fifty feet from the
front door behind a big stack OF
cracker and cake boxes, which con-
cealed 1t.
Entrance was gained through the
back door of the store. The screen
door was split, and the inside hook
unlatched A panel about 14x36
inches was then cut from the door
and the burglars crawled through
this aperture. In fleeing, however
they used a large bar chisel, and
pried open the door, not stopping to
get through the small hole they had
made before entering. They left nc
clue for the police, except their tools
and indications that they were the
same gank that robbed the City Mar
ket, and according to the proprietor
stole $1,000 the latter part Of July
Miss Mary Jacobsen, bookkeeper
sister of s. M. Jacobsen, the pro-
prietor, discovered the robbery
about s O'Clock yesterday morning
when she came to make up her cash
account from Saturday night. She
believes that about $50 was taken
from the drawer, which was CLEANED
of all bills and change.
A representative of the safe COM
pany arrived this afternoon, and un-
locked the door of the depository
and the contents were found safe and
sound. The inner vault door, how
ever, was open, and II the robbers
had blown open the outer door they
would have had no trouble In gain
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