The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-07
PoSToFFICE SAFES AT
HoNEA PATH AND VIII.
LIAMSTON BLOWED
OPEN EARLY TUES
DAY
GOT MUCH BOOTY
AT HONEA PATH
Robbers Got SIS Cash and Over
Thousand Dollars Worth of
Stamps Besides Much Val
liable Paper.


After. taking the precaution against
detection by plunglng the town In
darkness, yeggmen entered the post
office at Honca, PATH early Tuesday
morning and blew open the sats, se-
curing about ST5 In cash. $l.751 In
stamps and thousands of dollars
worth OF Insurance policies, bank
stocks and real estate deeds, and
made their escape In an automobiin.
About an hour after this burglary was
committed the postoffice safe at Will
liamston was robbed, and inasmuch
as several suspicious looking charac-
ters were seen to pass through Bel
ton In an automobile. travelling from
Honea Path toward Wiiliamstori, be-
tween the hours the two crimes were
committed. 1t Is believed that the
same men are responsible for both
Jobs. At Williamson less booty was
secured. though by oversight tile
yeggmen failed to get something like
$50. Early yesterday morning Sheriff
Ashley was notified or the r0hberiea,
and with his. deputy set OFF Ia the III
rection of Greenyille where the yeglgA
are said to have been seen Tuesday
morning. Up until o late hour last
NtthhN eAtNsa OhASGtD A14sRllut fEOkNIA4Eut
from Greeayille, and no word had
come back as 10 what success they
had had In getting ON the trail Of mo
thieves. Cleyerly Planned.
The safe blowing at Honea Path
was cleyerly planned. The yeggs
first plunged the town I'M darkhets
by putting the electric lighting ays-
TEN out OF cOminisaloti Eshis was
done by going to an arc lump OF the
outskirts OF the city, ascending a
pole, breaking the globe aud insert
ing piece of cardboard In the me-
chanism OF the light. which caused
a complete short circuit, DfunEing
the town In darkness. The light went
out about IL o'clock Monday night.
but not until late yesterday afternoon
did p. w. Sullivan, manager of the
plant at Honea Path, discover by
what means 4he yeggmen managed
to put the lighting system out OF conf
mission. &
After darkening the town the rob
bers secured q monkey wrench from
the premises of o. residence near the
postoffice and stole several lap robes
and quantity OF old carpet. The
wrench was used In knocking tho
combination Off the sate, wiiietl tai
robes and the carpets we're soaked
first in water and then wrapped about
the safe TO deaden the report OF the
explosion. This leads to the belief that
che men who did the Job are profess
sionals. as ID also Indicated by the
If1,t that they first took the precau-
ticn OF crippling the electric lighting
system. Nitro-glycenrine was usell 81. !
blowing the safe. and reports from
Honea Path are to the effect that the
safe is complete wreck as result
OF the heavy charge of high explo,
sige set OFF in It.
Escaped In Automobile.
Shortly after the explosion Cc-
CURED an automobile was heard 10
pass through the outskirts OF the town
going in the direction OF Belton. Giti-
zens of the town. awakened b. the
noise of the explosion, were up aud
about shortly after to ascertain
whence the noise and after consider
able investigation made the discovery
of the robbery. x,
Suspicion rested immediately ON d
party OF strange men. Numbering
ebout s. who were seer abolst tho
during the day. AS a mater OF fact, a Il
stuhl, VI .4tlittAfsA- A-ut+tss
Callahan, observed Tue men actiis,s la
n suspicious manner as he went home
abou, II O'Clock. ard when ne reaeh-
ed mis- home just beyond Tho towii
limits attempted to teIephone back to
the police about whrt lie had oi,servetl
nt was unable To get into toGcl. With
the cfl;eer. The poiicenlsn on dutf AT !.
might was taken stctf ab0ht i.c0
O'clock and went to his home, hence
there was no ofiicer ON duty when
the r0i, berry oceurrsa.
Robbery al Niliisnsten.
About $50 o'clock yesterday MORN
ing tho safe in the Wiilianstod pest
office was lown much In tile same
manner as the one ns iI5nea Path b
Here The robbers secured only 20
cents IN money. so cents worth Of
stamps but missed getting $50 which
was also In the safe.
The robbers gained IN entrance 20
the postoiIlee bufldiHg ut yTiillaEnSkcli
by forcing the door With an iron bar.
a party Of men wefe seen lesvin9
SFilliamsfon shortly afser The explc@S
sion. 3rayeiIag III 4 Hofd stfoui0bfles
and zoing IL tho dffaet,cn bf GfeHA1
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