Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1911 — YEGGS BLOW SAFE [ARTICLE]

YEGGS BLOW SAFE

At Shoals—Used Three Charges of Nitro—Got About SI,OOO in Money and Stamps. Shoals, Ind., June I.—The safe in the postoffice was blown about 2:00 o’clock this morning, and money and stamps to the value of about SI,OOO was take. The safe was equipped with a burglar proof chest, on which three charges of nitroglycerin were used. The outside f door of the safe was blown off with the first charge and the safe completely wrecked. The explosion was heard by persons near the postoffice, but no attention was paid to it.