The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-06
PROFESSIONAL YEGS
CRACK LARGE SAFEAT
HARRISON FEED STORE
Nearly $500 Obtained by Yegmen Who
Use "SOup" to Break Into Safe at
Harrison & Sons Feed Store
at Early Hour This Morn.
ing-Came to Mays.
Vile In Auto Pc.
lice Believe.

lice Believe.
Maysville had its first safe blowing
in eighteen years at very early'hour
this morning when professionalsgain-
ed an entrance to the feed store Of R.
M. Harrison & Son on Second street
at the foot Of Lee street and blew the
door Of their large safe to pieces. AS
near as can be told from figures at
hand Mr.. R. M. Harrison thinks that
the thieves took in booty money and
negotiable papers amounting to 1896
while the total loss which includes the
safe, completely destroyed and new
tarpaulin used to cover the safe dur
ing the explosion, will amount to
more than 5000.
Mr.. Harrison was considerably sur
prised when he came to his office this,
morning to see his safe sitting in the
middle of the office with the door
swinging open and twisted and turned
into tangled looking affair which
did not in the least resemble the door
of safe. A hasty investigation dis
closed that all of value in the safe
had been removed. The police were
Immediately called and made a thor
ough investigation.
It was learned that the yegs were
professionals in the first place for
among the many supposed crooks in
Maysville under the constant eye of
the police department, there IS not
man who knows anything about the
use Of nitro glycerine and a hasty in
vestigation Of the twisted mass which
was once the safe door showed plain
ly that Soup had been used. As there
are no soup" users in Maysville Chief
Ort and officer Ryan knew at once
that they had professionals from out
of-town to deal with.
Further investigation by the officers
showed that the thieves had entered
the rear door Of the building. They
had climbed the fence in the back yard
from Lee street and had then forced
the hook on the back door of the Har-
rison warehouse with long and stiff
wire. The door leading to the office
from the warehouse was unlocked.
The thieves had made all prepara-
tions to keep the sound of the explo-
sion from getting to the street or to
muffle the sound for they had carried
timbers and board from the back yard
and had put against the front swing
ing doors leading to the wareroom at
the bottom, the doors lacking a few
inches Of reaching the concrete
floor of the warerooni. They also car
ried 'an empty -four barrel from the
back yard and covered 1t with buggy
robe found laying near by. On this
barrel they placed the cash register,
which was open and sitting upon the
safe. They then secured a new tar
paulin which was spread over the
safe, which was moved from its regu-
lar place in the corner of the office to
near the front door and in the center
The combination was then bored as is
usually done by professionals and
nitro glycerine was used.
This morning Mr.. Harrison found a
tin box the lid of which contained a
small quantity Of nitro glycerine and
the bottom Of which contained bees
wax which is used by the thieves in
blowing" a safe. The parts of the
blown door also show that soap was
used by the thieves.
Mr.. Harrison this morning compar-
ed his cash register account and his
day book account and gave 1t az his
lest opinion that there was about 500
in money in the safe taken in by the
firm after banking hours yesterday
There was also in the safe two Liberty
bonds of 500 denominations and ap.
proproximately 800 in War Savings
Stamps. This would make the value
tf the booty taken by the yegs 1885,
hut the safe Is completely ruined ant
q new tarpaulin is also ruined and Mr.
Harrison places a conservative esti.
mate on his loss as $500.
The police have very slim clues tC
the case. They simply know that tn,
job was done by professionals wht
covered up their tracks locking thu
rear warehouse door through which
they entered the building and leavint
through the front Office door on which
there is a spring lock. No finger print
we're found by the officers and nothini
to work upon except that the yegl
probably came to Maysville in an au
automobile.
Persons living In the neighborhoo,
say that about two o'clock this morn
Ing an automobile was seen standinl
in front Of the blacksmith shop whici
is located on the corner OF Lee an,
Second streets Just opposite the Har
rison store. These neighbors say tha
the engine Of the automobile was lef
running for some time.
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