St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-02-20
"YEGGs" OPERATE IN HEART OF
CITY ON THREE SAFES.
Despite Carnival Illumination Creek
men Use Explosives Un-
mOlested.

New Orleans, Feb. t16.-Daring
safe blowers, who risked their lives
plying their profession sometime be-
tween Saturday night and early Snn-
day morning, looted three stores OF
money and valuables amounting to
nearly $4,000.
The places robbed are the MILL
merry store of S. G. Kreeger, sos Ca
nal street; the Fashion Millinery
store 81 Canal street, and the cloth
ing store of Guy PREF, 500 Decatur
street. From the Kreeger store $500
in cash was stolen from the safe.
From the Fashion Millinery store
5000 in cash and jewelry valued at
nearly $500 were stolen from the
safe. While nothing wa staken from
the store Of Mr.. PREF, on Decatur
street. clothing and other articles
valued at about 500 were stolen.
The safe in the Kreeger store was
blown open with a charge Of nitro
glycerine, while the combination of
the safe in the Fashion store was
knocked OF and the tumblers forced
open by means OF a heavy wire.
In order to effect entrance to the
Canal street stores, the burglars seal
ed long iron ladder, used as q fire
escape. on the front of Kreeger's
store. The ladder extends from the
second floor to the roof. which is five
stories from the street. In order to
reach the ladder the cracksmen had
to scale the wall to gallery on the
second floor. There is an electric
light short distance from the fire
escape, and 1t is puzzle to the po-
lice and the detectives how the burg
lars assembled to the roof without be-
ing detected.
Use NitrO-G lycerine.
Finger prints showed that the
burglars used the FIRE escape. After
getting to the roof, the men had no
trouble in forcing open skylight
which led to an elevator shaft. From
the top floor they had little difficulty
in getting to the second floor Of the
Kreeger store, where the safe was
kept in the rear. Two holes were
drilled in the safe near the combinaa
ton, nitro-glycerine was poured In.
after which the holes were plugged
up with soap, then the safe was COW
cred with rugs and other coverings
before the fuse was ignited.
Apparently the explosion was al
most nOiseless, at least the police
have been unable to locate any per-
SON who heard any noise in the vi
entity. The outside door Of the safe
was blown completely of leaving the
inner part and the contents undam-
aged. The inner door was forced
open and the % in cash was re-.
moved.
It is believed by the detectives that
the cracksmen, confident that they
were not detected, again got to the
roof and went directly to the Fashion
store building where they gained en-
trance by breaking window close to
the roof.
The safe Of the Fashion store was
on the second floor. Instead Of ns-
ing nitro-glycerine, the thieves used
a heavy instrument OF some kind tcs
knock of the combination knob, and
with heavy piece Of wire worked
at the tumb1ers until the door open
ed. Besides 5000 in cash the burg
lars obtained gold rings, watches.
chains, diamonds. earrings and stick
pins. From the appearances Of the
two safes. the detectives are conf
dent that the burglars are profession
al yeggmen and had been laying their
plans to rob the two stores for sew.
eral weeks.
Apparently Two Gangs.
It Is not believed that the burg
lars who entered the Canal street
stores are the ones who robbed the
PREF store on Decatur street. This
store was entered in the rear by saw
ing through panel Of one Of the
doors.
The safe in this store had been left
open by the proprietor and although
It was ransacked by the intruders,
they overlooked $125, which was in
small box in one of the drawers.
It was the overlooking Of this money
which caused the detectives to be-
lieve that the job was not the work
of professional craftsmen.
Clothing of various descriptions
was stolen from the Prez store, while
IN Canal street, where the thieves
had the opportunity to carry of
many valuable plumes, they content
I'd themselves with money and jewell
y.
The robberies were not discovered |
Until the stores were opened for bust
ness Monday morning. Superintend-
mt OF Police Reynolds Immediately |
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