The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-03
SAFE BLOWERS
 GET OVER s1,OOO
 IN MONTGOMERY
Cash And Checks Taken From Standard Oil
 Company
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MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. D. Safe blowers obtained more than ons thousand dollars when they blew the safe of the Standard Oil company Mon day night. The robbery was not dis covered until employees reported for duty Tuesday. The exact amounnt stolen cannot be ascertained until 2 thorough check of receipts has beer made. In addition. to cash, the rob bers took batch of checks which hae been collected during the past foul days.
 Entrance to tke building was gained through a rear window. The nigh, watchman reported that he heard noth ing of the robbery. A check shows that he did not punch-the time clock in two rounds about two o'clock Tuesday morning, according to local officials oi the company. He explained this omis sion by saying that stock in a yard nearby which he was supposed to pro tect were giving trouble and demanded his attention.
 Police believe roaming band of rob bers is responsible for the safe blowing Information here is to the effect that the safe of the Standard Oil company at Mobile was robbed Sunday night No clue has been obtained. The only evidence held by police consists of finger prints on bar of soap which the robbers left behind.
 Bus Driver Held-Frank Crowell bus driver, is held ipr the county jail or a charge of murder and Thomas F. Scaife is dead as a result of fight near Fleta late Monday. Scaife died at Montgomery hospital today and charge of murder was placed against Crowell, who surrendered at the coun ty jail after the shooting. One bull. let entered Scaife's abdomen.
 Crowell refused to make statement after the shooting, but indicated tha' a plea of self defense would be entered Crowell had been employed by Scaif but quit after a dispute Monday. Fol several months he had driven an auto mobile bus connecting Montgomery with Mount Carmel and Fleta.
 Hicks Heads Carriers-W. J. Hicks of Campbell was elected president oi the Alabama Rural Letter Carriers as sociation as the successor of $. A. Key holds of Minter at the closing session of the annual convention today. MT Hicks was elevated from the vice pres 1uenCy ana WAS SuC1teucu dS FlCc pISc ident by W. l.. Moseley of Orrville.
 The executive committee for thu new year will consist of O. N. West of Tuscaloosa and o. H. Davis o1 Montgomery. They will succeed w. B Woodall of Hayneville and J. R. Vii son of Orrville. F. D. Duncan of Hon Soraville was elected by exclamation al secretary and treasurer, a position h' has held several years. He also wal named the delegate to the annual con . vention of the national association which will be held at Minneapolis Sep tember 12 and 13.
 The next meeting of the Alabama federation will be held in Tuscumbis May 3. It will be in the form of { joint meeting with the postal clerks whose state convention is to be helG in Tuscumbia at that time.
 The report of Secretary Duncan reat at the Tuesday morning session showed that during the past Year the mem bership of the federation has shewr an increase of approximately forty pei cent. x It also showed the treaspfy tt be in a flourishing condition.