Show CRACKSMEN BLOW SAFETY BOXES OF LAYTON BANK Robbers Make Getaway in hI Car With Five Thousand in Booty E.- E. twenty five looted robbers Bank boxes In IlL the First National Na- Na a- a s 's safety ety deposit bank at Layton twenty five c road state st. miles mUes north of hero on tho the between 4 1 an and 5 o'clock yesterday morning Nearly In loot consisting consisting con con- sistine sistine- of in Sol gold coin GOO In postage stamps stompS In currency and savings say sav tho balance in Liberty bonds war jugs ings stamps and Jewelry was secured by the robbers who were frightened way by br Lucius Laudle proprietor o of the tho Layton Auto company compan The bandits fled Lied In an automobile toward Salt Lake residence Is directly 1 site the bank building At o'clock o'clock I k yesterday morning ho lie was awakened by br an explosion He counted six successive suc sue explosions at Intervals of oC a minute or two and then decided decided to In In- In Going GoinS' next door to his garage turned on the ll lights He lie could tho the street because the not sec C across street lights were out and tho the storm that was raging subdued lesser noises No explanation has been made mado for lor and Investigating tb absence of street lights isMs officers believe e that the burglars bur- bur clars contrived this as other electrical feed lines were In good working workings order Forced Rear near Window Indo Investigation showed that the rear window of the tho bank had been Jim J m- m to effect entrance Once inside the tho burglars had proceeded with professional pro pro- efficiency to d dynamite tho door of the safety deposit vault ault Entering the vault ault the robbers r placed six successive charges chars in such a a. manner mannor manner man man- ner nor that each charge would force orco an opening to three or more of or the strong boxes In their desire to obtain the possible results from each ex explosion explosion ex- ex the burglars burglar are said to have passed up intervening tiers which accordIne according ac- ac cording cordIne- to bank officials contained the richest loot In the tho establishment Tries Author Sheriff Charles Nalder of ot Day co county t and Charles I E. E Woods of the tho Burns Detective asen agency Y In this city investigated the robbery yesterday bore strong similarity to The work a 3 that used used- in robbing the Peoples People's State bank at Lehl Lohl on March 3 and the tho authorities believe that one gang e did both jobs yesterday mornings morning's s robbery recalls a a. previous looting of or the Layton First National bank in 1910 1010 Lawrence B E. E Ellison cashier of or tho the bank held the same position at the time of ot tho the earlier robbery robbers The bandits forced the night watchman to take them to Mr Ellison's home horns Waking tho cashier they escorted him to the bank where ho bo was forced to open the vault at atho atthe the tho ot of a sun gun Tho The following morning he was found imprisoned In Inthe Inthe Inthe the vault aulL |