Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-25
BURGLARS BLOW OPEN
SAFE IN FEED STORE
Use NitrOglyccrine to Force WAY 20
II. II. CARRIERS Private
Papers.
LITTLE OR NO MONEY IN SAFE
windows Are Shattered. and OfIlce
Furniture Is Scattered In Every
Direction-I'art OF Stolen Papers
Are Found In Nearby Yard.

Are Found In Nearby Yard.
Burglars early yesterday morning
, hiew open the safe In the store OF F. II.
CARRIER. 1911 Williamsburg Avenue. and
/ escaped after stealing number OF
valuable private papers. These papers
were later discarded by the robbers.
and II is believed most of them have
been recovered The burglars found
u" cash in the safe. and overlooked
several sums OF money which had been
l.it IN the store near the safe No
clue TO the identity OF the robbers had
been secured by tho detectives up TO
AN early hour this morning
The safe was blown open with nitro
glycerine and Detectives Willy and
kellam arc OF the opinion that an
amount of the explosive sufficient TO
have wrecked the largest building in
the city must have been used. The
entire front Of the safe was blown out
and tho door was sent crashing TO the
ceiling, from which II bounded across
! the room II was so badly cracked By
the force OF tho explosion that IL was
broken into a number OF pieces when
II struck the floor.
WINDOW GLASS SHATTERED
AND PAPERS blown ABOUT
More than fifteen glass windows in
the building were shattered. and tho
war she'll might have exploded there.
Singular AS II may appear. the glass
window directly above the safe was
uninjurcd as were the numerous
lcdgers and record books in the rear
of the safe. Other papers contained In
a filing case, kept some distance from
the safe were scattered about the
room Most OF these were collected
yesterday morning by Mr.. CARRIER. and
il is believed that the majority of the
Office records are intact
The safe Is thought 10 have been
blown open about . or 1 o'clock yes
t"rday morning. Persons living in tho
vicinity yesterday Informed detectives
that they had been aroused from slum-
Der by the noise and shock They went
to their windows and looked into the
street, hut were unable TO see anything.
and returned to their beds, believing
they had been dreaming. II was not
until MIR. CARRIER went TO his Office yes
tcrday morning that he learned OF the
burglary. \ ncighhor living some dis
tancc from the store saw some papcrs
In her yard. and upon investigating
found they bore the name OF the firm
whose sior" had been robbed. She
turned them Ia Mr. CARRIER, and they
proved To bc some OF the private pa
pcrs stolen from tho safe.
SOAP BALL SHOWS USE
OF NIrROGISCERiNE
formed OF the safe blowing carly yes
tcrduy morning. and went imm"d.tt"ly
TO the scene They found one nf tho
most chaotic situations with which
they have ever come in contact After
considerable search. the detectives
found a ball of soap, and from this
they learned that nitroglyccrinc had
been used by tho robbers. The cracks
about the door OF the safe were hll.d
with the soap and III. explosive poured
into small opening which mad been
io:, just at the bottom OF IL. door
The robbers failed To cover the safe
with wet blankets, rs is usually don"
TO prevent noise and shock. and this
fact accounted for the great havoc
which the explosion caused.
The robbers smashed a pad lock on
the door panels In gaining an entrance
to the store Through this opening
they reached into the store and drew
the bolt which secured II on the In
side. They then wcntLto the rear OF
the store and opened the hack door.
afordng themselves a means OF escape
should they be detected. IT Is not be-
lieved that they were alarmed while
at their work. for. from appearances.
the detective believe they went about
the blowing Of the safe in calm,
busincsslikc manner. II is thought
that they later searched the Office
diligently in the hope OF securing some
of the cash which they no doubt sup
posed the proprietor OF the feed store
had hidden there for the night. They
overlooked the one place In which a
small amount Of money had been
hidden.
rOLItE FEAR SIMILAR
ATTEMPTS MAY he MADE
| 1t is the belief Of the police that the
safe was blown by experienced rob
bcrs, and somO uncasiness was felt In
the dcDartment Thar other a:tcm ut
might be made last night. No reports,
| however, had reac!.ed the police OF sec
| and robbery up to an early hour 20
day. Detectives learned yesterday that
| ;wo white men had entered CARRIERS
Store Gate Saturday afternoon an! had
departed after making several small
purchases. These men arc thought to
have heen the robDeis but no especial
attention was pail them by employees
| of the store, an1 the police could Sc
| cure but Indifferent descriptions OF
| them.
! Lato yesterday Sergeant willy learned
! of two suspicious characters being seen
| several miles out I'm Henrico County.
/ and securing Policeman Samuels and
| his police automobile, the detective
went to investigate. lie returned early
| liz the night without having been able
to learn anything of IL definite nature.
Reports reached the police last night
that several other attempts to rob Mr..
| CARRIERS store had been made since
tho winter began. Each OF them was
unsuccessful however, according to tho
| reports Mr.. CARRIER last night said
though. that Il safe In one of his stores
had been blown open with black DOW.
der several years ago, and that ut
| that time the robbers had succeeded
| In stealing u small amount OF casr
REPORTS House Entered.
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