The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-25
.YfGGMEN CRACK
SAFE AND ESCAPE
USED TOO MUCH EXPLOSIVE AND
SKATER GLASS IN
WINDOWS. CO..
ENTER FULTON STORE
r. II. CARRIER, PROPRIETOR. FINDS
NOTHING OF VALUE MISSING.
NEIGRnoRHooD AWAKENED
BY NOISE IN NIGHT.
ENTER FULTON STORE

Cracksmen working IN Richmond
for the first tine in years. early yes
terday blew open a safe in the gro
Gerry store OF r. II. CARRIER. at 2913-
10 Williamsburg Avenue, Fulton.
Only papers and a small amount Of
cash was In the safe at the time
Nothing so far as the proprietor mas
been able TO discover was stolen.
Tho safe blowers dropped several
safe. evidently thinking 1t was money.
in an alley in the rear.
The safe was inclosed in q small
ONCE inside the store. The walls of
this office consisted of a series OF
windows, and the glass in all Of them
was completely demolished by the
explosion. -glycerine was used,
The safe door was blown clean across
the small ONCE where the bookkeeper
worked. and cut deeply into the door
on the opposite side. after breaking
an iron trackway upon which tho
door hung.
No Clue ObtAinable.
No clue has so far been obtained.
which the police believe will lead to
the arrest of any one. although pa
troimen on the beat during the ear
Tier part OF the night, reported last
night that they forced four suspi-
cious looking men TO 'move on"
They were standing in front, gazing
into the store windowz, opposite the
safe.
The cracksmen gained an entrance
through tho front door. A smal,
Yale lock was broken. The glass
part Of the door was then smashed
In. permitting the cracksmen to run
tneir hands inside the door to ~
l-fA
tom Of the doors. 1t In thought that
the ycxEmen left by . rear door. al
this was also found open, and pa
pers that had been removed from
the safe were found lying along =
street upon which the rear door OPEN
ed. Papers were scattered for two
or three blocks along this street.
tracing the yeggs to the railroad
tracks running along the river front
Explosion Awoke Nc4shbnEA
People living In the nesghbors1ood
were aroused by the sound OF the az
plosion. Several Of them afterwards
stated that they thought plastering
tn q neighboring house had fallen.
Another stated that he heard tho
noise, but did not consider Il un-
usual. A lady living across the street
from tho store said that she was
aroused by the explosion, and soon
afterwards heard the sound OF voices.
Detectives investigating said that they
thought the yeggmen left tas store.
TO await the result OF their work. and
that It was their voices IN the street
that the lady heard.
That the store had been robbed did
not become known until about 6
o'clock yesterday morning. when a
neiEhbor passed the store on the way
to catch an early car. He found the
store door open. and notified the pro-
prietor. The police were soon on the
scene.
Used Too Much Explosive.
An examination showed that the
safe had been soaped. and the re-
nains Of = cake Of soap that they
used WAS recovered by Detective
Sergeant Wiley, who Investigated. The
whole of one side of the safe was
twisted entirely out OF shape. and the
corner whore the soup was used. was
blown completely OF. Detectives are
OF the opinion that the yeggmen either
overestimated the strength OF the safe
or used more of the explosive than
they intended, for not only were the
glass windows to the small once
broken, but one Of the LARGE plate
glass fronts was cracked by the shock.
Several small pieces OF the safe were
blown completely across the store, ono
OF them breaking the front of a cake.
box several feet from the safe.